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Established 1899
R. Lee Hewitt
Won for Sheriff
Nominated Alter Hot Contest on
23rd Ballot.
GAMBLE FOR REGISTER.
Catawba's Vote Divided
Equally Between Allen and
Manning— Convention
Harmouious.
After an exciting contest of
23 ballots, Mr.R. Lee Hewitt was
nominated for sheriff last Satur
day in the Democratic conven
tion in Newton. Mr. Gamble
won out for register on the sec
ond ballot.
The convention was composed
of a fine body, of men, and a
gratifying feature was the large
number of young men just com
ing 21, who participated. Entire
harmony prevailed and the de
feated candidates all declared
their intention of working hard
for party success.
Ex - Representative M. H.
Yount of Hickory, was elected
chairman, and made an excel
lent presiding officer. The coun
ty press furnished the secre
taries. -i.
Before dinner the action of the
primaries was ratified in the
nomination of Mr. G. W. Rabb
to the legislature; Mr. J. U.
Long for treasurer, and Mr. C.
M. McCorkle for clerk.
An unusually strong board of
county commissioners was chos
en on the first ballot as follows:
R. E. Gabriel, of Mountain
Creek, 77 votes; J. F. Aternethy
of Hickory, 68 1-2; Francis A.
Yoder of Jacob's Fork, 72; E. S
Little of Cline's; 751-2; S. L.
Rhine of Newton. 77; others in
nomination were: A. E. Brown
of Catawba, and J. F. Hunsucker
of Conover; F. A. Clinard, Hick
ory.
The nomination for sheriff was
then taken up and the contest
lasted from about 2:30 until 8
o'clock.
J. D. Elliott put in nomination
P. P. Jones; G. T. Barger, J.
Porter Burns;W.B.Gaither, L. U.
Phillips; Mr. Wike, J. H. C.
Huitt; W. C. Feimster, R. Lee
Hewitt.
On the first ballot for sheriff
the vote, which was cast in ac
cordance with the primary vote,
stood: Phillips, 25.42; J. H. C.
Huitt, 18.19; R. Lee Hewitt,
16.58; Jones, 7.57; Burns, 3.91,
and ex-Sheriff Blackwelder, .44.
The latter got .24 from Ford's
and .11 from Claremont. Other
ballots were:
Second ballot—Phillips 29.21;
J. Huitt 17.52; L. Hewitt 18.36;
Jones 11.14; Blackwelder .11.
Third ballot—Phillips 29.99; J.
Huitt 18.24; L. Hewitt 16.26;
Jones 11.09; Burns 3.91.
Fourth ballot—Phillips 28.80;
J. Huitt 19.42; L. Hewitt 17.25;
Jones 11.09; Burns 3.91. ,
Fifth ballot —Phillips 31 51;
j. Huitt 17.32; L. Hewitt 16.57;
Jones 10.95; Burns 3.74.
There was little change till the
9th ballot when Phillips dropped
to 27.90 and J. Huitt went to
20.39.
J. H. C. Hewitt's strength had
its try-out now for a while and
he went once, on the 21st ballot,
to 36.33—within four convention
votes of the golden goal. There
was a see-sawfng along here in
the Hickory vote. Hickory never
swerved from giving Phillips his
primary strength but whenever
North Hickory, which cast 11
primary votes, voted for Jim
Huitt, South Hickory, which
cast 10 primary votes, gave Lee
Hewitt the bulk of her strength,
and vice versa. If these votes
had been bunched for the same
roar, J. H. C. Huitt might once
or twice have been named. Mean
time Newton wa» all along cast
ing her vote according to the pri
mary instructions, which was
12.11 for Phillips and scattering
for the others. Phillips, mount
ed the judge's bench after both
Jim and Lee Hewitt drove ahead
of him and protested that while
he led in the primaries, both the
nuitts were now getting larger
votes than he did.
Seemingly realizing the hope-
Jes3ness of her aspirant, Mr.
rhiilips, Newton, on the 23rd
ballot threw the bulk of her
strength to Lee Hewitt and he
got just enough to make him the
choice of the convention, 41.82.
tte was lilted on the shoulders of
, ls admirers as the crowd
cheered.
