If You Read The Democrat, j-on don't need any other newspaper. It'§ all here. One Dollar a year. : : Established 1899 Splendid Road In the Mountains Macadam and Grading on Lenoir- Blowifio Rock Pike A PRETTY WATERFALL A 4 Per cent Grade from the Foot of the Mountain on Up—A Paradise for Au tomobile People Editorial Correspondence A superb series of leaping cas cades a hundred feet high with a bridal veil effect was discovered when the new Lenoir-Blowing Reck turnpike 4 percent grade was being cut across the side of the Blue Ridge a few weeks ago. The new roadbed will have to cross the vaulting cataract near the lower portion, and the stream will have to be conducted through a terra.cotta culvert under the road, The roadbed is an average width of 24 feet and this is being constructed on the sheer moun tain side, so steeD in places as to be almost precipitous. Enormous charges of dynamite and powder are used in blasting tlie roadway through the solid granite. Half a dozen culverts let the dashing mountain streams through as they race for the valley creeks, and the Yadkin. In one place a culvert is cut through solid rock and great slabs of mountain rock overlay it, on top of which the roadbed is built. This grade begins at the foot of the steep climb of mountains at the Dobbin's place and wll run nearly three miles before it joins the old road at McLean's. It avoids the steepest and worst places in the old ascent to Blow ing Rock, and is a fine piece of engineering. It will make the roadbed to the Rof k about 4 per cent all the way from the foot of the mountains. At one place the old road can be seen over 200 ft. directly below. The dogwood and the mountain magnolia, or the "cucumber tree," as the moun taineers call it, are opening now, so that th'e Blue Ridge forests look like a Chautauqua salute in blossom. It was a revelation to see what the turnpike people are now do ing in making over the way to Rock. The editor of the Demo crat rode over the road a few days ago in company with Mr Rufus L. Gwyn, the secretary treasurer of the pike, Mr. H. C. Martin, of the Lenoir News and j Mr. Robbins, of Lenoir. Mr. Gwyn is an enthusiastic road man, and under his direction this highway to the hills seems des tined to become one or the great est thoroughfares in the country, especially for the automoblist, The statement is made that in two months of the year 1908 the sum of $20,000,000 was spent by automobile owners and their fam ilies in America in going to and coming from the various resorts. This seems incredible but it is so stated. North Carolina is destined to get her share of this amount, for there is no fairer land in which to spend the summer, and already mountain good roads are! multiplying. There are 100 miles j and more in the circle around | from Lenoir to Blowing Rock, to i Boone, to Linville, to Edgemont. In addition to this a 3-mile stretch of macadam is being laid between Lenoir and Patterson from the T. T. Sudderth place to the coun- i try store beyond there. A mile! of this already down. An im mense rock-crusher is at work in p quarry on the side of Warrior mountain just beyond a new bridge over the creek. The road bed has been almost entirely changed from Lenoir to Patter son,many ugly angles being elim-i inated. At one place it runs' within a foot of the doorstep of a mountaineer who had already built him a new" house because his old one was just back of the old roadbed. It seemed like the irony of fate for a road to pursue a man—and he a mountain dwell er—like the Furies a criminal in the old Greek plays. A big road roller is used in the surfacing of the macadam. A H ECKORY PRODUCE MARKET. Corrected weekly by Whiten er & Martin. Hens, per lb 12c Spring Chickens, per lb 22c Turkeys,per lb 12 l-2c Eggs, per doz 16c Butter per lb 15 to 25 Apples, eating 2 50 a bu Sweet Potatoes 1.60 acr Irish Potatoes . ; $ 1.00 abu Cabbage, per lb 3 to 4c Strawberries 8c a qt k force of 150 men are now at work on the two stretches mentioned. This company absorbed the old Lenoir Patterson and Caldwell and Watauga turnpikes, and has $68,000 subscribed to its stock. There are men behind it who are determined to make the road a feeder to this beautiful part of the Land of the