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Established 1899 Cultivate Bow Legs, Belated Commendation ol Theii Architectural Beauty. In the August number of The Budget, a Baltimore insurance paper, appeared the following bright paragraph, full of com fort to a large part of the human race: 4 'Bow LEGS." Bow legs are trustworthy. They embody the architectural principle of the arch, which is stronger than two strait pillar*. The tortoise, who finished first in that memorable marathon with the hare, the bulldog, who what ever the odds will finish first or die, both belong among the bow legs. The important thing, Hhow ever, is a bowlegged mind. A mind that always moves in straight lines is splendid for speed in level places, but life is not a cider path. Human prog ress is due to men of bow.egged mentality, the Roosevelt type, men like Lincoln, or Voiiaire, for though these names belongs ic characters essentially unlike, the character of their growth snows the kinship of their minds. Each at various times in his life was libelled a failure, for each came to understai d that in hu man developement the shortest distance between two points is seldom a straight line, so they took a bt wlegged gait, learning to sacrifice immediate speed in order to gam the advantage of a side view. At any particular instant they seemed to be going off at a tangent, yet, never stop ping, always growing, they steadily zigzagged ahead. Cul tivate bow legs. As one of the comforted, our brilliant attorney, Mr. W. A. Self, wrote the following reply under date of Aug. 1: Maryland Casualty Co., Baltimore, Md. Gentlemen: —To the champion of Bow Legs (August Budget), whoever he or she may be, I bow and lift my hat. I have uaed pair all my life; have never at tempted to exchange, oeing con vinced that there is no substitute "•just as good;" yet, I have not had the courage to proclaim their superlative architectural and artistic merits to this perverse and woefully non-aesthetic gen eration. Hence this obeisance. As to the concluding command —I assume that we are not to lose sight of the scriptural ad monition, "Let your moderation be known unto all men," which, being interpreted, mean e th, "Have regard for the rule of reason." Very truly yours, W. A. SELF. In reply he received the fol lowing from the editor of the Budget dated Aug. 2: Dear Mr. Self: —In the matter of bow legs 1 yield first place to you, for while I have but one bow leg, the other being indefi nitely wavy, you are bow legs its Self, and of Hickory at that. Hence I feel that the propaganda begun by publishing the war cry, "Cultivate Bow Legs," is really your work, and to you I surren der the honor of organizing the first chapter of the Brotherhood -of Human Calipers. CLARANCE STONE, Editor The Budget. Connelly Springs. Correspondence of tlie Democrat. Connelly Springs, Aug. 23 Mrs. Mary Deaton and Mrs. Clark Patterson of Moore.sville and Mr. Clinton Brown of Ga., were guests a*t Mr. and Mrs. Preston Patterson last week. Miss Mabel Sides is visiting in Mitchell. Miss Pearl Miller, of Hickorj, has been visiting at the home of Rev. Mr. Goodman. Mr. Farrior Southerland and family left the 17 for Chase City, Va., where they expect to make their home. Mr. Alexander is in Baltimore buying goods. Mrs. Huit, of Conover, and Mrs. Roberson and daughter, Miss Essie, of Hickory visited at Mr. J. E. Coulters last week. Mrs. Stone, of Charlotte, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Abernetiiy. The Furrr.ers Institute was well attended. A well known Des Moines woman after suffering miserably for two days from bowel complaint, was cured bj one do«e of Chamberlain's Colic, Cho lera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealers. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT - ■ _ Bandy's Township. Correspondence of the Democrat. Deep plowine and subsoilinji last winter would have addec many bushels to the corn crop. The weather is getting coolei of nights and the days are re gulation Indian Summer weath er. Mr. Cordell, of Hickorv, is teaching a singing school at Ebenezer church with fine suc cess. D. M. Brit tain, J. D. Johnson Khoney Bros, are putting up a oig cotton gin near Mr. Johnson's .ome at Cookville. They are in a rush to get the machinery installed. Cotton is opening fast already owing to dry weather probably. The melon crop was cut short by the dry weather but we en joyed a whole lot of small melons. Murchison Johnson is improv ing slowly from another attack of rheumatism. J. J. Hudson, one of our bach elor friends who mvsteriously disappeared a few weeks ago, has not been heard from. Joe Johnson, a young man of this communicy, ran away from home Sunday, his parents know not where. J. J. Walker has returned home from a visit in Rutherford and Burke counties. Eli Chapman has returned from a trip to the mountains in the territory of the Clinchfield railrroad. He says, "spend your vacation in the mountains on the C., C. &0. Ry. It has Asheville skinned a mile." Daniel Abernethy and family, of Glen Alpine, have been visit ing his mother in law, Mrs, D. C. Johnson. Miss Maggie Rudisill is ill with malaria at her father's. She has a position in a dry goods store in Columbia, S. C. Pink Brittian has malaria at his fathers home. He contracted it in Anson county, iwhere he in the sawmill business. Marion Huffman and Sid Asherbranner are going to baiKt a corn mill at Mr. Asherbran ner's. We have two men in this sec tion named Charlie Rhoney. Each is building a residence. The golden wedding of Miles Huffman will be Friday, Septem ber Ist. "Happy Jack." Graded Schools Open Monday. The Hickory graded school will open on Monday, Sept. 4, with the following corps of teachers: Misses Ada Schenck, Verna Whis enhunt, Eula Yount, Cora Yount and Margaret Link in the primary department; Misses Mamie Sue Johnson, Lela, Miller Louise Arthur, Esther Whitener and Mrs. Margaret Vance in the grammar school department; and Misses Rosa Lee Dixon and Bea trice Cobb and Messrs. A. P. Whisenhunt and C. M. Staley in the high school department. The course of study now con sists of eleven grades; and a de termined effort will be made to cover the work of each grade in one year. To do this will require regular attendance and diligent study on the part of the pupils, to do in eight months what oth er schools take nine months to cover, will take faithful and per sistent work. Card of Thanks. To the Editor of the Democrat: We desire to express our heart felt thanks and deepest gratitude to our many friends who were so very kind during the illness and death of our dear wife and moth er. May the Lord reward each of them is our prayer. D. M, Huffman and children. Two Hickory boys, Miller and Low, making good in Idaho are told of in this dispatch from St. Maries of Aug. 21: "The Varney-Somers baseball team of Spokane played a game with the local nine here Sunday afternoon. The game was the best of the season at St, Maries, the score standing 4 to 2in favor of the locals. The batteries were: Carlson and Nelson for the Spokane team and Miller and Low for St Maries. Miller struck out 13 and gave 2 hits." Judge Daniels at Lexington gave Noel guilty of abducting two young white girls for immor al purposes. 15 years in the pen, and called him a monster. The girls were rescued in Charlotte none too soon. "I suffered habitually from constipa tion. Doan's Regulets relieved and strengthened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since." —A. E. Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex. r Catawba Items. Correspondence of the Democrat. Mr. J. W. B. Reid of Augusta, Ga., arrived here Saturday night to spend a few days with his par ents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Reid. Mr. Fred Low ranee who hat been visiting his father Mr. R. J. Low ranee the past week haf returned to Altavista, Va. Mr. Ralph Little of Atlanta ia the gue«*t of his father Mr. J. D. Little. Mr. T. G. Furr of Salisbury was among the Sunday visitors. Miss Julia Armour who has been the guest of Mias Winnie Reid has returned to her home in Davidson. Mr. John J. Coulter of Bergen field, N. J. arrived Saturday to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coulter. Miss Mary Lowrance spent the week-end with Mrs. G. E. Hewitt in Claremont. Miss Rae Davidson of States vitle is the guest of Miss Zula Sherrill. Mrs. C. A. Reid has returned from a short visit in Statesville with her daughter Mrs. £. M. Brawley. Miss Novella Leonard attended the Leonard Turner wedding in Statesville Wednesday evening. L. W. Poovey Brick Co. has a force of hands here building a warehouse for J. W. Lowrance. Campbell and Buchanan of Hickory have secured sixty splen did business and residence lots here and will have a lot sale in the near future. The Young People's Home Mission Society held its monthly meeting with Misses Novella and Winona Leonard Friday night, Miss Novella Leonard was elect ed as a delegate to represent the society at the district meeting in Newton Sept. sth and 6th. 3000 Bushels of Cone Estate Apples. Correspondence of tlie Democrat. Boone, Aug. 19.