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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT £sLabi shed 1399 / STATE NEWS. 1 S %*?€€€€**« S€€€«««o£«€€** Mr. T. L. Simmon, of Ruthei ford college, was el cted Count Superintendent of Edueatio; over Rev. B. L. Patton at th. last meeting of Burke count: board of -du '. ition. Tne • 1 'Ctioi was a suprise, it was not Knowi that Mr. Sigmon was a candi date. Chairman J. H. Giles an« J. E. Coulter voted for Sigmo, and J. L. McGimpsey for Pattor Mr. John Mc.Dowell Giles, c- Glen Alpine, died suddenly oi July 4 age of 74. Mr. Mumford A. Mull and Mis- Lottie Henderson, both of Burk county, were married Monde} night, the 3rd inst, and on Tue? day, the 4th, Mr Svlv es te Teague, of Caldwell county, wa: married to Miss Pearl Clark, Burke county.—Morganton Her raid. Miss Lizzie Nelson, after ar illness of a year or more wit! tuberculosis, died Sunday evening at the home of her father, Rev J. H. Nelson, near Patterson.— Lenoir Topic. Charlotte, the States bigger city. celebrated July 4by votim an $815,000 bond issue to sret. bet ter and more water, schools, sew ers, streets and to buy the «?reai auditorium in which Gov. Kitch in was nominated. Miss Grace Blackburn, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Black burn, of Boone, was rrarried tc Mr. Henry Hardin, of Blowing Rock. An accident cccured in the Cranberry iron mines which re sulted in the death of J. C. Fol ley. While at work Mr. Folley's drill struck a loaded hole, caus ing an explosion which blew his body about 20 feet and tore off the top of his head.—Wa tauga Democrat. Miss Harriet Green, of the Happy Valley, and Mr. N. H. Mcßary. of Lenoir were married in the Presbyterian church at Patterson Wednesday. Ed Hardin was probably fatal ly shot in the ribs bv Luster Watson near Vergil, Watauga county. Five sheep were killed at Blow ing Rock on the C»ne estate by a stroke of lighting July 3, and some slight damage done to the Green Park Hotel. The Democrat says that Mr. W. W. Blackburn was painfully hurt by falling from a cherry tree at Meat Camp. Lawyer W. B. Lovill was thrown from his horse and suf fered a badly bruised forehead while he was returning from Elk Park to Boone. Mr. Hugh Hagman died at B aver Dam, Watauga county aged 72. The Lenoir and Hudson cotton mills have declared a 4 percent semi-annual dividend. In Gas ton county 30 cotton mills are shut down. Mr. I. L. Lanier has bought out the dry goods of W. L. Boat right. Mr. J. F. Lanier is in charge of the store at the present and will be glad to wait on all customers, Mr. Lanier will put on a sDecial sale soon. Mr. Boatright has purchased the Pep si-Cola business for this section and is running it at the present stand under Stevenson's store. GOOD NEWS. Many Hickory Readers Have Heard It and Profited There by. "Good news travels fast," and the thousands of bad back sufferers in' Hickory are glad to learn that prompt relief is within their reach. Many a lame, weak and achi .g back is bad no more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. Our citizens are telling the good news of their experience with the Old Quak er Remedy. Here is an example worth reading: Mrs. C. C. Burgner, 801 Twelfth St.. Hickory, N. C., says: I can re commened Doan's Kidney Pills highly for backache and soreness through the loins. These were my troubles for three years and I tried in vain to find a cure. Iws finally told by a friend to give Doan's Kidney Pills a trial and I did so, getting my supply at Moser & Lutz's Drug Store. I used in all three boxes and since that time I have h d little cause to worry abo'it my con d-ion. I do not hesitate to give s Kidney Pills the entire credit lor my cure." Per sale bv all dealers. Price 50 cents Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, York, sole agents for the United states. Remember the name—-Doan's —and take no other. The Ccst of Delivering the Mails .orresponilence of the Democrat. Washington D. C., July, 10.- n view of the faet that by fai rreater part of all mail matter •-ransm.'t ed in the United Sta es s carried by rail lor some part oi is journey an! that these trip.