Es, iDiished 1899
The Death of Mr. Work of Chamber
Wm. Gaston Shell of Commerce
Passed Aiay Alter a Brief Ill
ness Monday Night
Mr. William Gaston Shell died
at his home r.ear this city Mon
day night after a brief illness.
He was born in Caldwell coun y
62 years a*co. He wore worthily
the name of the great North
Carolinian fur whom he was
named and in a quiet, useful way
he may be said to have exempli
fied in his life tne sentiment of
Judge Gaston's stirring pa*rn.
He came to Hickory as a i>oy
in his teens and afier seivmg
his apprenticeship he worsel
at the carpenter's trade and
eventually became a contractor.
After a time he moved to Astni
county from where he only re
turned to Hickory a*ain aoou.
four years ago.
His tirst wife was Miss Eui.na
Abernetny and their living child
ren are Messrs. S. Lafayette, W.
C., K. B. t Ed. N., and ferry H.
Shell and Mrs. J. A. Southerland
and Mrs. L. M. Thomas, of Ashe
county; Mrs. J. A. Hardin, ot
Hickory, and Misses E*ri and
Edith Shell, who lived at home
with their father.
A year ago last August Mr.
Shell was married to Miss Mat
tie Hanna. who survives him.
Mr. Shell had been a consist
ent member of the Methodist
church from his youth up. The
funeral was held from the home
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock
conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H.
Weaver assisted by Rev. J. G.
Garth.
On election day Mr. Shell be
gan to complain of grip but
even when he took hi« bed Wed
nesday a week ago it was not
thought that there was any seri
ous trouble. But an old kidney
trouble began to assert itself and
he grew rapidly worse. Toward
the last he was unconscious, not
even recognizing members of
the family. The beclouding de
lirium of Life's sunset lifted,
however, on the day before his
death when his little granchild
was brought into the death
chamber. Then he smiled, mur
mured the child's name, "Re
becca," and motioned for her to
be put upon the bed near him.
Not many hours afterward, in
painless sleep, he himself as a
little child entered the Kingdom,
Mr. Mann Succeeds Dr. Wea
ver
The Western North Carolina
Conference just adjourned at
Winston-Salem appointed Dr. J.
H. Weaver, pastor in this city, to
the Monroe church and assigned
Rev. L. F. Mann to succeed him.
Hickory will part with Dr. Wea
ver, one of the truest preachers
ever here, with regret. For Mr.
Mann a cordial welcome is in
store.
Rev. E. L. Bain, presiding el
der.
Alexander Circuit—W. 0. Da
vis.
Caldwell Circuit—J. G. W. Hol
laway.
Catawba Circuit—P. Wilson.
Davidson —R. E. Atkinson.
Granite Falls—A. F. Sandford.
Hickory Circuit —M. T. Smath
ers, supply.
Hickory Station —L. F. Mann.
Iredell Circuit—J. P. Davis.
Lenoir Circuit —J. M. Price.
Lenoir Station —C. M. Pickens.
Maiden—G. H. Curtis.
Mooresville —E. Myers.
Mooresville Station —J. E.
Thompson.
Newton —E. W. Fox.
Rock Springs—T. E. Wagg.
Statesville Circuit—J. D. Ran
kin.
West Statesville Circuit—E. E.
YcitGS.
Statesville, Broad Street —Har-
old Turner.
Race Street—B. F. Hargett.
Troutman—J. J. Edwards.
Conference missionary evan
gelist—D. H. Coman.
President Davenport College—
J, B. Craven.
Saves an lowa Man's Life.
The very grave seemed to yawn be
fore Robert Madseu, of West Burling
ton, lowa, when, after ssven wseks in
the hospital, four of th: best physician*
gtve him up. Then w*.s the
m irvelous curative powrr of Slsctric
Bnters. For, after eight months of
frightful suffering from liver trouble and
yellow jaundice, getting no help from j
other remedies or doctors, five bottles
of this matchless medicine completely
cured him. Its positively guaranteed
for Stomach, Liver or Kidney troubles J
and never disappoints. Only 50c. at
C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutx. Grimes
Co.
fflE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Dr. Wcboisoo Becomes Secretary
Treasurer tor Ivey & Bice
An important event in the
bu&inrsa life of the city was the
announcement by President W.
