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If You Read The Democrat, you don't need any other newspaper. It's all l*l«. One Dollar a year. : : Established 1899 Adjournment After Deadlock Judicial Covention Adjooroed Alter 481 Ballots MEETS HERE ON AUG. 25 Catawba Holds the Key to the Situation with Her 39 Votes-Able Nom inating Speeches The Thirteenth Judicial district Democratic cor.ventio# at New ton .lulv 12 added another to the lecord breaking deadlocks of the present year, and after a 25 hour session, save for the recesses.ad journed to meet again in Hickory on Aug. 25. Just 481 ballots had been taken when the motion to adjourn, made by Mr. Lambert, of Mitchell, prevailed at 3a. m. Wednesday morning. Most of the delegates went on to Char lotte to attend the State conven t o The vote up to the 60th ballot stood: Cline 43, Finley 37, Jones 44 and Lowe 24. At the adjournment the vote stood: Cline 43, Finley 55, Jones 50, Lowe having dropped ouc. Cline's friends were standing loyally by him with the hope that in the deadlock between Finley and Jones he could win over enough strength from these men to nominate him. Catawba holds the key to the situation. Chairman Geo. McCorkle called the convention to order in the court house at 2p. m. Mr, J. L. Gwaltney, of Alexander, was oooooooooooo^oooooooooooo jj Business Builders 8 CXXX3QOOOOOOO If it is up-to-date tonsorial work you are looking for, come to Deitz's Barber Shop. Look for the Big Window. 7-14-2t For Sale Cheap— My house and lot in West Hickory. Call on or write Edgar Whitener for terms and prices. 7-14-jf Wanted -Two or three good men to sell an article needed in every home in North Carolina not already supplied. Steady employment. Salary or commis sion. Address, Corporation 206 South Main St., Salisbury, N. C. 7-14-4t. 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. 7-7-2t If you should need a pair of Ox ford ties, patent leather, or black suede pumps, perhaps I can fit you. J. A. Bowles. 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 You may need a good trunk this month or next. I have them at a low down price. J. A. Bowles. Wanted— 2,000 bushels natural 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. Special prices on a great many things to close before the sea son is over J. A. Bowles. Wanted—Lady and gentlemen agents to sell handy household articles of necessity. Fast sell ers. $3 to per day guaranteed. Address Box 209, Hickory, N. C. Don t forget the Burrojap war ranted patent leather shoes for ™en. A new pair if the leather ft. Sold ° nl > b * J - A - For Sale—White Leghorn Cock- T a L from No. 1 laying stock. b 7-15 2t Electric Lights. Motors, Fans, fW . See E. B. Bland, ectrical Contractor. W S ted ~ To contract for fall j p ' Ver y. 300 bushels Big Stem bnchii' I bushels Hayti, 200 Sp , anish > 300 bushels of If i«P am sweet potatoes. Hi P J Lere sted call at out office. k°ry Seed Co. tf THE, HICKORY DEMOCRAT made chairman. Mark Se.ui-es, of Lenoir; Bob Deal, of Wilkes; C. H. Mebane, of Catawba and E. L. Brown, of Watauga, were made secretaries. Nomination speeches were of a high order. Capt. Edmund Jones, of Lenoir, was nominated by Lieut.-Gov. W. C. Newland;E. tf. Cline, of Hickory, by W. A. Self; T. B. Finley, of Wilkesboro, by Frank Hendren; and L. D. Lowe, of Watauga, by Capt. J. Frank Lovell, Mr. Peterson, of Mitchell, seconded Jones; Mr. Feimster, of Newton, Cline; and W. W. Bar ber,'of Wilkesboro, Finley. In the early voting, the four candidates got 4 votes apiece from Alexander. Caldwell's 30 went to Jones; Catawba's 39 to Cline. Mitchell gave Jones 9 and Finley 2 all the time and Watau ga voted 20 for Lowe, while Wilkes cast 31 for Finley and 1 for Jones. Alter the lOOdth. ballot had been passed, Watauga broke, abandoning Lowe, and giving Finley 15 Jones 5. Finley also absorbed the single Jones vote in Wilkes. The rest of the counties voted as before, None of the three men were willing to give way. About 2 a. m. Capt. Lovel broached a possible com promise by all the candidates withdrawing and letting a dark horse come in. Wilkes indignantly rejected such a proposition. The motion to adjourn was favored by Mitchell, Watauga, Alexander and Caldwell and opposed by Catawba and Wilkes. Tne vote was 76 to 72. Among the interested spec tators were Judge Biggs, who adjourned court for the conven tion, and