Established 1899
New Industries
For Hic*ory.
Board ol Trade flans For a
Guarantee Fund,
The phenomenal success of ir
dustrial enterprises at Hickory,
and the apparent opportunities
for other industrial plants, was
the theme of a discussion at a
meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Chamoer of Com
merce last Tuesday night. The
fact was brought out that local
capital is, and has been, abun
dantly able to carry on many
moreenterprises if practical men
can be tound to take cha.ge.
With this thought in view, the
Eoird decided to in :ugi«rate a
movement to meet thete con
ditions.
There are hundreds of honest,
capable men who have, eoupiea
with executive ability, a practi
cal knowledge of varied indus
trial enterprises. It needs no
prophetic vision to forecast what
the result would be if these men
were coupled up with local
capital to supplement what thpy
already have manufactu:ia ,•
piants that we all know couid be
profitably conducted here, and
have been only awaiting the
practical man, would spring up
like magic, outside capital would
be attracted, and Hickory would
«30on double her population. To
bring about this desired result
it is necessary to have a concrete
proposition to present to the
public, so the Chamber of Com
merce presents a tentative plan
in the form of a Guarantee Fund.
Tne subscribers to the Guarantee
Fund shall be incorporated, with
officers and board of directors.
Tne Chamber of Commerce shall
be the medium through which
practical manufacturers will be
brought in touch with the Di
rectors of this Guarantee Fund.
If, upon thorough investigation,
the man and the proposition are
favorably considered, sufficient!
money is called in from the sub
scribers to capitalize the plant
and the subscriber receives the
full equivalent in stock for the
money subscribed.
It is expected that this fund
will be made $200,000, and when
this is exhausted no trouble is
anticipated in raising another
fund of similar amount. This
is not to be a give-away game —
no bonuses nor gra uitous stock
to promoters—simply an invest
ment proposition. As stated
above, this movement is simply
an endeavour on the par- of the
Chamber of Commerce to let
men of practical experience know
that if they haven't got sufficient
capital to carry out their plans,
and they and their plans will
bear the rigid scrutiny of the
board of directors of the Guaran
tee Fund, all they need do is
come to Hickory and go to work.
In this connection the reader
will no doubt naturally think of
the recent sale of the Piedmont
Wagon Company to New York
capitalists. Considerable com
ment arose at the time as to what
effect this sale would have on
the future of Hickory's industrial
standing. It was generally con
ceded that it would be advan
tageous, inasmuch as the Peid
mont W T agon Company plant
would still be located here, with
perhaps an increased output, and
at the same time local capital
would be released for future
ventures on manufacturing lines.
There could be no better argu
ment for manufacturing enter
prises here than the experience
of the stockholders in the above
mentioned company. After
many years of large dividends
the stock was sold at 100 per cent
above par. This not speaks
well for the painstaking, con
servative management, but also
proclaims the fact that Hickory
is naturally endowed with many
advantages as a manufacturing
center.
C. T. Morrison's excursion to
Asheville was the largest ever
run from this section, he says,
i aying 12 coaches each packed,
thi behavior, was excellent.
Miles Huffman of Burke who is
siid to have been drinking, tried
to knock out a door, cutting a
vein, and was treated at an Ashe
ville hospital.
20C0 Traveling alesmen
Are sellirg Watkins' Remedies,
Flavcrirg Extracts, Spices, Toilet
articles, etc to over two million farm
homes in ever section of the United
States and Canada. We want a bright
energetic cui g salesman to handle
our tusirus ir CaUwta ccint. — Ad
dress. The J. R. Watkins Company,
113 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Mary-
Vu\ PV:-t ished 1863. Capital
OOO. Plant contains
9 V « ten acres floor space.
GST READY FO I STREET
FAIR.
November 8, 9 and 10 to be
Red Letter Daj s for all and
Blue Ribbon Days for
Many.
The ball has been started rol
ling and the soliciting committee
will soon be looking you up to
Ret you to give it a boost or a
kick —see that it is a boost. ,
George Bisanar keeps his wife
awake £.t night talking about a
idO i o nt cockerel and pullet.
Ellis McCombs is going
tiroi gh his orchard v ith a mag
nifying glass hunting some prize
winning i o den rise: tea 1 s.
Oh, yoiL late frests!
Earl Shuford surprised a
customer the other day by asking
her if she wanted a rose or sin
gle comb.
Earnest Starnes corn crop is
said to be a stunner.