H. N .cholson, of the Chamber oi
Commerce to the directors last
week that he has accepted the
th* position of secretary a; d
traa.*ur«r of the Ivey & Hice
Manufacturing Co., until la ely
held by Mr. Adrian Shuford.
Df. Nicholson has been acting
j>ecratary of the Chamber of-
Commerce and his new duties
will necessitate at least his being
given an assistant." Dr. Nichol
son has been so remarkably suc
cessful in his work for the Cham
ber that the directors are unwill
ing to give him up and will look for
the help he needs. During the
past year the Chamber has rais
ed about SIO,OOO in an effort to
secure the C. and N. W. shops;
has secured the SIO,OOO bridge
now being built across the Cataw
ba river in to Alexander county;
has pulled off the most enthusi
astic good roads meeting ever
held in North Carolina; has issu
ed a splendidly illustrated pam
phlet of Hickory; has kept the
city's name before the public;
has distributed a great deal of
literature in regard to the city
and county; and has aided in
making the Fair a success. The
year 1910 will go down in his
tory as an eventful one for the
town.
HiHebraa Items.
Corrcsoonitgnc- of the Democrat
Hildebran,Nov.22—Miss Laura
Abernethy passeb away at her
home near Hildebran last Friday.
She was sick only a few hours.
She leaves two sisters and one
brother.
Miss Addie Newton of Henry
River died last Thursday. She
was laid to rest at Arneys Chapel
last Saturday. She leaves a moth
er and two brothers.
A delegation of Seventh-Day
Adventists met in Hildebran yes
terday to council ovc Education
al and other interests.
There are present Elder G. M.
Brown, President of the Con
ference, and Elder M. H. Brown
Secretary, both from Greensboro.
Other delegates present are:G.
W. Wells, Asheville; R. T. Nash,
and J. H. Nash, B. J. Pike,
Greensboro; W. L, Killen and
Mrs, B. A. Rodgers, Archdale,
Wm. Saunders and J. P. Button,
Mapel Grove; Prof. Brounsberger
Naples; M. H. Johneton, Baker's
Mountain; J.O. Johnston, Eufola.
Dr. Murphy's Dream Visit
trom Talstoi
"A man of wonderfully strong
countenance knocked at my door
the other night, and I let him
in," said Rev. Dr. J. L. Murphy,
president of Claremont (j liege
and pastor of the Corinth Ger
man Reformed church of this
city, relating a vivid dream.
"The visitor was simply garbed
but I knew he could be no ordi
nary man. I said to him after a
glance;
" 'You are Count Tolstoi.'
"He did not want to admit his
identity at first but isoon made
the admission and I had a de
lightful conversation with him.
In the midst of the d> eam I
awoke. I was wonderfully im
pressed with it. I have had a
number of dreams which came
true. I called Mrs. Murphy's
attention to the fact that I had
had this unusual, impressive
vision.
"A few days after I read of
Count Tolstoi's illness, and as
well as I can make out my dream
occurred on the night he ran
away from home.
"I have long been an admirer
or Tolstoi,although not'agreeing
always with everything jie
taught. To my knowledge I
never saw a picture of him."
HICKORY MARKETS
Hens, per lb 10c
Spring Chickens, per lb 12 l-2c
Turkeys, per lb ISc
Eggs, perdoz 28c
Butter per lb 18 to 26
Creiuiery Butter 33c
Apples, eating SI.OO per be
Sweet Potatoes 40c per bv
Irish Potatoes 60c to 75c a bu
Cabbage, per lb ... lc
Dried Beans,per bushel $2.50
RIDES AND TALLOW
Price# paid by Hickory Tannery
Ctaas. H. Geitaer, Prop.