Col. G, M. Yoder, the venerable Democrat of the old school and the able historical authority of Catawba county. A resolution in appreciation of Judge Council's eminent service in the past was adopted with great applause. The "score cards'' with com pliment of the Newton News were greatly appreciated. ** Locals Miss Sallie Herndon, who has been visiting friends in the city, returned to her home in Kins ton Tuesday. Dr. Childs, of St. Petersburg, Fla., now a guest at Connelly Springs, was a guest of Dr. J. HL Shuford this week. The D. O. C. will meet with Mrs. Grimes Monday afternoon at 4:30. Important business de mands a full attendance. The Hickory Department will attend the State Firemen's 23rd tournament held during New bern's bi centennial, July 25-30. Misses Mildred McCubbins. of Salisbury, and Alma Henley, of Greensboro, are spending the week with Miss Margaret Mc- Comb. Preparing to move into the Moretz or Morrison building on Main street, the Moretz-Whitener Clothing Co. are advertising un usual bargains in this issue. The little boy, one of the trip lets recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Avenr Whitener, is dead. His two little sisters are very feeble. Mr. Worth Elliott, who is in Raleigh, and Mrs. Elliott, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hull in Rock Hill, are expected home Saturday. The Rev. M. G. G. Sherer, D. D., pastor of St Andrew's Luth eran church, Charleston, S. C. will preach at Holy Trinity Luth eran church, Dr. Moser pastor, at the morn ing service Sunday. Mr. Moretz's Stock to be Sold The entire stock of Mr, McCoy Moretz is to be slaughtered in one of the greatest special sales ever held in this city beginning tomorrow and lasting for the next 15 days cr till Saturday, July 30. - The sale is being con ducted by the New York and St. Louis Consolidated Auction Co. Mr. A. W. Selz, who has had remarkable success with such sales in various cities of the United States, is in charge of the stock and is being assisted ably by Mi. B. F. Davis, Jr. The store of Mr. Moretz was closed today to arrange for the sale, which will offer unusual bargains. The Democrat calls at tention to a page ad. in today's paper in which the features* of the sale are described. Mr. Moretz has a splendid stock of goods on hand and this will go at remarkably low values. Rutherford College opened Wednesday, August 17, 1910. For a catalog simply write your name and address on a postal card and mailjto Anderson Weav er, Sec'y., Rutherford "College, N.C. Creamery'^ Report for June Paid the Farmers for Batter Fat $941,55 MORE CREAM WANTED Likely to Double in July the 3138 Pounds of Butter Fat * Received—A Splendid Showing Sales of butter, etc. $535.48 Butter in course of sale 552.00 $1085.48 Amount paid patrons $941.53 Sinking fund 17.50 Expenses pro-rated 126.45 $1085.48 Amount of cream re ceived 10244 lbs Amount of butter fat 3138.51 3138.51 lbs. of but- ter fat at 30 cents $941.55 Amount paid patrons 941.53 Catawba Creamery Co. was organized in March Joy about thirty or forty farmers of Ca tawba county and is worked out upon what is known as the co operative basis, that is all the farmers bring or send their cream to the Creamery and same is made into butter. After the expenses are deducted the bal ance of receipts are pro-rated among the patrons. The patron gets the full value for his output with the exception of what it costs to market same. The co operative feature has been worked out successfully in Min nesota and in the Northwest and we feel sure it can be made a success in Catawba and sur rounding counties. At present there is quite a lot of butter com ing in to all the towns surround ing Hickory and the farmers are not getting over 18 to 20 cents p«r pound for their butter. Why not take it to the Creamery and get 30 cents for your butter fat. The first month's work of the Creamery shows that we received 3138.51 pounds of butter fat and we paid the farmers 30 cents per pound for this, making a total of $941.55. For the month of July we are going to double this and hope to receive six or seven thousand pounds of butter fat. We can take care of ten to twelve thousand pounds of butter fat with very little additional ex pense and we areare very anx ious to get in all the surround ing country, -If you or any of your neighbors are interested come to see the Creamery in op eration or if you can not come write the Secretary snd he will be glad to give you any informa tion in regard to same. Respectfully. Catawba Creamery Co., W. J. Shuford, Sec. Hildebran Items Correspondence of The Democrat. Hildebran, July 13.