Neil Clark says the Fair should
be held in the spring, so he cculd
pull in a prize lor early roasting
ears.
Edgar Yoderis writing, a poem
on hite Orpingtons, but he
has bumped up against a snsg in
discovering words to rhyme with
Orpington. We would suggest
that he call on Poet Little to
help him out.
Wash Boatright's Pepsi-Cola
brand of Black Minorcas will be
hard to beat.
Bob Shuford kicks »n not hav
ing good light last year to show
off his fine dairy cattle. Bob is
right. Let us give him a good
show. We should be proud of
Catawba County's fine cows
and give them a proper setting.
Ken Menzies emphatically de
nies the rumor that he challenged
Barney Oldfieid for an automo
bile race during the fair week,
between Hickory and Startown.
Prof. Staley will offer a sub
stantial prize for the best speci
men of a split infinitive. £pcuts
can l>e secured gratuitously from
the Hickory Seed Co.
~ Wat Shuford has challenged
the winner of the Ananias cup
at the newspaper men's conven
tion at Lenoir to an open contest,
best three out of five catch as
catch can.
Ivey Dots.
Correspondence of the Democrat.
West Hickory, July 19—Every
thing seems to be lively at the
Ivey Mill at present, the mill is
running on full time with plenty
of help and Capt. C. E. Cole says
he has just as good a set a hands
as any overseer could want.
The company shipped 45 bales
of cloth one day week.
Miss Amelia and Mattie Sud
derth, of Charlotte, was here
last Friday and Saturday visiting
the family of L. J. Leonard.
J. L. Simms and family who
had been living at the Ivey Mill
tor sometime moved to King's
Mountain a few days ago to work
in the mill there.
J. L. Penley and family moved
here last week and are working
in the mill.
Stanley Abee. who had been
working at Johnson City for
several months, has returned
and is now working in the Ivey
Mill.
D. C. Leonard has also re-(
turned from Rockingham where
he had been at work for several
months and has gone to work in
the Ivey Mill.
L. F. Williams frogi Shelby
came here a few day's ago and
is working in the mill.
Mrs. Lillie Suttlemire and chil
dren were here last Saturday
and Sunday visiting relatives.
Miss Ila Houk from Granite
was here several days last week,
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ed Hawn.
Mr. G. F. Ivey, superintendent
of the mill, was away a day or
two last week attending the
Methodist conference at Maiden.
Success to the Democrat.
lOTA.
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 the-e
pills should be. If other kinds you've
i tried in vain use Dr. King's and be
well again. Onlv 25c at (?. Shuf
ord, Moser and Lutz and Grimes Drug
store.
Any intelligent person mav
earn a good income correspond
ing for newspapers; experience
unnecessary. Serd stamp for
full particulars. Empire Press
Syndicate, Middicport, N# Y.
7 30 3t.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 20, 191!.
Won in the
Road Cases.
Men Coldirig Exemption Receipts
Gained the Day,
In the case of Mess?*s. Pitts,
Herman and many others of this
section in refusing to help open a
new road when they held road
work exemption receipts, Judge
Biggs decided in their favor at
Newton court. These men held
receipts, issued by the old board
ot county commissioners, for $l.
which exempted them from all
road duty for a year. The new
board of commissioners ordered
them to open certain new toads,
which they refused to do. They
gave bond ami appea ed. Councill
and Yount represented them and
they won.
In the case of Brooks vs. Hick
ory Manufacturing Co.,' the de
fendents won. Mr. Brooks sued
for $5,000 damages because of an
accident received as the result of
a piece of lumber falling on him
while he was ricking lumber.
He appealed.
To the surprise of almost every
one in Hickory, and of many, we
are told, who heard the case, Mr.
E. L. Shu ford lost his $2OOO dam
age suit against the Southern
Railway. He claimed that he
was greatly humiliated in being
roughly handled by train men,
and hfs evidence was corroborat
ed by a passenger, Mr. Robinson,
of Asheville. He swore that he
bought a 1000 mileage book. He
thought the Hickorv agent had
pulled it but he had not, and con
ductor Murphy insisted that he
pav his fare to Salisbury. He
refused but offered to pay to
Statesvilie. Two trainmen then
started to put him off, when
Capt- Murphy changed his mind
and accepted the fare to States
vilie.
Conductor Murphy's testimony
was that Mr. Shuford wanted
him to pull the mileage to
Washington. He had no right
to do so and suggested that he
pay it to Statesvilie, which Mr.