Green Salted Hides per lb 9c
Green Hides per lb 8c
Sound Dry Salted Hides... .per lb 14c
Sound Dry Flint Hidee per lb 16c
Prime Tallow per lb 5 c
Rye Straw 100 lbs 40c
HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 19,0.
BACK TO
%/T
Al tbe foot of tbe hill where the
turnpike swerved sharply to
the left to avoid climbing the
abrupt elevation aod close bj
the brook, which, finding its source
somewhere among tbe hilltops, mean
dered leisurely through swamp and
■wale and cut tbe farm squarely In
two. stood the old homestead. Tbe
IDOMS grown shingled roof peeped mod
estly from behlud a screen of age-old
tree*. and the low dowu sagging foun
datfern* were scan-el y nnywhere visi
ble toblnd the ramtwnt growth of rose
bushes that clambered halfway up the
south side of the house There were
Iliac* grown into tree*, syrlnjra* that
crowded half across the gravel walk,
a jrtnnt boneysm-kle vine that had been
choked and pruned heck until Its gu:irl
ed old trunk resembled a grotesque
freak of nature.
The old homestead bad housed and
reared seven generations of men and
women of tbe same uarne. but li had
come to pass that those of the seventh
generation were widely scattered und
the old homestead no longer knew
them There were seven of tills pen
era tion—seven boys—and the last to i
lea re tbe old homestead had gone
_____________ forth, like the
| others, to battle
and happiness.
j. j*. jlgL old couples left
SSB& behind on the
farm to watch
in its
ealrmY BHH declining years,
Swifafi eße were
DOt shorn of the
yj ifjii necessaries or
r^es °* '^ e - They
V \ bad laid aside
I HLj their little sum.
-, with no dread
r of the morrow.
J debt or threat of
mortgage fore
"LTOTHEJT, i'U GOING closure bung
TO THE CITY TO- over their heads.
MORROW." an( j tbey lived in
quiet peace on the homestead that had
sheltered so many of their ancestors.
But there was loneliness in the moth
er heart. When tbe first son had bro
ken away from tbe farm the pnng had
been sharp and cruel. but there were
alx left bebind. Then tbe second bad
grown restless and followed in tbe foot
steps of the elder. The third waited
• few years, silently tilling the fertile
farm and watching for bis chance. It
came one day with unexpected abrupt
ion.
"Mother, I'm going to the city tomor
row," be said at the close of a hard
day's work In the fields. "My oppor
tunity has come."
There was no open opposition, but
the heartstrings were quivering. So
tbe third son went, and after him the
fourth. In a few years the remaining
•tardy babies bad grown to the stature
•f manhood, and they, too, cast longing
eyes cityward. Would not one of them
famaln en the farm)
Tbe last to go had been her favorite,
for was be not tbe baby? And with
fc&s going the light seemed to go out of
the world for the aged couple. But
these two were of pioneer stock, and
they had met and overcome adversity
In many forms, and in time they fell
back upon each other's company and
found a measure of contentment.
There were seven sons, and each
week seven letters left tbe homestead
mailed to different addresses. One went
to Chicago, another to New York, a
third to Boston, two to St. Louis, one
far off to the Pacific coast and tbe last
to a nearby city. Monday was devoted
to thoughts of the eldest, and the moth
er brain and heart put into his letter
all tbe little news of the home life
which be bad loved. He bad been de
voted to the live _____________
■tock, and she re- (
corded faithfully J — T"T
the details of
their progress.
Billy, his pet
horse, had long rr .
alnce died, but
another colt had
been named after
him, and be was
always held in re- JEKgK j
serve for his ab- fp
sent owner. awTR
Tuesday's let
ter was more
difficult of com- Vi\ r""|f
position. It call- Vn 25
ed her forth Into JHWV
the woods to get -4
news, for the sec- i
ond son had been -
a roamer and a «
friend of every '
squirrel and rab- READ OVER AND OVER
bit He could im- AGAIN THE BRIEF
itate the call of KPI3TLEa
the blue Jay and whistle tbe piping song
of the finches. She had learned the
nesting season of tbe different birds
be had loved, and her letters were full
of woodland scenes and wild life.