—Elder G. W. Wells came home from High Point and spent one day with his family on his way to Asheville. Mrs. J. E. Yoder was a Hick ory visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Bosworth of East Hick ory spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends here. Miss Burge returned home with her. Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Schofield were in Hickory one day last week. Mrs. Geo. Morgan visited rela tives here last week. Mrs. Sowles is on the sick list. Several of the young men of Hildebran have gone to Hickory to work on the new road. / Day of Deadlocks Dr. J. M. Faison was nominated on the 567 th ballot at Goldsboro to succeed Congressman Thomas in the 3rd district. Mr. Wilson, of Gaston was nominated for solicitor in the Charlotte district af ter 839 ballots. With Maj. Stedman only 5 votes short at one time, the fifth district congres sional convention adjourned to meet again at Greensboro July 26. Announcement. The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance, Catawba & Burke Branch, will meet in annual session, in Hickory, in the city Hall, the 23rd, (the 4th, Sat.) of this month, at one o'clock p. m. sharp. Every member of the Association, is entitled to a seat, and a voice in i this meeting, and urged to be present.! The election of officers for the ensuing year will be held, during this meeting. M. A. Abernethy, Sec. & Treas. Newtop, N. C. July 11, 1910. 7-14-2t. ' ' Child ran Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA >K2& : sr"-e. HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. j COMMENT | The Democrat is greatly be holden to its neighbor,.the Timtes- Mercury, for a brotherly boost last weak, We copy as much of it as modesty will justify: We have been observing th? healthy growth of our splendid local contempor ary, The Hickory Democrat, and take this occasion to express our apprecia tion of the newsy and high toned paper our brother is producing. * * As a competitor he is every ineh a gentleman and as a man he '.s feigh toned and polite. He is one of the prime factors in the development of Hickory and deserves the hearty support of every individual. There is no good wish here ex pressed that we do not fully re ciprocate. Outside the Statesville Landmark, the Lexington Dis patch and one or two others, which have reached highwater mark, Hickory has two as excel lent papers as any other town in the state, if we do say it as shouldn't. A newspaper is the taste which the town leaves in the mouth of the public. If the town supports its papers enthusiasti cally it will be a good taste which is left. If it does not, it will be a jagged, dark brown taste. Verb sap. » " Newton entertained the judi cial convention in royal style. Electric fans, tubs or ice water, a half hogshead of lemonade from the Booster's club minis tered to the comfort of guests. The hotel service was excellent. Hickory's delegates didfcot want to leave Newton, and joined in casting the vote of Catawba solidly against adjournment. We take this occasion to say to our own people that if we want to come anywhere near doing as well for the adjourned session, which meets here Aug. 25, as Newton did with the first session, we will have to get a move on us at once. 1 * The Democrat is publishing the statement of the Catawba Cooperative Creamery for the first month that it really got down to a working basis. The showing is an excellent one, and is bound to appeal to every farm er in reach of the Creamery wag on. This first statement is signif icant. It is an almost sure proph ecy of growth and future suc cess. What is the cause of the epi demic of political tetanus in Noith Carolina Democratic con ventions this year? What better way out of the 13th judicial district deadlock than by uniting on Cline? Presbyterian Church Notes. The regular services, preach ing by the pastor next Sunday. Subjects, "Are you Caged or Tamed?" "The Cultivation of Belief." The pipe organ is here. It will be placed next week. Mr. Neely the Estey man, wishes only six days to install it, and we will use it on Sunday morning July 24. Water connections for the motor will be made and