Established 1899
The Fair Opens
Auspiciously
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Best Exhibits and Largest Crowds;
Ever Here
The Catawba Oounty Street-
Fair is on in full swing and is
successful beyond all drams.
The booths in Stroup's hall!
equal anything ever seen at the
Mecklenburg or State Fairs.
The exhibits of the Hickory
Novelty Co., the Hickory Manu
facturing Co., the Hickory and
the Martin Furniture Factories, j
the Hickory Hosiery Mill, as well,
as the elaborate merchants* dud
plays are drawing great tMmM
The exhibits of live steely
poultry and every other depart
ment are splendid.
President Finley, of the South
ern Railwav, was accompanied
here by all the b'g officials of
the road. There were five pri
vate cars in the yards.
The Salisbury to Asheville
Highway conference drew a:
crowd 'of nearly 300 good roads j
enthusiasts. The smoker last,
night at the Hickory Club was I
greatly enjoyed. v -
Industrial agent Richards of|
the Southern is here.
The two happiest men in town
are Watt Shuford and George j
Wootten, to whom ihe unpre i
cedented success of the fair is
in largest measure due.
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Business Builders X
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Fertilizers for wheat at Harris
& Little's.
Buy the boy's Vk inter outfit when
you come to town fair week.
Martin & Clark Clothing Co.
Sealshipt Oysters, are cheapest
and best. Try them at White
ner & Martin.
Fer:ilizers for wheat at Harris
& Little's.
Call and see us when in town
fair week. Martin & Clark
Clothing Co. ~ (
Electric Lights. Motors, Fans,
etc. installed. See E. B. Bland,
Electrical Contractor. 7-21-tf
For Sale- About a hundred and
fifty bushels of corn, five miles
from the city, worth a dollar a
bushel. W. A. Self. 9-21 tf
Wanted At Once—6 or 8 nice
girls to work in Knitting Mill.
Will pay wages while learning.
Room nice and comfortable to
work in. Apply to the Elliott
Knitting Mills.
All grade fertilizers at Harris &
Little's.
We are offering big values for
fair week. Don't pass them,
at Martin & Ciark Clothing Co.
Farmers—For high grade ferti
lizers go to T. E. Field. 9-29 tf
Cash paid for all kinds of books
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
half price. 9-l-3mo
All grade fertilizers at Harris &
Little's.
Try Whitener & Martin's Im
ported Maccorroni with Premi
um Cheose.
26 High Grade Ladies' Suits and
Skirts to close regard less of
cost. Can be seen at Moretz-
WhitenerClo., Co. McCoy Moretz.
Rutherford College opened
Wednesday, August 17, 1910.
F«r a ca;alog simply write your
name and address on a postal
card and mail to Anderson Weav- j
er, Sec'y., Rutherford College,
ISLC. :i _ tf.
"Ferndell" Ro led White Oat 3
pks. 25 cents. Whitenear &
Martin. _ • '
Best $lO suits ever shown, ask
for them. Martin & Clark
Clothing Co.
Boys! Girls! free Columbia
Bicycles for a little easy spare
time work for Hampton's Maga
zine. Send postal for wonderful
Free Bicycle Offer. Address
"Bicycle Club," Room 538, 66
West 35th St., Ne.v York.
10-6-4t.
For Sale—At Bargain one house
and Lot. Rear of Post Office
719.14 th St.
E. L. FIX>WERS
Wanted— A comp2te.it white 1
. girl to nurse and do housework
*n a good home, Address 308
Park ave., Charlotte, N. C.
fflE HICKOKBi DEMOCRAT
J The Week in tile Ji
| Women'® Clubs. J
I- October 27th the Travellers'
Glub met with Mrs. Gwaltney in.
her new home. Quotations were
given from the Book of Exodus.
After which Mrs. E. B. Cline
read a very able paper on "The
[ Middle Empire (11-18 Dynas
ties) " Mi«s McComb then told
[of the ,4 S journ of the, Israelites
in Egypt", ih an intending man
ner rrom Joseph to Hoses. It
gives one a curious feeling to
Know that the mummy of one of
i those mighty Pharaohs, Joseph's
j patron can now be seequin Cairo.
UMflggJ?. A. Abernethy read a
Utepfitit'ui poein on tb« aUtue of
■wnnon by Mrs.
Regennes of Chicago favored
the club with her music. Cur
rent events were unusually in
teresting and the dainty Refresh,
ments were greatly enjoyed.