—Mast Semi nary wiU be opened early this year as a~ Baptist school. The Presbyterians conducted the school last year but deeded back the property to Mr. N. L. Mast. The Raptist people will make it their mountain school of which they have about 20. The sum of $67 was realized at the Masonic picnic here yester day. This amount is for the Oxford Orphanage. Several wagon loads of ap ples left here recently for Gas ton county. The crop is fairly good. A very conservative es timate on the Cone estate is 3000 bushels. A. M. Claremont College Announcement. Claremont College opens next Tuesday, September sth. Tues day will be given to registering students. The formal opening will be on Wednesday morning. The prospects are for a large increase in the boarding department. Students from the town are urged to be present on Tuesday morning. I desire to call attention to the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. Miss Bessie Von Holtzendorff the new teacher in this depart ment comes to us from Atlanta highly recommended both as to her education and success in teaching. ART DEPARTMENT. Claremont will have a most efficient and competent teacher in Art this year. Our teacher comes with a reputation of being a born artist and one apt to teach. MUSIC DEPARTMENT. Claremont will maintain her high standard in Music. -Miss Ramsey's success as a teacher is known. Her dignified character and Christian culture impress every one. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. This will be maintained under a competent teacher. Parents desiring to place their children in this department will Confer with us at once. EXPRESSION SCHOOL. Miss Grace Warren will be in charge of this department anoth er year and her past success is an earnest of what is to be expected in the future. DOMESTIC SCHOOL. This is a new department at Claremont. The teacher in charge is Miss Ruth E. Woodward. The fact that she has been employed in a school having forty-six teachers would indicate that she must know her business. I call attention to what is offered in the course. Model Sewing, Plain Sewing, Cutting and Fitting, Dressmak ing, Textile, Art Needle work, Millinery, &c. From this it will be seen that a rare opportunity is given not only to the students of the College, but to the ladies of the town to iearn to make their own dresses and tottrim their own hats. LANGUAGE AND MATHEMATICS. Latin and German are taught by Prof. J. H. Keller who has been with us for two years. The patronage of the community is solicited. J. L. Murphy. Mr. A. F. Setzer has returned from Ruther.fordton to remain permanently. An ordinary case of diarrhoea can, as a rule, be cured bv a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. This remedy has no superior for bowel complaints. For sale by all dealers. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 3i, 1911. Postal Saving Bank in Hickory, Miss Me Deal Second Worn ao to be Patio Charge. Hickory is fortunate in secur ins: a postal paving bank, whicfc will be opened Sept. 22. Miss Carrie Deal,.who has had charge of the money order and registry window at the local postoffice for several, years, will be in charge- Miss Deal will be 'the second to be in charge of a jpiiiteft liwing bank in the United States, Mrs. C. 8. Shelton, at Los Angles, Cal. being the first. These banks pay 21-2 per cent on desposits, which are guaranteed by Uncle Sam. and, if we mistake not, untaxable. Birthday Celebration. A very delightful day was spent, Tuesday, August 29, at the residence of A. A. Yoder. The occasion was the 67th birth day of Mrs. A. A. Yoder, when the members of the immediate family helped her to celebrate it in a fitting manner. An elabor ate dinner was served, the jtable was elegantly decorated, the center of the table was graced with a beautiful display of the fruits of the season and was surrounded with candles. A handsome purse, the gift of her children, was presented to the happy mother. Those assisting in the celebra tion were Mr. A. A. Yoder. Miss Katie Lee Yoder, Mr. T. Yoder, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Yoder, Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Wannemach er and their three children Marg aret A., Catherine M. and Er nest T. Wannemacher. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church REV. T. H. WANNEMACHER, Pastor. Sunday School—9:ls A. M. Chief Service—ll A. M. Junior League —2:30 P. M. Evening Service- 8:00 P. M. Beginning Saturday morning at 9:00 o'clock the pastor desires tcrtßßet ail unconfirmed children in the Sunday Sc 00l room of the church. Two classes will be formed, one of them will consist of those who should prepare for confirmation. Parents should not forget this announcement. A cordial invitation is extended all who wish to be instructed in the Word of God. A fool yelled fire in a Cannonsburg, Pa., moving picture show and 25 people were killed in the stampede and 32 injured. Bv the way, the doors in Hickory's Academy of Music all open Inside in spite of the law against it.- Fine bargains are offered in the auction sale of Mr. Wm. P. Huffman in this issue. Buy it now. Now is the time to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over. This remedy has no ; superior. For sale by all dealers. Ivcy Dots. Correspondence of the Democrat. West Hickory, Aug. 28,—The Ivey mill is now running on ful time with plenty of help and also [• getting a good production, Mr, Downum, the overseer o! spinning and Capt. C. E. Col- the weave room boss, are both ' first class overseers and they are :j keeping the work in fine con -6 dition. J. P. Eller, who had been fix- ing looms at the Ivey mill for ■ several months, left here last | week and went to Rockingham | to work in the mill there. Floyd | Daves has taken his piace as ■ fixer here. [ Len Costner from Rhodhiss is here at the present working in the mill. * Burt Abernathy who has been overseer of spinning at night for several years, resigned his work here a few days ago and moved to King's Mountain to take a day job there as overseer of spinning 1 there. G. T. Barger chief of police has taken his place as night overseer of spinning here. Mrs. H. T. Sudderth and her daughter, Mrs. Gertie Staton, of Charlotte were here last week visiting the families of Mrs. S. Ward and T. J. Leonard. Lowell Gross went from here last week to Wilmington to work for Mr. J. D. Elliott. Miss Clara Cordell, who has been staying at the Balsam Hotel for several months, has been here several days visiting her father Prof. N. M. Cordell. G. A. Starnes and family from Caldwell Co. were visiting the family of W. P. Austin. There was an ice cream supper at the home of G. JL». Barger's Saturday evening. There was a large crowd present and they report a nice time. A number of people from here went to Ball's Creek campmeet ing Sunday. Jake Deal and family of East riickory was here Sunday visiting the family of Mrs. Etta Raby. Mr. J. P. Huffman and family and Ed Burns and family and G. G. Boiick went to Djexgl Satjujr, Jay to attend a protracted meet ing being held there by the Holi ness church. IOTA. Death of Dr. Cloninger in; Oklahoma. Dr. Thomas V. Cloninger, of Oklahoma City, died August 21. He was born and raised near Hickory, was in school at Lenoir college and graduated in the Medical college in Louisville, Ky. He was about 36 years old. He was buried and put away nicely by his two brothers who lived in Oklahoma, one in Mus kogee and the other in Tulsa. They had him embalmed with the view of bringing him to Hickory if the family so wish. He was a son of T. P. Clonin ger of Hickory. >. Lenoir College Opening. The next session of Lenoir College opens Tuesday morning, Sept. 5, at 9 o'clock. Every student should be present at the first chapel service. All students will be classified and work as signed at once. An unusually large supply of text-books await the students in the office. The buildings have been repaired, re painted within, and put in ex cellent condition for the opening. Miss Stella Messenger, of Johnston, Pa., wno has had the best advantages of study in New York and Philadelphia and most successful teaching experience, will have charge of the Art De partment. Two other new teachers are Prof. K. B. Patterson, of the chair of mathematics and p