- vary from a tew miles to the en ire span of the continent, it it surprising to learn that the total jost to the Government of the services of the railways in carry ng the maiL-from the point of its .r-gin to the town or city of it. c lestit aiion is less than the cost •f local collections and deliverv. That such is the fact, however, s shown by the figures given in che Postmaster General's report or the year ending June 30, 1910. Ihis report shows ihat tht otal pa\ ments to the railway? or carrying the mails through >ut the preceding year were S4O, >40,638. For the same period the cost >f rural delivery was $36,844,968 nd the c -st of city delivery was 531. 683, 639. making the totai >i $68,528 608 or $19,1fc7,969m0r« han the cost of mail transporta tion bv mail. In other words, the cost of de ivering letters and mail pack iges over the few blocks or at nost t'-e few miles that the\ •nust travel after reaching the ffice of distribution, is approxi mafely forty per cent, greater han the amount paid to tht ailroads for transporting then. *>y fast trains throughout the jntire country. In fact, there is abundant evider.ce to show that the railway mail service is not cnly the cheapest service rendered to the Post Office, but is olso the cheapest service ren dered by the railroads to any of their patrons. Comparison of the revenues derived by the railroads for carrying the mails with those received for express and passenger service, on the basis of space furnished on trains, show that the former are far lower than the latter and in the opinion on competent author ities who have been studying the question they are so low that they impose a loss of millions of dollars every year upon the rail roads of the country. To Connect Boone and Hick ory. Watauga Democrat. Mr: M- B- Spear and family, of Charlotte, have been stoping at the Blackburn House since Monday. Mr. Spear is repre senting the Southern Bell Tele phone Company, and is trying to interest our people enough to get them to co operate with Mr. Mast, the owner of our local system, in the erection of a line from Boone to Lenoir, thereby giving them connection with the long distance system at Hickorv. He gave a very interesting talk to a number of our citizens in the bank building Tuesday after noon, and they seemed to be interested in his plans, which, if carried out, would mean much to the; people of the county. Mr. C. T. Morrison will run an excursion to Asheville July 19th rain or shine; $1.45 round trip; train leaves Hickory at 7a. m. HANDSOME SCARF PIN FREE A Phenomenal Offer Made by a New York Firm Thousands all over the United States are taking advantage of a generous of fer of the Gotham Company 1165 Broadway. N. Y. City, making request for a beautiful gold plated scarf pin for lady or gentleman, jwhich is mailed to any on; sending name and address free of charge. This offer is made to introduce their catalogue of general merchandise, household goods, jewelry, novelties, &c Readers of this paper are requested to send name and address immediately enclosing five two-cent stamps to cove r postage add packing, Send today and receive without cost, a piece of jewelry that you will be pioud of. Richard Forney, the negro who broke into Mrs. Pearl Sherrill's room some time ago was given a 30 years sentence bv Judge Biggs at Newton Court. 2000 Traveling Salesmen Are selling Watkins' Remedies, Flavoring Extracts, Spices. Toilet articles, etc. to over two million farm homes in every section of the United States and Canada. We want a bright energetic young salesman to handle our business in Catawba county. Ad dress. The J. R. Watkins Company, 113 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Mary land. Established 1868. Capital o/er $2,000'000. Plant contains ovtr ten acres floor space Catawba Items. Correspondence of tlie Democrat. Miss Bessie Smith is visiting her sister Mrs. J. A. Price in Lenoir. Miss Lipe of Biltmorehas been visiting Mrs. J. U. Leonard. Mr Ezra Herman of the South ern and Mrs J. H. Gilleland spent Sunday in town. Mrs. F. Y. Long and Mrs. Blair Lowrance spent the week in Newton visiting their sistei Mr. ioid Mrs. T. W. Long. Miss Hellen Long ot Newtcn is visiting her grand parents, Mrs. J. U. Long. Mrs. S. Ruftv is visiting her daughter Mrs. Lemnings in Whitesburg, Tenn. Miss Winnie Reid is in David son attending the teachers sum mer school. Mr. and Mrs. John Rector of Richmond have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Trollinger. Mrs. Ljby of Bcrgenville N. J is spending the summer with hei parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coul er. Presbyterian Church Notes. The communion service will b( observed at 11 a. m. Sunday. All the members are urged to bi present. The usual collect lor for the Deacon's Fund will b taken after the communication. The Household meeting in th afternoon at 4 o'clock. The top ic will be "Is your house callec Bethel?" Read Gen. 28. 