The meeting for Nov. 3 was
omitted on account of its being
fair week. The Club will meet
next with Mrs. G. N. - Hutton,
I November 10. ;
Mrs. Royster and Mrs. Beard
are enjoying the v beauty and po
etry of the Lake county in Eng
land. Octooer 19rh they were at
Ambleside. No picture can do
j justice to the coloring of that
| scenery. * 'They say that a faith-
I fui representation looks like an
{exaggeration." *
lhe Hmbroidery Club was
most delightfully entertained
last Thursday by Mrs. A. A.
Whitener. These informal meet
ings are always looked forward
to with much pleasure and a
goodly number weie present in
spite of the rain. The work
hour was enlivened by discus
sion of current news, and the
reading of one of > Ellis Parker
Butler's inimitable stories — 4 'On
Jury Duty". Dainty refresh
ments were served,' in which the
hostess was assisteif.by her little
daughter Miriam. The next
meeting, Nov., will be with Miss
DeWald, at Lenoir College.
The Annual Hackney colt show
will be he.d at Aiken'statable
| Friday. Nov. 4 at lo'docfe.
iFor Sale —One six months old
filly colt. For particulars see
L P. Huffman. 2t
Buy the Ferris Ham and Bacon
Whitener & Martin.
For Sale—A number of 3 bushel
potatoe crates, thoroughly sea
soned. Address Lock . Box 2,
Rural Hall, N. C.
Wanted—A few good shop men.
Will pay good price. Azalea
Woodworking Co.. Azalea, $!• C
Fruit for your Cake now ii} at
Wpitener& Martin. •«
Pure Self Raisng Buck Wheat,
4 lbs. for 25 cents. Ferndell's.
Whitener & Martin.
Men's furnishings and hats. W.
L. B oatwright, first door north
of Shuford Hardware Co.
A Good cream separator for sale
at half juice. Call at J. S. Setzer
& Son Store.
Anyone—anywhere, can start
a mail order business at home,
j No canvassing. Be your own boss.
I Send for free booklet. Tells how.
Seacock, a 5239, Lockport, N. Y.
\prl4tf
An intelligent person may earn
$lOO monthly corresponding
for newspapers. No canvassing.
Send for particulars. Press Syn
dicate. b5240, Lockport, N. Y.
aprl4tf
See our fair work specials. Mar
tin & Clark Clothing Co.
HICKORY MARKETS
PRODUCE
Corrected by Whitener 8c Martin.
Hens, per lb 10c
Spring Chickens, per lb 12 l-2c
Turkeys, per lb 15 c
Eggs, perdoz 25c
Butter per lb .18 to 26
Creamery Butter 33c
Apples, eating $l.OO per br
Sweet Potatoes 40c per br
Irish P0tat0e5........ 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 9c
Green Hides. per lb 8c
Sound Dry Salted H. les... .per lb 14c
Sound Dry Flint Hides... .per lb 16c
Prime Tallow per lb 5c
Rye Straw. 100 lbs4oc
HICKORY, N. C., THURSD
, Bfc§ Crowds at
Road Co herence
I ' —
i Ihe .SaMnry-to-Asiimlb High
l
way Meeting
Delegates poured in to the
Road convention yesterday.
Mooresville sent 13 automobiles
loaded with a delegation of 50.
Lenoir sent four auto with 14
people.
D . Battle, and Editor Caine,
of the citizen, of Asheville; Mr.
A. H. Boy den, pf Salisbury;
Editor Harris, of the Charlotte
Chronic let-Messrs. Hazel Ainen
and Joe Raleigh, of the Observer;
Geo. Joy Harper, of Lenoir and
Patterson; Rufus Gwyn, e*
Lenoir; Capt. Nichals, of the
C. & N. W.; Rev. Mr. Sandford,
Mr. Yount and Dr Flowers, of
Granite Falls, were here with
several hundred others.
The business meeting was held
at the Opera House yesterday
afternoon and smoker at the club
rooms at night.
The attendance exceeded all
expectations.
Or. Francis S. Packard will be
at the Central Hotel on Friday,
the 4th., on his monthly round
of visitation. Dr. Packard is
drawing to his consultations an
increasingly large number of
pationts.
Brooklyn Lawyer Has Big Job
- Bossing 10,000 Policemen
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Copyright, 1910, by American Press Association.
"What do you think of a lawyer trying to boas 10,000 coppers?" demanded
• disgusted policeman of Greater New York. "He la in for a fine time of it."
When Mayor Gaynor selected James C. Cropsey, a Brooklyn lawyer, as police
commissioner of New York city the members of the force gasped with sur
prise. It takes more than a commander to be cbief of tbe army of bluecoats
In New York city. If he only had to deal with the directing of the men it
would be a simple problem, bat political parties bare a good deal to say bow
a police force shall be run, and that is where Mr. Cropsey Is going to hit the
snags, it is claimed. Still, the police commisalonershlp of New York is a bis
Job. it even leads to tbe Wbite House. That is where Colonel Roosevelt
broke into the limelight of publicity—whei * be first gained country wide fame
He was the police commissioner of New York city when the force was not as
large as it now is, but grafting was supposed to bold greater sway, if such a
thing is possible. Even Roosevelt's greatest enemies concede that he did much
for the police force, and be won lifelong friends when he directed, the bine
coats. Mr. Cropsey is forty-six years of age and Is a member of a famous
Brooklyn family. He made good as a lawyer, bat his job as police commis
sioner is before him.
A Fine Old People of
Established Character:
An Unsurpassed Climate
for All-the-year Residence:
A Railroad Centre in
the Water Power Zone:
A Soil for Anything
From Cotton to grains:
The Greatest Market
for Butter and Eggs:
The Gate to the Lovely
"Land of the Sky:"
This is Hickory!
Value of Local Factories, - - $1,850,000.00
Annual Output of Same, - - $2,250,000.00
Write to Chamber of Com
merce for Booklet.
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Reformed Church Notes
Opening of the New Corinth
Reformed church arS, the 20th
anniversary of Dr.v Murphy's
Hickory pastorate tfill be the
special features of tse services
next Sunday. At writ the ser
mon will be preacheifby the Rev.
J. P. Moore," D. D-,»: missionary
to Japan.
• An usher's assertion with
Mr. W. J. Shuford as chief usher
has been formed.
The young peoples social will
be held Tuesday of next
week.
Episcopal Church
Services at Ihe . Episcopal
chureh Sunday as follows:
11 a. m. Sermon and Holy Com
munion. Subject; "The Touch of
the Finger."
7:30 p. m. Evening service and
address.
M i»*r- .
Rev. J. G. Gartff has returned
from Synod. 4
Mr. W. A. Campbell, of Hay
wood county, is attending the
Fair. r
Miss Essie Ilanso&t is at the
Huffry passing through from
Blowing Itock.
Miss Margaret McComb is
home from the Presbyterian col
lege at Charlotte. Fine was one
of the bridemaids at the marriage
of Miss Hermine Little on tne
Ist. inst
. NOVEMBER 3. 1910.
A Sketch of
Mr. G. W. Raab
A Remarkable Nan Nov Running
lor the Legislature
"The Hon. George Washington
Rabb."
How will that sound? Good.
It is the current belief in this
county that Mr. Rabb, the Demo
cratic candidate for the
Legislature, will make perhaps
the best run of any candidate in
the county. Mr. Rabb is not only
popular as a Confederate Soldier
who lost a leg in the service of
the South but he is one of the
best known men in Catawba
The indications are that he will
be the next representative in
the Legislature from Catawba
county.
Mr. Rabb is 68 years of age
and was born on a farm in what
used to be Lincoln county but is
Catawba now. He is the son of
John and Rebecca Keener Rabb,
and has in his veins the blood of
King's Mountain heroes, for one
of his ancestors was killed at that
famous tight which saw Fergu
son's finish.
He was educated in the free
schools of his day
In war and peace he has a re
markable record. His peace
record is the more so, inasmuch
as he was handicapped by the
loss of a limb and had nothing
with which to begin in the battle
of life after the Surrender. Yet
he has come to be ore of the
well-to-do men of the county
He did it this way. He learn
ed to make shoes and from this
trade he accumulated enough
after some years to bjy a little
piece of ground. He then com
bined the arts of the cobbler and
the farmer. He taught his wife
to make shoes and often he and
she together would make five and
six pairs every day.
Soon they were able to add
more acres to the farm lpnds they
had bought, and being an up-to
date farmer Mr. Rabb passed
the day when he must watch to
keep the wolf from the door. His
ship had come in.
He now owns a home farm of
114 acres and is raising crops ac
cording to the most modern
methods and besides puts money
in the bank against a rainy day.
How different from that dreary
daylong ago when he started life
with thr ( ee lasts, a hatful of
shoe pegs, a spool of coarse
thread and $1.50 cents in cash.
It is this sort of a man, men of
Catawba county, that you have
a chance to vote for on Nov. 8.
Mr. Rabb at the age of 20 join
ed Co. A., Twelfth Regiment.
He was in the sharp-shooters and
saw service in the seven days
fighting around Richmond, Me
chanicsville. Cold Harbor, South
Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fred
ericksburg and Chancellorsville.
He was home on furlough sick
during the Gettysburg campaign
and got into the war game again
in the wilderness. Here he and
Bill Cline alone captured 10
Drisoners though they lost them
during an unfortunate turn of
the tide of battle.
"A.t Spottsvlvania, said Mr.
Rabb. "the wind of Yankee
bullets forced me along. I think
we killed as many Yankees as
we had men,
With Early in the Maryland
invasion, he had the honor to
capture a Federal colonel a
Fisher's Hill.
In a rifle pit, assisting in the
slaughter of 400 Federals, Mr.
Rabb was hit in the knee. Y.
T. Lafon and Harrison Eskridge
helped him on a cavalryman's
horse and he finally reached an
ambulance. His knee was split
and the leg had to go.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,)
Lucas County, j
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J."
Chenev te Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1886.
(Seal.) A. W. GLEA3ON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free. .
F. J. CHENEY k CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.,
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
Lost—Leather pocket book with
$6.50. Return to this office. Re
ward.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
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I Local and Personal |
f tirW CV^TW
| Mr. William McCom.b is up
! from Davidson col!ege for the
Fair.
The Van Dyke Book store win
dow is prettily decorated for th
Fair with souvenirs of Hickory,
many of them being of views
taken by Mr. Arthur Moser, who
is an artistic photographer. No
better reminder of th 6 1910 fai
could be taken home by the
visitors.
John Rhinehardt, the colored
man who works log Mr. Ellis
McComb, rescued a white Leg
horn rooster from serious danger
the other day. The chicken was
half submerged m the swamp
back of the McComb orchard, and
a big turtle had him by has feet.
Uncle John said the rooster look
ed as if he had been in this pre
dicament for two days. He is
slowly reviving however —and
Uncle J. has had turtle soup at
his house.
The little church in which the
Reformed congregation has wor
shipped for so many years was
full to overflowing last Sunday.
The furniture is being moved
this week into the lower floor ol
the new church for me in the
Sunday School. The new church
will be used for the first time I
next Sunday.
The Chrysanthemum sale or
Friday night added about $40.00
to the treasury of the Ladies Aid
and Missionaay Society of the
Reformed church,
While driving out in the coun
try Sunday, Mr. J. W. Little met
up with Mr. Solomon Honeycutt,
who is 86 years eld, walking
briskly to Mt. Olive church to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Sea
boch. He had walked 13 miles
from sun- up till 9 o'clock. Mr. J
Honevcutt is one of the best pre
served and most vigorous old
men of this section, and a reader
of the Democrat, by the way.
Messrs. A. j. Payne & son
have bought the excellent stock
of goods of the late Mr. J. JV.
Tilley and will carry on an up-to
date grow y and feed stuff busi
ness at his old stand. They are
enterprising business men of this
city and the Democrat wishes
them entire success. See their
ad in this paper.
Cyril Huffman, who was so
terribly hurt while engaged in
his duties as switchman in the
railroads yards at Hannibal, Mo.,
is getting along finely. One arm
was cut off below the elbow and
the other just above. He seems
to have fallen from a switch en
gine. His brother Ruil is with
him. He was very popular in
Hannibal, and the people are ex
tremely land to him. His room
is full of flowers all the time.
: THE MANTILLA.
A Spanish Woman Amwiri the Ques
tion, "Why Do You Woar It?"
The writer once asked of a well
known lady of tbe Spanish aristocracy
who was seated in the box of the pres
ident of a corrida in Madrid, "Why do
you wear a mantilla ?" and the fair
duchess replied: "Because we all wear
a mantilla at a bullfight or at any
truly Spanish function. It Is tbe prop
er thing to do, and we do It"
A little later as I strolled among a
group of aficionados 1 ventured to' ask
a woman of tbe people over wbose
bead and sboulders was also thrown a
mantilla why all Spanish women, to
whatever class they belonged, wore
this national beadgear. If It may be
called thus.
This woman was sitting In the open
sir, and I was thinking that a large
straw hat would have protected her
better from the burning rays of tbe
sun and been quite as picturesque.
She replied in that droning, warm tone
so typical of tbe Spanish: "Well, I hap
pened to have often thought of this,
and I think the reason why we all
wear the mantilla Is because we Span
ish women are most careful about our
hair. We think the chief charms of a
woman are her eyes and her hate.
And, as you may see, we all bavt
splendid, thick, lustrous hair, and ws
are supposed to have, many of us, fas
cinating eyes. Now, why should we
hide our elaborately arranged hair un
der a hat and Conceal our eyes In th#
shade cast by the brim of a hat?"
