Established 1899
SeKz Reunion
at Zlon Church
Large Crowd, Some from i Far
Distance, Id Attendance
H. G. SEITZ'S SPEECH
Tells Some Reminiscenses Re
lating to the old Church-
An Eloquent Plea for
Education
A. large crowd attended the
ge-tz reunion at Zion Church
last Saturday afternoon.
After a song of welcome by
the choir, Pastor Stroup led in
prayer. Then in a few well
chosen words of greeting, Mr.,
H. G. Seitz, in behalf of the
Seitz reunion, bade a welcome,
thrice welcome to one and all.
He said in part:
"We should know more of our
German ancestors, the pioneers
who first settled this piedmont
section of North Carolina. Most
of them came from Germany,
stopping a while, in Pennsyl
vania, seeking homes in the
South where they could worship
God whom they loved." Mr.
Seitz paid a high tribute to these
grand pioneers.
"They began building the
church with the schoolhouae by
its side. The old church, boilt
with hewn logs two stories high,
was erected here in 1791. It is
one man made the nails for his
part of the work.
"Two of my grandmothers
were named Sarah Whitener but
were not related. One of them
was the first child baptised in
Zion church in 1792.
"Now I want to say a few
words on education. espe
cially female education and I
mean the training of the head,
the heart and the hand. This is
the only kind worth having. If
every woman in this country,
white or black, could be given
this kind the future of this
country would be bright. It's
said, the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the nation. If men
are the after trainers, women
have been beforehand in the
task. Dr. Moser and his col
leagues saw it 30 years ago. The
elector's address pefore the liter
ary societies at Conover on
"Positive Religious Truth in Ed
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For Sale—One hundred pounds
of the finest goose feathers.
Harris & Little. 8-18-tf
New Crop "Ferndell" Rolled
White Oats. The best on the
market. Try two packages, 25c.
Whitener & Martin.
Serges are good for skirts and
suits. I have them in many
shades. J. A. Bowles.
"Fresh Stock" Hominy, Grits,
white, clean, in packages, at
Whitener & Martin's.
Get goods for school dresses at
J. A. Bowles.
Now is the season for Macaroni
and cheese. We have the best.
Whitener & Martin.
When vou buy goods at J. A.
Bowles you get them at right
prices.
New Cranberries cheap. 10c qt.
at Whitener & Martin's. It
An intelligent person may earn
$lOO monthly corresponding
for newspapers. No canvassing.
Send for particulars. Press Syn
dicate, b5240, Lockport, N. Y.
aprl4tf
The "Imperial" line of ladies
fall shoes just in. J. A. Bowles.
When you buy our Calf Skin
Shoes for the children you can
cut out overshoes. Link's Shoe
Store. 9-8 2t
"Will out-wear two pairs of
soles" is the kind of school
shoes we sell. Link's Shoe Siore.
Cash paid for all kinds of book 3
; or papers, old coin, paper mon
ey, stamps, furniture, Indian or
war relics, curios. Smith's Old
Book Store, Raleigh, N. C., Pub
lic school books furnished at
tatf price. 9»l-3&o
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
. : V - :* •• -r ..' • . \ ' . '
i:cation" was so full of good
things they published it in tract
form. We are sorry he could
not he with us today."
Mr. Noah Hahn, being weak,
spoke from his seat very warmly
to the honor and memory of
Darius David Seitz—his sterling
worth as citizen and neighbor
and especially his devotion to
the church which he so dearly
loved and gave much for her
perpetuation.
Messrs. J. F. Yoder, H. P.
Lutz and others s ,oke entertain
ingly of the many characteristics
of the Seitz family.
Amor? fhose attending were
Messrs. E C. Seitz, of Brown
wood, and A. P. Seitz, of West
Texas.
After a soncr service in which
everyone took part, all were
invited to the extension table in
♦he erove. filled to overflowing
bvt v e ''Vawba Dutch" than
whom there are no better cooks
| in the world.
