If Vou Read The Democrat, you don't need any other newspaper. It's all here. One Dollar a year. : : Established 1899 Death of Mr. Mike L. Cline. A Pioneer in Catawba Ccniity and Hickory. PROMINENT MERCHANT. Was a Merchant and Clerk of the Court in Newton for Years—The Funeral Sunday. One of the pioneers of Cataw ba county passed away in the death Saturday morning of Michael Lee Cline at the age of 83 years and nearly nine months. About ten days before he had suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which at his age he could not rally. The light slowly flick ered out. He had lived to a green old age and was a shock of corn fully ripe. Mr. Cline was the fourth Mi chael in the line, the first of that name having been a soldier in the Revolution. His father Was the first clerk of Catawba county at the time the county was erect ed, about 1843. # Mr. Cline was born in what was then Lincoln ccunty. He went to Newton at 18 years of age and began clerking for Mr. Barrier, head of an old family which has entirely disappeared. Goods were then ordered from Columbia, S, C., and Mr. Cline would follow the wagons on a fast horse, overtake them at Co lumbia and superintend the buy ing. Between the 50s and 60s he was merchandising for him self and became a large purchas* er from Philadelphia, going there often byway of stage to Salis bury, thence by the North Caro lina and Raleigh & Gaston Rail roads to Norfolk, and thence by boat to Philadelphia. He held the position of Clerk of the Court, in addition to mer chandising. In 1872 he was caught for the bulk of his capital by the failure of the Bank of Mecklenburg and moved to Hick ory in 1873. The place was hard ly out of the woods then and "Mike" Cline, as he was famil iarly called, became one of the makers of this city. At one time he was mavor. He built the first wooden, two-story store here, using it himself for a store and afterwards renting it to Link,Mc- Comb & Co. The stores where J. F. Allen and the Van Dyke shop now are belong to tnis es tate. In addition to being a lead er in business life, he was always prominently identified with edu cation and religion. The first Lutheran church was started in the town hall in the rear of his store. He used to send for preachers to come and hold ser vices here. His store war burned down at on time, and a singular feature was that Mr. Lee Cline lost ev ery book in his valuable law li brary except a Bible which he used as a notary. Mr. Ed Cline keeps it yet as a souvenir. No one knows how it was rescued. After a period with the Hickory Manufacturing Co, as book-keep er, Mrr Cline retired to his little farm and spent his life in happi ness, watching the success of his children as they took their places in the community life. He married Miss Laura Bost, daughter of Maj. Joseph Bost, and to them were born 7 chil dren: James E. and F. Lee, both deceased; Mrs. Mary E. Davis; Charles H.; Edward B.; George, of Louisville, Ky., and J. Guv Cline. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Lutheran church conducted by Rev. Dr. J. C. Mo ser,the beloved pastor and neigh bor of the deceased. Mr. Cline was a charter member of the Lutheran church here and his name was first on the roll. He was a member of the church council. He will be missed as the head af the Cline clan in the county and section. Always active for good schools, he was instrumen- HICKCR/ PRODUCE MARKET. Corrected weekly by Whitener & Martin. Hens, per lb 7c Spring Chickens, per lb 12 l-2c Turkeys,per lb 12 12c Eggs, per doz 12 l-2c Butter per lb 15 to 25 Creamery Butter 30c Apples, eating 30c per bu Sweet Potatoes 2.25 acr Irish Potatoes (new) 50c a bu Cabbage, per lb lc Beans, per bushel 30c Peaches, per bu 50c to $1 Tomatoes, per 1b.... * 1 to 2c THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT tal in bringing here Mrs. Mary Clute from Duplin county, who taught one of Hickory's firsc and best schools. A strong, aggressive, able Christian man—one of those who laid the foundation for the love ly city we have today—he will be missed. We always need his kind. Ivey Mill Dots. Correspondence of The Democratr— West Hickoiy, July 20. —The Ivey Mill is running on full time with plenty of help. The Ivev & Hice Picker Stick factory seems to be doing a fine business. They have all the or ders they can fill and are ship ping picker sticks and wheel rims by the car load. Mrs. John Jones and children from Claremont, were here sev eral days last week visiting her father, Mr. Jeff Holler. The Board of Trustees for the Graded School of West Hickory, at their last regular meeting de cided to • mp'oy Prof. Harvey Yount as principal of the school, and Miss Taylor and Miss Powell as assistants. These are the same teachers we had the last term and we are glad to get them back again. Jeff Holler, the proprietor of the Ivey Mill Hotel, gave an ice cream supper Saturday evening. There was a large crowd of young people present and they seemed to enjoy themselves, for Mr. Holler surely knows how to