Shuford refused to do until he
was being ej-cted. Mr. Shuford
swore that force was used after
he had agreed to piv his fare to
Statesvi:!-, .v.i.ou the; conductor
denied.
Mr. Shu ford's friends felt that
he had been unnecessarily hu
miliated and hence their surprise
at the verdit. Judge Councill
made a very strong plea for Mr
Shuford.
Latest Property Valuations.
The following figures as to the
valuation of property in Catawba
county are approximate. The
final count has not yet been
made, and there may yet be a
change ot as much as $lOO,OOO
in the totals.
There has been a gain, Mr.
Blackwelder informs us. of 4000
acres hitherto unlisted, some of
it not havihg paid any tax for
ten years:
Township Polls Aggr. value of
real & personal prop.
Caldwell .189 $185,136
Catawba 397 646,16>
Clines 424 574,912
Bandys 238 269.087
Hickorv 1358 2,147,531
Jacobs Fork 288 394,053
Mountain Ck. 3()g 413,768
Fewton 835 1,653,108
Total polls 4035 Total $6,283,696
Township Increase
Caldwell $ 44,485
Catawba 104,466
Clines 100,000
Bandys 69,026
Hickory 300.0C0
J icobs Fork 56,655
Mountain Creek 64,688
Newton 110,772
Total $850,092
Notice of Application for Par
don.
Notice is hereby given that application
will be made to His Hon. W. W. Kitcli
in, Gov., for a conditional pardon of John
Wliitlow, who was convicted, of drunk
enness and carrying concealed weapon
before the Recorder of the city of Hick
ory, and sentenced to five months 011 the
road.
This the 12th day of July 1911.
Mrs. C. F. Whitlow,
C. T.. Wliitener, Atty.
6 I 3 4t-
Recorder Russell fined Timothy
I Yount $25 for carrying a pistol
'r:nds3o for shooting the Deal
boy. H* paid the fi st fine and
appealed in the second.
Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc., are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
B tters is a clensing blood tonic,
j Makes you clear-eyed, clear-brained,
' clear- skinned.
Miss Estelle Sherrill
Leads The List With
: ' \
Over 600,000 Votes.
f £
M iss Mable Long is Second With
636,000 Votes.
A 230/03 Special Bal'ot to the Contestant Turning in the Largest
/ mount of Subscription Money Between Now and Wed
r»esdas, July 26th, at 9p. m. If You are Behind
in the Race Win a Big Baliot and
- Take the Leal
THIS WEEKS BIG OFFER.
THE HIGHEST 200,0( 0 Eleventh highest 100,000
Second highest 19»,000 Twelfth highest 90,000
Third highest 180,000 Thirteenth highest 80,000
Fourth high( st 170,000 Ft urteenth highest 70,000
Fifth highest luO,X)o Fifteenth highest 60,000
Sixth highest 150,000 Sixteenth highest 50,000
■seventh ln'ghest 140,000 Seventeenth highest 40,000
Eighth highejst 130,000 Eighteenth highest 30,000
Ninth h ; ghesi 120,000 Nineteenth highest 20,000
Tenth higheat 110,000 Twentieth highest -10,000
THE PRIZES:
1 High Grade $4OO Star Piano.
1 $2OO Diamond Ring.
1 $lOO Diamond Ring,
1 $ 75 Diamond Ring.
7 $15.00 Watches, Elgin or
Waltham Nake.
TODAY'S LEADERS.
Here we are just one week and
three davs to the end of the con
test. Some of our candidates
have done a lot of work and have
a fine showing to make. "Where
there's a will there's a way."
and the way to win is to keep up
the work of getting subscrip
tions-
THE CONTEST JUDGES.
A committee of responsible
business and professional men
will have exclusive control of the
ballot box on the last day of the
contest and mike announcement
of the winners. Tl|g following
gentlemen have c#tfsented to
serve as judges: Rev. J. G. Garth
pastor of the Presby tc rian church;
Geo. R. Wootten, sec. of the First
Building and Loan association,
and A. K. Joy, sec. of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
ANOTHER SPECIAL OFFER.
Think of a special ballot for
200,000 which will be given to
the candidate who turns in the
largest amount of money for
subscriptions between now and
July 26th at 9 p. m.
Then to the person who turns
in the next highest will be award
ed a 190,000 ballot and so on
down until 20 ballots have been
awarded each decreasing 10,000
votes. See full details on an
other page.