An Educational Rally
The A. M. E. ch irch, of which,
Rev. C. A. Stroud is pastor, held j
an important educational rally,
last week. On Thursday night j
Presiding Eld tr King preached ;
and Friday Howard A. Banks i
made an addr ss on industrial I
education. At S mday's services \
literary programs were carried
out and $58.14 raised, which will
go largely to the support of Kit
, -trell College, an excellent school
of this Church.
New styles in galatea at
| J. A. Bowles.
1 Wanted—Position in Hickory by
i experienced dry good and gen
; eral merchandise man. Best
[ references. Address Hustler,
, care Democrat. 9-15-21.
Wanted—A quantity of clean
white rags. Will pay cash at
; the Democrat office.
. Electric Lights. Motors, Fans,
etc. installed, See E. B. Bland,
Electrical Contractor. 7-21-tf
1 New fall goods in endless quan
[ itv at J. A. Bowles.
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' Wanted—Cosmopolitan Maga
-1 zine requires the services of a
| representative in Hickory to look
! after subscription renewals and
| to extend circulation by special
1 methods which have proved un
usually successful. Salary and
1 commission. Previous experi
ence desirable but not essential.
' Whole time or spare time. Ad
[ dress, with references, H. C.
Campbell, Cosmopolitan Maga-
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> City. 9-l-2t
. Wanted—Dried fruits —apples.
I peaches, berries, etc. Take
$ care of your fruit now for there
will be a demand for it at reason*
- able prices. Harris & Little.
* For Sale—Good old-time German
\ violin, cheap. Call at this office.
1 New fall line of men's "Korrect
> Shape" Burrojap warranted
' patent leather shoes at
J. A. Bowles.
1 Anyone—anywhere, can start
T a mail order business at home.
No canvassing. Be your own boss.
. Send for free booklet. Tells how.
Heacock, a 5239, Lockport, N. Y.
I Aprl4tf
Wanted—A few good shop men.
I Will Day good price. Azalea
Woodworking Co.. Azalea, N. C.
i Cull Oa Lumber For Sale—
We have plenty of it, here in
town, to offer at the right price.
The kind of lumber to use for
building barns, sheds, laying sub
I floors, storm sheathing &C; It
will give better service than pine
. and will cost less. Call and see us.
Reid Lumber Company. 7-28-tf
: 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. tf
Rutherford College openeP
1 Wednesday, August 17, 1910.
For a catalog simply write your
name and address on a postal
card and mail to Anderson Weav
er, Sec'y., Rutherford College,
N. C. tf.
Wanted—2,ooo bushels natural
peach seed. Highest market
prices paid—cash if necessary.
Harris & Little.
For Sale- About a hundred and
rifty bushels of corn, fi/e miles
from the city, worth a dollar a
i bushel. W. A. Self. 9-21 tf
I Bargain for school children—loo
sheets paper 9x12 or 200 sheets
» 6x9 for 5 cents. Democrat office.
HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1910.
Will Alexander Commissioners
Let Wittenburg Township
Have Propose
tawba Bridge?
The Commissioners of Catawba
county have risen like men above
sectional feeling and petty poli
tics and made the appropriation
that Hickory asked for to build
the bridge across the Catawba
river. The Newton people made
it plain that they were not stand
ing in the way. Now nothing
remains in the way of getting
the bridge but the attitude of the
commissioners of Alexandercoun
ty. They are asked to give only
$BOO, while Catawba gives $6,000,
private subscriptions making up
the balance, nearly $4,000.
It is to be hoped that the com
missioners of Alexander county
will rise above all selfish and sec
tional feeling and make this en
terprise sure by signing the prop
er papers.
The people of Wittenburg town
ship and that section are entitled
to this communication and they
should make themselves heard in
unmistakable terms. Hickory is
their nearest and only market,
as they can't go anywhere else
with a load.
The law requires that these
papers shall be made in a certain
Robinson's Circus Here
John Robinson's Ten Big
Shows exhibited here yesterday
on the show grounds in the south
western portion of the city. The
attractions were duly drawing
and significant enough to bring
10,000 people to town and to hold
[enormous crowds.
! An elaborate street parade be
gan about 10:30. Owing to the
fact that the contractors, of the
street improvement would not al
low the show to parade on the
macadamized streets, the parade
was not as good as expected.