17. Preparatory services for com munion Wednesday, Thursdav and Friday nights of this week The pastor will preach al West Hickory at 8 o'clock Sun day night, if arrangements can be made. Connelly Springs News. Dr. C. E. Childs, Mrs. Childs and little son of St. Petersburg, Fla., are spending the summer with Mr. J. M. Sides. Ex. Gov. Glenn's mother is a» the Connelly Springs hotel. Mr. Henry Blount lectured ai the hotel Monday night. Mrs. Perry Rovve. ef Jackson ville, Fla . is '-"Uing her mother. Mrs. Lizzie A' -rnefhy. Miss I.rrra Coulter returned this week from a visit to friends in Conover and Newion, Miss Georgia Connelly, of Dallas, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Myra Connelly. Miss Sarah McCorkle, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo, McCorkle, of Newton, was married Tuesday afternoon to Mr. Frank M. of Tus caloosa, Ala., cashier of the bank there, the ceremonv being said by Rev. C. E. Wehler. Mr. Washington Moody, her brother, was best man. The bridal trip will extend as far north as Can ada. Parson's Poem a Gem. From Rev. H. Stubenvoll, Allison, la., in praise of Dr. King's New Life Pills. "They are such a health necessity." In every home these pills should be. If other kinds you've tried in vain use Dr. King's and be well again. Only 25c at C. M. Shuf ord, Moser and Lutz and Grimes Drug store. Poplar Excursion to Rich mond, Va,, Via Southern Railway Tuesday, July 18th,1911. Southern Railway will operate Annual Poplar Excursion to Richmond, Va., Tuesday, July 18th, 1911, at very low round trip rates. Tickets will be good to return on any regular trains leaving Richmond up to and including, Thurs day, July 20th giving two days and one night in Richmond. Special train con sisting of first class coaches and Pull man cars will leave Charlotte, N, C. at 8:00 p. m. Tuesday. July 18th and arrive at Richmond 6:00 a. m. follow ing morning. Very low trip rates from all branch line points, tickets from these points good on regular trains connecting with special train. Rare opportunity to visit historic Richmond and many : ear by points of interest at small cost. Following round trip rates will apply from stations named: Hickory, $5.00 Conover, 5.00 Newton, 5.00 Connelly Spgs, 5.00 Hildebran, 5.00 Statesville, ~ 5.00 Rates from all other points in same proportion. For further information, Pullman reservations, etc., call on any agent, Southern Railway, or write. R. H. Deßutts. T. P. A. Charlotte, N. C. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S cASTO R I A HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. JULY 13, 1911. Excitement intense in c--' ThdDemocrat's Pop ularity Contest. Hive You Given Your Favorite a Subscription? If You Have it To-day and Take Advantage of the Dofmle Vote Offer. See Announce ment on Another Page. 1 Voting Limit Raised. >33339333: » TIIE CONTEST MAN- § £ AGER' WILL BE AT | | THE DEMOCRAT OF- § J FICE >.\ : WEDNES- I \ DAY AND SATURDAY f ] EVENINGS FROM 3:00 § 5 UN TIL 9:00 O'CLOCK g I P. ii. COME IN" AND 8 ; GET ACQUAINTED, § THE PRIZES: I High Grade S4OO Star Piano. I S2OO Diamond Ring. 1 SIOO Diamond Ring. L $ 75 Diamond Ring. 7 $15.00 Watches, Elgin or Waltham Make. No bonus ballot is offered this week. No club offer is made. This is in in accordance with our statement in the last issue of the Democrat. The regular scale of votes will be doubled. Long term subscriptions are worth more now than at any time before. A ten year new subscription has a voting power oTaOO.OOO votes under the double schedule. Interest in the Contest is in tense. Everybody is watching the paper to see how the candidates stand from day to day. All are appearentlv willing to help one or another of the candidates with their subscriptions if their favor ite candidate were to request their assistance. Candidates will fiind it an easy matter to secure subscriptions and thousands of vote-? this week if they will go around and see their friends and acquaintances and ask them to help them with a subscription. The friends of the candidates realize what they can do by subscribing for the Democrat. In consequence thev are more than willing to give what assistance they can. PAY NO ATTENTION TO RUMORS. It one contestant does get a few thousand votes ahead in the paper it must rot be taken for granted that the race is won. Perhaps the canidates who are reposing in quiet at the bottom of the list will be the very one to come up unawares and carry Fill Out This Blank 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. CUT THIS OUT. The Democrats Prize Voting Contest. 