amuse the young people. Mr. Lem Costner and family of Rhodehiss was m West Hick ory Saturday visiting friends. Mr. Dillon Wilson who had been at Asheville for several days visiting relatives returned to the Ivey Mill Saturday. Mr. Ed. Hahn and son went to Granite Sunday to visit Mr. Hahn's'niece, Mrs. Grace Wil liams, who is quite sick. Mr. Frank Williams of Brook ford, was here Sunday visiting | his brother, W. R. Williams. J. S. Bradley, one of the hands at the Ivey Mill, went to Ander son. S. C., one day last week and spent several days with his daughter who lives there. Stanley Abee and Marion Burns, who have been at Chica mauga at soldier's camp for sev eral days, have returned and are at work in the mill again. Rev. J. G. Garth preached in the graded school building of of West Hickory Sunday evening. Mr. A. J. Drum's little son ha 3 been down with typhoid fever for several weeks but is now get ting better. loia. Oxford Ford Items Correspondence of the Democrat Oxford Ford, July 20. —Mr. Vance Isenhour, who holds the position of bookkeeper with a manufacturing firm in Durham, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mr3.-John Isenhour of our sec tion. There was a large assemblage at St. Peters church on Sunday, 24th instant. Prof. A. Haentz schel of Concordia College, Con over, preached an edifying ser mon, and assisted Pastor Henry in the communion service. Ths patrons of the Null school met last Saturday to confer about an addition to the Null school house. The attendance last year was very large. A second room should be added by all means. Mr. David Isenhour, our oldest citizen, is fast improving from his recent and severe illness. Fishing parties can be seen al most daily going toward the Ca tawba river. If each party meets with success, how long will it be before our river will be without fish? Would it not be well for the state fish commission to con sider the restocking of our Ca tawba with a good variety of fish? Whoever has had the pleasure of casting a line in the Illinois river, which was looked after by the state, remembers the de light of fishing in a restocked and protected river. 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. HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY, JULY 28. 1910. Plan to Ship Catawba Eggs Creamery will Handle them lor the Farmers MR. R. R. SLOGUM HERE Government Expert Explains Minnesota Plan which will be Adopted—Cartons for Each Farmer i Mr. R. R, Slocum who is with the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, was here Tuesday looking up the possibility of handling v eggs through the Creamery. Mr. Slo cum's plan is to supply egg car tons to each patron. The patron is to gather the eggs daily, filling the carton, which just holds one dozen. These cartons are to be gathered up every other day by the cream hauler, brought to town and put immediately upon the market Each patrom will be required to supply clean,fresh eggs, of uniform size. Each will be given a number, which will be stamped on the top of his carton, and any complaint made against a carton of eggs will be traced back to the producer, who will be held responsible for the eggs he supplies. This plan is working success fully in a number of towns in Minnesota and has helped the farmers in that state get a much higher price for their eggs. A number of farmers about Hickory were seen and all of them ex pressed themselves 4n favor of the plan. Mr. Slocum feels quite confident that it can be success fully carried out. He spoke Wed nesday at the Farmer's Institute and explained in detail the meth od of supplying the market with a superior egg. Under the prevailing system of marketing eggs a large loss is sustained yearly, estimated to be $17,000,000 for the United States. This loss is largely due to the delay in getting the eggs from the consumer. The purpose of the above plan of marketing is to eliminate this loss by shortening the interval between production and con sumption. The success of the undertak ing will depend upon the support of the people and the quality of the egg produced. The New Organ at the Presby terian Church. Mr. Geo. B. Neeley, of Ashe ville, was here all last week erecting the new Estev pipe or gan in the Presbyterian church. The instrument was made bv the specification for the alcove in the beautiful Rowan granite building, and the church has waited for several years for the time when this organ space would be filled. The instrument was selected with great care and much com parison, and is ideal in tone, quality, strength and appearance. The organ has ten stops; five in the swell, four in the great organ and one in the pedal, with all the accessories of couplings and reversibles, and is capable of wonderful sweetness and great strength. It is thoroughly adapt able to the needs of the building, which has splendid acoustics and the music last Sunday fulfilled and surpassed the fondest dream of all who had so long wished for that day to come. The instrument is supplied with a Ross