REMEMBER!
MARTIN & CLARK CLO. CO.'S Cut price sale closes Saturday night. Do not neglect your ward-
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robe. We still have a few suits left and there is one here for you. : •* •' : : . '
Martin & Clark Clothing Company ;
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA
A Free Trip
For 3DO Farmers.
Special Train Will be Chartered.
Will See Guilford'Roads.
At a recent meeting* of the
Catawba county good roads meet
ing, a committee was appointed
to organize the highway move
ment. This committee has de
cided to take a unique step in th
interest of good roads. The ides
is to have a free excursion t(
Greensboro to let Catawba count}
farmers see the splendid gooc
roads of that county.
The Hickory Chamber of Com
merce and the Newton Booster'?
Club were asked to take up with
the Southern Railway the ques
tion of securing an entire train
for this free trip. It is believed
that at least 300 of our study
farmers would be glad to make
this trip, and once seeing the
good roads of Guilford would
come back home and vote for a
bond issue or stand back of any
plan which the leaders of the
good roads movement in the
county favor.
The Southern Railway itself is
working hard in the interest of
roads and will doubtless be read}
to get the train for the trip at an
early date. Guilford county is
always quick to show its roads
and would treat the Catawba
visiting farmers royally.
The wider vision helps us all.
We remember that first trip to
town when we were boys. How
high the church steeples seemed,
and those big store buildings,
two and even three stories high—
how they astonished us. They
do not seem so wonderful now.
We have seen the Washington
monnment and the dome of the
Capitol since then and the 16-
and-20 story building in the big
city.
If we could once see how Meck
lenburg and Guilford have made
their farmers richer by building
macadam roads, we would not be
so much opposed to issuing bonds
for roads. We need to see be
yond our own doorsteps; beyond
our own county borders.
Never lose a chance to travel a
bit. Will you ever have a better
one than this free trip to Greens
boro?
The Central Highway is routed
through our county. The New
ton and Hickory paper* have de
nied the slander that our farmers
were not awake on the road
question, and, now farmers, you
must stand by us to prove that
we were right. You must fol
low the example of your German
kinsmen in the old Fatherland,
and adopt a liberal policy for
roads. You must vote for road
bonds. It is money in your pock
ets 100 fold. You will be taxed
in mills, in infinitesimal fractions.
You will reap the harvest in dol
lars in increased markets and in
hundreds of dollars in enhanced
values of your farms.
The following committees were
appointed to look after the dis
tribution of tickets for this ex
cursion in the various townships:
Cline's —Herbert Arndt.
Mountain Creek—Dr. Wilson
and John Arndt.
Newton—C. E. Smyre.
Hickory—John W- Robinson.
Catawba—J. W. Long.
Caldwell—John Howard.
Bandy's—Dr. F. T. Foard.
Jacob's Fork —Enloe Yoder and
J. Y. Killian.
The Central Highway commit
tee recommended that the high
way start at the iron bridge on
Mooresville road; run to Newton;
then from Newton via Scartown
to Hickory. The county com
missioners have the final sav-so
as to the location of the route
from Newton to Hickory. Two
other proposed routes are via
Conover and Cicero Clines. Who
ever puts up the money and fur
nishes the best grades will doubt-
Jess get the route.
Reformed Church Notes
The pastor will be absent from
his pulpit until the first Sunday
in August,
On Sunday night July 30, the
Rev. W. W. Rowe, and Mayor
Clarence Clapp of Newton will
speak in the Reformed church.
Rev. Mr. Rowe will speak on
Christian education and Mr.
Clapp on missions. Both of
these gentlemen are able speak
ers and a large audience should
near them.
The Womans Classical Mission
iry Society of North Carolina
Classics will hold iis annual
neeting in the Reformed church
)f Hickory, August 2, 3, There
will be about 25 delegates in at
tendance.