Some of the other ballots were,
dropping out the small fractions
°i votes which Jones and Burns
continued to get after the 10th
ballot:
Ninth-Phillips 27.90, L. Hewitt 18.41,
THE HICKORY
J. Huitt 20.39, Burns 3.74.
Twelfth—Phillips 32, L. Hewitt 16.89,
J. Huitt 30.19.
Fourteenth—Phillips 32.22, J. Huitt
30.84, L. Hewitt 14.94
Fifteenth—Phillips 29.36, J. Huitt
22.24, L. Hewitt 29.22.
Twentieth—Phillips 28.31, J. Huitt
35.79, L. Hewitt 15.90.
Twenty-first—Phillips 24.73, J. Huitt
36.33, L. Hewitt 17.94.
Twenty-second—Phillips 31.25. J. Hu
itt 35.76, L. Hewitt 12.99.
Twenty-third—Phillips 12.05, J. Huitt
26.13, L. Hewitt 41.82.
None but the secretaries know
fully how to thank Mr. Grover
Cleveland Little for bringing his
adding machine in and totaling
the vote with their bothersome
fractions.
Hoke was nominated for cor
oner on the second ballot over
Sluman and Long, . getting a
vote of 64.25.
Enloe Yoder was nominated
for coroner with 60 votes to 20
for Lester.
Webb for congress and E. B.
Cline for judge, were heartily
endorsed.
Catawba's state convention
vote was divided equally between
Allen and Manning for the judg
ship. A committee appointed
to select delegates to the judicial
convention at Newton on July
12, selected the following:
George McCorkle, C. H. Cline,
J. D. Elliott, Z. B. Buchanan, C.
L. Turner, Junius Fisher, A. A.
Shuford, C. H. Mebane, W. A.
Self. Walter Sherrill, John P.
Yount, F. M. Williams, Milt Mc-
Corkle, John Moser, M. H.
Yount, J. H. P. Cilley, Albert
Gaither, G. E. Setzer, D. J.
Carpenter, S. E. Killian, F. A.
Clinard, Dr. J. B. Little, D. L.
Russell, Enloe Yoder, W. Ji
Shuford, J. D. Johnson, Chas.
W. Bagby, Howard A. Banks, R.
A. Rudisill, C. M. Burrus, Romu
lus Saunders, Noah vVhitener, F.
O. Elliott, J. V. Leonard, S. H.
Jordan, W. C. Feimster, L. E.
Isenhour, J. H. Aiken, W. B.
Gaither.
Precinct chairman for the cam
paign were chosen as follows:
' North Hickory, W. J. Shuford; South
Hickory, W. A. Self: Newton, W. B.
Gaither; Foard's, A. F. Wood; Cook's,
J. D. Johnson; Shuford's. Francis A.
Yoder; Early Grove, F. E. Bost; Cataw
ba, W. L. Sherrill, Claremont, J. H.
Moser; Piney Grove, G. E. Moser; Con
over, S. H. Jordan; Springs, L. Eugene
Isenhour; Monogram, A. E. Brown;
Sherrill's Ford, S. Wilkinson; Mount
Pleasant, F. L. Little; Oliver's, Sam P.
Jones; Maiden, R. A. Rudisill.
All Democrats from the coun
try who will attend the congres
sional and state conventions were
constituted delegates these,to re
spectively.
Remains of Henkel Ancestor
Exhumed in Germantown
The Page News, of Luray.Va.,
prints the following about a no
table figure, a Church father and
the head of one of the best
known and most successful fam
ilies in this section:
"Ambrose L. Henkel, of New
Market, went to Germantown,
Pa., last week to be present with
other representatives of the
Henkel family at the exhumation
of the remains of Pastor Antony
Jacob Henkel, founder of Luth
eran ism in America and the pro
genitor of the American Hen
kels. Pastor Henkel was ex
iled from Germany in the 17lh
century for preaching the faults
of the royal family. His remains
though they had mouldered in
the ground at Germantown for
188 years were in a remarkable
state of preservation when dug
up last week. The grave was
found with difficulty the tomb
stone bearing only the name of
Pastor Henkel's wife. The re
mains of a woman were first
found but on digging furtfter
the body of a man was discovered
and all present decided it was
that of the famous founder of
American Lutheranism."