ysics, who has just completed a three years course at the Universities of Pennsylvania and John Hop kins, and Prof. W. A. Rudisill, who has just completed two years of special work in the Uni versity of North Carolina. The outlook for a large atten dance is good. R. L, FRITZ. Rev. L. P. Propst, who has been in charge of Mt. Zion, St. John's and St. Paul's Lutheran churches, has accepted a call to Fulton, Md., and left with his family on Wednesday. He lack ed only two months of having served these churches 15 years. He remains in the same Synod —the Joint Synod of Ohio. Pale Cheeks or Rosy One. Pale cheeks, muddy complexion, dull eyes show a poverty of blood Bloodine Liver Pills, will drive the im purities from the system, and enable your daily food to supply new, rich, red blood and rosy cheeks. Bloodine Pills cure Liver ills. Democrat and Press, Con teu i 905 COMMENT. There were ihree purchase} by outside parties of real estatt in Hickory last week .traceable iirectly to this city's $200,00 C ! fund to new industries. People want to own property in a town that is building for tht future like ours. By the way, there are few better investment bargains in North Carolina now than Hickory real estate. We wish, unsolicited, to speak a word for the Kindergarten to be taught by Mrs. H. D. Aber nethy this winter. Being com paratively young, the Kindergar ten is looked at askance by some. It's founder, Froebel, died unap- but the best students of the child mind today canni t praise him enough. His system lays a superb foundation for the future education of the child. It directs his play in such a way as to familiarize him with color ai d form, and many other foundation principles which in later life he will need to utilize. Mrs. Aber nethy is splendidly equipped by special study and by natural love of children to do this work. The Democrat is delighted to have the opportunity to send her a 4-year old. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Pearl Crisp of Durham, is visiting her cousin Miss Alda Killian. Dr. W. B. Ramsev's residence is be ng lifted up several feet, which adds nuch to its appearance. Mrs. Allen Cottrell, of Granite Falls, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Killian. Rev. C. A. Monroe will preach n the Reformed church next Sunday morning, No services it night. Misses Minnie Bolch and Nelle Burt, of Hickory, spent the week* 2nd in Marion, the guests of the former's brother, L. L. Bolch. B. B. Bolch, of Hickory, who has Deen doing efficient work on The Progress for the past three weeks, returned home Saturday. Marion Progress. Hickory people will be deeply sorry to hear that Mr. J. H. For rester,, who recently moved from lere to. Asheville, fell under the wheels of the Toxaway train at iiltmore Thursday and suffered he mangling of his left arm so ;hat it had to be amputated at ;he Biltmore hospital. The "Loyal Sons" of class 15 >f Holy Trinity Lutheran church spent an enjoyable evening with Mr. Gaither Hawn. On account jf rain the attendance was small. Misses Mabel Hawn, Lola Yoder, and Fleta Moore assisted in the jntertainment. This class now lumbers 25 young men who as a rule are maintaining a splendid average of attendance. Young men are heartily invited to enroll ;hemselves. The pastor is the ;eacher. A Baltimore gentleman passed ;hrough Hickory recently. He was retiring from business, and ooking for a small place to settle. He was amazed to see the splen iid streets Hickory had and said le expected to come here to live. He was a man of large income. The $40,000 which has spent on :>ur streets will prove one of the Dest investments we ever made. Mr. Gibert C. White, the able engineer, and his clever young assistant, Mr. Fulton, have moved to Charlotte to take charge of the new water supply engineering work there. The Hilderbrands held a re jnion Thursday, Aug. 24, at W. A., Hilderbrands near their origi nal home in Burke county. A ?ood dinner was given in honor }f Messrs. Wm. H. and D. M. Hilderbrand, brothers from Ma ;on, Ga., and sons of Henry; and Wm. H. Hilderbrand son of John, who moved to Georgia 80 years ago. Some efficient music was rendered by Miss Lizzie Huffman. The day was delight full and all enjoyed themselves. Accused of Stealing. E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton, Me, boldly accuses Bucklen's Arnica Salve