iffE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
Published Every Thursday
HOWARD A. BANKS, Editor and Proprietor
Entered at the Post Office at Hickory
s second class matter.
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Thursday, July 27. 1911
HICKORY.
Population with suburbs G^ll
Catawba County's largest city.
INDUCEMENTS.
Remarkably fine climate, lo
cated on a high ridge 1164 feet above
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 mi Is, two tanneries, collar
factory, harr e >s factory, canner factory,
foundry and machine shop, ice plant,
Bickerstick factory, two roller mil's,
[oney value of factories $1,850,000.00.
Annual output $2,250,000.00.
AN OLD COMRADE GONE.
Alvin Horton, a well knowr
newspaper man was
killed at his home in Paint Gap,
Mitchell county, a week ago.
He saw a rabbit in the field, and,
picking up a shot gun, started to
chase it, when" he stumbled and
the gun was discharged with
fatal-result.
Horton was a fine newspaper
man and story-writer. He wa?
intensely devoted to the moun
taineers, and his excellent stone?
of their lives and habits were
published in the state press and
some of the magazines. He in
tended to devote his life to por
traying the character.
Horton was a discovery of our
old Boss Man on the Charlotte
Observer, who was ever on the
alert for Tar Heel genius. For a
brief period he served under the
editor of the Democrat on the
staff of the York, Pa., Gazette.
He was recently on the staff of
the Raleigh News and Observer
and won manv compliments on
the splendid reports he made oi
the State senate.
Horton had vigorous strength
of character. In an opportune
moment, we once took occasion
to point him the Pilgrim-trodden
path to the Wicket Gate, and in
reply he said he could not be a
Christian because lie could never
forgive a man whom he had seen
shoot down in cold blood a close
relative of his. And he knew he
c uld not be a Christian unless
he forgave all his enemies.
Time passed, however, and one
day he wrote us a letter saying
that he had been attending *
meeting near his home conducted
by-the Rev. George F. Robert
son, himself a native mountain
eer, and that he had made the
d?cision to yield his life to the
service of the world's Redeemer.
The State loses a son of prom
•ise in the untimely parsing of
Alvin Horton.
MR. VARNER'S SPITE AT
CATAWBA.
The fierce anxietv of the Hon.
H. 8. Varner, president of the ?
Central Highway, to canoodle (
so ne way or other to get tie i
highway away from Catawba j
county, out-cropped again at the i
Taylorsville good roads meeting.
The Statesville Landmarks's re
p u-t states that Mr. Varner in A
hb speech there showed "that y
should Catawba and other coun
ties fail to do their part in the ,
construction of the Central High- {
way there was a chance of the \
route being changed and the c
route from Statesville via Tay
lorsville and Lenoir might become
the Central Highway route." s
Mr. Varner seems strangely
auxious that Catawba shall fail
to get the Central Highway. He
goes out of his way to refer to
the likelihood of such a thing.
It is quite unseemly and very
offensive to some who have been
For summer diarrhoea in children al
ways give Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor
oil, and a speedy care is certain.
For sale by all dealers.
friends of his in the past.
The Democrat has long been a
whooper-up of a mountain top
auto road through the mountains,
and would be delighted to see a
link of such a road run from
Statesville to Lenoir via Taylors
ville but this need not be au the
expense of Catawba county.
i INCONSISTENCY.
Says the Lincoln Times. Re
i publican:
As we see it, Senator Sim
mons, Representatives Webb,
I Pou. Godwin, and Small who
voted for a Republican pro
tective tariff on lumber have
; sense enough to know that
Chairman Eller had no au
thority to give them lief to
violate the Democratic plat
form even if he attempted
to do so which he emphatic
ally denies,
i Of course we think these
statesmen voted right on
lumber, but they ought to
come out like men and vote
to protect every industry
4 and admit that a protective
tariff is right.
The "coming out like men"
would to* our mind consist in
having the nerve to vote against
the special lumber interests in
favor of ail the people of their
District or State. It is hard to
rgue for revenue tariff when
professed anti protectionists vote
against 1 igh duties everywhere
except at home.
FREEDOM.
