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Established 1899
Catawba Has
Worst Roads.
This is the Brickbat the High
way Scouts Threw at as.
When local speakers at the
good roads meeting at the Aca
demy of Music last Thursday
evening boasted that the State
Central highway must come
through Hickory anyhow, Presi
dent Varner and State Geologist
Pratt called them down and said,
no it could skip Catawba and go
\ia Statesville, Taylorsville, Le
noir and Morganton, which they
described as having gold paved,
heavenly highways compared
with our mud holes.
As far as the Democrat is
concerned it's from Missouri and
will have be shown about this,
but we are willing to admit that
we have bad enough roads and
ought to have a county bond is
sue to keep pace with Iredell's
£400,000 stride forward.
The Central Highway Scou
party came along in due time
from Madison, where they said
there are no roads at all and
which is the only county on the
line which has worse roacU than
Catawba. The Chamber of Com
merce entertained the scouts at
the*Huffry. At the meeting Mr.
Varner presided and the good
sized crowd present heard speech
es from him, Mr. Pratt, Mr.
James A. Wellons, of Johnston
county; Col. F. A. Olds, of Ral
eigh; Editor R. R. Clark of the
StatesviileLandmark; R. L. Shu
ford, J. D. Elliott, W J Shuford,
VV. C. Feimster, and others.
Col. Olds was able to make us
all ashamed of our hog paths
when he compared them with the
superb thorofores which our
German kinspeople across the
water have.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing a Hickory township good
roads association was organized
with J. W. Robinson president;
W. J. Shuford, vice-president
and A. K. Joy, secretary. The
membership fee is $l.OO a year
which includes a subscription to
Mr. Varner's fine magazine,
Southern Good Roads.
In a letter to Mr. R. L. Shuford
this week Mr. Varner says:
"We enjoyed our stay while in
Catawb3, but I am sorry, to say
that we were greatly disappoint
ed at the condition of your roads,
as they are unquestionably the
worst roads on the Central High
way from Beaufort Harbor to the
Tennessee line, except in Mad
ison county, where they have no
roads. The bill chartering this
Highway sajs that it may run
through Catawba county, and I
am certain that every Trustee of
tne Highway, including Dr.'
Pratt, State Geologist, wants this
Highway to run through Cataw
ba County, but if your people
don't become aroused to the im
portance of this road and show
evidence of the fact that it is
going to be built, there is a
c lance that the Central Highway
may go some other route.
"I unde» stand that there is a
I etter route from Statesville via
Taylorsville and Lenoir to Mor
ganton and that the people along
this line through Alexander and
Caldwell counties pre willing to
put up the money and build the
road. I am writing you this,
not with the slightest idea of
frightening your people, but to
show you that there is a probabil
ity of Catawba county losing' the
Central highway, unless your
people thoroughly wake up and
yet busy at once. I fully realize
the conditions in your county.
They are simi.ar to the conditions
in Davidson county. Your people
are perfectly able to build roads
and they need it and need it bad.
but they are a little slow to
move, and I hope that they will
not be so self satisfied that they
will let this opportunity of secur
ing a great Central Highway
\ hrough Catawba county sliD
a" ay from them.
"There is no power on earth
to prevent Catawba County from
securing this great road, except
t >e negligence of their own peo
ple, but it is up to them; if they
cannot build a first ciass road,
good 365 days in the year, it can
not go through your good county,
and therefore, be forcpd to adopt
this route through Alexander and
Caldwell counties, which I assure
yoj we don't want to do.
Bloodine cough checker will quickly
al'ay that hacking irritationaccompany
ii: 4 a severe coygh or cold. The safest j
uid remedy for children. Keep'
a ,ottle constantly at had. For sale by
Crimes Drug Co. •
ffiE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Henry Items.
Cbrresponder.ee of the Democrat.
i Henry, R. F. D. No. 3., June
12- The weather is hot and dry,
with some showers along. Farm
ers are in good shape with their
work. YVneat is good through
this section. At this writing
none has been cut, oats ore good
ani not so short as was expected
owing to the dry weather. Corn
and cotton are 1 joking fairly well,
but nothing much doing in the
way of vegetables as it has been
too dry. ,
Along with our dry weather
we still have some weddings,
Mr. Noah Craig, son of John
Craig, and Miss Estella Bivens,
daughter of Julius Bivens of
Lincoln county, were happily
mariied last Sunday, and will
spend their honeymoon in Ashe
ville, N. C.
