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Established 1599 Sirsst Fair is a Probability. It Will be Held Unless a Paid Fair Association Can be Per- lected. The usual street fair will be held this fall in Hickory unless a fair association can be organized in time to secure land near the city and erect necessary build ings to have a paid fair. It seemed to be the concensus of opinion that this was not. possi ble this year, so the street fair will probably be held as usual. But it will be the last of its kind. Next year a perfected organ's i tion will be ready to put into operation a paid fair. The pulse of the meeting was felt and it was found that $l,lOO was ready to be subscribed to the stock of such an association in shares of $lO. A good many present withheld their decisions as lo how much stock they wouid take. Meantime, the Catawba Coun ty Fair association was reorgan ized with J. W. Robinson and H. p. Lutz reelected president and vice president, and A. K. Joy, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce elected secretary treasurer of the fair. Mr. W. J. Shuford felt that he could not any longer serve as secretary. The board of directors chosen consists of W. J. Shuford, Geo. R. Wootten. Geo. E. Bisanar, R. L. Shuford and L. 11. Seitz. The newly organized poultry as sociation will act with the fair association and have its show daring the fair. The next street fair will be held on November 8, 9 and 10. The committee appointed to raise subscribtions for the joint Stock Fair association consists of J. W. Shuford, R. L. Shuford, K. C. Menzies, J. D. Elliott, G. R. Wootten, H. P. Lutz and W. A Self. It is to repeat Monday, July 3. State Editors in Hickory. The North Carolina Press As sociation was the guest of the Hickor* Chamber of Commerce between trains Monday after noon. The special car, in charge of Secretary J. B. Sherrill, of the Concord Times, was pushed back near the Huffry Hotel, and the 90 editors, their wives and chil dren were served ice cream and cake in the dining room. But termilk from Hickory's famous, Creamery was also on hand in plentiful suppiy. . The editors were briefly wel mxnpr] to Hickorv a? the gate-way to their mountain rendezvous by Mr. Howard A. Banks. He stated incidentally that a conspir; - cy to lynen jailor Varuer oi the Lexington Dispatch, and State Geologist Pratt, who had trieri to take the Central Highway away from Catawba, had been fortunally nipped in the bud. The editors were taken on to Lenoir at 6:30 by special train. The Lenoir invitation committee, consisting of Messrs. H. C. Mar tin, Harper Beall, R. L. Gwvr and P. 0. Grist, was here to greet the editors. Photographer Hardin got a picture of the editorial group on the verandah of the hotel. Reformed Church Notes. The solo by Miss Long of Monroe last Sunday was much enjoyed. The picnic was a great suceess; the crowd was large, the dinner abundant, the recreation refreshing; and the games enlivening. Boloons never as cended with more dignity. Services for the children are held every evening this week from 7:15 to 7:45. The pastor has been invited to deliver the address at a Union picnic of five Sunday schools on July 29, in Davidson county. In the absence of Miss Shuford. Miss Bisanar has been playing the organ. Services next Sunday. Sunday School 9:45. Preaching 11, andß. Miss, sion band 3:30. Preaching at Brookford at 4:00 p. m. Presbyterian Church Notes. Rev. C. F. Squires Will preach morning and evening next Sun day and also at West Hickory at 4p. m. Rev. Mr. Garth will go to Lenoir Saturday to ex change pulpits with Mr. Squires. Our communion service will be observed the third Sunday of July. Rev. J. H. Wannnmacher made a trip to Stat.esvilie Saturday and called on Gertrude Deal who was operated on for appendicitis in the Long saitarium. Miss Schimel spent Sunday at Blowing Rock with Mrs. Emma Cay lor. She leaves for her horn 2 Wednesday, leaving many friends nere, won b> her gracious dis position. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT Local News Mr. N. S. Dasher took State Geologist Pratt over the Cataw ba Springs road in his automobile, Tuesday, to show him one of Catawba's good roads. Dr. Pratt was returning home from the press convention at Lenoir. Messrs. Allen, Abernethy, Campbell and company had a fine fox hunt in the neighborhood of Mr. Phil Suttiemyre's place last Frid vv. The fox was given half an hour's start of 22 dogs, and WHS run to his death in 45 min utes. Lutheran Sunday' School will picnic again in Asheville soon. The excursion will be managed by Messrs J. A. Moretzand P. C Setzer. These gentlemen always have a splendid excursion free from crowding apd splendidly managed. Miss Clara Bowles entertained the young People's Missionary Society of the Methodist church Friday evening. Miss Mabel Hight reported on the Lexington conference. A mission study class was founded with Mr. j, W. Clay as leader. "I never saw so many one dollar checks turned in during a contest in my life," said Mr. W. B. Porcher, the clever young manager of the Democrat's con test. It shows that a remark ably large per cent, of the people have bank accounts. The Home Canner Co. is to-day sending a representative 'to Greensboro to demonstrate their several cannery outfits before Mr. 0- R. Martin, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, also the "Girlfl Tomato Club" and several State representatives who will be there with a view of pur chasing an outfit for each countv for demonstration purposes. Mrs. 0. M. Royster was given a surprise-greeting by her neigh bors and intimate friends on the evening of her birthday June 22, in her new home. The cosiness and air of homieness that envel oped this new dwelling in so short a time was a suprise even to old friends. Ice cream and cake were served before the close of this "really and truely" house warming and birthday party. Campbell and Buchanan won in a trial before Squire Killian Friday. They were being sued by Mr. Avery Rowe, on the charge that they had not paid him the full percent on some land they had sold for him in West Hickory. He admitted they had paid him $3,000. He appealed, Council and Yount represented Campbell and Buch anan aqd C. L. Whitener Rowe. Mrs. T. A. Mott entertained Friday June 2-3 at 10 a. m. four tables of Bridge in honor of her guests Mrs. W. M. Goodman and her sister Mrs. R. H. Simpson, both of Knoxville. Mrs Pearl Sherrill won the prize, a pair of siik hose. Mrs. E. B. Cline drew for consolation ,a lace collar. Chicken croquetts, asparagus sal ad, grape juice frappe were a mong the dainties of the delici ous luncheon. Rev. J. D. Harte has returned from the Baptist Alliance in Phil adelphia, and next Sunday even ing will give an account of the Alliance. The Russian Baptists, fiercily persecuted for faith, were in striking evidence there. One man had spent 16 years in Siberian exile and while there had baptized 1000 other ex iies. Four of the othef Russians were out of prison on band, giv en by the alliance. The Hickory Merchants have agreed to close all day July 4 and the drugs stores to observe Sun day hours. HICKORY MARKETS Quoted weekly by Whitener & Martin. Hens, per lb 9c Spring chickens, per lb 15c Eggs, per doz 16c Butter per lb 12i to 1 8c Creamery Butter 25c Sweet Potatoes $2.50 per crate New Irish Potatoes per bu., $1.50 Dried Beans,per bushel $2.50 Onions 3c per bunch Rhubaib 3c Radishes 3c " Cabbage r. 2c per lb Tomatoes 10c a lb HIDES AND TALLOW Prices paid by Hickory Tannery Chas. H. Geitner. ProD. I Sound Green Salted Hfdes per 1b... 10c | Green Hides per lb 9£c | Hair slipped and damaged hides 3 to I 5c less per pound. Sound Dry Salted Hides... .per lb 15c Sound Dry Flint Hides.... per lb 16c Damaged and partly dry hides 2 to 4c I less pe; pound. Clean White Tallow per lb 6c An Opportunity to Enter the. Great Popularity Contest and Secure d Big Vote. 75,000 Extra Votes for Every Club; of Five Yearly Subsoriptions sent in by Wednes day, July sth, at 9p. m. Both old and new ones will count. This is the Wjsek that subscriptions count the most—"OPPOR TUNITY WEEK"—so Gather in all your Promises. I THE CONTEST MAN- f I AGER WILL BE AT § | THE DEMOCRAT OF- | | FIGE ON WEDNES- I I DAY AND SATURDAY | I EVENINGS FROM 3:UO | g UNTIL 9:00 O'CLOCK g I. P. M. COME IN AND | | GET ACQUAINTED. § (By W. B. Porclier) Ever hear about the champion optimist, the man who fell from the 42nd story of the Singer building? Not that falling from the 42nd story of the Singer build ing is calculated to stimulate a cheerful disposition, but this particular man was heard to re mark as he passed the 25th storv in his fall, "ALL RIGHT SO FAR." This is the spirit in which you want to receive all those reports about Miss Somebody's five bil lion votes, or millennial subscrip tions. Such rumor are invariably false and promulgated for the sole purpose of "scaring you off." Do not be misled. If you are in this contest to win, and it is pre sumed that you are, you have as good a chance ns any one else, all idle and malicious gossiping to the contrary not withstanding. The contest is nly star.inu. The prize.; wi'l not be awarded until July 29th. Just say with our optimist friend "ALL RIGHT SO FAR" and then go out in earnest to win one of these prizes. OPPORTUNITY WEEK. This is "Opportunity Week." This means opportunity week for you, because the opportunity is afforded you to get in the lead "with one fell swoop." Get a club of five subscriptions or its equivalent; get as many of these clubs as you can before July sth. Put forth your best effort now, if you are determined to be one of the winners. BY WAY OF EXPLANATION. We find that some of the con testants do not understand the rules and conditions of the con test. This is not at all surpris ing when it is remembered that the master minds of our revolu tionary period conceived and ex ecuted a document we call the constitution of the United States, and that the leading jurists of the country have since been wrangling over its proper inter pretation. When vote ballots are issued on subscriptions they are not pub lished until the contestant to whom they are issued returns them to The Democrat office, thereby implying a request that they be published. SAVE THE COUPONS. Have your friends clip out and save the coupon printed each week in The Democrat. Tell your friends that it is not advisa ble for them to send the coupons either to you or to the Democrat office until they have secured a number of them. This in order to avoid an unnecessary expense .for postage. The voting limit next week will be raised to 100,000 because of the club offer. PRIZES ON EXHIBITION. The Piano, a $400.00 Starr pur chased from C. T. Morrison, Co. is now on exhibition at the store of Geo, E, Bisanar. The diamond rings, and the watches are exhib ited at the same place. The good standing of these reputable Hic kory firms is an addiiional guar antee of the excellent quality and value of the several prizes. The Contest Department of the Democrat invites you to see these prizes. We are proud of them. Look them over carefully. Try the piano, it is a good one, ma hogany case, exquisite tone and a beautiful specimen of the latest HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1911. cabinet work, 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 nominated 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 as informal. These cou pons will be good for the number of votes printed thereon Ballots must be sent direct to the and postage mustjae full/ prepaid or they will be rejected and not counted. Start right out now and get as many Clubs as possible. Rem ember this is "Opportunity YVeek." 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 which time the restriction will be re moved altogether and candidates may vote as they choose during the last week. 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 sane. In accepting nomination all candidates must agree to abide by the above conditions. 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 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 I Only the FIRST nomination blank cast for each candidate will count as 1,000 votes. RULES AND CONDITIONS. THE VOTING RULES. SHOULD A TIE OCCUR. CUT THIS OUT. The Democrats Prize Voting Contest. 100 VOTES Candidate * Address District No «• This coupon, when neatly trimmed out. name and address, properly filled in and Drought 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 »vill count for 1,000 Votes. This Coupon not good after July 12th. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church REV. J. H. WANNEMACHER, Pastor. Sunday School—9:4s a. m. Chief Service—ll:oo a. m. Evening Service—B:oo p. m. Interesting themes at both ser vices. The public is most cordi ally invited. Ail the services last Sunday were well attended by large, ap preciative audiences. The Sun day-School is showing the people's spirit, and no doubt, by Sunday will pass the 200 mark- The Wednesday evening ser vice is also well attended. These services should be as well attend ed as the Sunday services. Communion and reception of members, 2nd Sunday in July. Local News The ladies of the Baptist church will serve ice cream and cake on Mr. Worth Elliotts lawn Friday evening from 5 to 10 o'clock. The public 4s cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Joe Person and daughter, Miss Josie, have go ie on a delight ful trip to the west. Their first stoping place wll be Adamar.a, Arizona. will ta'-e in the Yell wstone Park, Grand Can yon, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kerr have the sympathy of the communitv in the loss of their six weeks' old baby which was found dead in bed last Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. It is thought it broke a blood vessel. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Flowers, Master Cloyd and Miss Helen spent Satjrday and Sunday with Mr. Flowers' parents at Downs vilie. Mrs. Fiowers and children will spend a week with her parents at Dealville. The Conoyer people who al ways have a big picnic on July 4, phoned Secretary Joy, of tne Chamber of Commerce, asking nim to request Hickory merchants to be represented with floats in the parade. We hope our mer chants will respond to this. Up to Date Methods on the Farm. The farmer is no longer deprived of the benefits of city life. He has his telephone, his rural free delivery of mail and one of the best things is to have goods tha* he needs the most Je livered right to his door by a reliable traveling salesman. This company is the pioneer in th's line with over 2000 salesmen on the rc-d taking care of the trade of over 2.000,000 farmers. Right now we need an active energetic young man in Catawba county to han dle this important work. Address The J. R' Watkins Company, 113 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1868. Capital over $2,000,000. Plant containes 10 acres floor space. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 Standing of the Can didates in the Great Prize and Voting Contest. If Your Nomination Has Not Been Sent in Clip the Coupon Today. DISTRICT NO. 1. Hickory Miss Margaret Bost 18200 Elizabeth Springs 25000 Adelaide Johnston 12000 Ruth Abernethy 20100 44 Mabel Long 25000 Mattie Abernethy 16200 Gladys Reid 21300 Constance Bost 11000 44 Mattie May Stroup 20500 44 Miriam Deaton 25000 Essie Robinson 11200 Hazel Elliott 17000 Mabel Hawn 25000 Estelle Wolfe 18000 Ethel Henley 17800 44 Susie Fry 25U00 Mrs.. John W. Robinson 5000 Miss Isabelle Morton 12200 " Mabel Whitener R 6000 44 Marie Barger 15000 44 Maude Miller 25000 Hickory, R. F. D. No. 1 Miss Stella Yoder 25000 Allie May Cook R 4 20000 Catawba 44 Winnie Reid 16000 Newton Miss Mamie Beck 14000 Bertha Modlin R 1 20000 Pauline Philips 11000 Nannie Owens . 6000 Mamie Setzer 5000 Mildred Crowell 14100 , Ruth Owens 7000 44 Rosa Smyre 5000 4 * Lizzie Killian 20100 Maude Ballard 25000 Nannie Philips 8000 Grace Gaither 3100 44 Minnie Reinhardt 20000 44 Daisy Pope 4500 , 44 Louise Little 24000 Zoe Sigman R 3 3100 44 Mary Sigman R 3 2000 44 Laura Fry R 1 7000 44 Lilly Tye R 8000 Maude Setzer R 2 9100 44 Katie Marlowe R 7400 44 Rhoda Jarrett R 3800 44 Annie Hildebrand 6300 44 Mary White 7,830 44 Lela Whitener R 25000 - 44 Alice Rhoney 3200 44 Lizzie Whitener R 15000 44 Neva Gamble 10000« Claremont Miss Lena Moser 10000 44 Cordia Sigman 6100 44 Mollie Deal R 1 9200 44 Flossie Fraser R 1 7200 44 Florence Setzer R1 12000 44 Ella Lee Wilson 12400 44 Claudia Setzer 7200 Conover Miss Mattie Yount R1 8900 44 Mabel Rockett R 3 10100 44 Beulah Propst R 3 6400 Hildebrand Miss Annie Morgan 7800 4i Addie Cline 15000 Mrs. Ida Sigman 4000 Miss Ada Evans 6400 ' Connelly Springs Miss Mabel Sides 18100 44 Ruth Berry 19200 44 Delia Teague 21000 " Beulah B. Keller R1 2500 Rutherford College Miss Lucile Goode 11000 44 Jenie Rutherford 12100 44 Nell Goode 18500 44 Ollie Glass 19000 Lenoir Miss Lina Ivey 8000 " 4 Mabel Coleman 11000 44 Jessie 44 Helen Shell 6000 " Maude Triplet 4100 44 Sadie Jones 6000 44 Pearl Minnish 3200 44 Agnes Puett 6000 " Grace Tuttle R 12000 44 Dora Tuttle R 3100 *' Cornelia Miller 4000 44 Justina Safford 9000 44 Irene Coffey 11000 44 Dinah Reid . 