In the Senate the other day
Senator John Sharp William's, of
Mississippi, closed a fine debate
jii the tariff, in which many
Senators had talked of "destroy
ing" the wool industry, by this
peroration:
Why, my friends, men in reli
gion, men in trades, men in poli
cies have been afraid of freedom
ever since the world began,
jod Almighty seems to be the
mly being anywhere who is not
if raid of freedom and not afraid
to give it to His creatures. He
fives it to such an extent that
Hie lets us go wrong if we will—
even to that extent. From the
beginning religious bigots have
been afraid of it, political bigots
aave been afraid of it, and in
iustrial bigots have been afraid
of it. And yet whenever it
jomes we find it stimulates hu
man enterprise, human intelli
gence, human ambition, and hu
man industry to such an extent
hat it more than compensates
r 'or what seems to be the plain
xnd paloable and obvious immedi
ate losses by it.
BROTHER LITTLE.
The Democrat is glad to wel
come into local journalism, Mr.
' Richard H. Little, of this city.
Mr. Little is a rising star in the
-.ky of North Carolina literature.
A recent article in the Democrat
in which some of his poems were
riven attracted widespread at
tention. and we expect much
from his pen.
Mr. LitUe has attached him
elf to the Times-Mercury and ii
s not unlikely that he will buy
; controlling interest in it. Wt
irt delighted to have such i
>riiiiant young man as neighbor,
ind he and our good friend,
Brother Mace, will make for th«
Mercury one of the strongest et -
itorial teams in the state.
THE HIGHLANDER.
Shelby had too many news
papers. Bro. DePriest, of the
Highlander, has received the sit
uation by buying the Aurora and
emerging it into his paper, whcih
will be independent in politics.
De Priest is a breez Westoner
and is making one of the uni
quest and most original papers
in the State. The Democrat
gives him the glad hand in his
increased opportunities.
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Both factions of the Pennsyl
vania Democracy have united on
Woodrow \Vilson for the presi
dential nomination. Pennsyl
vania has a big vote and a big
influence in a national nominat
ing convention Keep your eye
on the Professor.
Road Supervisor J. W. Robin
son. of this township, has an
article in this issue which con
tains some good suggestions a?
to road work.
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.
A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, "I«had
been ailing for some time with chronic
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Lincoln to find such a good medicine."
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Road Work in
The Township.
Supervisor Robinson Makes Some
Fine Suggestions.
| Written for The Democrat,
Traveling over 100 miles of
roads in Hickory township, Ca
tawba Co., I have seen several
kinds of roads. The best section
of road I traveled is worked for
sl2 per mile. This road runs
through the contractor's farm
and he and his neighbors are in
terested in having a good road to
market. He was not afraid he
might do a little extra work.
The worst road I found is
worked for sl2l per _ mile. The
contractor does not live on this
road and the people who do live
on it do not have anv
! interest in making it be tter as 1
found some drainage outlets
stopped up, and I've been t.o.ti
some people throw stones mtc
the road out of the fields.
This road or any other can
never be made good by this
method. We cannot compare
these roads bv the price paid, as
one is an exceptional good grade
road with sand and clay soil, the
other a bad grade and very rocky,
but this goes to show how much
cheaper we might have good
roads if thev were located at the
proper places and people were
interested in having them.
At three different places I
found cows staked in the public
road. Mr. Varner would not
consider these places as roads
out as pastures. This shows
that these roads are not needed
as public roads and should be cut
out.
j Some of these roads perhaps
were surveyed by hogs and cows
before the stock law, and lead
lover some very steep grades,
| others perhaps were granted be
cause it was on a line between
two plantations and could be put
, there without any cost for dam
age to the county.
What a mistake. These roads
can never be made good roads
I've seen new roads granted re
cently without beir.g surveyed by
„j a competent person that are
awful grades. Not half as much
[ can be pulled over these roads
, as could be pulled on a good road.
I Some other sections have been
. well worked and are good roads
for the kind; others have never
been touched. I've been told
that some of the contractors in
tended not working them but
once at the end of the year and
then draw pay for keeping up a
certain section oi" road for a year.
I hope this is not true but those
who have not done anything yet, I
wo lid like for them to let me
know what they intend to do.
I know it has been exceedingly
dry and a busy farm season but
it's time to get busy on the road
now. Some sections are well
worked but I find loose rock in
the road. Look at the contract.
It says these shall be removed.
II only want to carry out the con
j tract made.
■ In the new system of working
i roads, I find two-thirds of the
road much improved. The otne
i one-third is no worse than work-!