Mr, Ambrose Henkel is a first
cousin of the Hickory Henkels.
Mr. C. H. Henkel, who showed
the above item to the Democrat,
is the seventh in direct line from
pastor Anthony Henkel. This is
the way the line runs back: C.
H. Henkel,Paul Henkel,Rev.Am
brose Henkel, Rev. Paul Henkel,
Rev. John Henkel, Rev. Girard
Henkel and Rev. Anthony Hen
kel. There used to be a lot
of preacher stock in the Henkel
family. Rev. Ambrose Henkel
had 6 brothers, all of them
preachers but one who was a
physician.
When the stomach fails to perform
its functions, the bowels become de
ranged, the liver and the kidneys con
gested causing numerous diseases. The
stomach and liver must be restored to
a healthy condition and Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets can be de
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oh I IcJ rO ri Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1910.
Death of Rev.
Dr. J. C Clapp
Beloved Edncator and Preacher
Enters into Rest
FUNERAL AT NEWTON
Died Day Before He Was to
Celebrate Golden Wedding
Anniversary—Dr. Murphy
Preaches Funeral.
A noted figure in this section
passes away in the death ol Rev.
Dr. Jacob Crav*ford Clapp at his
home in Newton Saturday
morning and the day before he
was to celebrate his golden wed
ding anniversary. As an educa
tor hundreds of men and women
owe their life training to him; as
a preacher h£ was aggressive for
all that was right and against all
that was wrong.
Born in Guilford in 1832, he
sat at the feet of the learned Dx\
George William Welker, and was
educated at Newton High School
and Amherst College. He be
came connected with Catawba
College in 1860 and has spent
his life with it. From 1885 till
1900 he was its president.
He was pastor of the Catawba
charge of the German Reformed
church from 1867 to 1890.
He was married in 1860 to
Miss Emma Lewis, of Missis
sippi, who survives with the
following children: Rev. Earnest
Clapp, Upper Red Hook, N. Y.;
Mrs. W. ti. Thompson, Worces
ter, Mass.; Carrol Clapp, Bowie,
Texas; Capt. Milton Clapp, Salis
bury: Crawford Clapp, Green
ville, S. C.; Clarence Clapp, New
ton; Mrs. W. D. Burns, Lawn
dale; Robt. E. Clapp, Kannapolis.
Dr. J. L. Murphy conducted
the funeral services in the col
lege chapel which was crowded
with people.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
The comparison of the first
and second quarters of the Sun
day Schooi for 1910, as made by
the Secretary is very fine. It is
very gratifying to note the
marked hare&se in every feature
of work,
Rev. C. E. Raynal is preaching
some good sermons every night
this week. The services are pre
paratory to communion and will
close Friday night
Communion service at 11 a. m.
and the Household meeting at
4p. m. next Sunday. No eve
ning service.
A Sunday School Convention
for the county will be held at
Startown about the last of July.
"Musical Echoes" last Friday night
at the Academy way greeted with a
large crowd and a neat sum netted for
the Civic League. Besides the splen
did work of the children, Misses Annie
Laurie Abernethy and Margaret Bost,
Mrs. A. L. Shuford and Mr. Hugh
D'Anna contributed much to the en
tertainment.
Reformed Church Notes
The church was closed last
Sunday owing to the fact that
the pastor was called upon to con
duct the funeral services of Dr.
Clapp in Newton.
Next Sunday the mid-summer
communion will be held. Ser-|
vices preparatory will be held
Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock. At this service the or
dinance of baptism will be ad
ministed to children and mem
bers will be received into the
church. It is desirable that a
full attendance of the member
ship be had on Saturday.
The educational and mission
ary campaign will begin on Sun
day night. Two addresses will
be delivered. Dr. Foil of the
faculty of Catawba College will
speak on education, and Rev. W.
