North Carolina Newspapers

v / Clip the 100 Vote Coupon Stinted To-day and Vote |or One of the Youngs Ladies Whose Name Appears Below. Established 1899 Piedmont Wagon Works Sold. Big Plant Bongbt by Northern Capital lor Over $400,000 The Democrat's special edition of Saturday said: When the Piedmont Wagon Works changed Lauds yester day in a deal involving ron sideiably more than $400,- 000 cash, the biggest financial transaction in the history of Hickory took place. The deal was engineered by Mr. James A. Martin, ot' this city, and himself and associa tes are the purchasers. Be yond the fact that his associ ates in the enterprise are Northern capitalists, nothing is known as to their identity, which they desire withheld for the present. NO CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT It is the wish of the new wagon factory that the present management continue without any change whatever, but it is understood that Mr. G. H. Ueitner, president and general manager and his associates at the plant are as yet undecided what to do in the matter and have given no definite answer yet. The vast bulk of the stock has changed hands and Mr. Martin insisted that every single share should have the privilege of going in at the same price, and it is not im probable that the entire block of the $200,000 capital will be transferred to the new owners. The stock is very valuable, the last sale, it is understood, haviDg been tnade at 1 67. At the price of the enormous plant has brought it would appear that it has brought about 2 to 1. MAJORITY OF STOCK OWNED HERE The majority of the stock is owned in Hickory although outside people possess a good share of it, Charlotte being the place here most of the out of-town jwuers live. Mr. John M. Scott, the Heaths and others own good bloc ks. In Hickory nearly all the older business men hold good sized blocks, and the turning loose of some thing like §200,000 in cash amongst the business men of the city will probobly mean the addition of new industries to Hickory, which will greatly help in the upbuilding of the town. The Democrat understands that it is the intention of the new owners to double the capacity of the plant, and to continue it, of course, where it is. The proxmi ty to the splendid timber in North Carolina mountains makes this point one of advantage. It has been rumored that this sale was being negotiated for the International Harvester Co., and again that it was for the Stude baker Wagon Co., but it is as certained that as yet these com panies are not in any way con cerned, and that the present purchasers bought purely as an investement. MR. MARTIN'S FINE WORK. It remains to be said that Mr. J. A. Martin deserves unstinted credit for the way in which he bandied this immense deal. Mr. Martin is one of Hickory's ablest business men and he has the re putation of never undertaking anything which he does not bring to a successful conclusion. Tne plant now has a capacity of 10,000 wagons a year. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church REV. J. H. WANNEMACHEK, Pastor. Sunday School—9:4s a. m. • Chief Service—ll:oo a. m. Evening Service-8:00 p. m. Morning theme: "Accept the Call." Evening theme: -"The Pre ciousness of a Good Conscience." Mid wecrk Service —Wednesday 8:00 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to attend all these ser vices. Granite Falls Items. Correspondence of the Democrat. Granite Falls, June 21—Our new p jst-offiee building has been completed, and Post master Starnes can boasc of an as com fortable quarters as any official in the State. While small, the building is modern both in build and eq lipment. Miss Ruth Sandford, accom .pained by her mother, Mrs. W. F. Sandford, left Tuesday morn ing for Richmond, Va., to go to St. Luke's Hospital for an oper ation and treatment. Two marriages was our record last week. Mr. John H. Allen, of Gastonia, came up and claimed Miss Louise Keever, on Wednes day, 14; remaining here until Friday, then taking his bride to their future home. On Saturday, quite to the surprise of their many friends, Dr. A. D. Aber nethy ahd Miss Marie Hendlev were married at high-noon, and left immediately for Blowing Rock and Linville. Messrs. Park Lutz and Dick Oline are back from Washington, D. C., to spend the summer months at home with their friends. They know where "the cool breeze blows," and the best ceuntry in the world. Mr. Charles Starnes, for sev eral months in business at States viile, is back home on a visit. Miss Kittie Flowers, one of our splendid girls, will spend her vacation in study at the summer school at Boone, N. C. She left last week for Boone. • The drouth, one of several weeks duration, was broken here last Monday. Rain has been much needed. Gardens have about seen thejr finish; wheat has been ex ceptionally fine, and corn gives promise of a good crop. Granite Falls people are some what interested in the sanitarv question. They held a public mass meeting last Friday night and began