THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
Published Every Thursday
HOWARD A. BAIVKS, Editor and Proprietor
Eutere- at the Post Office at Hickory
s secoud class matter.
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Thursday, June 22. 1911
HICKORY.
Population with suburbs 6,017.
Catawba Ccu ity's largest city.
INL UCEMENTF.
Remarkably fine climate, being lo
cated on a high ridge 1164 feet apove
sea-level in sight of the Blue Ridge.
Southern Railway and Carolina and
North Western. 18 hours from New
York. Water from a pure mountain
stream. Excellent schools and church
es. Two colleges.
INDUSTRIES.
Wagon factory, three cotton mills,
two furniture factories, three building
material factories, pump factory, two
knitting mills, two tanneries, collar
factory, harness factory, canner factory,
foundry and machine shop, ice plant,
Eickerstick factory, two roller mills,
[oney value of factories $1,850,000.00.
Annual output $2,250,000.00.
SHALL THEY ROBB CAT
AWBA OF THE HIGHWAY.
Hickory has observed with a
feeling of self-satisfied security
the contest between Statesviile
and Mooresville for the location of
the State Central Highway, and
behold we now have a contest
of our own.
The issue has been raised by
State President Varner (of the
Highway) and State Geologist
Pratt, and it seems to the Dem
ocrat that they have gone a little
out of their way to do so. If
there should be two men who
ought to be absolutely neutral on
this subject it is Messrs. Varner
and Pratt.
Mr. Varner lambasts Cataw
ba eo jnty as having the worst
roads on the whole route except
Madison. Now we know that
our roads are not good roads
butstill they are not "no roads."
When did these gentlemen get
the idea that Catawba was not
awake on the subject of good
- roads? What justice is there
in his saying "if you people dont
become aroused to the impor
tance of this road;" "there is a
probability of Catawba county
loosing the Central Highway un
less your people thoroughly wake
up and get busy at once;'' "your
people are a little slow to move
and I hope they will not be so
self-satisfied that they will let
this great opportunity of secur
ing a great central highway slip
away from them;" and more to
the same affect.
When did Mr. Varner get so
thoroughly infused with the idea
Catawba is not "aroused;" that
she is asleep and that we are
"slow to move;" "self satisfied,"
"negligent," etc. Catawba citi
zens have worked their heads off
to secure a road tax of 20 cents
on the $lOO, and secured it.
How many other counties on the
highway route have this? Be
fore the State Central Highway
was born, the Hickory Cham
ber of Commerce organized, in a
great roads meeting in Hickory,
the Salisbury-to-Asheville high
way. The Legislature held it up
but if Catawba is robbed of the
It is worse than useless to take any
medicines internally for muscular or
chronic rheumatism. All that is need
ed is a free application of Chamber
lain's Liniment. For sale by all deal
ers.
IjfILLS -THE- DANDRUFF-
Central Highway, you can bet
your bottom dollar it will come
to life again.
Catawba county was repre
sented at the meeting in kaleigh
which organized the State Cen
tral Highway. .
This is our record on the good
'•oads question and we ask, in
view of it, if any fair minded
man can say that we are not
aroused and awake to the im
portance of the subject?
We know, too, that our roads
are not the worst on the Central
Highway, and that some of our
sister counties are just about
Rip Van Winkley as we are.
There is no better judge or no
fairer man in the state than Mr.
R. R. Clark, of the Statesville
Landmark, who was in the scout
party and who writes in his pa
per:
"Catawba roads will probably
compare favorably with the roads
of any county where modern im
provements have not begun; and it
is distinctly encouraging; that the
county has levied a road tax of
2u cents on thesloo.
Caldwell county took the hint
as quick as Mr. Varner and Dr.
Pratt gave them the wink: The
Lenoir News says:
"All we have to do to get this
road is to make a good road from
Lenoir to Taylorsville. As we
have heretofore pointed out this
is the natural routs and it is the
one favored by Dr. Pratt."
The News further quoted from
a report of one of Dr. Pratt's
speeches reported in the Greens
boro News in which he stated
that "the crest of the Blue Ridge
highway was his hobby."
So Dr, Pratt, who, as State
Geologist, has the right under
the law to locate the highway, is
going to change the straight
route for a roundabout one, be
cause a mountain top highway
is his hobby.
By the way, Mr- Varner states
that the Central Highway act de
clares that the highway "may"
pass through Catawba, As a
matter of face the law says it
"shall" pass through Catawba,
and the law cant be changed un
der two years.
Two gentlemen who have trav
eled through Alexander and
Caldwell tell us the roads are
worse than those in Catawba, so
it is difficult to understand the
sudden fierce attack of Mr.
Varner and Dr. Pratt upon Cataw
ba as a Highway county.
We are in no way apologiz
ing for our roads but merely
protesting against being singled
out for slaughter.
A BIG DEAL.
The sale of the Piedmont Wag
on Works, as relited in this pa
per, for more than $400,000, is
the biggest financial deal in
the history of the city. It
will release more than $200,000
of capital in town to seek new
channels of investment.
Naturally this capital will be in
vested here. There is opportunity
here for various industries,
such as a chair factory, shirt
factory, pants factory, wooden
novelty factory, etc. A leading
business man tells the Democrat
that tl.e money, labor, power,
etc., are here but the skilled
manager is lacking. There is
immense opportunity here for
the young man who will train
himself to manage such indus
tries as these.
A Dreadful Wound
from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or of any other nature, de
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Poison or gangreen. Its the quick
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for Burns, Boils, Sores, Skin Eruptions,
Eczema, Chapped Hands, Corns or
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and Lutz and Grimes Drug Co.
THF DEMOCRAT'S CON
TEST.
A $4OO piano, three diamond
rings and 7 gold watches are
being offered by the Democrat
as prizes to the young ladies
who shall receive the most votes
before July 29th. It is an un
precedented opportunity to gi i i
something very valuable for a
little work during the summer.
Girls who are out of school for
che holidays could find no bet
ter way of utilizing their time.'
The winner of the highest
number Of voces gets the piano.
The $2OO diamond ring goes to
the one getting the second high
est number of votes; the $l5O
diamond ring to the third girl
i \ the list and the $75. diamond
ring to the fourth girl winner.
The Democrat's territory is di
vided up into seven districts and
the highest vote getter in each
district will receive a $l5. gold
watch.
Full information will be found
on the first page and elsewhere
in the paper. If there are any
questions you wish to ask, come
in and see Mr.W. B. Porcher. the
contest manager.
The people in Eastern Burke,
and Southern Caldwell and
Alexander will have an equal
chance with those in Catawba
county to take advantage of
this unprecadented opportunity.
WATCHING CATAWBA.
The eyes of the State are on
Catawba county. That our farm
ers are ranked among the fore
most in the state is evident. It
is pleasing to the editor of the
Democrat to get a note like this
from Editor Clarence Poe, of the
Progressive Farmer:
"I was out of town last week
and missed your paper containing
the article by Mr. L. H. Seitz.
Please send me a marked copy
of it."
Mr. Seitz has been writing
about the Percheron horse. By
the way, the Democrat would
like to have more of our Catawba
farmers write for its oolumns.
Tell of your success, give your
ideas. It will help some one
else.
A HUMAN INCUBATOR.
The Charlotte News hears
about a Cincinnati man who
made a human incubator of him
self and hatched three broods of
chickens when three of his hens
fell down on their jobs. The
News refers this matter to the
Democrat, as falling naturally to
our kind of a narrative, as if the
unusual must always be hard to
believe. We see nothing incre
dible in the story it quotes. The
temperature of the human body
is 98 degrees or thereabouts—
about the same as that of the
average Charlotte summer day.