W. Rowe will speak on missions.
Let there be a full house to hear
these gentlemen on these impor
tant subjects.
Dr. Murphy will go to Newton,
where he and Dr. Banks McNai
ry will speak.
On Monday afternoon Dr.
Murphy and Rev. W. W. Rowe
will speak at Bethel Reformed
church in the "Forks of the
rivers," and at night they will
speak at Starrtown.
On Tuesday afternoon Dr.
Murphy and the Rev. Mr. Ko
penhavei will speak at Grace
church, and at Daniels at. night.
Soreness of the muscles, whether in
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of Chamberlain's Liniment. This lini
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rheumatism, and always affords quick
relief. Sold by Grimes Drug Co.
COMMENT
A great good roads conference, for
which the Democrat claims the honor
of giving the first whoop, will likely be
held at Hickory this summer. Presi
dent W. H. Nicholson, of the Chamber
of Commerce, who is doing all the real
work necessay to land the conference
says that the Salisbury-Asheville High
way proposition is taking shape rapidly
and bids fair to culminate in a fine
Good Roads Conference of all the town
ships along the line on or about Sept. 1
in this city. Let our people begin to
think and talk about it and get ready to
welcome those who will then be our
guests.
"These great developments sre com
ing and why not start the good work
a-going right here?" Dr. Nicholson
asks.
There is no reason why not. Will
not the papers in all the towns along
the line help push this?
On Tuesday, July 12, the judicial con
vention for this district meets in New
ton. Catawba has a candidate for judge
in the person of Attorney E. B. Cline,
a man of fine mind, fine education, ripe
experience, with the judicial cast of
mine, and who lives in the centre of the
district accessible to every part of it.
Catawba has been modest in what she
asks for in the past but she is going in
to this convention with the expectation
of winning. Every demand of the situ
ation is met in Cline. He is the ideal
man in the ideal place.
State News.
Major Jas. W. Wilson, who gave North
Carolina the Western North Carolina
Railroad, died in Charlotje Saturday
and was buried in his old home in Mor
ganton Monday afternoon.
Powell, who killed Officer Dunn at
Scptland Neck and wounded Senator
Travis and young Mr. Kitchin, got a
verdict of second degree murder.
Dr. L. L. Vestall and his wife of High
Point are in jail for a criminal operation
on Miss Bessie Thomasson, of States
ville, who died after it. Levy Maynard
of High Point is accused of being the
author of the girl's ruin. May Owen of
Lin wood underwent a similar operation
by Vestal and almost died.
General News
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller,
Democrat, died in Bar Harbor, Me.,
Monday.
Senator John W. Daniel died at his
home at Lynchburg, Va., after a long
illness. % -
At Reno, Nev., Monday Jack Johnson,
the negro pugilist, knocked out in the
15th round James J. Jeffries, hitherto
unwhipped. Jeffries' eye began to go
shut in the 3rd round ana he was always
at the mercy of the negro. That night
and next day in various parts of the
United States, north and south, 18 men,
mostly negroes, were killed and sever
al hundred wounded as the results of
race riots.
m Locals
Mr. Moffatt Kirkpatrick, of
the Charlotte National Bank, is
spending his vacnMnn with his
mother, Mrs. L. G. Kirkpatrick.
Rev. M*v Barber, of Raleigh,
ill prenrh at the Church of the
Ascension Sunday in the absence
of the rector. Services at 11 a.
m. and 6 p. m.
Miss Grace Whiting of Ham
let, and Mr. Seymour Whiting
of Raleigh, are visiting their
cousins. Mr. George and Miss
Lillian Hall.
Mrs. Wesley R, Martin has
returned from a visit to her pa
rents and friends in Greenville
and Farmville. Mr. Martin was
in Raleigh on business for two
weeks.
Miss Louise Elliott, the charm
ing little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Elliott, is a born pa
triot. She celebrated her 10th
birthday on the 4th of July with
50 delighted little friends as
guests. The cake and decora
tions were in red, white and
blue.
Mrs. Alfred Bourbonnais re
turned last Thursday to her de
delightful residence after a tour
of the West and Pacific states
that covered five months or more.
She was able to climb Pike's
Peak and journey from Califor
nia to Seattle. Unlike some tour
ists she enjoyed perfect health
throughout her trip and describes
enthusiastically the scenery and
the wonders of our portion of
the globe, also the kindness of
friends.
Take a day off and go with your
friends to the ' 'Land of the
Sky. July 14th. Round trip $2.
Mrs, Henry Schwenk writes: "I
had eczema on my face for over four
years. We tried about a half dozen
doctors, but never found any cure. I
have been taking Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea for about three months
and it has done me more good than all
the doctors' medicine." Moser &
Lute.
DEMOCRAT
i
* - 7 -7»%
A Delightful
Trip Up North.
President Fritz Goes to the
Harristarg Conference,
IN THE CAB OF NO. 36!
Met With Old Playmate, Now
An Engineer—The Capi
tol and its Graft Al
ways go Together
The Democrat has received the
following letter from President
R. L. Fritz of Lenoir College:
Washington, D. C., June 28,1910.
Dear Mr. Banks: I am just
returning from a General Luth
eran Educational Conference held
at Harrisburg. Pa. Possibly
some of the things I saw and
heard are of interest to some of
your readers. Last Wednesday
at 10:00 a. m., I left Hickory.
Thursday morning at 2:30, I re
tired in Harrisburg—an illustra
tion of the efficiency of railroad
service in this country to-day.
At Salisbury I heard the por
ter remark to the conductor,
"1201, Kinney." This remark
called to memory my childhood
friend and school-mate. At
Greensboro I found a slender,
athletic fellow with glints of
gray in his hair oiling his impa
tient engine. He could not rec
ognize me; I would not have
known him but it was Will Kin
ney, the oft-thought-of chum of
my childhood —long the finest en
gineer of the Southern, driver of
36's and 97's. The meeting was
most cordial, each greeting the
other unconsciously by his child
hood nick-name. Twentv-five
years ago we parted, he, 16, to
his father on the road; 1,15, to
the Academy. Will invited me
to share his seat on his engine.
Most gladly 1 accepted his warm
invitation. For 125 miles we lit
erally "split the wind", much of
the time at the rate of 60 miles
an hour (it was No. 36, the only
kind that Will runs) and talked
of boyhood days and later years
at almost the same speed, I hold
ing fast with one hand and my
hat in the other! Ah, it was a i
glorious experience, just the one
1 had often as a boy, and as a
man, wished. How like a live
monster the huge engine swayed
and throbbed and panted and
roared, and how grateful it
seemed when the faithful negro
fed it coal and water! How obe
dient to Will's every touch and
suggestion—down grade* up
grade, how faithfully the coaches
followed! Afraid? not with
Will's hand on the throttle —the
most careful, the safest of engi
neers! And it was No. 1201, the
very engine which Will was driv
ing when he carried President
Spencer to his death—but it was
not Will's fault, it was the opera
tor's. At Lynchburg we said
good-bye, and I thought it was
not so bad to end one's days in a
wreck after such a fascinating
life.
On this same train I met Char
lie Finch, school-mate at the
Academy. We had not seen each
other since we parted at school.
At High Point I met Mr. Homey,
of our present Senior class, and
on the same train were former
graduates of Lenoir College en
route to the summer school at
the University of Virginia. When
I walked into the conference, be
hold! Almost the first man I met
was Dr. Van Gundy, my fellow
student and warmest friend
while in John Hopkins Univer
sity. Sunday morning I heard a
most excellent sermon in St.
Mark's Lutheran church near
the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, by Rev. Luther
Frantz, a class-mate of mine at
Roakoke College. These meet
ing were strangely surprising to
me and most pleasant.