Wednesday was a day of easy letter
writing. It was all about crops, the
condition of the north and south fields,
the probable yield per acre and in
harvest time an account of the results.
On Thursday her letter was addressed
to tbe young architect In New York,
and she spoke of tbe things which he
bad loved, and Friday she roamed the
woods again for material, for he of
San Francisco was x the hunter and
txapper of the family, and Saturdays
THE OLD
Thanksgiving
OT
George Ethelbert Walsh
■ ■ B
{Copyright, 1810. by American Press Asso
ciation.]
she peered Into tbe streams and the
dark pools of the river for Information
about tbe Silvery pike and speckled
trout, for the sixth son was of the
latfak Walton school. Then came Bun
— 1 ' -* 1 day. with its calm
. | peacefulness and
C thoughtful reflec-
— V' V tie LIS. Her baby
fj had been of an
y h " I artistic and re
jJM n d* llgious tempera-
ment and the
VfjsT 2 Sabbath was con
gg| sec rated to him.
cou 'd speak
] I more freely and
I jflS intimately of her
//da Inner tnougbts
- if and home life,
P\J and her pen
|[ j moved more rajv
W* I* idly over the pa-
At first the
weekly letters
were answered
■■ more or less reg-
THEY BAT DOWN AT ularly. She was
THE TABLE ALONE, a wise mother
and did not expect a reply to every ef
fusion of her own. They were busy
boys, engaged .in the battle of life.
Sometimes weeks passed, and then a
few lines compensated for the lonely
waiting.
. They fell In love and married In
time. They brought their brides in
hurried visits to the old home. Chil
dren came to them, and each birth
added to the cares of tbe father. She
longed intensely to know of her grand
children. and if she wrote long ram
bling letters of the old farm her heart
wns aching for minute details of the
children born In the Image of their fa
thers.
But the rush of life In the cities
mnde the farm seem a long way off.
Letter writing was oftantimes irk
some, and the seven sons had duties
that absorbed their time and strength.
The letters grew fewer and their
length shorter. On the old homestead
the aged couple laboriously read over
and wver again the brief epistlea, pon
dering and thinking and speculating—
and slgblnf. ,
In due time the s%»ven sons forgot
to write or delegated the 'work to
their wives. They were too occupied
to waste their time In epistolary com
position. They know, moreover, that
their parents knew they would send
word if anything unusual happened.
And nothing unusual happened to
them—that is. nothing that would in
terest the aged couple living on the
old homestead. They would not care
to read of things in the city which
were so vital to the sons of the sev
enth generation—of social gatherings,
of business developments, of art lec
tutes, of politics, of reUglous and char
ity work. These
were things of
tbe city and not
of the country.
Their parents 1
would not under
stand, as if the ' * ...
mother love was VSj&K
not Inclusive
enough to em
brace all things
that touched the
hearts and lives X-—**vxT
of her offspring!
So the sadness JW
and loneliness of V J||
the life on the /
old homestead
took on a keener
edge. The aged
couple would sit
hand in hand and "
watch the de- . p
parting rays of
sun with mois- WATCHING THE FAD
tened, dimmed UQHT
eyes. Tbe broader back of the man
was sturdy enough to carry the bur
den, but the mother was bending un
der the load.
"Don't worry, mother," soothed the
man. "They have their families and
their cares, and we must be content"
"It is not that," she murmured, "but"
—and the eyes had a frightened look
In them—"l do not feel equal to—to
writing—the letters any more. I—l—
find them a burden now."
Tbe man gently pressed the hand
that had penned tbe daily letters.
"Rest, then, mother, rest! They will
not"— He stopped, he could not say
they would not miss them, and yet the
quivering heart at his side knew he
meant it "That is it," she replied
slowly; "they will not miss them, and
that is—what—hurts."