I ing by the old sytem. But lam j
not satisfied with this system.!
jWe can have roads as good as I
any county with no more cosi
: than the present system.
If the bond issue was thorough
jly explained to the people that
■ 20cis levy wouid provide a sink
I ing fund that is paid the debt ii
so many years; also pay the in
terest on the bon is, I think thej
would be ready for a change,
Guilford Co. levy is only 12£ cts'
and they have the best roads ol
any county in the State.
JOHN W. ROBINSON.
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acute pains, irritable temper, nervousness,
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The following is order No. 5620
of the Postmaster General, dated
Washington, July, 1:
No adhesive stamps, or imita
tions of stamps, of any form or
design whatever, other than law
ful postage stamps, shall be affix
ed to the address side of domes
tic mail matter, but such adhe
sive stamps, provided they do not
in form and design resemble law
ful postage stamps, and do not
bear numerals, may be affixed
to the reverse side of domestic
mail matter.
All domestic mail matter bear
ing, on the address side, adhesive
stamps, or imitations of stamps,
other than lawful postage stamps,
wi[l l>e returned to sender, if
known; otherwise they will be
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Dead Letters.
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Grand Excursion to Norfolk
and Virginia Seashore Wed
nesday, August 2nd, 1911
Via Southern Railway.
Special train will start at Marion, N.
C. at 3:10 I s . M., Wednesday, August
2nd, consisting of first-class coaches
and Pullman sleeping cars, arriving
Norfolk Thursday morning. Return
ing special train will leave Norfolk at
5:30 P. M. Friday, August 4th. Two
days and one night in Norfolk. Ample
time to visit the many attractive points
of interest in and around Norfolk.
This will be a first-class excursion in
every respect and nothing will be left
undone for the convenience and com
fort of the passengers, being accom
panied by a special representative to see
that everything is handled in first-class
manner. Following round-trip rates
will apply from stations named:
Marion, $5.00
Morganton, 5.00
Hickory, 5.00
Nswton, 5 00
Statesviile, 5 00
Ta\ lorsville. 5 00
Winston-Salem, 4.00
Kerjersville, 4.00
Cooleemee Junction, 5.00
Barium Springs, 5 00
Moc 1 . sville, 5.00
Low round-trip rates from all other
points coveted by this train. For
Pullman rrservations, or. any other
; information, see your nearest agent, or
! write R. H. Do Butts. T. P. A.
Charlotte, N. C.
CHEAPEST '
OF THE SEASON FROM
StatesviUe & Lenoir to Asheville
SATURDAY,JULYJQ, iqii.
Come go with us through the mountains and enjoy some of the greatest
Mountain Scenery of our lcvely country and see the wonderfully built and
famously curved railroad.
Schedule of Train and Fare For the Round Trip. Schedule and Fare of Train from Lenoir
Train Leave. Fare Round Trip Newton 8:00 « $1.40 tQ GOnneCt With EXCBrSiGH.
StatesviUe 7:00 A.M. $1.75 o°™ 0 °™* r 8;15 „ SL4O Train Leaves. Fare Round Trip.
Eufola 7:15 " $1.75 Hickory 8:30 " $1.40 Lenoir 7:00 A.M. $2.45
Catawba 7:50 " $1.60 Hildei'ran 8:35 " $1.40 Treeland 7.-05 -$2.45
Claremont 7:55 " $1.50 j Connelly Spgs 3:45 " $1.40 Saw MUls 7:20 " | 2 *45
Train will arrive in Asheville at 11:00 A. M. returning, leaving Asheville the Granite Falls 7:40 " $2.00
same day at 8:00 P. M. Train will arrive back ai States viiie at ll&O P.M. Cliffs 7:50 •' $2.00
and Lenoir at 1:00 A. M. Train will arrive at Hickory at 8:20.
Children under 12 years of age will be charged half fare for the round trip.
We have arranged TWO SPECIAL CARS for the use of families and spe
cial parties, for which a small additional fee will be charged.
For further information write or call on
C. T. MORRISON J NO.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S SPECIAL PERSON
ALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSION.
To
N O Rt F* O L K
and
Return Aug. 2-4.
Comfort and Good Order Guaranteed.
Two days and one night at this Beautful Sea
shore Resort.
Go and see the Navy Yard, Fortress Monroe,
Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach.
This train will handle the Standard Pullman
| Sleeping cars.