Endeavoring nevertheless to
retain the high standard of ex
cellence practiced for three gen
erations, a number of splendid
stupendous feature acts were
shown. Among these were:
Warren Travis, the strongest
man on earth, handling a pair of
125-pound dumb bells as ordina
rily people would a ten-pound
pair,swinging an iron ball weigh
ing 150 pounds with his teeth,
raising and shouldering an iron
column weighing 800 pounds and
then allowing two men to hang
on either side, making 1,400
pounds, and lifting on his back
a platform weighing 200 pounds
on which were standing 16 men,
making 2,500 pounds; eight Rus
sian Cossacks, with which were
the only two lady Cosseck riders
in America; the high diver, who
dived from the top of the tent; a
troup of U. S. cavalry; trapeze
artists, ring riders, acrobats and
contortionists.
Yoder-Wilfong
On last Wednesday the 14th of
September Carlisle Wilfong and
I Miss Mattie Wilfong, daughter
of F. A. Yoder of Jacob Fork
Township were married at six
o'clock in the evening. The
ceremony was perfomed by Rev.
L. L. Lore.
HICKORY MARKETS
PRODUCE
Corrected by Whitener & Martin.
Hens, per lb 11c
Spring Chickens, per lb 12 l-2c
Turkeys, per lb 15c
Eggs, perdoz 25c
Butter per lb 18 to 26
Creamery Butter 32c
Apples, eating 50c per bu
Sweet Potatoes 50c per bu
j Irish Potatoes 60c to 75c a bu
Cabbage, per lb lc
Beans, per bushel 50c
HIDES AND TALLOW
Prices paid by Hickory Tannery
Chas. H. Geitner, Prop.
Green Salted Hides per lb 10c
Green Hides per lb 9c
Sound Dry Salted Hides per lb 15c
Sound Dry Flint Hides... .per lb 18c
Prime Tallow per lb 6c
Rye Straw 100 lbs 40c
form and they are now in the
hands of the Alexander commis
sioners for their signature, the
commissioners of Catawba coun
ty having already signed!.
It is up to them to say "whether
the bridge shall be built If it
fails we shall know where to
place the blame.
It behooves the people of Wit
tenburg township to go after it
with all their mightc They are
cut off from Taylorsville by a
mountain range, so that town
will not suffer at all by the build
of the bridge. Good citizens have
even left Wittenburg for foreign
parts because they were so shut
in. Yet Wittenburg is a part of
Alexander county -that deserves
just as much consideration as any
other township. They came
across with their part ol the tax
money for the extension of the
A- T. & 0. road from StatesviUe
to Taylorsyille, though they nev
er got any benefit from the road.
It is as little as the Alexander
county commissioners c*n do to
give them this little bridge.
The Catawba County , News
says: I
' 'The News learns tftat Alex-
MONUMENTAL
IMPUDENCE
Attack on N. C. Medical Col
lege Severely Condemned
Correspondence of The Demoerat.
Charlotte. Sept. 21. North
Carolina Medical College, the
formal opening of which took
place a few days ago, has begun
what promises to be the most
satisfactory year's work in its
long and useful history. In the
face of the bitter and unjust
criticism at the hands of the
Forsyth County Medical Society
and of the Carnegie Foundation,
which to all appearances is a
sort of "college trust," the col
lege opened with the largest at
tendance in its history. The to
tal enrollment last vear was 110.
This year it is believed that it
will reach 120 or possibly 125.the
attendance during the opening
days being considerably in ex
cess of the attendance durig the
same period last year.
A survey of the situation at]
present indicates clearly that the j
attacks upon this honored and i
useful institution will result in
decidedly more good than harm.
They have served to rally the
students, the alumni and the
friends of the college and of ed
ucation in the State to its sup
port and now it presents a defi
dant front.
The American Medical Com
pend ridicules the arraignment
by the Carnegie Foundation,
which embraced a large majori
ty of the medical colleges of the
country, "as a piece of monu
mental impudence it certainly
stands without a peer."