Sky. Mr. G. L. Bernhardt is presi dent of the company, ana the di rectors are: T. H. Taylor, L. H. Henkel, J. M. Bernhardt, T. F. Seehorn, C. V. Henk a l, A. H. Washburn, T. H. Coffey, W. J. Lenoir, T. Mil ler, G. F. Harper, S. F. Harper, W. L. Holshouser, Q, L. Bern hardt, J. W. Farthing, 0. P. Lutz. BISHOP HORNER'S VISIT Important Week in Church Circles, Ascension Day, Etc, Service next Thursday with Holy Communion at 10 a. m. Thursday, May 5 will be observed throughout the historical church es of Christendom as the Feast of our Lord's Ascen Jon. As a matter of fact it is on a par with Christmas and Easter in doctri nal and religious importance. Coming always on a week day, forty days after Easter. It is sadly overlooked in our busy country. These 3 days before Ascension dav are also holy days of fasting a:iu bear the title of "Rogation Days," They concern the far mer and the agricultural interests of the country, when the church of God bids us seek the divine blessing upon the labors of the husbandman by earnest prayer and fasting. Our people need to cultivate and deepen this sense of dependence upon the power and good of God. Bishop Horner will preach, ad minister Confirmation and cele brate the Holy Communion next Sunday at the morning service. The rector cordially invites the public to be present. The eve ning service will be omitted on account of the Union Temper ance meeting at the Presbyteri an Cnurch. j Ex-Lieut. Gov. W. C. Newland ; admits that he is a candidate for ! the nomination for Governor at the next Democratic convention. It is rjmored that Gov. Kitchin is back of his candidacy. If your appetite is poor, your whole body must be insufficiently nourished weakness and disease must result. There's nothing like Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to create a healthy ap petite. Tea or Tablets, 35c. Moser & Lutz. Local Tax Elections Two new school elections for local tax were called by the last meeting of the County Board of Education. One is in the Sweet water district, No 5, the other is in Hickory township, No, 17, a new district, June 4is the date. Similar elections are to be held at Ebenezer, Bandy township, and St. Paul's on next Saturday. This makes four elections in the county this year. Catawba at the Reunion Squire S. E. Killian returned Saturday from Mobile where he attended the Confederate Vete ran's Reunion, one of the great est ever held in the South. He enjoyed every minute of it. The other men who went from Ca tawba were Treasurer J.U. Long, Mr. Henry Setzer and Mr. W. A. Day, of Catawba station, and Mr. A. P. Whitener, of Hickory. The parade was one of the largest ever seen, and as the day was cool the veterans did not mind the tramp. A Regular Tom Boy Was Susie —climbing trees and fen ces, jumping ditches, whitling, always getting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruis es, bumps, burns or scalds. But laws! Her mother just applied Bucklen's Ar nica Salve and cured her quick. Heals everything healable —Boils, Ulcers, E czema, Old Sores, Corns or Piles. Try it. 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin. Ben Greet in Salisbury The Ben Greet Woodland Play ers will appear in Salisbury on Mrs. Woodson's lawn under the auspices of Miss Meroney, mati nee and evening performances in "Twelfth Night" and "Midsum mer Dream " ! On May 27, matinee and night the music festival will be held at the Merony Theatre, with the same artists as appear in the Charlotte festival. I Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1910. Guy Kennedy Won First Prize for Making Best Map of Catawba County. The Democrat c tiled on the school children tosuliinit maps of Catawba County. Excel lent work was done, and we give the following awards: Guy Kennedy, Ist prize, a year's subscription to the Democrat. Sue Sigmon and Grace Brewer, next best maps, 6 months subscription to the Democrat. The Democrat for 3 months will be sent to the following who made good maps: John Bohannoa, Mary W. Hufiman, Gladys Fisher, Ruth Campbell, Egbert IToyle, Grady Stroup, Cecil Bost, Pearl Miller, Marvin Bumgarner, Louise Peeler, Blair Keever, P. Baily, Ralph Self, Murphy Whitener, Maud Maynard, Mary Cline ind Emma Newton. A Lyceum