water-motor and the drainage goes into the city sewer, all of which is eminently satis factory. Mrs. J. H. Hatcher and Miss Nina Ramsay are the organists and exhibited both talent and training in their work last Sab bath. Splendid audiences gathered both morning and evening to at tend the initial services with the new organ. The Estey Company fulfilled their contract in every respect, and- their genial salesman and constructor, Mr. Neeley, made many friends for himself and his company while he was here. A personally conducted 12-day excursion through Canada to Ni agra talis, leaves Spartanburg, S. C.. August 12, via the C. C. &O.R. R. There are stops in Detroit, Buffalo and Toronto, and a steamer trip from Buffalo to Detroit on Lake Erie. Round trip from Asheville, $41.75 Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST O R I A COftftiENT I 1 * The Democrat is informed that it did Mr. J, an injus tice in saying that it heard that the alleged cause of the attack of Prof. Heafner upon him was that he had accused the Lincoln superintendent-of misappropria ting the school funds. We are told that Prof. Click always said that he did not accuse Prof. Heafner nor the school board of misappropriating funds, but that it was the fault of the whole public school system. This much in justice to Mr. Click. The Democrat wishes to con gratulate Supt. Long, chairman A. C. Link co'inty school board on the excellent report which was printed in this paper last week. They have spent out of the total resources of $30,499.- 92 over $16,000 for teachers sal aries and have secured from the State $4,213.61 for the county school work. They have report ed a number of special tax elec tions. and under their lead the school work has progressed most encouragingly. There is naturally an effort, during the recess 9f the 13t dis trict judgeship convention, on the part of the friends of other candidates to sound Catawba's delegates as to their second choice. They are saying, we un derstand, that Catawba's candi date, Mr. Cline. will have to yield eventually. There is no ground for this statement and Catawba delegates will stand firm with the belief that they will nominate their candidate. The contract for grading the road beyond the Catawba bridge to Granite Falls has been let. The fierce grade is being cut down. A number of Hickory men have subscribed to the fund to repair the Hickory-Lenciiwoad, and Mr. J. M. Allred asks that they kind ly send him checks for the amounts they pledged, which will save him the trouble of col lecting or having it done. The Democrat is pleased to see that S3OO was subscribed as a starter for a student's loan fund at the recent commencement of the Appalachian Training school at Boone. This school is doing a splendid woek. It has been a great pleasure to meet Prof. D. D. Dougherty recently. He is the right man in the right place there. We call attention to an ad of the school elsewhere in the paper. It is a great pleasure to note what a fine record Hickory's military company made at the Chicamauga encampment. Hick ory has got the best bunch of soldier boys in Western North Carolina. At Catawba Springs. Among the guests who were registered last week at Catawba Springs, were: R. R. Crawford and family, Winston-Salem; Mrs. J. H. Aiken and family. Hickory; and Will Aiken, the well known newspaper man of Asheville, who now of Helena, * Mont, and and private secretary to the Gov ernor there; John D. Gorham, Washington, N. C.; F. L. Mer ritt and wife,Salem 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Mason, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Q. E. Rawls, Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Alphonsus Cobb and child, Durham; A. Sperling Thomas, Greensboro, H. H. Shuford, Brookford; Messers. R. E. Martin H. P. Williams, Joe L. Murphy, R. B. Stapp, and G. W. Kirkpatrick, Hickory; Miss Grace Warren, Bristol Tenn; B. F. Hargett, Wilkesboro; J. A, Stewman, wife, sister and son, Lancaster, S. C.; Mrs. E. R. Bost and Miss Ruth Bost, New ton; Rev. and Mrs, J. G. Garth and three children, Hickory; Toy Bolick, Conover; Mr. S. Witt kowsky, Mrs. John Carson and child, Mr. and Mrs. Burwell, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Carson, Char lotte; T. H. White and family, Chester. S. C.; Miss C. V. Mc- Alpin and Mrs. W. B. Vaughn, Chester, S. C.; Mrs. N. P. Walk up, Waxhaw; Mrs. Frost Tor rence. Miss Helen Torrance and Miss Julia Galloway, Gastonia; Miss Virginia Allen, Raleigh. New Knitting Mill for Hickory Plant with $28,000 Capital fill Manafactore Infants Hose NEAR THE ICE PLANT The Charter Already Secured and Machinery Purchased— Incorporators Able Busi : ness Men Work is now in progress for a new knitting mill located near the plant of the Hickory Ice & Coal Co. The promoters are J. D. J2l - P, P. Jones, Eubert Lyerly and H, J. Holbrook and the capi tal is $25,000. The new company will manu facture medium grade infant hose and hopes to be in operation by Sept. 1, The machinery has been purchased and the charter granted. This will make Hickory's sec ond knitting mill, and shows the growth of this city, which has room for several more factories such as a chair factory, an oil mill, etc. Big Lug Strap Order The largest order ever given by any company for lug straps vtes one for $5,000 received by Ivey & Hice last week, from the Pacific Mills of Lawrence, Mass., making about 10,000 of this firm's lug straps which this com pany has used. It will require between two and three weeks to fill this order. Ivey & Hice turned out about 100,000 lug straps last year. Dist. Conference at Catawba Correspondence of the Democrat. Catawba, July 26.