The Democrat expressed its
condemnation of this attack on
the North Carolina College last
week. It is nothing less than an
outrage.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
The pastor leaves Thursday
morning for Fifth Creek'church,
where he will be over Sunday,
conducting special services.
Next Wednesday night is mis
sionary prayermeeting. A pro
gram has been arranged and the
topics will be missionary sub
jects. The meeting will last 45
minutes.
Kitchin Coming Sept. 29
Gov. W. W. Kitchin will be
here on Thursday, Sept. 29th, at
2:30 p. m., in the opera house.
He is one of the most brilliant
speakers in the South and a great
crowd ought to hear him.
Meet me at the Fair, Hickory,
N, C., Noy. 2-3-4.
ander county officials have about
concluded to pay not a cent to
ward the erection of the bridge
over the Catawba below Moore's
ferry. However, they have
agreed to postpone final decision
for two weeks. If they firaliy
refuse, why Hickory wfll proceed
to put up the $BOO which the
county was asked to contribute."
This item is altogether in error
and calculated to injure the pros
pects of getting the bridge
through. It is not a question of
"paying a cent" witft the Alex
ander commissioners but of sign
ing up the agreement according
te the law which requires them
to sign a contract to pay their
county's proportion. The amount
over and above the $BOO is al
ready in their hands in the shape
of a bank certificate of deposit,
furnished by the Hickory Cham
ber of Commerce.
Furthermore, Hickory will "not
proceed to put up the $800".
Even if she did it would not al
ter the point the Alexander coun
ty officials have raised. The
bridge will be lost if the Alexan
der commissioners persist in their
contention. Jt is up to Witten
burg to demand its rights.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' mill
High Class Vaudeville
Will be put on at the Gaiety
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day September 26 to 28. The
management has been very for*
tunate in getting the Lewis
Team to open with Little Arietta,
six years of age, one of the
worlds greatest ehild actresses.
They have been playing in a
number of the biggest towns in
the state and are boosted as be
ing very fine. This team has
been playing at the Alamo
Theatre in Charlotte this week.
This aot is gauranteed to be
clean in every respect. There
will be a matinee given on
Tuesday afternoon afc 4 o'clock.
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
R. P. BUI:KE, MGR.
North Carolina loses a brilliant
journalist in the death of John
M. Julian, of the Salisbury Post,
a victim of pellagra.
TRICKY ART DEALERS.
Astute Parisian Schem* Far Booming
a 'Now Master."
For tbo booming of a new artist an
i astute dealer Is necesary. Be catches
i His artist as youag as possible, prefer
ably as an exhibitor of cracy canvases
at lbs antumn salon of tbe Independ
ents' exhibition, and commissions him
to paint 100 pictures s year.
One by one. occasionally In twos and
throes, at judicious Intervals the deal
er sends the pictures to the Hotel
Drouot for sale by public auction.
There be has confederates, who raise
the price at each sale, snd bo buys
them in himself.
After a few months the young ar
tist's canvases have a certain market
value, and tbe next step is taken to
turn their painter into a modern mas
ter. The critics are attacked. One of
them is asked to look at some daub,
and when be cries out with honor the
dealer says:
"What? Ton don't like it? Take it
home with you as a favor to me, live
with It six months and then"—
In due course an art amateur calls
upon the critic and cannot contain bis
sdmlration for the new artist's pic
ture.
"What a masterpiece! The most
modern thing in art I have seen for a
long timet" he exclaims.
Doubt begins to invade the critic's
mind, and when one or two more en
thusiastic amateurs have visited blm
he Is worked up to writing a column
of panegyric on the new master. The
amateurs are, of course, sent by the
dealer.
One or two articles and the boom Is
In full swing. Wealthy and simple
minded collectors, remembering bow
ether painters have been decried in
their early days and how their works
later have commanded fancy prices,
rush in.
Tbe new master makes about 10 per
cent of tbe profit and the dealer the
other 90 per cent The new master is
at the mercy of the dealer. If he
grumbles the dealer floods the auction
rooms with a hundred or so of his
masterpieces and orders his agents not
to bid, the reeult being that the can
vases sell at rubbish prices, and the
boom Is bunt—Oil Bias.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
5 The Week in the J
Women's Clubs. J
The Abel A. Shuford Chapte
of the U. D. C. held the Septem
ber meeting as usual on the third
Monday or the month with Mrs.