The congregation is beginning
,o think about entertaining the
Synod of the Potomac which
meets in Hickory in October. If
ill attend who are entitled to do
so there will be between four
and five hundred. They will
come from Virginia, Maryland,
and southern Pennsylvania and
North Carolina.
Dr. Murphy and Prof. Keller
expect to have as their guests
at Claremont one week in Au
gust several of their ministerial
brethren. The mornings will be
spent in devotion and study and
the afternoons recreation, A
pleasent and profitable time is
expected.
Dr. Murphy as chairman of a
committee to conduct a campaign
of education in the state will
make several educational ad
dresses during the next few
weeks.
In Honor of Mrs. Cilley.
Thursday, July 6th 10 a. m.
Mrs- Charles H. Menzies gave a
bridge party of six tables in hon
or of her sister, Mrs. Gordon
Cillev of Philadelphia. The for
est oaks surrounding this home
on a hill with the vine-bowered
piazzas mad© a delightful cool
ness for the enjoyment of the
players. Mrs. Cilley received
the guest of honor prize, a beauti
ful cut-glass pitcher; Mrs. Bryan
Jones won the highest score prize,
a pair of silk hose; Mrs. E. B.
Menzies drew for consolation one
of the latest novelettes "Keep
ing up with Lizzie," A delight
ful luncheon followed, the chief
delicacies, fruit punch, pressed
chicken and ripe tomatoes with
mayona se and apricot sherbet
cream. This beautiful home was
artistically decorated with palms,
ferns and above all with the de
licate wild flower rejoicing in
the appropriate name of ''Queen
Anne's Lace,"
Mr. Solomon Honeycutt Dead.
Mr. Solomon Honeycutt, of
Caldwell county, died last Satur
day and was buried Sunday at
the Lutheran church three miles
from his home.
Mr. Honeycutt would have been
86 years old on the 25th of this
month. Surviving are his wife
and one son, William, who lives
with him.
He was twice married. Child
ren bv his first wife are Nelson
Honeycutt, of Alexander county;
Max and Adolphus Honeycutt,
of Catawba.
Mr. Honeycutt was a farmer
and a good man. He was a good
man wha had lived an abstemious
life, and was very hale up to the
time of his death. He often
walked ten miles without fa
tigue.
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.
A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, "I had
be«n ailing for some time with chronic
constipation and stomach trouble. I
began taking Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and in three days I
was able to be up and got better right
along. lam the proudest girl in
Lincoln to find such a good medicine."
For sale by all dealers.
Lenoir Faculty's Vacation
There will be only two chan
ges in the teaching force and one
•xtra teacherihas been added for
next year. Prof.Whitrnore, who
to Harvard to complete his
Ph. D. course will be succeeded
l>y Prof. W. A. Rudisill. After
graduating at Lenoir College,
Prof. Rudisill specialized for
two years in Chemistry and Phy
sics at the University of North
Carolina, and is quite well pre
pared for the chair of Chemistry
and Physics to which he has
been called. He received the
B. S. degree from the Universitv
and did assistant work during
his last year.
Miss Daisy Ellison of New
York City has been called to thq
chair of Art. Miss Ellison is es
pecially strong in Antique Oil,
Watercolor, Pastel, China, Py
rography, Painting on Satin,
coloring lantern slides, photo
graphs and prints. The college
is most fortunate in securing
her. Later a further statement
concerning her and her work will
be given. Slie is spending the
summer with her brother oil El
lison Ranch in Arizona.
Prof. K. B- Patterson returns
to the college as Professor of
Mathematics aD(i Astronomy.
Prof, Patterson was graduated
from Roanoke College, Va.; he
then completed the A. M- degree
at Princeton in one year. Next
he taught Mathematics and En
glish three years at Lenoir Col
lege with marked success. Dur
ing his-three years leave of ab
sence he has studied one year in
John Hopkins and two years in
the Uuiversity of Pennsylvania.
Prof. Pattersou has had
excellent preparation and ex
perience and the faculty, stu
dents and his many friends will
give him a warm welcome back
to Lenoir College and Hickory.