100 VOTES Candidate Address District No This coupm, when neatly trimmed out. name and address, properly 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 July 19th. (By W. B. Porclier) DOUBLE VOTES INTEREST INTENSE. off the prizes. Such a thing has been done, and many a race has been lost by over-confidence. Don't let rumors influence you one way or the other. It is of ten the case that a candidate or a a friend will hear that such a one has secured a large numbei of five years subscriptions. These rumois are usualy false, as no one can know how many votes you have other than those published in the paper, and the report is therefore started in the hope that other candidates will be come discouraged and stop cheir efforts. Such reports should only urcre one to greater efforts. Resolve to spend one half day in visiting those whcm you know and solict their subscriptions. Why can't you be the fortunate one? Get busy and stay busy is the only sure road to success, not only in voting contests, but in any line of effort. Don't wait until the last day. Don't trust to luck. Don't become discouraged. Strive to be among the winners' get vour friends to help you, not only by subscribing themselves, but by getting others to subscribe and when the final count is made you will not be disappointed. DON'T DC DISCOURAGED. Contestants should never allow discouragement to affect them. Have confidence and you will feel the infection of your confidence, Despondency is more contagi ous than the small pox. Who is goir* to believe in you if you do not believe in yourself? Be sure of yourself, your friends will then be sure of you, and know that they are not wasting their votes on some faint hearted person who might in a moment of dejection drop out of the con test and make all their efforts count for nothing. Remember the value of the prizes and then hustle for the extra votes offered. IMPORTANT TO CANDIDATES. The voting limit has been lifted, you may vote as many ballots as you wish to, from now to the end of the contest. Most disfiguring skin eruptions, scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc., are due to impure blood. Burdock Blood B tters is a clensing blood tonic. Makes you clear-eyed, clear-brained, clear- skinned. 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. I. Hickory Miss Margaret Bost 60,000 Elizabeth Springs 100,000 Ruth Abernethy 91,000 Mabel Long 150.000 " Gladys Reid 64,000 Mattie May Stroup 148,000 Miriam Deaton 150,000 Hazel Elliott 81,000 Mabel Hawn 150,000 " Estelle Wolfe 66,000 Ethel Henley 31,000 " Susie Fry 150,000 Mrs. John W. Robinson 14,000 Miss Isabelle Morton 40,000 Mabel Whitener R 70,000 Marie Barger 140,000 " Maude Miller 146,000 Mrs. P. A. Rowe 125,000 Miss. Katharine Sfyuford 100,000 DISTRICT NO. 2 Catawba " Winnie Reid 49,000 Newton Miss Mamie Beck 46,000 4 * Lizzie Killian 130,000 " Maude Ballard 100.000 " Minnie Reinhardt 58,000 Claremont " Louise Little 61,000 Claremont. " Florence Setzer R1 112,000 Miss Mattie Yount R1 60,000 DISTRICT NO. 3. * Claremont. Miss Lena Moser 106,000 " E'la Lee Wilson 66,000 Conover. " Beulah Propst R 3 80,000 Maiden Miss Burley Whitener 44000 " Vernon Cline 61000 DISTRICT NO. 4. Hickory, Route 1. " Allie Cook R 4 100,000 Miss Stella Yoder - 150,000 Mewton. " Bertha Modiin R 1 102,000 " Leia W hitener R 105000 " Lizzie Whitener R 50000 Henry. " Maude Johnston R 2 48000 Miss Hattie Johnson, R 2 31000 , " Bertha Walker R 3 25000 44 Hester L. Cline k 2 30000 " Bulah B. Huffman R 3 26000 ♦v - DISTRICT NO. 5. Drexel Miss Lalah Correll 20000 Hlldebrand " Addie Cline 100000 Miss Ada Evans 42000 Connelly Springs Miss Mabel Sides 60000 " Ruth Berry 61000 " Delia Teague 48000 " Beulah B. Keller R1 54000 Rutherford College Miss Lucile Goode 44000 " Jenie Rutherford 41000 " Nell Goode 62000 " Ollie Glass 148000 DISTSICT NO. 6, Lenoir '* Grace Tuttle R 26000 *' Irene Coffey 23000 " Maude Hartley 25000 " Ethyl Hinkle 56000 Granite Falls " Martha K. Jones 25000 " Estelle Sherrill R 3 148000 " Alma Flowers 540000 Downsvllle. Miss Pearl Flowers . 