a crusade for a clean town and unanimously agreed to "swat the fly-" Mrs. Lawrence chil dren, who have been at the bedside of Mrs. Seabach, the mother of Mrs. Payne, seriously ill in Lenoir, returned to their home Tuesday. Mrs. Seabach is now out of danger. Miss Edna Clinton, of Clove*. S. C., is visiting the family o£ Mr. M. C. Forbes. The Methodist circuit parson age is undergoing improvements at the hands of Messrs. Sol. and Robert Payne, rtev. J. G. W. Holloway, the pastor, is making himself felt in his charge. A Happy Oklahoma Visit Last Wednesday June 14, 1911 Hugh, Lela, and Ruth Clonin ger returned home from a hapDV visit with their two brothers. L. S. andO. C, Cloninger in Mus kogee and Tulsa, Oklahoma. They left here on Monday at noon, May 15, and arrived in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday evening, finding the trains and town perfectly exhausted with people coming and going from Little Rock. They spent about 4 hours in Little Rock that even ing and left there for their brothers' home in Muskogee, Okla., where they spent about two weeks, and from there to Tulsa, Okla , to visit their broth er, O. C. a few weeks and re turn from there home. They left on Monday, June 12, leaving their brothers both well and get ting along fine; though the weather was excedingly hot and dry. which has made the crops a complete failure in the country, but this did not keep them from enjoying their visit out there. A Run Away. While Messrs. Ed and Lafay ette Shell were driving this morning on the square their horse became frightened and Mr. Lafavette Shell was thrown 9Ut, breaking his leg so that a piece of bone was thrust through the flesh. He was taken into Grimes Drug Store and given immediate attention. The horse meanwhile ran into the truck of the Southern Ex press Co. on which Mr. Herbert Sigmon was standing. He was thrown under the horses hoofs and while his clothes were torn and he received some bruises he was not badly hurt. Mrs. O. M. Royster has moved in o her pretty new home on 15th Street near the graded school,' where she will be tflad to see her iriends. . In The Democrat's Contest ' a JET '* This is Booster Week and the Time to Boost Your favorite "Candidate. 15,000 Extra Votes for Every Yearly Subscription Turned in Before W June 28, a Vote for orite To-day. 8 THE CONTEST MAN- j | AGER WILL BE AT f | THE DEMOCRAT OF- | I FICE ON WEDNKS- | 1 DAY AND SATURDAY | | EVENINGS FROM 3:00 f | UNTIL 9:00 O'CLOCK g 1 P. M. COME IN AND S | GET ACQUAINTED. | (By W. B. Porcher) It is time to get busy if you expect to have some real fun out of The Democrat contest. It's fun to pick one. and then turfi in and try to make her a winner. Save your coupons and see that your subscriptions are paid and the votes given to your favorite. Don't lose any time in seeing your friends and getting them to subscribe for The Democrat and cast their votes for your candi date. Be a booster. You will enjoy the contest as much as some of the candidates, if you can be of assistance to some worthy candi date. Remember you can give your favorite 15,000 extra votes by paying your subscription during "Booster Week." There is still plenty of room for new candidates, as daily some drop out and others take their places. It will appeal to any one with a little ambition to see that they can enter in an almcst open field and have the best kind of a chance at a fine prize. JUST GETTING STARTED. At present the candidates are just getting started, feeling the pulse of their friends to learn their strength. They know that subscriptions are what count, and that to secure them is the surest way to pile up votes, though the coupons are by no means to be despised, as the winning of a prize sometimes depends on a few votes. Get your friends into the habit of cutting coupons out for you, and it will keep up their interest in you. Later they will not let their favorite candi date fall behind for lack of the utmost help they can give. EVERY SUBSCRIBER SHOULD VOTE. Every subscriber of The Dem ocrat should give their votes to some candidate. Send in your favorite's name and then vote for her. Vote just as you would for a congressman to represent you, only vote oftener, as it is perfectly safe, and the oftener you vote the more sure your can didate is to be a winner. Your help may be what is needed to encourage vour favorite candidate to do the work which will place her at the top of the list. Every yearly subscription to The democrat this week means an extca 15,000 votes for your favorite candidate. HOW VOTES ARE SECUERD. A coupon will be printed in The Democrat which will be good for the number of votes indicated on the face of the ballot. These ballots must be clipped out and sent to the ballot box in the Democrat office. The best way to secure votes however is by securing subscrip tions. Votes are allowed on sub scriptions as outlined in the vot ing schedule printed, on this page. With each cash subscrip tion of $l.OO or more we will