The eyes drooped, and ihe head
rested heavily on the shoulder by her
side. They sat thefe a long time
watching the fading Ught and the com
ing up of the new moon. The dew
of the evening wet them before they
rose slowly and made their way inside.
Long habit and training cannot be
changed in a day or night aod a moth
er's yearning for her sons insisted
that some message should be sent but
each week the letters grew shorter and
there was no heart or life In them.
Sometimes they were so perfunctory
that one was merely a duplicate of the
other, a mere reference to the weather
and crops and an assurance that aU
were well. The hand copied from day
to day what the brain bad dictated tot
one. There waa little variation.
HOMESTEAD
The summer passed and harvest dm*
approached again. The Thanksgiving
season brought its train of mem
orles.
A week before Thanksgiving she
looked anxiously for letters from her
sons. Bach day they drove a mile
to the village for their mail, but the
letters were not there. Two days
before the event the frail body was
keyed to intense suspense. On the
morrow one of them surely would
write and gladden her heart. But
they returned from the postoffice with
out the letter.
"We must go to the village today, fa
ther," the urged on Thanksgiving
morning. "We need—we need salt or
sugar, I forget which."
The man accepted the gentle lie
without a quiver. There was a single
morning mall, and r y
perhaps—perjar-'' _
—but who cau QUI il-} rpz
tell? They dro •
slowly through
the crisp autumn
air and returned j|kl' \
at dinner time.
They were both 1
very silent and 1
grave. The man p ffip •
was more cou- *
cerned over the I
white drawn face L
at his side than
at the neglect of Ja jf JTSHBP
his sons. If they ■ If w '■"■"'v 1 /
only knew —if J ~JL L
they only knew! LMHM J]
They sat down }| IS
at the table alone. jf I
she rousing her- *
self by a final ef- °
fort for the sake THEY KAISED THEIH
of the man who EYES.
had shared her life's burdens with her.
and he kindly, courteous and consider
ate of her every little comfort. "Moth
er, we will ask a blessing for our sons
and their families," he began.
The plates were set for the seven, a
custom never abandoned even though
they remained empty throughout the
Thanksgiving meaL The two did not
hear the outside noises, nor the rattle
of the lumbering stage, nor the lifting j
of the latch. When they raised their
eyes the room was full of bearded and
bronzed and pale and clean shaven
faces—faces which In spite of wind
and weather and toll and sweat had a
strange family resemblance. It was
unusual that they should be there, but
it did not seem strange, so confident
was the mother heart that her prayer
would be answered.
"Mother, I was worried. Tour let
ters were so different, and I came
home instead of writing."
It was the eldest who spoke and cm
braced her. "And I met the others
on the train or at the station," be cqp
tinued "They felt the same and
could not wait to write."
"Yes, mother," added another, a lit
tie reproachfully, "it made me home
sick not to hear from you oftcner, and
when your letters did come they were
no—so different I knew something
was wrong with either you or father.
What Is itr
They glanced from one aged parent
to the other. The faded eyes of the
woman turned tremblingly from one to
the other and finally sought in fear
and confusion the face of her husband.
He nodded responslvely.
"Yes, mother has been sick—heart
sick," he began slowly. "You were
homesick, but she was heartsick. She
has been giving you of her life, but
you have returned little of yours. She
has carried the old home tc you In
her letters, but you have neglected her
in yours."
Even then the mother huuger was
predominant and could not abide the
chastening of her offsprings. The frail
hand waved aside the speaker, but he
added softly:
"Even now she's ready to give more
than she will receive."
Then, with a twinkle in his eyes:
"Mother, is the feast spread for nine
or two?"
Ten years suddenly slipped from the
gray head and the frail body, and
the face was
wreath cd In a
)C holy sinile as she
üBl * e a bout
an * changed
dishes and added
raore to the
table's supply.