all will be ready the date named. All of our friends are invited. We hope to have an evening of sacred music soon after the in stallation of the organ to which the public will be welcome. Sunday School kepps up with its attendance. The primaries celebrated birthdays last Sunday in addition to the usualjexercises The pastor expects to take his vacation in August. Let everybody pay his sub scription to the pipe organ at once to K. C. Menzies. Rev. J. D, Harte wrote yester day that Nelson had had a re lapse. His temperature has been 104 and 105. Mr. Harte will of course not be here Sunday. Nel son's mind is clear but he sleeps most of the time. The postoffice receipts of Hick ory, always an indication of bus iness growth, show an increase in the present fiscal year over last of 11.70 per cent. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909 they were $13,151.64; for the same period of 1910 $14,699.65. Increase $1,548.01. Impure bood runs you* down— makes you an easy victim for or ganic diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the blood—cures the cause—builds you up. ULY 14. 1910. Pickett's Charge Made Too Soon Lee Missed Staart and Jackson at Gettysburg PROF. FRITZ'S LETTER A Visit to the Field of the De cisive Battle—Lessons Southern - Must Learn The following is the remainder of the letter of President Fritz, of Lenoir College: On to Gettysburg! Saturday was spent driving over 22 of the many miles of finely macadam ized driveway that Uncle Sam has constructed along the once bloody lines of this great battle field of the brothers. But my letter is getting too long. In another, I may tell something of what I heard and saw and felt and thought while there,for I did these very things! A man —a Southerner —may be indifferent when he starts around those lines —surely he will not remain thus long. What a for est of monuments, tablets, etc., organizations and states have placed there to the memory and honor of the Union soldiers —only two small stones to those of the South. Yet there could be no greater monument to the cour age, the manhood, the superiori ty of the South and her soldiery, or to any soldiery—than Gettys burg—sixteen thousand acres of battle, the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, Seminary Ridge, Cemetery Ridge, Round Top, Culp's Hill, Devils Den. etc, — and her many monuments. The southern army approached the town from the North on the morning of July 1, 1863. The northern army hastened to meet the Confederates north of the town so as to save it. The south erners whipped them back through town, captured the town, and partially flanked the enemy on the east and west the first day, the north losing over 4,000 and the south nearly as many. The northern army was whipped at the close of the first day. Why did not Lee push on beyond the town, finish the job by capturing and scattering the enemy and prevent their be ing reinforced, and reformed on the ridge of hills over there? Why? Lee feared the enemy was already established on and behind those hills; for several days he had been unable to keep up with the Federals' move ments, for Stuarts' Cavalry had been too far ahead and to the left of him, and Jackson was not there! The second day the flanking movements were fought furious ly on the east and west, shorten ing the enemy's line and pushing them back to the top of the ridge of hills on the South. The third day Lee attempted to break the enemies' center. One hundred and forty guns bombarded the line for several hours, doing great damage, ex ploding many ammunition wag ons, and filling the yalley 'with smoke. The North ceased firing to rest and cool their guns. Shouts of rejoicjng rang along the Southern lines—they thought their deadly work was done. Pickett could wait no longer. He demanded that Longstreet order him to charge. Longstreet was unwilling but nodded his head and turned away. With 15,000 men Pickett swept over the mile of fields and up the slant in face of a furious and various fire. Great gaps were made in his lines by shot and shell but he closed them and swept on right up to the rock walls over, but it was too late;the enemy were reinforced and too well established. Then the retreat! Why didn't Lee push on that first night? Why didn't our men know it when they were in 200 yards of Meade's headquarters? Why did Pickett mistake the lull in the firing of