No doubt this woman was right. Pa
risian elegance to the Spanish women
of the upper classes may have Its at
tractions, but they, as their less fortu
nate compatriots, all agree that beau
tiful hair and expressive eyes are more
Important • • • And both of these
may be cultivated.—London Mall.
Benefit* of .V
*1)0 you believe that muHtc prevents
crime?"
"To a certain extent." replied Mr.
Slnnlck. "Wbon a man keeps both
bands and his breath busy with a cor
net you know be rnn't be picking pock
ets, attempting homicide or slandering
kto neighbors."—Washington Star.
Will Fly in
Charlotte, Nov. 10
Charlotte Hi*s to Gi?e Tljiiig
Machine Exhibition
Throughout the Carolinas the
most discussed topic is the Fly
ing Machine Exhibition which
will be given under the direction
af The Charlotte News, at-Char
otte, on Thursday, November
10th.
Through the enterprise of The
News it will be possible for the
people of the Catolinas to see the
most perfect tfrpfe of flying ma
chine, the Curtjla Bi-plane, oper
ated by a skinful and daring
aviator at Charlotte, on Novem
ber 10th.
Application has been made to
all the railroads for special rates
and admission to the exhibition
has been placed at 50 cents, so
he first flight will be made at
2 t. M.
Mr. T. P. Bonner, Jr., who has
recently been at Bridgewater, has
accepted a position with the
Hickory Seed Co.
Mr. W. B. Southerland has re
considered his determination to
go with the Southern Railroad
again as agent and has decided
*o remain with the Martin Furni
ture Co., as treasurer and man
ager. Mr. H. H. Little will there
fore retain his present position
as agent here.
Football Games at Lenoir
College
On November the 3rd Bing
ham's Football team will play
Lenoir College Football Team on
Lenoir College giounds. These
teams are evenly matehed and a
hard fought game is expected.
The Westminster School Foot
ball Team will play a game of
football with Lenoir Team on
Lenoir's grounds on Monday 7.
Westminster School has never
played the Lenoir boys before
and each team will do their best
to win the first game.
On Thanksgiving-day the old
rival, Catawba, will play the
Lenoir boys at Lenoir College.
This game undoubtedly be the
best game of the season. Lenoir
is working hard to win this her
final game.
It is in time of sudden missbap or
accident that Chamberlain's Liniment
can be relied upon to t'ke the place
of the fa mil doctor, who cannot al
ways be found at the moment. Then
it is that Chamberlain's Liniment is
never found wanting. In cases of
sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises
Chamberlain's Liniment takes out the
soreness and drives away the pain.
Sold by Grimes Drug Co.
Underground Hotels.
An extraordinary hotel is that fce
the sewers of I'aris, Immediately be
low the Church of St Madeleine. It
was built and is conducted solely for
the benefit of the sewer workers.
Nearly a hundred meals are provided
every day. and for the sum of $2.40 a
man can be comfortably housed and
fed for a week in this gigantic drain
pipe.
Very similar is the bote! which ca
ters for visitors to the coal mine of
8t Pierre at Uons. It is to be found
at the bottom of the mine, 600 feet be
low the earth, and is carved out of
solid coal. The electric light on the
glittering black walls, which bar*
been left unpapered. is extremely ef
fective. Large reception and bed
rooms splendidly fitted up are provid
ed, and the hotel even boasts the lux
ury of a swimming bath.
Mark Twain as "Attraction."
A girl who was a stranger to Mark
Twain once found her way Into hM
Bermuda home with the hope of get
tins a sight of the author. She came
suddenly .in contact with him and
frankly explained h? i > mind.
"Have you seen t!»•» crystal
yet," te asked, "«r il* M Mquarium?"
"No: I came to ?»•«• ;• >u first," she
an-wertfL
"WtelL you shouU'v': '•' vo seen me
first.'* he answered "I run iu oppo
sition to the crystal «nd Hie aquari
um. But they're n*" "im* k£ to me
I'DI lots better. I tliem their
money's worth. I^=j i yuii # should see
them. Then you'ii appreciate roe."
This was said iu hN most earnest
drawl and with .•» *;»arkle of bu
rner !n his kctu L.ue cj es.—Ohlctgp
Ti iiiuuc.
Striking It Rich.
"LM.i voii evci strike it rich proe-
P«H lUig ';*'
utjsy oti'-e," replied the westerner.
"1 was fffitig along a trail In the moon'
tains laie one afternoon wbes I
the plea in of metal. Hastening to I
found'—
"Silver or gold V
"Tin. It was a matchbox, fall tee.
And 1 bad been out of matches since
my early morning •moke."—Phlladel
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