Course A series of lyceum attractions of unusual strength and merit have been engaged to appear in Hickory durng next winter Several of the numbers secured for Hickory will appear in Char lotte, Greensboro, Atlanta and other Southern cities, so that Hickory will be practically in a circuit with these places. The lyceum, where the numbers are selected with regard to their in spirational and educational merit, always grows in popular favor, ann eventually becomes an estab lished institution. The series selected for Hiskory have been chosen along the lines mentioned and will be as follows: Parland-Newhall Quarte 11 e Company and Bell Ringers; The Gales, Indian Entertainers; Ed win R. Weeks Company of New York; Round's Ladies Orchestra, an organization of fifteen years standing, and consisting of ten people; Ross Crane, the noted American cartoonist and clay mode'er, and Frank Dixon in one of his great lectures on social ism Tne course was arranged for through Mr. S. H. Bryan, general representative, and Prof. J. L. Harris of Lenoir, local representative, of the Alkahest Lyceum System of Atlanta. Jacob's Fork Items. Correspoudence of the Democrat Jacob's Fork, May 4.—The farmers are yet hauling sweet potatoes to market. There are a great many potatoes rotted by the scab and black rot. Enloe Yoder lost about 100 bushels in this condition, whilst other farm ers shared the same fate. The South Fork telephone is working finely. As to seeing the Halley's com et 75 years ago, Col. Yoder does not remember anything about it. The Democrat asked the ques tion. He was only about eight years old then. And the coun try in that day and generation was not as well posted as to the science of astronomy as now. Though he has seen a great many comets in his time, the names he does not remember. We notice through the press that there is a fine crop of candidates for sheriff. It looks like the peo ple all want to be sheriff. Enloe Yoder divided the Pink Ward land this week with the commissioners, L. R. Whitener. Y. W. Munce and June Wilfong, which was a big job. Never hesitate about giving Char berlain's Cough Remedy to children. It contains no opium or other narcotic and can be given with implicit confi dence. As a quick cure for coughs and colds to which children are sus ceptible, it is unsurpassed. Sold by W. S. Martin & Co. Hedrick-Ekard Correspondence of the Democrat Oxford Ford, May 4. —Married at the Lutheran Parsonage, Sun day morning, May Ist, Rev. P. C. Henry officiating, Miss Lula Ekard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ekard; and Mr. Arthur Lee Hedrick. The Democrat extends congratulations. Our oldest citizen, Mr. David Isenhour, is quite ill at the pres ent writing. Total blindness has resulted from a stroke of paral ysis. Mr. Burton Cline tells us that another week's work will com plete the house Mr. C. Ed Smith is having erected. The article on ' 'The passing of Hon. R. Z. Linney," contribu ted by the editor of Democrat in the last issue, is an excellent one and worthy of preservation. Give us more of them, Mr. Banks. The splendid work of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is daily coming to light. No such grand rem edy for liver and bowel troubles was ever known before. Tnousands bless them for curing constipation, sick head • ache, biliousness, jaundice and indi gestion. Sold by W. S. Martin & Co. ( „ COMMENT I The census takers have been raking Hickory with a fine-tooth jComb, but if it so happens that . they have omitted a:%/ one, ws a party Will squeal about it. Hickory wants to be just as big as she is entitled to j be. If you have been skipped, say so. Recorder Russell has turned over for school purposes about SBSO from fines in his court dur ing the past year, the Demo crat is always carefu! ( not to take sides between Democratic can didates, but it believes in a sec ond term for men who make good. Mr. Russell has made a conscientious and courageous official, and has made the crim inal pay for his fun, and yet he jhas not been cruel or« unjust in | his sentences. We hope he will jbe given a well earned endorse ; ment. Presbyterian Church Notes. These notes are prepared by the paster for information and inspiration of the meaibers