the enemy's guns and make his charge too soon? Our trusty old guide, John Pit zer, said: "It just seemed that it wa3 to be so." Near Waterloo, a little boy said to the French general, "Go this way rather than that"—and you know the rest. The Southern soldier left his mark at Gettys burg! The leaders made mis takes—it was inevitable, but the shortcomings of the South ern soldier, not yet discovered! The visit to Gettysburg was especially enjoyed because it was just at the time of year when the engagement toook place—the trees and grass just as green,the Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 wheatfields just as yellow. The spring has been late, but the wheat is very fine —great sheets of gold just ready for the reap er I TWO GREAT BUILDING One of the new sights in Wash ington was the Great Union sta tion. It cost nine millions, three millions of which were furnished by the city and District. It is a marvelous structure. See it when you visit the capital. Another new sight to me was the Congres sional Library—the finest build ing in the world! Six and a half millions —and you will think that is dirt cheap when you see it. What a vision of stone, marble, mahogany, gold, mosaic, fresco, columns, arches, domes, balus trades, etc. In the great en trance way you are greeted by a wilderness of snow-wjiite marble; in the great public reading hall under the dome you behold a pro fusion of the wonderful colored Sienna marble, all from Italy;the the inside of this dome orna mented with gold-leaf; the top almost covered with sheet-gold. No description is possible. You must see it. THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. I saw the famous Cumberland Vallev and the fine agricultural region from Gettysburg to Balti more, and I wish eVery farmer in North Carolina could see it— for the day is coming when we must and will surpass them! Clover, timothy, wheat, good stock, good, big barns with windows, and some even with blinds, nice, painted homes, good roads, good school houses— these everywhere and all the time. And too, way up there, I saw a large number of Cataw b„a county Irish potato patches amifields! Rest easy, they will have an abundance for you to eat next winter and to plant next spring. It may be all right to buy a few seed potatoes from them, but it is positively a sin for Catawba county people to eat potatoes raised in Pennsylvania; just as it is wrong to feed Vir ginia timothy and clover. The Irish potato has a fine food value—good three times a day. The people of Catawba county and of North Carolina do not raise enough Irish potatoes. They are easily grown and easily kept. On those fine farms in Pennsylvania, they have tried to raid* Irish potatoes. A DUCK FARM. I did not see one county home that was not painted." I saw no washed-off fields; no gullies! We can and must come tothpt. Near Harrisburgl saw a duck farm that last year, yielded a profit of SII,OOO, They were all white—l did not count them. In a Quaker community in the Cumberland Valley I saw the largest macaro ni factory in the world. Our soldiers remember Cumberland Valley and Western Maryland— they fared sumptuously there. Shall we be discouraged? No; we really beat them at Gettys burg, but like the Irishman's turtle, they were not sensible of it. We are going to beat them sure enough in the development and upbuilding of our country. We have it on them in the mat ter of climate, kind .of popula tion, I and in many other ways. Bill Arp once said that he re joiced and thanked God for one thing—that the North couldn't bottle up our fine climate and sell it back to us as patent med icine. Why, they are just now serving a few scrubby strawber ries t as desert, and you should have seen their "mouths water" when I bragged of the fine peaches we have had since the 28th of May! Garden vegetables? They are not in it yet. What we need is to get busy, to mix brains with our soil and business, to get moYe variety into our agricultural enterprise! The Southern farmer needs to see a vision! Every man who in the right way is helping to awaken this sleepy giant is serving the Lord. As a hasty politician once said; "Just one little more few thing and I'll quit." Just as I was taking the train at Gettysburg, here came a fashionable negro wedding party! Such chatter ing, throwing rice, confetti, etc., etc., dolls, etc., tied to trunks— every