24000 DISTRICT NO. 7. Miss Maude Deal 15000 LOCAL NEWS. Mr. Stimpson, of Statesville. has bought Stones photograph gallery. Hickory will welcome him here, Mr. John Murphy was one of the 34 who passed the pharma cists examination at Morehead city Wednesday. Thirty-seven failed to pass. First Sunday at the morning service fourteen members were added to the communicant list of Holy Trinity Lutheran church. The communion was large. For summer diarrhoea in children al ways give Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, and a speedy cure is certain. For sale by all dealers. Judge E. B, Cline's next court will begin in Gates county Mon day and afterwards he will hold a two weeks term for Judge Ward, who is ill, in Ne\y Han oyer. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORS Oprossum Comes Rey. W. A. Lutz's Way. Statesville Landmark. Early Friday Morning Rev. W. I A.. Lutz pastor of the Lutheran church who lives on Mulberry street, cast his eyes toward the oath that leads from the house to the barn; and while his eyes were not good opened yet he saw a good sized 'possum scampering along. And the pastor's mouth began to water as visions of 'pos sum and 'taters flashed through his mind. And he called his family that they might come and see him pursue this daring re oresentative of the marsupials. \nd when he had caught him Mr. Lutz's mouth watered even more than at first. He broke the 'possum's neck and called his people to witness this, also. But after it was dead Mr. Lutz discovered that he had not only killed the mother 'possum but an even dozen of little possums, whish she carried in her pouch. There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other dis eases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be incura ble. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and pre scribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treat ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease aud therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by J. F. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio, is the only constitution 1 cure on the mar ket. It is taken internally by doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circular and testimonials. ' Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. A serious mishap occurred Sat urday when Timothy Yount, Jr., shot in the forehead Mr. Sid Deal's son. The boys were out at she river. Yount claims that there was a cartridge in the pia tol which always snapped and that he didnt think the gxm would go off. Deal in his ante mortem statement said that Yount said as he pointed the gun at him: "This is your last day." Deal is recovering. Yount is out on SSOO bail for his appearance before Recorder Russell Satur day. Notice of Application for Par don. Notice is hereby given that applicatiou will be made to His Hon. W. W. Kitch in, Gov., for a conditional pardon of John Whitlow, who was convicted, of drunk enness and carrying concealed weapon, before the Recorder of the city of Hick ory, and sentenced to five months on the road. This the 12th day of July 1911. Mrs. C. F. Whitiow, C. L. Whitener, Atty. 6 13 4t. The case of State vs. Ethel Lawrence, ©f this city, in which Hub. Fry, of Brookford, is charged with taking advantage of a pretended marriage, was postponed at Newton Court. The girl says Fry persuaded her to run away, that they were mar ried in the road near Brookford, and that Fry persuaded her to keep the marriage secret. The girl is said to have been under the age of consent, 13 years, whice makes the charge against Fry a serious one. 1837 —l9ll GUILFORD COLLEGE For Both Men and Women. Courses in Mathematics, Ancient and Modern Langnages, History, English Literature, Philosophy, and the Natural Sciences. Departmeuts in Bible Study and Music. Noted for thorough instruction, high moral tone and home-like surround ings. Located in the healthful Piedmont Section of North Carolina. For catalog address, L. L. HOBBS, President, Guilford College, N. Carolina. The young people of Holy Trinity held a successful busi ness and social session Monday evening with Miss Fleta More as hostess. Several new mem bers were received, next meeting will occur August 7th with Miss Virginia Moser as hostess. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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