issue a certain number of * .votes f, i HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1911. according to the length of the subscription. The certificate votes issued on each subscription can be voted at any time during the contest. The Contest Manager desires to call the attention of those interested to the fact that this is a contest for individuals. Kach candidate must stand or fall bv her own individual efforts. The candidates who do the most subcessful work will naturally be the winners. There are no obligations attach ed to enter the contest. Nom inations cost nothing and the prizes will cost the winners noth ing. A candidate cannot possibly lose anything more than a little time and if the proper energy is put behind the time expended there is little chance to lose this. It is a friendly struggle that The Democrat has inaugurated with handsome reward for the win ners and no obligations whatever. HAVE PAPER STARTED AT ANY - TIME. A number of inquiries hav e come to this office in regard t° taking out the subscription and having it started at another time. This can be done and the votes will be issued on all orders of this kind. Many who are now taking another paper wish to dis continue it at some date and do not wish to have another paper start until their time expires on the one that they are taking at the present time. In such cases just let us know the date the subscriber wants the paper start ed and he will be credited ac cordingly and the votes be issued as soon as the money for the subscription is received. However, the most important thing this week is to take ad vantage of the great 15,000 extra I vote offer. The big contest is just swing ing into its proper stride. Can didates are beginning to realize something of it size and the de tail involved in handling the business. The Contest Depart ment is making every effort to answer all inquiries promptly and to the point and asks contestants to read the rules carefully before rushing on a letter about some minor point that is fully covered. It makes no difference where a candidate may resile, the chances are strictly the same for -winning the capital prizes. TO OUTSIDE CANDIDATES. You have until 9 o'clock Wed nesday night to mail in your subscriptions so that they will count on the "Booster Week of fer." Any letter mailed before 9 p. m. Wednesday will count. Ask your postmaster when he changes his date stamp, then be sure you get your letter in on time. CALL FOR LETTERS. Have you obtained any of the letters that we furnished the contestants to send to their friends? If not, why not? You would indeed be surprised if you only knew how readly your friends will respond, when called on. Now is the time to use them if you have not already obtained a bunch of these. Come in or write for them at once. Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizziness, launguor, heart pal pitation. Drastic physics gripe, sicken weaken the bowels and don't cure. Doan s Regulets act gently and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask your druggist. THE EXTRA VOTE OFFER. A MASS MEETING. A mass meeting of the citi zens of Hickory will be held at Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Monday, June 26 8.00 p. m., to decide whether we shall, or shall not, have a Street Fair this fall. The suc cess of last year's fair should encourage our citizens to re newed efforts on this line in an endeavor to surpass last year's exhibit. Show your in terest by attending this meet ing, and be prepared to put your shoulder to the wheel to get the movement started, and then keep on pushing to a suc cessful conclusion. Do not make the mistake of supposing it will make no difference if you are, not at the meeting; that there will be plenty with out you. Others may likely think the same, and the result will be a slim attendance, no enthusiasm, and—cold feet. Don't forget the date, Mon day, June 26, 8:00 p. m., and be there, rain or shine, A. K. JOY, Secretary, Reformed Church Notes. Interesting communion services were held at Brookford last Sun day. Preparatory services be gan on Thursday night. Three united with the church and sever al will later. Two children were baptized. Everybody was delighted to have elder P. W. Whitener worship with the congregation last Sunday. He was rolled into the church oh his chair. The pastor attended the funer al of Mrs. Sidney Shuford at Grace church on June 20. Mrs. Shuford was one of the saints of the earth. The congregation will enter tain the Woman's Classical Mis sionary Society of the North Car olina Classis the first of August. The pastor will preach next Sunday morning and night. St. Andrews. At St. Andrews Evangelical Lutheran church, Vesper ser vices at half after four on Sun day afternoons of tne first, third and fourth Sundays of the month will take the place of the regular evening services during the summer. VOTE SCHEDULE—The Hickory Democrat. Old Subscribers. New Subscribers. Time. Price. Votes.. Votes. One Yegr - $ 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 Seven 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 NOMINATE A CANDIDATE, NOMINATION BLANK—Good for 1,000 Votes. - THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT'S PRIZE VOTING CONTEST. I Nominate Address District No Signed Address Only the FIRST nomination blank cast for each candidate will count as 1,000 votes. , 1 CUT THIS OUT. 1 The Democrats Prize Voting 1 Contest. 