of the church in particular and the pub lic in general. It is hoped they will be profitable to ail who read. The Primary department had a great time last Sunday. Six birthdays were celebrated with candles and faces aglow and pen nies dropping in the birthday bank. They have another simi lar exercise scheduled for next Sunday. Parents, come and see The Primary department teach ers met at the Manse last Mon day night for conference and re freshments were served. The whole Sunday School passed the banner again last Sun day. We want 200 now. The next Sundays lessons is in Temperance. The Covenanters will be ad dressed by Mr. C. E. Nabors next Sunday at 3 p. m. Next Sunday the pastur will discuss the theme, "Is Christ the Lord of your Sabbath?" Next Sunday night there will be a Union service in the inter est of Temperance. Rev. R. L. Davis, of Wilson, will speak. Mr. Davis is Superintendent of the anti-saloon League Every is in vited. Miss Nina Ramsay entertained her Sunday School class last Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. A. Ramsay's residence. The little folks had a fine time. Miss Rudisill's Piano Recital There will be a Pianoforte Re cital by M'ss Barbara Rudisill as sisted by Miss Ida Bell Neas and Miss Maie Simpson Monday, May 9th at 8:30 o'clock at Lenoir Col lege to which the public is invited. Selections from Grieg, Chami nade, Meredith, Schumann, Men delssohn-Bartholdy and others will be rendered. Roby Lewis, charged with cutting warps at Brookford Milis, was captured a lively chase by CheifC. A. Mos er, who snot twice to scare him. Mr. Moser, Chief Jones and other officers were looking for Bolick, who was in the Catfish shooting affair, when they jumped Lewis, who was evidently waiting to beat a freight train. The city non-partisan ticket was elected this week in the quietest election ever held here. Elliott for Mayor and the other candidates got about 14G votes, except Stroup 135 and Campbell 125. Cures baby's croup. Willies daily cuts and bruises, mamma's sore throat, grandma's lameness —Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Gil —the great household remedy, Miss Shuford's Recital at St. Marys. The Raleigh News and Obser ver gives the following account of a recital by a talented young Hickory girl on April 25th: Miss Mary Campbell Shu ford, of the senior class of St. Mary's, gave an attractive recital in the auditorium of the school last evening. Miss Shuford is an intelligent player with clean technique and good phrasing, and her selections were admirably interpreted. Miss Shuford is a certificate pupil of Miss Hermione R.Schep er. She was assisted by Mr. Paul Pettinger, tenor, a pupil of Mr. R. Blinn Owen. He is a young singer with a voice of fine quality and great promise, which he is learning to handle with ease and intelligence. The program is given below: Schumann—Grillen, Op. 12. Schubert —Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 4. Schubert Moment Musical, Op. 94, No. 2. Allitsen —"Song of Thanksgiv ing." Mr. Paul Pittenger. Chopin—Preludes, Nos. 20-4- 10-15. Sehutt—Valse Leute. Sinding—March Grotesque. Elgar—Moonlight. Mr. Paul Pittenger. MacDowell—To a Wild Rose, to a Water Lily, from "Wood land Sketches." Chopin—Polonaise, Op. No. 1. If You Are a Trifle Sensitive About the size of your shoes, it's some satisfaction .to kuow that many people can wear shoes a size smaller by shak ing Allen's Foot Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them. Just the thing for Dancing Parties, Patent Leather Shoes, and for Breaking in New Shoes. When rubbers or overshoes become necessary and your pinch, Allen's Foot- Ease gives instant relief. Sold Every where, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. Don't accept any substitute. All Kinds of News. Indiana's Democratic govern or, Mr. Marshall, is fighting the candidacy of Tom Taggert for the U. S. Senate. He wants a statesman, not merely a practi cal politician there and he will win. A Man Wants To Die Only when a lazy liver and sluggish bowels cause frightful despondency. But Dr. King's New Life Pills expel poisons from the system; bring hope and courage: cure all Liver, Stomach and Kidney troubles; impart health and vigor to the weak, nervous and ailing. 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz,' Walter S. Martin. A North Missouri editor says he saw this on a moss grown tombstone: "Here lies our wife, Samantha Proctor who ketched a cold and wouldn't doctor. She could not stay, she had to go; praise God from whom all bless ings flow." Ingigestion and constipation upset the entire sytem—cause a wide rarge of other ailments. You needn't suffer from any of these troubles. There's cer tain relief in Hollister's Rocky Moun tain Tea, 35c at all drvggists. Moser & Lutz. The Claremont students and faculty picniced at the Cliffs, Tuesday. Itch! Itch! Itch! —Scratch! Sratch! Scratch! The more you scratch the worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment. It cures piles, eczema, an> skin itching. All druggists sell it. Rev. J. C. Moser went to Mon roe lasl week to the bed-side of his aged mother who is very ill. 00000000 00000000 | WANTED— 50000 Families 8 To know this wonderful home protector and saver of suffering and sickness,Vick's Croup and Pneumonia Salve. Without a doubt it is the most useful discovery of the Ei. 25, 50 and SI.OO. At O Druggists. 5 Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905 Change in Railroad Circles Mr. W. B. Southerland, who !has been the efficient freight agent of the Southern Railway at this place for three years, has accepted a position with the Mar tin Furniture Co. as manager, and will be succeeded ty Mr, H. H. Little in charge of both the freight and passenger depots. Mr. Little has been passenger ticket agent heretofore. Mr. Southerland has done splendid work for the railroad for some years past, and his ex perience will be valuable in his new position. Mr. Little is an other hustling young business man, and the very incarnation of the spirit of Southern chivalry. J The Week in the j J Women's Clubs. J The last meeting of the year 1909-10 of the Hickory Book Club was held with Mrs. G. H. Geit ner, April 27th. The book for special discussion was "Tales of the Missions in California," by Mrs. Forbes. Mrs. J. H. Shuford the guest of the Club read a poem "Mission Bells" by the author, adding to its beauty by the music of her voice. Mrs. Geitner pre sented a good deal of interesting data relative to her book sent by Mrs. Forbes, a patriotic Califor nian through whose exertions the great Royal Road El Carmino Real is to have its guide-posts of Mission Bells. To her is also ascribed the custom of remem bering the sailors on Memorial Day. A dainty collation awaited the club in the dining-room where the place-cards were adorned with Mission Bells painted by the hostess. Little baskets of sweet grass filled with pinon nuts were given as souvenirs. No one could guess that some curious tasting bon-bons was cactus can dy. This meeting with Mrs.Geitner is always looked forward to for the drive out to this beautiful suburban home in the spring time adds a gala day air to the pleasure always given by the meeting together of those who are congenial. Shooting Scrape in Cline's Township Daring a quarrel in Cline's township Sunday afternoon, Ralph Bolick shot Tom and John Gilbert, the former in the hip ard head, the latter in the arm and near the eye. The two head wounds are dangerous and the Gilbert boys have been taken to the Statesville Hospital. Russell Bolick has been put under a SI,OOO bond but Carl Bolick, his brother, who was with him, in the fight, has not yet been cap tured. They were drinking. John Gilbert is the miller at Mc- Lelland's mill. Tom Gilbert mar ried a daughter of Mr. D. E. Is enhour. A touch of rheumatism, or a twing£ of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is, Chamberlain's Liniment drives away the pain at once and cures the com plaint quickly. First application give? relief. Sold by W. S. Martin & Cc. Memorial Day Plans Memorial day will be observed May 10th, 5 p. m. at the pavilion in the cemetery. All those that are interested are cordially in vited to the exercises and car bring flowers to help decorate the graves of the soldiers. Tht daughters of the Confederacy arc requested to bring flowers. H. A. Banks will make an ad dress. Reformed Church Notes The North Carolina Classis c f the Reformed church, is holding the annual meeting in the town cf Lenoir. Dr. Murphy, Prof. Keller and Elder J. L. Ingold are in at tendance from the Hickory church. Rev. Dr. Chas. E. Schaeffer of Philadelphia, will preach in ths Reformed church next Sunday morning. Dr, Schaeffer is the superintendent of Home Mis sions in the Reformed church and a fine preacher. Kidney trouble is particularly to be dreaded because its presence is not usually discovered until it has assumed one of its worst forms —diabetes, drop sy, or Bright's disease. If you suspect that your kidneys are affected, bv all means use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea—the great systematic cleanser and regulator. Moser & Luta. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA The. Democrat Gives the news of Hickory anl ilie Catawba Valley in full. Tl. : news of the world in brief. Hickory Soy is I Suraed to Death Clarence Seaboch coal J have Es caped by Making Low Jump HIS CRY AT THE WINDOW Home of Geo. Seabock, aged Veteran, Destroyed with no Insurance and He is almost Penniless-Alarm too late "Clarence Reaboch, a young* man 20 years of age was burned to death last night in a fire which destroyed the home of his father, an aged Confederate veteran. There was no insurance on the house and the old man is home less and penniless. The son waked up when the fire had cut off every avenue of escape. His father was outside his window and the boy shouted for help. "Jump, jump!" cried the ag onized father. But the youth seemed to be dazed. It was only 14 feet to the ground but he could not be induced to leap out. He went back into the room, seemingly thinking he could get to the stairs. Soon after, how ever, his father saw him fall to his knees and disappear in the advancing smoke and flames. He had probably been suffocated. His charred and unrecogniza ble body was taken from the ashes, and carried to Undertaker J. W. Shuford.'s The funeral will be at Mt. Olive Lutheran church tomorrow forenoon. The origin of the fire is a mys tery. The house was beyond saving when the alarm was first turned in. Clarence went home at 11, and as he smokes it may have been that he dropped a spark or left a lamp near some thing inflammable. The father is destitute and subscription is being taken today for him. The Democrat will be glad to receive any help that may be sent in for him. The tragic lesson of this is the importance of the fiie escape. There ought to be one at every upstairs room in the graded x schools. The New Butter Maker. Mr. # C. Johnson, a kinsman of the late Gov. Johnson of Min nesota has been secured as the butter maker for the new cream ery which is now an assured fact, He is from Thief River Falls, Minn., and has been 5 years in this countrv. He has had fine ex perance in Sweden. The mach inery for the creamery has come and it will not be a great while before it is making the finest butter this state ever saw. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will clear the sour stomach, sweeten the breath and create a healthy appetite. They promote the flow of gastric juice, thereby inducing good digestion. Sold by W. S. Martin & Co. Claremont Commencement The Democrat has received an invitation from the faculty and Senior class of Claremont College to the commencement, May 14 to May 17. The following is the program: Saturday, May 14, 8:00 p. m.— Exercises bv Primary and Ex pression Departments. Sunday, May 15, 8:00 p m. — Annual Sermon, Rev. J, D. Harte, Hickory, N. C. Monday, May 16, 8:00 p. m. — Grand Concert. Tuesday, May 17, 2:30 p. m. — Graduating Excercises; Address, Rev. J. C.Leonard, A. M., D. C., Lexington, N. C. Tuesday, 8 p. m,—Annual Re ception. The class of 1910 consists of Miss Edna Earl Stroup, Miss Brent Ramsaur; Music, Miss. Rose Campbell Shuford, Mrs. J. L. L. Murphy; Art Miss Kather in Miller. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS SOUTHERN RAILWAY No. 21 going West 4:45 p. m. 4 * 11 44 " 11:30 a.m. 35 44 44 11:21 p.m. l'/> 44 East 5:30 p. m. " 22 " " 10:57 a. m. 44 36 44 44 9:54 a m. C. & N. W. RAILWAY No. 10 going North 11:55 a. m. " 9 4 4 South?: 55 p. m. Mixed train going North.. .8:35 p. ra« 44 South.. .8:40 a.

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