Harrisburß is a large, progres
sive and beautiful city on the
banks of the broad slow-moving
Susquehanna. The glory of the
city is its fine streets, beautiful
residences, parks and river
front, its great iron and coal
dustries, its fine churches ana
cathedrals, and the exceptionally
beautiful capitol grounds and
capitol buildings—one of the very
finest, most beautiful and most
costly in the United States. The
Work 24 Hours a Day
The busiest little things ever made
are Dr. King's New Life Pills. Every
pill is a sugar-coated globule of health,
that changes weakness into strength,
languor into energy, brain-fag into
mental power; curing Constipation,
Headache, Chills, Dyspepsia, Malaria.
25c at C, M. Sufrd, Moser & Lutz,
Grimes Drug Co.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
shame of the city is its multitude
of bar-rooms.
The Educational Convention
was held in Zion Lutheran
church. This is.an old and very
large church building, and it was
in the city of Harrisburg and in
this very church that the Nation
al convention was held which
nominated William Henry Harri
son for the presidency of the
United States.
The membership of the Con
ference was composed of presi
dents and professors of the
Lutheran universities, colleges,
and theological Seminaries, and
Secretaries of education of syn
ods east of Chicago. Most of the
great educational leaders of the
great Lutheran church were
there. There were reports, pa
pers, addresses and disscusions
on all the chief and vital topics
and problems pertaining to edu
cational work. Definite plans and
resolutions looking to the future
work of the schools and of the
Conference were adopted. The
meeting was characterized by en
tire harmony and unity, oneness
of experience, thought and pur
pose. ✓lt was a great meeting
and much good will result to the
educational work of the Luther
an church. A definite statement
of some of the work done may
be given later.
While crossing the great con
crete bridge which carries Mul
berry street 70 feet above a small
stream and the many railroad
tracks and switches, my host
was telling me of the industries
of the city, and pointing some
what in the direction of the Cap
itol, he said: "Over there we
have one of the greatest Steal
Plants in the world." I spent 5
hours in this great building. It
is great—the finest in the United
States, save one. It is a mag
nificent pile of granite. Within
there is a lavish profusion of
marble, brass and bronze figures,
and mahagony—and everything
that is fine, durable and beauti
ful. When you gaze upon what
is there you feel like doubting
whether the builders grafted
nine millions. However that
may be, the capital of Pennsyl
vania is a wonderful, monument
al building. Graft there was,
bat how could it have been as
much as nine millions, and such
a building. To the very top of the
dome I climbed, 272 ft., near the
heenze figure! The entrancing
view of the city and up and,
down the Susquehanna rewarded
my toil.
To be Continued.
Company A Going to Chick
amauga Park
Company A, First N. C. N. G., will
leave Monday on train No. 11 for Ashe
ville where they will join the other ten
companies of the regiment and go to
Chicamauga Park for ten days encamp
ment. John Wadington, U. S. A.
Sergeant, who has been here a week
instructing and inspecting the compa
ny, will accompany Company A to
Asheville where he will join headquar
ters. Sergeant Wadington states that
the com'pany is In good condition.
The Charlotte Hospital Corps and
the Asheville Band will join the regi
ment at Asheville where all will take
supper.
Saturday afternoon the company
target-practiced at the 200-yard range
south of the city,' The score stood as
follows out of a possible 25, five shots
being fired: U. S. A. Sergeant Wad
ington 17, Lieutenant Keever 11,
Lieutenant Huffman 16, Sergeant Cline
19, Sergeant Bolick 7, Corporal Bow
man 20, Corporal Setzer 10, Musician
Witherspoon 13, Private Whitener 12,
Private I. V. White 14, Privote W.
H, Link 10, Private Abernethy 6, Pri
vate Martin 4, Private Lawrence 12,
Private P. K. Link 11, Private Burns
3, Private Lohr 6.
Several volleys of shots were fired
Monday night on Park Place by two
squads of the company. This was nicely
executed.
This is the only company in the N.
C. N. G. that does not receive an ap
propriation from the county in which
the company is situated. The com
pany has been running on the small
sum appropriated by Congress for this
purpose and has never received a cent
from the county or citizens.
Company A has made rapid progress
and is well up along the lines for which
it is intended, considering the oppor
tunity the men have had. Captain
Lyerly until his resignation a few
months ago served the company well
in that capacity. The present captain,
G. W. Payne, is an excellent officer
and it is believed no mistake was made
in the appointment of Mr. Payne.