stunt that the whites do— and such a racket —all seemed to enjoy it, white and black—in fact it was not entirely a negro affair, as the couple was nine elevenths white. The June bride was in evi dence. I saw five from Hickory to Baltimore. The people of the North are interested in the South as never before. They ask many ques tions .about the new day in the South. They understand the negro question better; they un derstand us better; they love us more. We be brethren. R. L. Fritz. ilfPisP The Democrat Gives the news of Hickory and the Catawba Valley in full. The news of the world in brief. The Ivey Mill Resumes Work At Basiness Again Alter Ten Days Shot Down STORE CHANGES HANDS Mr. Drum Sells to Mr. Norris. Ivey and Rhodhiss Play Ball—Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Democrat; West Hickory, July 13.—Mr. A. J. Drum, who has been one of the leading merchants in West Hickory for several years, has sold his entire stock of goods to Mr. Norris from Longview. Mr. Norris has had charge of the store for several days and seems to be doing a good business. The Ivev base ball team crossed bats witn Rhodhiss team last Saturday. At the end of the game the score vas 2 and 25 in favor of Rhodhis?. G. C. Wiisoi who has been working at Anderson, S. C., for several months returned to his home in West Hickory Saturday. Mr. Vance Miller who has been working at Asheville is here at present visiting his parents. The 8 months old child of Mr. Lawson Simms died a few days ago and was buried at Arneys Chapel. The beloved family have sympathy of the community, Mrs. T. L. Miller has been very sick for several days, but is now getting better. Mr. Dan Eckard of Danville, Va., was at the Ivey Mill several days last week. Mr. John Mace of Brookford, moved here a few days ago and is working for Ivey & Hice Co., in the picker stick factory. One of Mr. Jim Abee's sons has been very low with typhoid fever for several weeks but is now improving. The Ivey Mill shut down Satur day, July 2nd, for one week's rest, and started up Monday morning, July 11. Mr. W. A. Isenhour of this place has been at Marion for sev eral weeks helping to start up a new cotton mill there. Mr. Frank Mitchell and family from High Shoals, moved to the Ivey Mill last Saturday, and are going to work here. Miss Virga Hicks of Cook, was here last week visiting the fami ly of Mr. Pink Berry. Miss Jesse Hahn of this place went to Hildebran Saturday to visit relatives there. Mrs. P. K. Baker of West Hickory, started last Thursday to visit her sister at Mt. Airy. She will be gone several days, lota. Little-Heffner. The following cards have been recently issued: "Mrs. Candace Almitta Little announces the marriage of her daughter, Jennie Lee, to Mr. Walter Leander Heffner, on Wednesday, June the twenty second, nineteen hundred and ten, Hickory, North Carolina." Rev. Dr. J. C. Moser per formed the ceremony. The Dem ocrat very much regrets that copy of a previous notice of the marriage failed to appear in print. Made to Surrender Custody of Child. Mr. J. T. Groves who lives near Plateau was given the custody of his little 2-year old girl in a habeas corpus hearing before Judge Council this .veek. At the death of Mr. Groves first v/ife the children were placed with their grandparents, Mr. ana Mrs. John icard. When he married again they did not wish to give up the children, so tangled in their heartstrings had they jecome. They surrendered the 4-year old boy, however, after a habeas writ had been issued, yet another tearful hearing was necessary before they would give up the littte girl. A. A. Whitner represented the petitioners and M. H. Yount the grandparents. • Among the guests at Catawba Springs are Mr. R. R. Craw-, ford's family from Winston and Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Cobb and Mrs. Rawles, of Durham. Mr. F. 0. Elliott is making the springs the perfectly delightful old home-like place it used to be. NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that applica tion will be made to the Governor for the pardon of Calvin Pitts, of Catawba county, now serving sentence for the offence of seduction, and that his ex cellency will be asked to pass upon such Application on Augu st 15th, 1910, or at a later date to be fixed by him. This July 14th, 1910, 7-14 4t J. M. PITTS. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA • . ■■ , * '..