—The 30th session of the Statesville District Conference convened at the Meth odist church here Thursday morn ing. Jlev. O, I. Hinson, of Race Street Methodist church, States ville, preached the opening ser mon. The Conference was or ganized Thursday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Sanford, of Granite Falls, was elected secretary and Mr. L. B. Hayes, assistant, Revs. O. I. Hinson, R. E. At kinson, C. M. Pickens and sever al other speakers discussed the worth of the Epworth League. Rev. J. B. Craven, president of Davenport college, and Prof. Livingstone, of Brevard Institute, presented the claims of their in stitutions. Rev. M. T. Stelle preached an excellent sermon Thursday eve ning. Friday morning conference met at nine o'clock. Rev. C. M. Pickens preached at 11 o'clock. Prof. Aldridge, Trinity college; Rev. W, E. Poovey, Weaverville college; and Prof. McCoy, Ruth erford college spoke in the inter est of their respective schools. Friday evening the Laymen had charge of the meeting. Hon. W. D. Turner presided at this meeting. Prof. A. A, Hayes, Superinten dent of the Children's Home, represented that institution. The sessions closed Saturday morning. Maiden was selected as the next place for the district conference to meet. The dele gates elected to the annual con ference at Winston were Messrs. G. F. Ivey, J. U. Long, J. M. Tuttle and W. D. Turner; alter nates, R. L. McNeely, L. H. Phillips. Rev. R. E. Atkinson preached the morning sermon. Sunday morning Rev. E. L. Bain preached and administered the Lord's supper. Owing to the large attendance Mr. E. R. Sor rell, a ministerial student, preached in the Baptist church Sunday morning. Mr. Sorrell is asssisting Rev. J. M. Price in a protracted meeting this week. Splendid Institute at Newton Correspondence of the Democrat. Newton, July 26.—The Teach ers' Institute had a fine opening. More than 80 teachers are en rolled already. Almost every teacher in the county in the county is in attendance. The teachers are taking great inter est in the work of the institute, and show an earnest desire to improve themselves in every way possible. Supt. Long is elated over the spirit manifested by the teachers. CHAS. M. STALEY. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A Democrat and Press, Consolidated )905 STUDENT LOAN FUND Graduating Exerc'ses at Ap palachian Training School. Correspondence of The Democrat. Boone, July 22.—The grounds of the Appalachian Training School were full of visitors on yesterday attending the graduating ex ercises. Four received* certificates of graduation from the hand of the chairman of the Executive Committee, Capt. E F. Lovill. Rev. C. A* G. Thomas, of Lenoii, delivered the address. Many from a distance were here. The school enrolled 260 during the summer term. Three hundred dollars were subscribed for a Students Loan Fund. The fall term was announced to begin August 23. The Republican county ticket is as follows: For Representative. W. H. Colloway; Sheriff. E. R. Eggers; Clerk, W. D. Farthing; Register, W. R. Gragg; Surveyor, Larkin Trivett; Caroner, James Vannoy; Commissioners, Thomas Day, J. M. May, and Will Wink ler. AM. The Memorial Book To the Editor of the Democrat: We are forced, through ill health and our inability to get our manuscript typewritten, to postpone the publication of our book, "History of the Soldiers of Catawba of the Sixties." We shall be able in the early spring of 1911 to issue. In the mean time we shall be the more able to make it the more reliable and complete. It is no small job to get up a complete record and' have the book issued in the sub stantial and attractive form we desire. It shall be a book in ap pearance as well as matter no soldier nor his offspring will be ashamed to find it on his parlor table for all time to come. Look for instructions at the reunion in Newton in August. Bossing the Street Work The tearing up of the streets is a godsend to the Sons of Rest. They have settled every human problem that is soluable and a few that were not; and conversa tion had begun to flag with them. It promised to be a dull summer when all of a sudden Hart & Abee's mules, plows and men went to excavating. The Sons of Rest make fine bosses of the job. They know exactly how it Ought to be done and give the foremen invaluable pointers. Most of them are pessimists,how ever, and can see