of stealing —the sting from burns or scalds —the pain from sores of all kinds the distress from boils or piles. "It robs cuts, corns, bruises, sprains and injuries of their terror." he says, "as a healing remedy its equal don't exist." Only 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drug Co. Miss Eiizaiisth Springs Married. iYeat to Asbeville and Was Wedded to Mr. Bass, ol Fla. The following telegram came to Mrs. John L. Springs, from Vsneville, yesterday: "Norwood and Elizabeth mar ked this evening. "R. P. Hopkins." This news was a great surprise to the friends of Miss Elizabeth Springs, when the contents of •-he letter to her mother became Known. The groom is Mr. Nor wood Bass, of Live Oak, Fla. .Vliss Springs left Tuesday with Miss Margaret Bost for a visit to friend's in Asheville. No further particulars are known. Miss bprmgs is a oeautiful and charming young woman and has scores of friends here and in Charlotte, where she has been teaching in the graded schools, who wish her a very happy life. Mr. Bass is a fine man, win ning rapid promotion in railroad work, Mr. Hopkins was his best man. The Corn Crop. Written for the Democrat. It has been said that "there is more corn made of a dry year, than of a wet year." The truth fulness of it, depends upon "how dry, or how wet." Then it used to be more true than now. That was before farmers had began to improve their lands, using fertil izers, etc. They did not expect big crops on upland. Only bot tom lands produced paying crops. But in recent years, farmers, to a certain extent, have moved their cornfields to uplands, be cause, in a number of years, they could produce more corn on up land than on bottom lands. This year certainly has been an ex ceptional one, and hard on up land farmers. While the bottom lands could have done some bet ter with more rain, yet some hope that unless there comes a freshet, they will make up for the shortage on uplands. - One man says he „ believes Catawba county will make more corn to sell this year than it did last year. Another says in Cald well county, one bottom land farmer will make 4000 bushels this year. The papers say one man in Yadkin county, on Yad kin river, will make ev§n this year 10,000 or 15,000 bushels on his farm. To say the least, this has been an educational year on farming. Farmers have learned where they missed it. Those on upland who planted deep and cultivated shallow and smooth, and kept on stirring the ground, even after the corn tasseled and silked, (taking care not to disturb the tap and prop roots of the stalk) will make some good corn. C. Attack Like Tigers. - In fighting to keep the blood pure the white corpuscles attack disease germs like tigers. But often germs multiply so fast the little fighters are overcome. Then see pimples, boils, eczema, saltrheum and sores multiply end strength and appetite fail. This condition Hem?nds Electric Bitters to regula.e stomach, liver and kidneys and 'o expel poisons from the- blood. ' They are the best blood purifier," 7rites C. T. Budahn, of Tracy, Calif., "I have ever found.' J They make 'ch, red blood, strong nerves and build up your health. Try them. 50c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drug Co. Peter Carter, a negro who assaulted Mrs. Spraggins, a farmers wife and later set fire to her house, was burned it the stake in Purcell, Okla, by 3000 people. Stop that Dandruff before it kills your hair. You know iandrufi is a germ disease and it leads slowly and surely to baldness and there is only one way to cure dandruff and that is to kill the germ that causes the trouble. Greasy salves will never do this. ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP kills the germ and are guararteed to cure dand ruff. itching sca?p and all other germ diseases or the skin ?.rd scalp. Zemo and Zemo Soap are the true scientific remedies for these afflictions. To show our fa'th in Zemo and Zemo Soap we h?.ve instructed the druggist selling them to refund your money if you are not satisfied with the results from the veiy first bottle and the first cake of soap. We can afford to make this offer be cause one bottle of Zemo and one cake of soap are sufficient to show their healing qualities and if used according to directions, they will effect a per manent cure. Sold by druggists everywhere and in Hickory by Moser & Lutz.