Lieutenants Claude Keever and George
Huffman deserve commendation for
their unceasing efforts to make the
company what it is today. The other
officers and all the privates have done
their share.
Children Cry '
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R I A
The Democrat
Gives the news of Hickory and the
Catawba Valley in full. The news
of the world in brief. * .
Col. M. E. Thornton
Sells Water Bonds
Will Build Hydro-EMrie Plant
On tbe Catawba.
TRACK LINE TO RIVER.
j The Bonds, to the Amount of
$1,000,000, Sold to New
York Financiers—Ore
•Smeltering Furnace.
The Electrical World, of New
York, of June 30th, its last issue,
says:
"Col. M. E. Thornton, presi
dent of the Thornton Light &
Power Company, and of the
Hickory Water-Power Electric
Company, of Hickory, N. O , an
nounces that he has sold $1,000,-
000 of bonds of the project to
New York financiers, and will
proceed with the construction
work at once. The plan is to
build a hydro-electric plant on
the Catawba river, near Hickory,
where it is estimated that 9000
horse-power can be developed,
It was also stated some months
ago that a large cotton mill con
cern had contracted to locate its
plant at Hickory, which would
furnish an immediate market for
the energy of the new power
company,"
In addition to the foregoing it
is learned by the Democrat that
there are negotiations pending
whereby a new invention of a
gentlemen in Canada, which is
an electric iron ore smeltering
furnace to reduce ore to iron of
50 per cent, iron at one-third the
cost of the old process of making
iron is to be manufactured by
the use of this power. Such a
furnace will cost about $750,000
and make of 50 per cent, ore,
iron at the rate of eight or nine
thousand tons per annum; and
must have continuous electric
current generated by water pow
er at the least cost and for a
long period, say 90 years, and
requires between seven and
eight thousand horse power.
If the electric iron ore smel
tering furnace is located at this
point there will, therefore, not
be sufficient power for the cot
ton mill in aadftion. ~
The first thing to be done is to
build a track line from the rail
road on the west of Lenoir Col
lege out to the river, so as to haul
the railroad cars out to the Ca
tawba river in bulk. It is con
templated to begin work just as
soon in August as the contrac
tors can complete a water power
development they now have up
in Northern New York state.
| Business Builders
Lost—Between Grimes Drug Co.
and Claremont College a watch
charm, greenish-white stone in
gold setting. Finder will be re
warded by returning same to
Grimes Drug Co. v 7-7-2t
Wanted—you to know tnat we
have an agent, Mack Moretz,
in your town, who will deliver
the Charlotte Evening Chron
icle to you each evening for one
cent per copy, six cents per week.
Give the Chronicle a trial. 6-30-3t
Wanted—2,ooo bushels natura
peach seed. Highest market
prices paid—cash if necessary.
Harris & Little.
Wanted—Dried fruits —apples.
peaches, berries, etc. Take
care of your fruit now for there
will be a demand for it at reason
able prices. Harris & Little.
Wanted —Lady and gentlemen
agents to sell handy household
articles of necessity. Fast sell
ers. $3 to $5 per day guaranteed.
A-ddress Box 209, Hickory, N. C.
Hot! Hot! Hot! in Claremont,
Newton, Conover and Hickory
but Cool! Cool! Cool! crossing the
Blue Ridge. Finest excursion
of the season. July 14th. Round
frip $l.OO.
SCARLET Sage plants for sale. Apply
to Mrs. Carrie Gamble at HicKory
Novelty Co. 6-9-tf
An intelligent person may earn
$lOO monthly corresponding
'or newspapers. No canvassing.
Send for particulars. Press Syn
dicate, b5240, Lockport, N. Y.
aprl4tf
Wanted—To contract for fall
delivery, 300 bushels Big Stem
Jersey, 200 bushels Hayti, 200
bushels Spanish, 300 bushels of
Pumpkin Yam sweet potatoes.
If interested call at out office.
Hickory Seed Co. tj[