100 VOTES a Candidate Address v 2 District No § This coupon, when neatly trimmed out. name and address, properly I filled in and brought or sent to the Contest Department of The HIC KORY DEMOCRAT will count for 100 Votes. 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 28th. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 HERE THEY ARE! Candidates In the Great Prize Vot ing Contest. if Your Nomination Has Not Been Sent in Clip the Coupon Today. DISTRICT NO. 7. Hickory Miss Margaret Bost 8200 44 Adelaide Johnston 3000 44 Ruth Abernethy 9100 44 Mattie Abernethy 6000 44 Gladys Reid 7500 44 Constance Bost 5600 44 Mattie May Stroup 8100 44 Essie Robinson 3100 41 Hazel Elliott 4200 44 Miriam Deaton 10000 44 Mabel Hawn 10000 44 Elizabeth Springs 10000 * 4 Mabel Long 10000 44 Estelle Wolfe 3600 44 Ethel Henley 4100 44 Susie Fry 2700 Mrs. John W. Robinson 2000 Miss Isabelle Morton 2500 Hickory, K. F. D. No. / Miss Stella Yoder 10000 44 Allie May Cook R 4 7000 Catawba Miss Emma Pitts 5800 44 Winnie Reid 6700 Newton Miss Mamie Beck 3100 44 Bertha Modlin R 1 6000 44 Pauline Philips 1000 44 Nannie Owens 1000 Mamie Setzer 1000 Mildred Crowell 5900 " "Ruth Owens 1000 44 Rosa Smart 1000 4 * Lizzie Killian 7900 44 Myrtle Beck 1000 44 Maude Ballard 1000 44 Henrietta-Killian 2000 " Nannie Philips 1000 44 Grace Gaither 1000 44 Minnie Reinhardt 6100 44 Daisy Pope 1000 44 Louise Little 6800 Zoe Sigman R 3 1000 44 Mary Sigman R 3 IQOO " Laura Fry R 1 . 5200 * 4 Lilly Tyeß 4400 4 4 Maude Setzer R 2 2000 44 Katie Marlowe R 2100 44 Rhoda Jarrett R , 1000 44 Annie Hildebrand 1000 44 Mary White 1000 " Lela Whitener R 8000 " Alice Rhoney 1000 " Lizzie Whitener R 8100 " Neva Gamble 6000 Porter Burns Showed Nerve Brave Constable Arrests Des perado Who Drew His GOD. Constable J. Porter Burns dis played splendid nerve Monday in the arrest of Tom Warren, a desperate character of Cleveland county but also well-known here. Warren had shot once at Mr. L. L. Moss early that afternoon. Mr. Moss had employed Warren in his cabinet shop but had dis charged him, it is alleged, be cause he got drunk. Resent his dismissal. Warren wenttothe shop, fired at Mr. Moss and when the latter took refruge in his house, Warren followed him there. Officers were sent for and Mr. Burns learned that Warren was down at the near-beer stand near the transformer house of Southern Power Co. The con stable rode his wheel there, and went after Warren who rapidly walked away, pulling his pistol out as he did so. As he did this Burns shot at his leg. Warren then ran into a crowd of about 20 persons, who however thinned out pretty rapi idly, but Burns did not dare shoot again. His gun then got to working badly, so he came to town, and two hours later went back. He suddently faced War ren in the near-beer stand, and as the desperado reached again for his gun Burns got the drop on him, and by the aid of others discovered him and brought him to town. He was tried before Recorder Russell and given 11 month on the Gaston chain gang. Claremont Miss Lena Moser 5800 44 Cordia Sigman 1000 44 Mollie Deal R 1 4100 44 Onie Brinkley 1000 " Flossie Fraser R 1 1000 44 Florence Setzer R1 1000 44 Ella Lee Wilson 6700 44 Claudia Setzer 2000 44 Gracie Hoke 1000 Conover Miss Mattie Yountß 1 4200 " Winnie Stine R 1 3000 " Mabel Rockett R 3 4400 . 44 Beulah Propst R 3 2100 Mldebrand Miss Annie Morgan 3100 41 Addie Cline 4000 Mrs. Ida Sigman 1500 Miss Ada Evans „ 2100 Connelly Springs Miss Mabel Sides 8100 44 Ruth Berry 4200 44 Delia Teague 2600 Rutherford College Miss Lucile Goode 6000 44 Jenie Rutherford 7500 44 Nell Goode- 8100 " Ollie Glass , 3200 Lenoir Miss Annie Shear 1000 44 Linalvey 1000 * 4 Mabel Coleman 2100 44 Jessie Courtenay 1000 44 Helen Shell 1000 41 Maude Triplet 1000 44 Sadie Jones 1500 44 Pearl Minnish 1000 44 Agnes Puett 1000 44 Grace Tuttle R 1000 44 Dora Tuttle R 1000 44 Cornelia Miller 1000 14 Justina Safford 1000 44 Irene Coffey 4000 44 Dinah Reid 1000 44 Sallie Ivey 2000 44 Irene Martin 1000 44 Gussie Tuttle 1000 44 Louise Clark 1000 44 Nannie Steele 1000 41 Maude Hartley 2000 Ma/den Miss Burley Whitener 2100 44 Vernon Cline 4000 Granite Falls Miss Antho Berry R 2 3200 44 Martha K. Jones 5300 44 Lessie Starnes 4600 Drexel Miss Lalah Correll 2000 Henry Miss Eula Kate Wyant 1500 44 Maude Johnston R 2 8800 Mrs. Frank Fulbright R 2 3100 Mr. Rufus Self, aged 67, died suddenly in the hospital in Gas tonia Friday. He was a brother of M. W. R. Shuford, of Newton. 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 - ealers.