2 s ! yv "We only Bet
r I 1 P ,aces for y° ur
cJg | rvix" splits, and not
I Kf "MM/ . for your bodies,"
x fin she murmured
| guiltily. "A n d
J you are all such
J Z' hearty eaters!"
* i _j* - "Yes, hearty
Ji " eaters—big eat-
I - crs, mot-her!''
JJL Tj *"*' tbe y sald in one
"1 i vo * ce- "But we
.x d know where you
keep the turkey
and the cranber
™S THE "
pumpkin p!es anil
all the other good things. Wait until
we see?"
The raid on the kitchen which fol
lowed worked havoc with the week's
cooking, but the joyous cries and
wrangling words mingled with laugh
ter were music to her ears. She had
her seven sons back again, and they
were boys still In spite of beards and
I deeply linedtoreheada And wrinkled
cheeks. ■'■***
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
| Dotted Catawba
with New Bridges
Retiring board ol Commissioners
have Done Excellent Work
Now that the present board of
county commissioners is retiring,
the Democrat wishes to say
what is only fair, it believes,
that the board has don* some good
work for the county. An exami
nation shows that the public work
it has put through have been of
a permanent character. It has
completed the steel approaches
Ito the Simpson bridge between
Newton aud Jacob's Fork; it
has built the Blackburn bridge
over the South Fork, four steel
bridges with concrete piers over
Clark's creek and one , below
Claremont. and has started work
on the splendid SIO,OOO bridge
over the Catawba near Moore's
ferry.
Another thing for which the
retiring board is to be greatly
praised is the fact that the State
having required 4 months school
to be taught during the year, and
haying promised to give a dollar
for ever dollar spent by the
county, the commissioners took
from the treasury nearly $2,000
for this purpose.
The board has doubtless made
some mistakes. It would proba
bly admit this much itself. It
ftas been criticised by soma for
levying the special road tax of
20 cents on the SIOO and by oth
ers for not making this levy un
till it had before it a petition of
a majority of the registered vote
of the county. Still the road
tax goes down to its credit.
Mr. J. W. Shuford, of Hickory,
as chairman of the board has
been just as careful of the
people's business as he has been
of his own, and this can be said
of the otheo members. The
Democrat wishes to give them
the glad hand as they retire to a
well-earned rest.
Fighting Flies: Not after Dam
ages
To the Editor of the Democrat:
In a late reference to the case
of Self vs. Campbell, you call it
an action for damages, leaving it
to be inferred that money is the
only relief sought.
It is freely admitted that I am
created a litcle lower than that
order of over-scrupulous persons
wko are "agin" all damage suits;
bat, in this case, the ehief object
aimed at is not the recovery of
damages. The real purpose of
the action as shown by the veri
fied complaint on file, and the
thing for which my attorneys
fought so ably, was to have this
livery stable condemned as a nui
sance, on the ground that it is a
prolific breeding-place of disease
carrying flies, and a consequent
menace to health. Not more
than ten minutes of the four
days' fight was given to consid
eration of how much money
plaintiffs ought to recover.
I confess some disappointment
that the first effort mode in
North Carolina to have judicial
sentence passed on the Typhoid
Fly should have gotten itself
"into the papers" as an ordinary
damage suit. W. A, SELF.
Hickory, N. C., November 19,
1910.
[The Democrat condensed its
brief item about this case from,
one of the Newton papers and
regrets that we so blunderingly
missed the mark. ]
Many ills come from impure
blood. Can't have pure blood
with faulty digestion, lazy liver
and sluggish bowers. Burdock
Blood Bitters strengthens stom
ach, bowels and liver, and puri
fies the blood.
Presbyterian Church Notes
The Thanksgiving servije a f
II a. m. Thursday, Thursday
offering for Barium Springs Or
phanage.
Next Sunday morning the pas
tor will preach on "The Great
Tribulation," in the series on
dispen?ational truth.
On Sunday -night the Cove
nanters will have a public meet
ing. The boys will make decla
mations on the subject of Tem
prance. and the Junior Choir will
have charge of the music and re
sponsive readings.