It ought to hatch eggs.
The Democrat issued a special
edition Saturday as soon as it
learned that the sale of the Pied
mont Wagon Co. was an accomp
lished fact. It did not wish to
keep its readers waiting till
Thursday and Friday to hear the
news. The special was sent to
city and county readers and
those in the near by towns.
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TO NAME THE PARK.
Beginning July 4th, the Civic
League will conduct a voting
contest to name the beautiful
city park which the League ha*
done so much to secure and keep
up. The plan of the contest is
described at length elsewhere in
this paper. The League is in
need of money for improving the
park, and this is our chance to
help them get it. The park is a
lovely breathing apace and as
Hickory grows, we will realize
its value more and more. We
appeal to the people to rally to
the aid of the League. .
SHALL WE HAVE THE
FAIR?
There will be a mass meeting
at the Chamber of Comrfierce
Monday night, June 26, at 8
o'clock to decide whether we
shall have a street fair again
this fall, and if so when it shall
be held and how it shall be man
aied. Every citizen interested
in the welfare of the town should
be present.
Aberaethy-Henley.
Granite Falls correspondence Charlotte
Observer, 17th.
Of keen interest to many
friends throughout the State was
the marriage of Miss Marie Hen
ley to Dr. A. D. Abernethv to
day at high noon at the lovely
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Terrell, which was simply and
attractively adorned with cut
flowers and growing plants. The
bride, who is a beautiful blonde,
wore a handsome cloth suit of
leather color with hat, gloves
and shoes to match. Miss Hen
lev has been a member of the
graded school faculty for a num
oer of years and by her charm
ing personality has made hosts
of friends. Dr. Abernethy has
practiced his profession here the
past three years and during that
time has been most successful in
a business and social manner.
Dr. and Mrs. Abernethy left on
the 12:30 train for Blowing Rock,
Linville and other points. On
their return they will go to
housekeeping in their elegant
home on Moore street.
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'Squire S. E. Killian lias given
to Mr. Cicero Cline for his his
tory an item of interest relating
to the first court ever held ir
Catawba county. Just befor«
the county seat was established,
court was held in Crowder Town,
a scope of country owned by a
man named Crowder, later by
the Wilfongs and then by the
Robinsons. The court sat about
a half mile from the Killian
school house, near the Ramond
Lutz property, and Leon Bollin
ger's rock spring house was used
as a jail.—Catawba County
News.
Wins Fight For Life.
It was a long and bloody battle for
life that was waged by James B. Mer
shon, of Newark, N. J., of which he
writes. I had lost much blood from
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Salisbury-Spencer 4th of Jiily
Celebration.
The business men and other
representative citizens of Salis
bury-Spencer have planned and
perfected every arrangement for
the biggest Fourth of July cele
bration ever held in North Caro
lina and are e>p >cting thousands
of visitors on tnat day.
the attractions booked are band
concerts, reel races, speakings,
reading of Declaration of I nc [®~
pendence, mule races, races b>
some of the fastest horses in the
State for handsome purses, base
ball and other features. A. mon
stel* parade of two divisions will
take place at 10 o'clock. Work
of getting: up this great event has
been in progress two months and
neither time nor expense is being
spared to make it the star cele
bration of the year in North Car
olina.
Senator LaFollette will be in
the race for the Repjblican nom
ination for the presidency.
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Unless you need them, but if your sight is
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Now in regard to time pieces, the companies
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Burke Superior court has been
engaged since Monday in the
trial of the case of C. W. F. Pat
ton, of this county, against the
Ritter Lumber Co. for damages
for personal injury received at
the company's works in West
Virginia. Mr. Patton sued for
$2,000. This (Thursday) after
noon at 6 o'clock the jury return
ed a virdict in favor of the plain
tiff for sl,ooo.—Morganton Her
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Led by Mrs. Drummond, a -
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streets of London Saturday night,
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