T. M. Johnston, Mrs. H. C. Men
zies presiding. Twelve members
responded to roll call. The mosi,
interesting item of business wa?
the nresentation of the U. D. C
scholarship of Claremont College
to Miss Annie Lowe. The hos
tess read an interesting sketch of
the battle of Cold Harbor, writ
pen by Gen. A. L. Long. It was
in this battle that Mr. Johnston's
brother was killed. Mrs. Chad
wick read two pcfems written by
her childhood's S S. teacher,
Mrs. Jane T. H. Cross. They '
were ''Tmj Confederacy" and 1
"President Davis." All thought
the first remarkably beautiful.
Mrs. Chadwick also gave the roll
caH of North Carolina in the war,
seceding in May 1861, ami the 1
four battles fought in the State.
In one of them, Fort Fisher, oui
honored citizen, Mr. John Shu
ford, was captured when only 17
years of age and weighing 901bs.
Among the items of current in
terest, Mrs. J. A. Moretz read 1
from a scrap book of the hos
tess' father the account of Mr. 1
Moore, of Burke county, giving a
drink of water at great risk of
life to a wounded enemy. He of
fered his watch as a mark of
gratitude, which was refused.
After the war a legacy of $lO,OOO
was left Mr. Moore by this grate
ful enemy.
Sandwiches and coffee were
served at the close of this pleas
ant meeting. The October meet
ing en the third Monday, the
17th, will be held with Mrs. Alex
Hall at 4 p. m.
Friday, Sept. 16, the Hickory
Book Club held a business meet
ing to select books for the incom
ing year, at the home of the
chairman of book committee, Mrs.
H. D. Abernethy. Members pres
ent were Miss Geitner, Mrs. G.
H. Geitner, Mrs. J. A. Martin,
Mrs. H. C. Menzies, Mrs. J. A.
Ramsay. Miss Ada Schenck, Mrs.
A. A. Shuford, Jr., Mrs. E. L.
Shuford, Miss Wheeler and Mrs.
Chadwick. Mrs, Royster, who is
in Scotland, was absent,and Mrs.
Green from sickness. The first
regular meeting of the year will
be with the president, Mrs.Chad
wick, October 19th.
The regular summer meeting
of "The Wednesday Afternoon
Book Club" was held with Mrs.
E. B. Cline, and the following
books were selected: Mrs. B. B.
Cline—"Mary Carey," by Kate
Langly Bosher. Mrs. J. H. Hatch-
"Max," by Mary Cecil Thurs
ton. Mrs. W. A. Hall—"A Mar
riage Under the Terror," by Pa
tricia Wenthworth. Mrs. E. B.
Jones—"The Rose in the Ring,"
George McCutchen. Miss Mary
Monroe—"Rosary," by Florence
Barclay. Mrs. W. B. Menzies—
"Mistress of Shenstone," by
Florence Barclay. Mrs. T. Mott—
"The Heritage of the Desert,"
by Jane Grey. Mrs. N. W.
Clark—"Nathan Burke," by Ma
ry Helen Watts. Mrs. W. J.
Shuford—"The Modern Chroni
cle," bv Winston Churchill Mrs.
E. B. Menzies —"Simon the Jes
ter," by William J. Locke. Mrs.
N. E. Aull—"The Calling of Dan
Matthews," by Harold Bell
Wright The first meeting will
be with the president, Mrs. J. H.
Hatcher, on Oct. 19th, at 3:90
o'clock.
An Interesting Address
An event of interest to all
present was the address of Mrs.
E. E. Heston of Asheville at the
Chamber of Commerce last
Thursday afternoon. Her sub
ject was the American Woman's
League—the plan and purpose of
which she explained in every
detail, from the University Cor
respondence Courses, Chapter
Houses, to the Woman's Ex
change Department. It is wond
erful to note that in less than
three years time the the League
has developed from a dream to a
living reality of 100,000 mem
bers. with chapters in every
state in the anion.