It is in time of sudden misshap or
accident that Chamberlain's Liniment
can be relied upon to t*ke the place
of the family 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.
Mr. Yoder at
Augusta Fair
Bis Orpingtons Took Tvo Rib
bons—His Hickory Winners
To the Editor of the Democrat:
I notice in last eeks Demo
crat some correction in the poul
| try premiums. I also want to
say I received 3rd pallet in class
14, White Orpingtons, which I
was not credited with,
i My entire winnings were Ist,
j2nd and 3rd cockerel; Ist, 2nd
! and 3rd pullet and Ist pen. I
only showed one pen and only
young birds, as my old birds
were not through molting.
I had hoped to show my hen
which won at Cleveland, Ohio as
a pullet bat she was not through
her molt enough.
I feel very proud of my win
nings as this was my first show
ing in White Orpingtons, and
these birds were very >oung and
not developed as they should
have been.
Since our fair here, I had the
pleasure of attending the Augus
ta, Ga., Poultry Show, the
"Premier Show" of the South,
and there won 4th and sth pul
let, in the hottest class of Or
pingtons shown in the South.
Mr. Wm. Cook and son, of
New Jersey, the originators of
all Orpingtons, were there with
a string of 49 beautiful birds as
well as about a dozen other
Orpington breeders from all
over the South.
Last year at this show there
was only one exhibitor of White
Orpingtons ana this year the
strongest class was Orpingtons.
I was delighted that the judge
even noticed my birds in such
hot competition, and when the
4th and sth ribbons were given
to me, words failed to express
my feelings.
There were 3000 or more birds
in this show and the Rhode
Island Reds, Barred and White
Rocks, White Leghorns" and all
kinds of Wyandottes were there
in great abundance and plenty of
quality, too.
While this was a much larger
show than our poultry show, yet
in regard to quality our show
compared very favorably with
this one and in a short while I
know Hickory will be the "Pre
mier Show" of the South. As
she has some true "Fanciers
among her young men.
EDGAR D. YODER.
Rev. A. W. Setzer's Appoint
ments.
Rev. A. W. Setzer asks us to
announce that on account of sick
ness he was unable to meet his
appointments at Catawba Springs
and Maple Grove on the second
Sunday in this month, and that
he will preach at these points on
next Sunday at the usual hours
instead.
Hildebrand- Young
Married at the residence of
H. A. Adams on Sunday even
ing, Nov. 20, Mr. Brantley Young
to Miss Pearlie Hildebrand, both
of Icard township. Quite a num
ber were present. H. A. Adams
performed the ceremony in his
usual impressive style.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP
Hickory Banking 4Trast Co.,
at Hickory, in the State of North Caro
lina, at the close of business Nov. ioth
1910.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts $124,496.19
Overdrafts secured and unse
cured 1,649.87
All other Stocks, Bonds and
Mortgages - 1,030
Banking Houses 6,000 00
Furniture & fixtures 2,521.83 8,521.83
Due from Bankg and Bankers 19,547.71
Cash items 2,685.95
Gold coin 1,380.00
Silver coin, including all
minor coin currency 1,934.29
National bank notes and
other U. S. notes 4,914.00
Total $166,149.84
LIABILITIES
Capital stock $ 35,000.00
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses and taxes
P® id 3.79 5 -15
Bills payable 30,000
Deposits subject to check 50,023.01
Demand Certificates of De
posit 34,882
Savings Deposits 10,423.51
Cashier's Checks outstanding 2,025.17
Total $166,149.84
State of North Carolina, County of
Catawba, ss:
I, W. X. Reid, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
j above statement is true to the best of my
I knowledge and belief.
W. X, REID, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 19th dav of Nov. 1910.
C. A. MO'SER, Notary Public.
My com. expires June 10, igrx
Correct—Attest:
J. F. ABERNETHY,
J. A. MARTIN,
M. H. YOUNT.
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