4200 44 Sallie Ivey 6200 44 Irene Martin 9100 44 Gussie Tuttle 7200 44 Louise Clark 3000 44 Nannie Steele 4100 44 Maude Hartley 15000 44 Ethyl Hinkle 20600 Maiden Miss Burley Whitener 9000 44 Vernon Cline 8400 Granite Falls Miss Antho Berry R 2 7200 44 Martha K. Jones 9100 44 Lessie Starnes 8000 44 Estelle Sherrill R 3 3400 44 Alma Flowers 15000 Drexel Miss Lalah Correll 9200 « Henry Miss Eula Kate Wyant 4000 44 Maude Johnston R 2 14100 ! Mrs. Frank Fulbright R 2 11200 11 Miss Hattie Johnson, R 2 5000 [| 44 Bertha Walker R 3 6210 [I " Hester L. Cline R 2 2400 > " Bulah B. Huffman R 3 2500 - . . Programe for Fourth of July CeleL. ation at Conover. 1 Music by band. 2. Address of welcome, by Mr. S, H. Gordon. 3. Music by band. 4. Address by Hon. W. C. Feimster. 5. Music by band. 6. Address by Honorable W. A. -Self. 7. Music bv band. Noon lunch. 8. Tug of war prize, box of eigars, by E. A. Herman. 9. Pony race. Prize. Pair o* tony bu s v gy shafts, by J. Bolii k | & Son s (Jo. 10. Nail driving contest by la dies. Prize, 5 pound of candy by Barge rs Grocery. 11. Long jump. Prize, 25 lbs. of flour, by Conover Roller Mills. 12. Foot, rsee. First prize, fine necktie. Second prize, pair suspenders. Tn rd prize, pair half hose by P. E. Isenhowerand Son. 13. Climbing greasy Dole. First prize, 50 cent knife. Sec ond prize, 25 cent knife, by L. E. Hunsucker & Co. EPWORTH-LEAGUE CON VENTION. The Epworth League Couven vention of the Western North Carolina Conference is meeting here this week in the Methodist church. A splendid body of young people is here. The peo ple of Hickory are delighted to entertain the convention, over 100 strong. The Mercury and the Democrat are together pub lishing a daily to report its ses sion. A full account of the con vention will be given next week. The editor of the Democrat attended the State press conven tion for one day at Lenoir, and will tell the story next week. Lenoir did herself proud in her entertainment. oooooooooooo^oooooooooooo | Business Locals. § 000000000000-«>oooooooooooo Wanted two men, good posi tions for the right man. Pay off Saturday of each week. Pleasant work, riding in buggy. Refrence required. Apply to Singer Sewing Machine Co' Hickory N. C. 6 7 4t. Buy your clover, field and gar den seed from Harris & Little Wanted—Stove Legs from King Heaters. Home Canner Co. For goodness' sake, eat Mother's Bread. Whitener & Martin. Take —your country produce to Harris & Little and get the highest market prices for it, in either cash or trade. Wanted—Men to learn the Cot ton business in our Sample rooms; Two weeks to completa course. High salaries, positions secured. Charlotte Cotton School, Charlotte N. C. 518 tf Southern Books Exchange of Raleigh has retired after 25 years of success. Mr. M. M. Smith offers free to any young man who will run an old book store in N. C. ten thousand books. A fine opportunity. 68 t f. Fot Rent commencing 3rd or 4th of July the Holbrook buil ding 8 rooms electric light and city bath. Nice home, modest price See Haithcock. Vienna "Mother's" Graham Rye Bread, large loaves 6 cents. Whitener & Martin. For Rent the Rainey cottage. One of the nicest cottages in town at modest price See John E. Haithcock. Corby's Washington, D. C. Bread—the world's best. Whitener & Martin. You cannot find any better line of Shoes than ours Harris & Little Corby's Daily Bread are double again. Try a loaf. Whitener & Martin. Standard dress goods at Harris & Little's. LEARN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS. ' Take a Thirty Days Practical Course 1 in our well equipped Machine Shops and learn the Automobile business, i and accept good positions. i Charlotte Auto School, CHARLOTTE, N. C. I 4 6tf