Fifty seven chapter houses
have been built throughout the
land and each week contracts
are let for others.
A chapter of the League has
been organized in this city and
it is the aim of the members to
work for one of the beautiful
chapter houses.
Asheville has qualified for a
ten thousand dollar building,
having a membership of more
than 300.
Shall Hickory not fall in line
and do likewise?
There is only one way —pulling
together—so let us all pull for a
a chapter house.
The Dedication
of St. Andrews
Beautiful Church on Lenoir Col
lege Campus Opened
THE LUTHERAN RITUAL
Impressive Services bv Pastor
Miller and President Bo
ger Miss Stecher's
Singing a Feature
A very large crowd assembled
at the new church at Lenoir Col
lege last Sunday to participate in
the consecration of St. Andrews
church building. The congrega
tion assembled by previous an
nouncement in the college audi
torium and spent about five min
utes in raising the small indebt
edness etill resting on the church.
. This being done it proceeded to
the new building, the officiating
ministers leading, the church of
; ficers following with the Bibles
md sacred vessels. Following
these came the members of the
congregation and their friends.
The impressive service of conse
cration according to tne Luther
an formula was followed to the
letter.
The consecration proper was
performed by Pastor C. L. Mil
ter, assisted by Rev. W. J. Boger,
the President of the Tennessee
Synod, who followed the conse
caation with a very appropriate
and impressive sermon, fitting
the occasion most happily.
Adding to the devotion of the
occasion was the selection of
"Praise ye the Father," Gounod,
by the chorus class, composed of
the young men and women of
the college, under the training of
Miss Stecher, who also sang most
sweetly "Consider and hear me,"
Wooler. Miss Stecher is prov
ing herself to be quite an asset
to Lenoir College this year. Her
singing has already captivated
those who have heard her, and a
treat awaits the people of Hick
ory when she gives a recital or
oners an entertainment to the
public. Her singing of "From
Greenland's Icy Mountains'' on
Sunday night at the Students'
Missionary meeting was the
means of drawing tears from
many eyes.
Rev. A. J. Stirewalt, returned
missionary from Japan, was pres
ent and set before the congrega
tion the work as it now exists in
Japan. He is an honored alum
nus of Lenoir College, a most
clear thinker, a master of terse
English and an orator of no mean
ability; so that after his setting
forth of the work and a clear
statement of the responsibility
that rests on the church, the
singing of Miss Stecher was in
tensely appealing.
At the morning service an ex
tract was read from the treasur
er's report which showed the new
church to have cost $6,708.93. Of
this amount $26.78 was paid by
the children; $795.17 by the
Women's Missionary Society;
$3,387.03 by the congregation
and its Hickory friends, and -
$2,600 by the Tennessee Synod.
The church is very pretty, and
is a surprise to every one who
views it that it could be built at
such a small cost. No little of
this is due to the fact that the
men on the building committee
have been engaged in church
building almost constantly for
the last ten years, and their
knowledge of different building
material is accurate and not ex
perimental. Even Pastor Miller
is not a novice, for he has been
in the ministry 12 years, and
this makes the seventh church
he has had built in his ministry,
besides two parsonages.
Hickory is honored again that
another beautiful church is ad
ded to her number and credit.
Elizabeth Hall's Birthday
Little Miss Elizabeth Hall
celebrated her third birthday at
the home of her father, Mr.
Geo. W. Hall on Monday, and
the young guests greatly enjoyed
the games and ice cream and
other nice things. The table
i was decorated with garlands of
i pink crape paper. In the centre
was the birthday cake with
three candles.
Those invited were, Katherine
and Virginia Menzies, Ellen
Stuart Menzies, Mary Stuart
Menzies, Janie Menzies, Char
i lotte Garth, Elizabeth Councill,
Louise McComb, Margaret and
i Virginia Springs, Elizabeth
Little, Virginia Hall, Nancy
» Gaither Hall, Katherine Hatcher,
Mary Matthews and Sara Doll,
; Masters Thomas Tilley, Robert
i Banks, Jack Hatcher and "Bell"
Hall.