President Fritz will spend
most of the summer in Hickory
looking after the College corres
pondence and the many inpro^e
nients being made on the build
ings, grounds and equipment.
He will also attend a number of
educational-, meetings, etc.
Prof. Little will spend the
summer iu field work in North
and South Carolina, and Teune
see.
Prof. W. J. Stirewalt and fam
ily are taking their vacation at
his home in New Market, Va.
Prof. M- L. Stirewalt aud fam
ily are visiting in St- Louis, Mo.
Prof. Hartwig is doing a
summer session's work in Har
vard University, which is equal
to saying that he is very happy,
Prof. Patterson will spend the
summer at his home and in
Hickory.
Prof. Rudisill will assist iu the
field work.
Mrs. Fisher aud Misses Shirey
and Hallman are spending the
summer in Europe. They took
in the Coronation. Miss Hall
man will study violin uuder the
noted Taylor of London.
Miss Steelier spends most of
the summer with her parents in
Chicago.
The rooms in are be
ng replastered and the wood
work lepaiuted, the hallways
refloored aud kalsomined and
the front porch aud columns are
being rebuilt and other improve
ment? are being made. The
main building is being thorough
ly overalled, the walls kalso
mined and the woodwork paint
ed. A well-equipped business
oliice is being established. Manj
other improvements are being
made, and condiderable new
r'umiture and equipment added.
The work of laying out the
walks and driveways, etc., as
planned bv Architect Coyler
will be prosecuted during the
pummer.
The outlook for the next ses
eiou is the best ever and every
thing will be in fine shape for
'lie opening in September.
RJ,. F.
Rev. Thomas Edwards Dead.
Rev Thomas Edwards, aged 74
died at Connelly Springs Sunday
morning at 5 o'clock and was
buried Monday. He was a sup
erannuated Methodist preacher
and had held pastorates at many
places ail over the state. He was
received into the Conference in
1856 and was one of those noble
and self-sacrificing men who
have upheld the banner of the
cross wherever he was sent. He
was several times married and a
number of children survive.
Announcement.
The regular annual meeting of l
the Farmers' Mutual Fire Ins.
Association, Cata -vba and Burke
Branch wiil be in Hickory, N. C.
the 22nd, at one o'clock, p. m.
which is the 4th Saturday in this
month. Very important busi
ness will be brought before this
meeting, and every member is
urged to attend. The Board of
Directors will meet the President
and Sec. Treas. at eleven o'clock,
in the City Hall, (Hickory) to
inspect and pass upon the Sec.
and Treasurer's report, previous
to the annual session.
P. A. Hoyle, Presn't.
M. A. Abernethy, Sec. Treas.
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"I believe there is something
in this telepathy business," said
a gentlemen in one of the Hick
ory banks. "I have been read
ing about Mr. T. M. Johnston's
experiences in the Democrat,
and they remind me of one of
mv own. A man came into the
bank once and said he was J. S.
Honeycutt. I never saw him be
fore. He had a check to cash
and I told him to endorse it. He
asked me just what to write and
I jokingly said, 'oh, John Solo
mon will do, I guess.' He wrote
'John Solomon Honeycutt' on
the back of the check, and I told
him I was only joking about
that, as I meant for him to write
his real name, which I dind't
know. "John Solomon is my real
name in full," he replied.
Stops earache in two miDUtes; tooth
ache or pain of burn or scald in five
minutes; hoarseness, one hour, mrs
cleache, two hours; sore throat twelve
hours—Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Csil,
monarch over pains.
Governer Kitchin has granted
a conditional pardon to Ralph
Bolick of this county, convic
ted a year ago on a charge of as
sult with deadly weapon and
sentenced to 18 months on the
road.
Sprains require careful treatment.
Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's
Liniment freely. It will remove the
soreness and quickly restore the parts
to a healthy condition. For sale by
all dealer®
Miss Sallie May died in the
Southern part of Caldwell county
July 6 lacking 6 month of being
100 years old.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
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Maybe you will be needing an
other pair of pumps or oxford
ties before the season is over,
and maybe we have just what
you want. Try us
J, A. Bowles.
Wanted—Stove Legs from King
Heaters. Home Canner Co.
Maybe some one else will sell
you a trunk or suit case as
cheap as we do, but we dont
hardly see how he can do it. Rol
ler tray trunks a specialty.
J. A. Bowles.
Take —your country produce to
Harris & Little and get the
highest market prices for it, in
either cash or trade.
Think of the R & G w T hen its a
corset at J. A. Bowles.
Did you get any of those small
stockings 2 pairs for 15 cents
or 3 for 20 cents? If not you
have been losing money. Still
some more of them left
J. A. Bowles.
For Mountain cheeses call on
E. C. Johnson.
A nice new lot of silk umbrellas
just received at
J. A. Bowles.
You cannot find any better line
of Shoes than ours
Harris & Little
Help Wanted sawyers and saw
mill laborers. Good wages
paid weekly. Apply to
J, A. Cook,
7 6 8t Lilesville, N. C
Southern Books Exchange of
Raleigh has retired after 25
vears of success. Mr. M. M.
Smith offers free to any young
man who will run an old boot
store in N. C. ten thousand
hooks. A fine opportunity.
6 8 t. f.
Dont forget, men when you want
to buy a pair of shoes that the
"korrect shape" patent leather
is the only guaranteed patent
leather on the market. Another
pair in place of every one that
breaks. Can anything be fairer?
at J. A. Bowles.
Wanted—Men to learn the* Cot
ton business in our Sample
rooms; Two weeks to complete
course. High salaries, positicn;
secured. Charlotte Cotton
School, Charlotte N. C. 518 tf
Everything in white lawns.
Batistes, flaxans &c for mid
summer wear at J. A. Bovles.
O. I. C. and Berkshire pigs for
1 sale at E. C. Johnson's.
Canvass for wall papering at
J. A. Bowles.
Irish potatoes for seed or eating'
Call on E. C- Johnson:
Standard dress goods at
Harris & Little's.
When in need of fine work in
the watch and clock line, look for
Hight's new watch sign, 1230 9th,
avenue.
For Sale: a S2B bicycle, very lit
tle used, tor $lB A bargain, j
Apply to H., care the Democrat, j
LEARN AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS.
. Take a Thirty Days Practical Course
in our well equipped Machine Shops
and learn the Automobile business,!
and accept good positions.
Charlotte Auto School,
CtIARLOITE, /V. C.
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To the House Keepers of
Hickory and Vicinity
Be it known unto you that you can get "Mothers
Bread" from your own bakery. Baked fresli every
day at 5c a loaf. Tickets not good for this special
Bread, t Call Phone 235. "Our motto: QUALITY."
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As beauty rules it's an object to be beautiful.
Cold Creams, Massage Creams, Dry Pub Creams,
Toilet Creams, Face Powders, Talcum Powders,
Rouge, Toilet Powders. We have them all.
"WE'RE ON THE CORNER"
Moser & Lutz, Druggists.
'PHONE 17 AND 317.
RUNT* VANISHES,
OILS,BRUSHES, &c.
PUTITGN TOLAST/T7\-
Brighten up your house. What's the use of living
unless you enjoy life?
Good paint will also keep your house from rotting.
It is an investment—as well as a luxury.
Ask your good wife if she dosen't want the house
newly painted. You owe something to her, really, don't
you?
Shuford Hardware Co.
of . Nor,h
—' • Carolina
ffers Yon a Splendid Chinee. Here is tlie Opportunity for YOU to get
g that will fit you to hold the BEST position in the business world. «*■
JAY for the special Summer Offers.
King's Business College,
RALEIGH, N. C. CHARLOTTE, X. C.
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