This offer applies to all sub
scriptions whether old or new, to
The Hickory Democrat.
The prevailing scales of votes
will be issued on each subscrip
tion turned in during this offer
and these special or competitive
ballots will be issued in addition.
It should be remembered by
candidates that during this week
50 per cent increase over the
The 50 per cent Scale
From July 20, to July 26 at 9 p, m.
THE DEMOCRAT
Old Subscribers. New Subscribers.
Time. Price. Votes. Votes.
One Year - - - $ 1.00 3,750 7,500
Two Years - - - 2.00 10,500 21,000
Three Years - - - 3.00 21,000 42,000
Four Years - - - 4.00 30,000 60,000
Five Years - - - 5.00 37,500 75,000
Six Years - - - - 6.00 48,000 96,000
Seven Years - - 7.00 60,000 120,000
Eight Years - - - 8.00 75,000 150,000
Nine Years 9.00 93,000 186,000
Ten Years - - 10.00 112,000 225,000
Fill Out This Blank and Enter To-day
OMINATIO BLANK—Good for 1,000 Votes.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT'S PRIZE VOTING COTEST.
I Nominate
Address
District No
Signed
Address
Only the FIRST nomination blank cast for each candidate will count as
1,000 votes.
I
regular schedule will be issued,
while next meek the regular scale
will prevail. It will pay you to
secure every possible subscrip
tion before next Wednesday
night so as to get the fifty per
cent, increase and at the same
time have the money apply on
this offer.
" OFFER FAIR TO ALL-
This offer is as fair to one as it
is to the other. It is entirely
different from any other and can
in no wav be compared with
them. This offer means that
ALL MUST WORK DURING
THE NEXT NINE DAYS. In
fact in a contest of any kind it is
necessary for those who expect
to win to "KEEP EVERLAST
INGLY AT IT." This offer
me*>ns that those behind may
regain their lost ground by jump
ing into the fight hard this week
and win one of the big ballots,
and place themselves among the
leaders.
In fact i"his offer cannot be
overlooked by any of the candi
dates. If you are standing high
in the contest and you have a
bunch of votes in reserve you
should bear in mind that you
cannot afford to let some weaker
candidates win this 200,000 bal
lot or one of the other big bal
lots. You not only lose the
special ballot but your competitor
has gained not only the special
ballot over vou, but the regular
votes as well. If you expect to
win in this contest vou must
WORK EVERY DAY FROM
NOW UNTIL THE END OF
THE CONTEST. By this it is
meant that you must take up all
of your spare time in the interest
of the Contest.
THE REAL POWER.
The friends of the candidates
are the real power in the race
for success. See that you do
your part to make your favorite
candidate popular. Speak every
where of her campaign and of
your wish that she should win.
Back up your word by deeds,
1 and give her the sabstantial aid
Democrat and Press, C onsolidatecJ 19C5
of your subscriptions.
GETTING NERVOUS.
This is the critical period when
I the nerves of the Candidate are
I apt co get what a woman calls
I "jump!" Some who felt secure
lare beginning to wonder it after
all they are so sure that the per
son who seems just below then,
may not be holding back enough
votes to be above them in the
final count.
That feeling isn't pleasant but
it's wholesome. NO ONE CAN
AFFORD TO BE CERTAIN
THA.T THEY ARE IN A POSI
TION TO WIN THE PRIZE.
Best make sure by getting as
many subscriptions as >ou possi
bly can.
A QUESTION FOR CANDIDATES,
A question for all candidates
to ask themselves at the close of
each day ts: "Did f"lo all that
was possible to gain votes to
day?"
If you cannot honestly answer
in the affii jnative then you are
NOT doing weli enough and you
should decide tirmly to improve
tomorrow.
SOME OF OUR CANDIDATES.
There are some of our candi
dates who are beginning to tell
us that they are almost at the
end of their rope, as it were, and
will not be able to do much more
in the way of securing subscrip
tions
On the other hand other con
testants who are way down in
the list assure us that the sub
scriptions are coming easily and
they are proving what they say
by the number they are turning
in.
Now what these cheerful can
didates can do can be done just
as well by those who are crying
that their work is oyer for lack
of field to work in. If others
can get subscriptions why can't
you? Don't let other candidates
get the advantage of you by the
simple method of "try, try
again."
22 Years Old
Watauga Democrat.