Mr. Fred Rhoney has returned
from Guild, Tenn.. where he had
a position on the Gjverment
dam, being unable Tor duty on
account of rheumatism.
Mr. Willie kodgers has ' just
returned from Wadesboro where
he has been sawmilling. He
says they arj dry down there as
well as we are here.
Mr*. Noah Rodgers has return
ed home from Rutherford county
where he has been farming. I
haven't learned whether he will
return or not.
The health of the community
is good, except some measles.
The decoration day Saturday
at Eoenezer went off fine. Cold
drinks were served and every
body seemed to enjoy them
selves.
Miss Katie Wacaster, daughter
of A, H. Wacaster, of Spartan
burg, is at Mr .J. M.; Walkers this
week visiting.
Poultry raising is gettiog to be
a rushing business through this
section. Mrs. J. M. Walker has
116-chicks with three hens. Isn't
that going some? Red Rhode
Islands are taking the day.
So long readers of the "Demo
crat;" you will never see my face
again. I'm going to rais*? whisk
ers. "JOLLY BILL"
Catawba Items.
Correspondence of ibe Democrat.
Catawoa, June 14. —Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Hudson of Spencer
and Mr. and Mrs. E H- Miller of
Salisbury were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Pitts Sunday.
Miss Annie Barnes of Reids
ville is spending a few days in
town renewing old acquaintances,
Mr. Robert Bailey of Asheville
was among the visitors Sunday.
Miss Winnie D. Reid has re
turned from a months stay in
Hot Springs, Ark.
The Methodist Sunday School
observed Children's Day Sunday.
A beautiful home wedding was
solemnized Wednesday afternoon
when Miss Nettie, the charming
and attractive daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Lowrance, was
unitedin marriage to Mr. Wil
liam Paisley of Greensboro.
Promptly at four o'clock to the
strains of Lohengrin wedding
march rendered by the nimble
fingers of Miss Fa tie Cline,
the bride on the arm of the groom
entered the parlor. The cere
mony was performed before an
improvised altar of ferns by Rev.
B. Wilson. Miss Annie Lowrance
was the maid of honor and Mr.
Claud Smith was best man.
After congratulations were re
ceived the guests were led to the
dining room by the bride and
gr-jom where salad and ice cream
courses were served by Misses
.Tohnsie and May Lowrance.
Immediately after supper Mr.
and Mrs. Paisley drove to the
station and boarded No. 12 for
their future home near Greens
boro. The groom is a well to do
farmer and the bride is one of
Catawba's most popular ladies.
Mr. Parsley wore a handdsome
traveling suit of tan with acces
sarer3 to match. Among the
out of town guests were Mr.
Claud Smith of Greensboro, Miss
Pattie Cline of Conover, and Miss
Lola Barringer of near Newton.
j
Mrs. R. D. Abernethv recent
lv visiting her daughter. Miss
Nettie, in Charlotte.
"Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what I did
eat distressed me terribly. Burdock
Pond Bitters cured me."— J. H.
Walker, Sunburg, Ohio.
14,000 Extra Votes in
The Democrats Contest
Bonus Ballot for Each Contestant
Securing One Subscription Be
fore June 21st, at 9:00
O'clock P. M.
§ THE CONTEST MAN- g
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(By W. B. Porclisr)
Every candidate who brings or
sends to this office before 9 p. m.
Wednesday. June 21st, a yearly
subscription to the Democrat,
will be entitled to the special
ballot which counts 10,000 votes
in addition to the regular scale
of votes.
Candidates residing outside of
Hickory may mail their sub
scriptions to the Democrat office
any time before 9 p. m., Wed- j
nesday June 21st.
Only one of these 10,000 votes
will be given to each candidate.
The list of candidates nomi
i ated to date in the Democrats
Great Popularity Contest is pub
lished today. If you have a
friend in the race, clip out the
500 vote coupon and send it into
her credit. Then caliper up and
pledge her your future support.
A little encouragement right at
the start would "boost" her
campaign now more than any
other time.
THE WAY TO GET VOTES.
There are only two ways of get
ting votes in this contest—by
saving the free vote coupons,
which are printed in every issue
of the Democrat and by securing
paid in advance subscriptions to
the Democrat (or by securing set
tlements on outstanding sub
scription accounts).
Votes cannot be bought. The
onlv money which will be accep
ted in connection with the con
test will be that sent to pay. for
subscripMons, or in settlement of
arrearages.
NEVER APPROACHED.
There are scores of people in
Catawba county who do not reg
ularly subscribe to The Demo
crat simply because they have
never been approached on the
subject. We want these people
to become better acquainted
with The Democrat; we want
them to join the circle—to get
on our subscription list.
Everybody concerned will ben
efit bv the renewed acquain
tance.
You can 'help by introducing
us. Tell your friends about The
Democrat. If if: were not such
shockingly bad form we would
print some of the good
things you might say. Call
around, and we will talk it over.
We will risk the "exaggerated
ego" and tell you the excel
lence of our wares.
THE PERSONAL EQUATION.
The Democrat offers you sub
stantial compensation for your
kindly offices in its behalf. E
leven beautiful prizes will be
awarded at the close of the con
test July 29th. You can figure
out vour chances by the law of
averages; then add the personal
equation. You are that personal
equation, and vou are going to
win. That you determined at
the outset. Just go at it in the
good old Tar Heel way—make up
your mind to win and you will.
FREE TO CANDIDATES
To enter this friendly struggle
will not cost any one who is eli
gible a single cent; it will cost
nothing to stay in and it Will cost
nothing tp win.
Two ways of obtaining votes
Never can tell when you'll mash
your finger or suffer a cut, bruise,
burn or scald. Be prepared. Dr.
Tinas' Electric Oil instantly relieves
th*ain —quickly cures the wound.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 15, 1911.
are offered: First by clipping
and sending in the ballots, that
will appear each week in the
Hickory Democrat and secondly,
by securing prepaid subscrip
tions or the renewal .of old ones
to the paper.
RULES AND CONDITIONS.
While it is not absolutely nec
essary before being voted for,
a nomination blank, which can
be secured from the Hickory
Democrat office or cut from this
paper, should be sent in for each
candidate. A candidate may be
non inated by any one, provided
each candidate be in good stand
ing in the community. All ques
tions as to eligibility will be fi
nally determined by the Contest
Manager.
A ballot will be printed in the
Hickory Democrat each week
during the * contest. All ballots
must be neatly trimmed and in
clude the border or. they will be
rejected in formal. These cou
pons will be good for the number
votes printed thereon.
Ballots must be sent direct to
the Democrat office and postage
must be fully prepaid or they
j will be rejected and not counted.
VOTES ISSUED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS
Paid in advance subscriptions
must be sent direct to the Demo
crat office, and on receipt of re
mittance, specif ballots will be
issued. See vore* schedule and
subscription rate.
Special ballots are provided to
carry with them additional vot
ing value, according to amount
i paid and length of subscription.
Any protest as to eligibility of
any candidate will not be con
sidered if votes have been cast
for said candidate for a period of
thirty days or longer.
No employee of the Hickory
Democrat or member of em
ployee's family can participate in
this contest.
Any question that may arise
will be determined by the Con
test Manager and his decision
will be final and absolute.
To secure special ballots all
money must reach the office of
the Hickory Democrat where
ballots will be issued.
With every subscription to the
Hickory Democrat is given when
asked for a coupon good for a
certain number of votes, accord
ing to the length of the sub
scriptions. This is explained
elsewhere. These coupons must
be voted before date of expira
tion which is printed on each
coupon. •
The date on which these bal
lots expire is printed on the bot
tom of each ballot, and if the
time has expired the ballot will
not be counted, A nomination
vote counts for 1,000 votes.
Votes cannot be bought; they
must be clipped fr6m the paper
or secured on subscriptions.
Votes secured by one contes
tant cannot be transferred to
another.
THE VOTING RULES.
During the first two weeks of
the contest ending June 22 no
candidate will be permitted to
vote more than 10,000 votes a
week more than the highest can
didate held in the previous week's
publication.
After June 22 the limit will be
raised 5,000 each week until one
week before the end at vhich
time the restriction will be re
moved altogether and candidates
may vote as they choose during
the last week.
SHOULD A TIE OCCUR.
In case of a tie for any of the
prizes offered in the contest, the
value of the prize or prizes thus
tied for will be equally divided
between the candidates who tie
for same.
In accepting nomination all
candidates must agree to abide
by the above conditions.
Don't let the baby suffer from ec
zema, sores or any itching of the skin.
Loan's Ointment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chil
dren. AU druggists sell it.
Interest jn Democrat's
tiest.
Correspondent of the Democrat.
Hickory, Route I,—Mr- B. C.
Wood and daughter, Miss Ellen,
of Lmcolnton, were visitors here
last week.
Miss Lizzie Kate Foard, a stu
dent of the State Normal, and
Mr. Fred Foard, Jr. of the Uni
versity, are spending their vaca
tion with their parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Foard.
Miss Kate Warlick, of Mor
ganton, is the guest of Ila Ram
seur.
Mr. J. P. Boker spent last
week in Mt Croyan, S. C v o»-
business.
Mr.v Fqjney Ramseur has re
turned to Morganton after a
months stay in the vicinity.
Messrs. Will and T >on Whisnant
are having their residences paint
ed, which is quite an improve
ment.
Miss Kittie Hoyle. of The
Hickory Glove Mfg, Co., spent
Sunday at home.
Mrs. Dolph Hofman of Hicko
ry, spent a part of last week
with hei parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Fulbright. Messrs Clyde
Degerhart and Roscoe Sox, of
Greensboro, were the guests of
Mr. Boker last week.
The people in this vecinity are
very much interested in _ the
piano and ring contest, and
judging from the amount of the
work some of young ladies
are d' ing, we are hoping for the
piano to come this way.
Mrs. M. M. Hutchins and chil
dren are visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Pink Wyant of
Henry.
Mr. A. A. Yount, of Asheville,
spent Saturday h£re.
went over to another meeting
but it was decided to charge 10
cents a head for each chicken to
pay for the feed bill.
The association has some im
portant plans on foot, so send in
your name for membership at
once and come to the next meet
ng.
There is one medicine that every
family should be prdvided with and
especially during the si mmer months;
viz, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost
certain to be needed. It costs but a
quarter. Can you afford to be without
it? For sale by all dealers.
v VOTE SCHEDULE—The Hickory Democrat.
\ Old Subscribers. New Subscribers
Time. Price. Votes. Votes.
One Year - $ 1.00 • 2,500 5,000
Two Years - - - 2.00 7,000 14,000
Three Years - - - 3.00 14,000 28,000
Four Years - - - 4.00 20,000 40,000
Five Years - - - 5.00 25,000 50,000
Six Years - 6.00 32,000 64,000
Sevvi Years - - 7.00 40,000 80,000
Eight Years - - - 8.00 50,000 100,000
Nine Years - 9.00 62,000 124,000
Ten Years _ 10.00 75,000 150,000
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This coupon, When neatly trimmed out. name and address, properly
« filled in and brought or sent to the Contest Department of The HIC-
S KORY DEMOCRAT will count for 500 Votes.
I The first one of these coupons received for any young lady will
£ place her in nomination and will count for 1,000 Votes,
This Coupon not good after June 21st.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Chicken Men
Organize.
Catawba Poultry Association
Formed and Will Full
Olf Show.
An enthusiastic meeting of
poultry men wa3 held in the
Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening when a permanent or
ganization was effected with
Geo. E. Bisaner president, and
Geo. Lyerly secretary-treasurer.
Vice-president were elected from
strategic points,—L. H. Phillips,
Newton; A. F. Wood, Ford and
Whisnant's store; Rev. P. C.
Henry, Oxford Ford; J. O. Deal,
Granite Falls; Mr. Herman, Con
over, while the president is em
powered to appoint other vice
presidents at other important
places.
The name chosen is the Ca
tawba Poultry association, and
members are invited to join
from eastern Burke, and south
ern Caldwell and Alexander
counties.
Among those who joined were
besides the officers: Messrs C. M.
Shuford, Douglas Taylor, Edgar
D. Yoder, Wm. Tryon, Mr.
Corpening, Ephraim Hawn, W.
X. Reid, B. L. Miller, H. A.
Banks, N, W. Clark, C. L. Hawn,
Richard Shuford, C. C. Freeman,
J. W, Robinson, W. J. Shuford,
Tom Setzer, Mr. Herman, Q. K.-
Herman, J. B. Gibbs, W. L.
Boatright,
The time of meeting was
fixed as the first Thursday even
ing in each month. The com
mittee on by-laws will report at
an early date. A committee con
sisting of W. L. Boatright, C. C.
Freeman and H. A. Banks was
appointed to confer with a com
mittee from the Catawba Live
Stock Association to agree on a
time for a poultry show in con
nection with the Catawba County
Street Fair.
The membership fee was made
$l.OO annual was a
long discussion financing
the street fair and the poultry
show.
The plan of entry charges,.etc.,
Whooping cough is not dangerous
when the cough is kept loose and ex
pectoration easy by giving Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. It has been
used in many epidemics of this disease
with perfect success. For sale by all
dealers.
HERE THEY ARE!
Candidates in the
Great Popularity
Contest
If Your Nomination Has
Not Been Sent in Clip
the Coupon Today.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Hickory
Miss Margaret Bost 1000
" May Stevenson 1000
44 Adelaide Johnston 1000
" Ruth Abernethy 1000
44 Mattie Abernethy 1000
" Gladys Reid 1000
" Constance Bost 1000
" Georgia Lowe 1000
" Alfreda Moretz 1000
44 Mattie May Stroup 1000
44 Essie Robinson 1000
'* Rose Shuford 1000
" Hazel Elliott 1000
44 Miriam Deaton 1000
44 Mabel Horn 1000
" Elizabeth Springs 1000
" Mabel Long 1000
Hickory, R. F. D. No. 1
Miss Stella Yoder 1000
" Allie May Cook 1000
Catawba
Miss Emma Pitts 1000
44 Winnie Reid ' 1000
44 Mabel Gilleland 1000
4i Gladys Lowrance 1000
44 Bessie Smith 1000
44 Novella Leonard 1000
Newton
Miss Mamie Beck 1000
" Bertha Modlin R 1 1000
44 Pauline Philips 1000
44 Nannie Owens 1000
" Mamie Setzer 1000
44 Mildred Crowell 1000
44 Ruth Owens 1000
44 Rosa Smart 1000
" Lizzie Killian x I^oo
44 Myrtle Beck 1000
" Maude Bollard 1000
44 Henrietta Killian 1000
" Nannie Philips 1000
" Grace Gaither 1000
44 Minnie Reinhardt 1000
44 Daisy Pope 1000
44 Louise Little 1000
44 Zoe Sigman R 3 1000
" Mary Sigman R 3 1000
44 Laura Fry R1 1000
44 Lilly Tyeß 1000
14 Maude Setzer R 2 1000
V Katie Marlowe R - 1000
44 Rhoda Jarrett R 1000
44 Annie Hildebrand 1000
44 Mary White 1000
44 Lela Whitener R 1000
44 Alice Rhoney 1000
44 Lizzie Whitener R 1000
4 * Neva Gamble 1000
Clarcmont
Miss Lola Barringer 1000
t4 Lena Moser 1000
44 Cordia Sigman 1000
44 Mollie Deal R 1 1000
44 Onie Brinkley 1000
44 Flossie Fraser R 1 1000
44 Florence Setzer R1 1000
44 Ella Lee Wilson 1000
44 Claudia Setzer 1000
44 Gracie Hoke * ' 1000
Conover
Miss Mattie Yountß 1 1000
• 4 Winnie Stine R 1 1000
44 Mabel Rockett R 3 1000
44 Beulah Propst R 3 1000
Hildebrand
Miss Annie Morgan 1000
44 Addie Ciine 1000
Mrs. Ida Sigman 1000
Miss Ada Evans 1000
Connelly Springs
Miss Mabel Sides 1000
44 Ruth Berry 1000
44 Agnes Lowe 1000
Rutherford College
Miss Lucile Goode 1000
44 Jenie Rutherford 1000
44 Nell Goode 1000
- Lenoir
Miss Annie Shear 1000
44 Lina Ivey 1000
" 4 Mabel Coleman 1000
44 Jessie Courtenay 1000
44 Helen Shell 1000
4 * Maude Triplet 1000
44 Sadie Jones 1000
44 Pearl Minnish 1000
44 Agnes Huett 1000
41 Grace Tuttle R 1000
" Dora Tuttle R 1000
44 Cornelia Miller 1000
14 Justina Safford 1000
44 Irene Coffey 1000
44 Dinah Reid 1000
44 Sallie Ivey 1000
t4 Irene Martin 1000
44 Gussie Tuttle 1000
44 Louise Clark 1000
44 Nannie Steele 1000
Maiden
Miss Burley Whitener 1000
" Vernon Cline 1000
Granite Falls
Miss Antho Berry R 2 1000
44 Martha K. Jones 1000
44 Lessie Starnes 1000
Miss Lalah Correll 1000
Henry
Miss Eula Kate Wyant 1000
44 Maude Johnston 1000
Mrs. Frank Fulbright R 2 1000