little good to the town in the new streets. predict burdensome taxes, ana a brief, crack-split life for tarvia or tar-macadam. Prof. Hahn is the optimist of the bunch and is trying to cheer them up, Farmer's Institutes A farmers' Institute will be held at Dr. Foard's Store, Wed nesday, Aug. 8 and Sherrill's Ford, Thursday, Aug. 4 begin ning at 10 o'clock. Women's Institutes at the same places and dates will also be held by Miss Josephine Scott and Miss Reinnardt. Institute lecturers will be: R. W. Scott, Alamance County; J. A. Conover, Dairy Demonstrator, U. S. Department of Agriculture; C. R. Hudson, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and others. A premium of $1 will be given for the best loaf baked and ex hibited by a girl or woman living on the farm. A premium of $1 will be given for the best five ear 3 of pure bred corn. (See program.) The bojs are especially invited to come and learn about the Boys' Corn Clubs. White-Harrison. A marriage which took their friends by surprise was that of Miss Neta White and Mr. W. A. Harrison at the Methodist par sonage, Rev. Dr. J. H. Weaver officiating Monday night. Miss White is the very pretty and at tractive daughter of Mr. and R. L. White, and did excellently last session in art at Lenoir Col lege. Mr. Harrison is a trusted employe of the Southern Rail way. The romance which cul minated in the marriage Monday night was the result of meeting last summer in Asheville, where Miss White was then visiting. Those who witnessed the cere mony were Miss Stella White, the pretty sister of the bride, and Messrs. Clarence Keever, Au burn Setzer and E. L. Flowers. The young couple left on 35 for Asheville, where they will make their home. Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch of your clothing. Doan's Ointment cures the most obsti nate cases. Why suffer. All druggists sell it. The Democrat Gives the news of Hickory and the Catawba Valley in full. The news of the world in brief. Shipments of Sweet Potatoes This Year 7,091 Crates, or 47 More than in 1909 EQUALS 1,170,015 POUNDS The Boston Market Reduced its Orders by 1,000 Grates - Asbeville Got a Lot The Southern Railway and C. & N. W. offices here have just completed the figures for sweet potato shipments, which show them to be 7,091 crates. At 165 pounds to the crate this would make 1,170,015 pounds. At 3 bushels to the crate the number * of bushels is 21,273. Last year is the record-break ing year but 1910 almost caught up with 1909, when 7,138 crates were shipped, or only 47 crates more. The Boston market failed to take its quota this year, taking only 658 crates, a decrease of this information. _____ % Presbyterian Ghurch Notes. The pastor will preach at both services next Sabbath. The new pipe organ is alto gether satisfactory and the mu sic last Sunday was greatly im proved. The pastor's vacation com mences next week, which he will begin by a visit to Catawba Springs for a while and later he will probably go to the moun tains. The pulpit will be filled during the pastor's vacation on the the second and fourth sabbaths of August. The pastor and the secretary are expected to take part in the program at the Sunday School convention at Startown Friday. The secretary will explain his splendid weekly report. The Missionary committee held an important meeting last Mon day night and resolved to rec comend a monthly missionary meeting on the fourth Wednes day night of each month. The rirst meeting will come off in September. Missionary bulletins will be placed where all can read the items of missionary information. If any one wants the extra dirt on the Presbyterian church lawn, they can have it for the hauling, if they will see Mr. W. B. Men zies, of the committee on cnurch property. Yoder Reunion, August 24. On the 23rd of August next, which is G. M. Yoder's 84th birthday, there will be a reunion held at the home of Col. Yoder, near Wesley Chapel, where there is a beautiful shady grove, by the decendents of Conrad Yoder who came to America 159 years ago, and settled in the South Fork valley. All the decendants are requested to come out with a full basket. The public is also invit ed to come out with full baskets and partake of the picnic dinner. There will be some public ad dress made by good speakers. G. M. YODER. D. A. YODER, C. M. YODER, Managers. Teething children have more or less diarrhoea, which can be controlled by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All that is nec essary is to give the prescribed dose after each operation of the bowels more than natural and then castor oil to clease the system. It is safe and sure. Sold by Grimes Drug Co. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS SOUTHERN RAILWAY No. 21 going West 4:30 p m '* 11 " " 11:30 am "35 " " 11:21pm "12 " East 5:30 p m "22 " " 10:57 am " 36 44 " 9:54 am C. & N. W. RAILWAY No. 10 going North 11:55 am " 9 " South 2:55 pm Mixed train going North... 8:35 p m " " " 50uth...8:40 am

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