Tuesday, July 4, marked the
22nd anniversary of the first
issue of the Democrat under
the present management,
the first paper having made
its appearance on July 4, 1889.
How swiftly the years have come
and gone since first this hum
ble sheet entered your homes.
What a pleasure it has been to
put before you each succeeding
week a sheet pure and clean that
could bear the scrutiny of men,
women and children, without
evil or demoralizing effects of
any kind. The difficulties, the
hardships that have had to be
overcome, have been zealously
kept from your eyes, and only
the cheerful and bright has been
put before you. It has been ala
bor Df love for home and native
land. We cheerfuly enter the
23rd year asking your continued
support. We have had much to
cheer and much to depress, but
most of the time the roses have
hidden the thorns. Stand to the
paper as it has stood to you and
yours and it will prosper as nev
er before.
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, 7Sc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation.
Administration Notice.
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of Miss Mary E. Wiggs, de
ceased, late of Catawba county North
Carolina this is to notify all persons
having claim against the estate of said
deceased to present them to the un
dersigned properly verified on or be
fore the 15th day of July 1912, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will make prompt payment
to the undersigned, This July 15th
1911.
W. T. Sledge,
7 20 4t. Administrator,
Dr. J. B. Carlyle professor of
Latin at Wake Forest, is dead.
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 Elizabeth Springs 600000
Ruth Abernethy 150000
Mabel Long 636000
- " Gladys Reid 79000
Mattie May Stroup 264000
Miriam Deaton 456000
Mabel Hawn 500000
" Estelle Wolfe 78000
Ethel Henley 50000
" Susie Fry 240000
Mrs. John W. Robinson 48000
Miss Isabelle Morton 60000
" Marie Barger 247000
Mrs. P. A. Rowe 400000
Miss Katharine Shuford 325000
DISTRICT NO. 2
Hickory
Miss Maude Miller 435000
Newton
Miss Lizzie Killian 204000
41 Maude Ballard 252000
Claremont.
Miss Mattie Yount R1 195000
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Claremont.
Miss Lena Moser 180000
" E'la Lee Wilson 154000
" Florence Setzer R 2620C0
Maiden
Miss Burley Whitener 140000
" Vernon Cline 110000
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Hickory, Route 1.
Miss Stella Yoder 320000
" Allie May Cook R 4 290000
Newton.
" Bertha Modlin R 282000
" Lela Whitener R 328000
" Lizzie Whitener R 128000
Henry.
" Maude Johnston R 2 108000
DISTRICT NO. 5.
til I deb rand
" Addie Cline 179000
Connelly Springs
Miss Mabel Sides 160000
" Ruth Berry 80000
" Delia Teague 91000
Rutherford College
" Nell Goode 120000
" Ollie Glass 310000
DISTSICT NO. 6,
Lenoir
" Maude Hartley 61000
" Ethyl Hinkle 81000
Granite Falls
" Estelle Sherrill R 3 648000
" Alma Flowers 197000
Downsvllle.
Miss Pearl Flowers 54000
DISTRICT NO. 7.
Dealville
Miss Maude Deal 45000
Mt. Bethel R.
Miss Mabel Cline 30000
For Rent New seven-room house
on Shell street. City lights and
water. Low rent to good tenant*
7 20 2t. L. Flagler.
Hight the expert watchmaker
and registered Optometrist,
guarantees the best of satisfac
tion in his line. Over 20 years
experience. So look for the new
watch sign. 1230 9th. Ave.
FOR 3ALE a limited amount of
good screened coal delivered
for $4.75 cash per ton. Phone
Hickory Ice and Coal Co.
The Hickory Ice and Coal Co.
has a limited amount of good
screened domestic coal which
they are offering the public at
$4.75 cash per ton. Seetheir ad,
I have a few pure bread White
Leghorn Cockerels for sale at
$l.OO each. Call on A. W. Cline
at the Hickory Seed Co. 720 It.
The Recorder fined A. I. Flan
nigan $5O in one retailing charge
and put him under $5OO. bond to
appear once every month and
prove that he had not sold
liquor. His physical condition
led his honor to be lenient.
Mr. Lee Sigmon is working at
Johnson City, Tenn. No reason
is yet learned fot his leaving.
Mr. Peter Hamot has returned
from 3he Shriners national con
vention at Rochester where he
had the time of his life. He sent
the Democrat a number of papers
writing up the event.
Chlldron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA.