Established 1899 Mr. Dorin's Corn. M e s York Nov.-ll For growing the best 30 ears of corn in the Unit d States, VY. H. Dorin of Cicver. Va., has been awarded t h P $lOOO, silver cup offered by the Internal ionai Harvester Com oany at the American Land ani Exposition at Madison Square Garden, Mr. Dorin win ning over exhibitors from every section of the country, them L. D. C ore, the famous In dian Corn King, hitherto unie featei in a contest >f this nat.u-v. Mr. Do in's co»-n is on exiiibiiio?. at the Southern Railway's booth. Mr. Dorin sloughed his ian; ten inches and suDsoile * 12 ncn more. He used 200 pounds u' phosphate, his only i ertilize-- out side of clover turned under. His seed were carefully selt ct -c fron an acre on which he made a did yield in 1910 and th? corn whic'- took the prize was f-o ii n cultivated under the method - c r lie U S. Farm nua stration bureau. Tne yu Id fr »m this acre being 137 bushels. Tne soil is the ordinary vp = of Southern Virginia, a grav sandy loam about eight inches deen with a good clay suosoil. iwr Dorin is a Michiganier and knew piacticaliy nothing about farming until six years asp when he purchased 561 acres Haiiiax C unty Va , on the Southern Railway's Richmond and Danville lines, paying eight do lars jer acre. Lutheian Laymen to Meet in February. Salisbury correspondence, 24th., Char lotte Ol)?erver. Rev. Dr. E. C. Cronk, general secretaryof the Lutheran Lay men's Missionary Movement, ar rived in the city this morning from Richmond, Va., where he spent several days in the inter est of the movement and after a conference with local committees, announced definitely that this convention, which embraces practically the entire South, and which is to be held February 7, f A 9, 1912, would be held in Salisbury. While this is the la., .uen'a convention of the Luth eran Church in the South, it is not to be strictly denominational in character and other than Luth eran speakers are to De selected, the aim being to secure the stron gest speakers of national note. The convention will bring to Salisbury about five hundred del egates high in the counsels of the Lutheran Church throughout the South, as well as noted speakers o? the different denominations from the North and South. Dr. Cronk will shortly establish an office in this city, which will be maintained until the conven tion for the .purpose of looking after matters pertaining to the coming meeting. » Catawba News Correspondence of the Democrat Catawba, Nov. 29, Miss Nina Moore has been visiting friends and relatives near Stttesville. Mr. J. F. Gilleland and son Johnson of the Southern spent Sunday in town. Mrs. J. A. Price, of Lenoir spent the week-end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J, J, Smith. Mr. Ross Smith, of Newon sp tj nt Sunday at home. Mrs. F. Y. Long has been visit ing ner parents Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Davis, of Statesville. Mr. J. J. Smith who has been in ill heaith for some time, was suddendly taken worse Saturday morning, but his friends will be Rl«d to know that he is better Last Monday night the town was shocked when the news spread that Mrs. Will T. Abernethv had died at seven o'clock. Mrs. Abernethy who was Miss Emma Youngblood, of Charloit j and Mr. Abernethy were married la-1 December. In the past year Mrs. Abernethy, by her charm ing manner and winning way has won a host of friend® here and in tho surrounding countrv. Mrs. Abernethy. besides her husband is survived by an infant son, a;, aged father and mother, six brothers and three sisters. Tifuneral service was con duct dby her pastor Rev. B. Wilt ii from the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon and the burial wa3 in the cemetery at five o'clock. Mr. Wade Run Down Dovn at Hasty, N C , lives a well known planter, Mr. J D. Wade. Says he: "I was run down almost to th-*j point of giving up. I ttx.k two bottles o( King's Irno Tonic Bitters and now am as good as ever. I took other tonic- but found nothing to compare with Ring's Sold and guaranteed by Mr, Rus> 11 Ilawn of Newton w&s in toinh Sunday. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT A JdltionaJ £all .' Facilities Now Exprevs M&m w *?». loand 16 and on No. 21. The question has often beeg asked the Democrat will the new train between Sa'isbury and Asneville carry mail. The local postoffice now enables us to. answer. Hickory gets an ex-1 pro l - Douch on No. 15. due here l at 6:30. which it receives from Tnin N >. 20 -»n the main line due, at Salisbury at 1:50 a. m. This; p>U'-h contains mail from all ; points n >vti. Tne train carries n » mail from this point west.; The Daily News wil! j reach Nswton and Hickorv on I this train. . i No. 16. ea*t-hound,* due her -: a f . 10:10 o. m., will handle an ex- \ press DO ich from tus office for i No. 30 north boun>t on the main ] line. m.Ykinc connection, i Mai! d £ !'- is tie office alter j 5 p. m. a ..l :)e«'ore V) p. m. will be ! despatched in tv.s pouch. Tni"- advances ihe delivery of mail for ; all point- i«» ch and for ea>t»rn North Carolina, about 12 hours, a heretofore mail put in ihe office after N >. 12 :unsdid not go ' ea-t rnt ! 9:54 n xt-.lay. Additional facilities west hav-i ! been seeureu through the effort j ; of the local postoffice. Permis- : sion has been obtained for No. 2L. due here at 4:3J to carry an express pouch made on Asheville containing mail for Asheyilleand connections and Knoxville and connections. There is now no, mafl service on No. 35 west of Asheville, consequently Ashevills makes an express pouch on C n. , 6 Knox, train 38. Through this new pouch Hickory secures the same mail service it enjoyed when there was mail service on 3-5 west of Asheville. Hickory is greatly indebted to the local office for its effort to secure this service. I — t Special Thanksgiving Service Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday School—9;4s, a. m. Chief Service—ll. a, m. Junior Luther League —2. p. m. • Evening service—7. p. m. Morning Theme. Our Heavenly Father's Advent Greeting. Evening Tneme: Tny Kingdom come. Our Thursday at 10:30 a. m.; the pastor will deliver a special Thanksgiving sermon. To all j these services the public is cordi ally invited. i Immediately after the Sunday morning service, tne regular con gregational meeting will be held J to elect offhers lor »ne en;un,' ; year. A full attendance is re- j quired. On Monday evening: tnere will oe a meeting of the! church Council. Th«- Catawba County Lutheran pastoral association met in their regular monthly session at the home of the Kev. J. H, Wannema cher. pastor of Holv Trinity. Fourteen pastors v/ere present. An interesting paper on Justifi cation by Faith was read bv the Rev. F. K. Roof. A lively dis-j cussion of the subject followed in j which a number took part. Rev, Wannemacher read an ex egetical outline ou Math. 9.18-26 j which was highly appreciated j The pastors appreciated toe kind i hospitality of Mrs. Wannmacher I and her assistants. The next meeting of the association will be ( held at the residence of Rev. | Prof. M. L. Stirewalt who prom : mises a splendid entertainment, j A new 10-cent stamp of special design, intended to identify mail matter to which it is affixed, as bdne registered, has been prepared, and the Postmaster General's Order No. 5873 of No vember 1, 1911, directs its use for that purpose, still permitting the use of ordinary stamps for tne purpose when registered stamps are not available. The registry stamps will be offered for sale to the public beginning December 1, 1911 They are not good for postage or special de livery. A Father's Vengeance would have fallen on any one who at tacked the son of Peter Bondy, oi South Rockwood, Mich,, but he wa- ; powerless before attncks of Kidnev trouble. "Doctors could not help him,'' he wrote, "so at laai we gave him Electric bitfrs and he improved ronderfuliy from taking six bottler It's the best kidney medicine I ever saw." Backache, Tired feeling, Ner vousness, loss of Appetite, warn of Kidney trouble that may end in drop sy, diabetes or Bright's disease. Be ware: Take Electric Bitters and be safe. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c ?t C, M. Snnford's, Moser & Lutz and Grimes Drug Co. HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. NOV I IN SOCSAL I CIRCLES. | Nov. 23. Mrs Chadwick hostess of the Traveler's Club. Seven guests outside the club were present, old pupils of Mrs. Chadwick at her first teaching which was in Hickory Tuey were invited because with her they had studied "The Lady of the Lake" and this poem was the subject of the day'.- study of the club. Mrs.D. M. .vicComb. Miss L'zzij McComb, Mrs Gambi* Mrs. T. M. Johns m, Mrs. Rollin? of Lonsdale, Mrs. J. W. Shufor and Mrs. J. L. Latta enjoyed the "bright hours which pleasure beguiled" in the past joined with the pleasure of the present Mrs J. A. Moretz and Mrs. Shell were also guests. Miss A. McCornh gave a delightful synopsis of the work which is thought to be the most graceful and generally pleasing of Scott's poems. When one realizes that there are 138 smiles and 80 odd sketchable pictures within its brief bounds, we know how rich it is in mag ir.ation's embroidery. Mrs. W. B. Menzies s#oKe with engaging intersst of "Beautiful Perth shire," of its wealth of pictur esque sc?ne»*y, histo:icd and li terary associations. Four songs tiken from the poem were sung. Fem. qt, "The Hunting song." and Schubert's "Coronach" by Mesdames Murphy, W. B. Men zies, W. L. Abernethy, and J. L Cilley. Two choruses —"Hail to the chief' and. Mendelssohn's "Ave, Maria." Mountain Laurel, cedar and yellow chrysanthe mums were the decorations. Refreshments in courses were served at the close of an evening of literary, musical and social enjoyment. The next meeting wiil be with Miss McComb Dec, 7th. (It was interesting to know that after the first commence ment at Claremont, Mrs. J. W. Shuford's essay had for its subject, "Sir Walter Scott.") Mrs. Beard sent by pa reel post from this state to Mr. I. William A. Eyre, Longstone, Derbyshire Eng., two fine stalks 1 of cotton with a great number of laige bolls. Ench boil was en rapped in tissue paper to keep i the leaves from shattering. She j has just heard that they were re ceived in fine condition and looked as it they had only come a few miles. Mrs. Beard and Mrs. Royster met Mr. Erye and his wife on their trip to the North Cape, and afterwards spent a week-end with them at their ; home in Derbyshire. This visit ' gave them great pleasure not ! only from the remarkable natura! ! beauty but from the historical ; associations. Among other noted places they were shown Haadon Hall of Dorothy Vernon fame, of Devonshire's castle possibly heading the list of England's fa mous homes and Chatworth j where Mary Queen of Scutts was I imprisoned. The Democrat welcomes "M. E. N." as correspondent from Newton. Our readers can ex pect some newsy letters from the county seat. Presbyterian Courch Notes. Rev. R. A. Lapsley will preach the Tnanksgiving sermon at 11 o'clock Thursday, The offering for the Barium Springs Orphan age will be taken at the close of the service. Rev. J. G. Garth will prearh at h tn morning and evening ser v.jes on Sunday. He will al»o preach at West Hickory at 4 p. m The West Hickory Sunday schoo' is planning a pleasant time for the children on Chrisi.- mas. The date will be announced. State of Ohio, City cf Toledo, [ SS. Lucas County. J Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J Cheney & Co.. doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Huddred Dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that caonnot be cured by the use of Hall's Caturh T.ure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my. presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo O. Sold by all druggist, 75 cents, 1 Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. ftiii Caresroi Cot. Q. M. Yoder. Catawba's Fine Old Patri arch and Historian. Written for the Democrat Col. G. M. Yoder was a son of Michael Yoder, who was a son of Juhn Yoder, who was a son ot oioneer Conrad Yoder. G. M Yoder was born in Lincoln county low Catawba, in 1826, August £3. Michael Yoder was borr. March 17, 1799. He married Yliss Deets who was born in 1801 and died in 1832. Mr. Yoder began to go to th; ->ld field schools of his community m 1833. His education wascom oleted in the log school houses o; lis community. After complet ing his education he followec chooi teaching a few years. On the 11th of February, 1851, he married Miss Rebecca Rosanna Herman, daughter of tfem y Her man. Si j was born Aoril 17. 183% Tne children of this mar riage are: Francis A , Juiius M.. Colin M., Miry Ann and Florence I rere. In 1862 he volunteered in th- Confederate army*. He went t dip arn»y as a private and wat soon elected second lieutenant ot his company. In 1863 he was* elected captain of the home guard company. He took the company to Salisbuiy where he was guard ing the arsenal when General Stoneman captured it. In 1875 his wife died with typhoid fever. She was a mem ber of the Lutheran Cnurch. Soe was a Christian woman and fairh fully followed her Saviour. She is buried at Grace Church. Mr. Yoder became a member of the Lutheran church in 1849. He is a member of the Lutheran church at Grace. His standing in that church i-? gool a"d regular. Mr. Yoder has collected much local hist >ry. Much of this has been published in the county papers. He has written up many of the pioneer families of the county. He belongs to the Demo crat party and has al.vay?- vote i tnat ticket, rie belongs to the Andrew Jackson school of politics Mr. Yoder never spent any money for strong drink. He is very temperate in his eating and has reacned a good old age. He was a man among men when the writer was a boy. He has been in the South Fork county of Ca tawba county a long time. He is a connecting fink between the past and the present. After the death of his first wife he married Eliza Yoder, a daughter of .Jacob Yoder. Thei; son Enloe Yoder was elected sur veyor of Catawba'conntv in 1911 J. H. SHUFORD. Judge Cline Recovering The many friends of Judge E. B. Cline will regret to hear that he has been ill but will be grati fied to learn that it is nothing se rious. The Elizabetn city corres pondent of the Charlotte Obser ver said last Saturday: His many friends throughout the State will he gratified to know that Judge E. B. Cline, who has been ill at the Southern hotel for some days, is much improved and hopes to bs out shortly. On ac count of Judge Ciine's illness, the session of Superior court for Hyde county this week was post poned. Judge and Mrs. Cline have spent much time in Elizabeth City, having made the Southern hotel their headquarters since the judge has been in this circuit, and their friends are legion. Both the genial judicial officer and his charming wife have been most favorably impressed with the city and Mrs. Cline has made a most attractive addition to the social circles here. Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of Helen Riddle Grey, late of Catawba County, North Carolina, this is to no tify all peasons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of November 1912, or this notice wrll be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pavment. Shis the 3rd day of November, 1911 GEO. R. WOOTTEN, Administrator. A. A. WHITENER, Attorney The Do-as-you-please Club met on Nov. 16. with Miss Ad*»lyn McComb . All the members but twoweje present. After -mbroidering awhile. Delicious resfeshments were served by the hos tess. The meeting adjourned until NOv. 23rd, 1911. MBER 30, 1911. | COMMENT, j VIRGINIA JUSTICE Henry Clay Beatti-, Jr.. con victed on circumstantial evidence of the murder of his wife, was electrocuted Friday morning. His father had the power of large wealth out it was useless against Virginia Justice. The ablest lawyers it could hire were not able to secure an aoquitai nor to wrench a pardon from the Governor. Taylor pardoneJ Caleb Powers before he had been con victed of Goebel's murder; Pat terson pardoned Cooper, the slaughterer of Carmack, and Dix pardone i Peter Hains, who kill&d Anni3. But Gov. Mann refused to interfere with the work of that praying Virginia jury, and rather than go into eternity, as his soul .vas unleashed by the electric spark, with a lie on his lips, Beat tie confessed his crime. Sad to say, Beatcie would have been acquitted in North Carolina. }lory to Virginia justice. On the day of the execution of Beattie, the Charlotte News got mt an extra with a history of the crime. It sold 2500 copies. Twice the forms had to be put back to press. This speaks loud for the News' enterprise, but it shows a very a very coca*cola sort of an appetite for reading matter on the part of the Char lotte public. Charlie Parker Made 1% Bu shels Col. F. A. Olds in Charlotte Observer. Jimmie Batts, of Wake, was ten years ago the corn-growing pioneer; then the attention of the country was turned to little Jerry Moore in South Carolina, and now comes Charles Parker of the county of Hertford, who got a yield of 235 bushels,to the acre, harvest weight, and 198 of dry crib-corn, with only twelve per cent of moisture. This lad. who will have the pleasure a little later of shaking hands with the United States Commissioner of Agriculture and no doubt Presi dent Taft, produced this corn at a cost of only twenty-four cents a bushel. When the writer at tended the corn show at Wash ington, N. C., two years ago. he was sure some records would be broken in that part of the State, and that the boys were going to give the men a run for their money. The thousands of corn growing boys in North Carolina who are contesting for prizes tnis vear have set their fathers and grandfathers a mighty pretty pace, and the latter have got to run some unless they want to take the boys' as a matter of fact a lot of them have taken it now. CHILDREN INJURED Ordinary Cathartics and Pills and Harsh Physic Cause Distressing Complaints You cannot be over-careful in the selection of medicine for children. Only the very gentlest bowel medicine should ever be given, except in em ergency cases. Ordinary pills, cathartics and purgatives are apt to do more harm than good They may cause griping, nausea and other distressing after af fects that are frequently health des troying. We personally recommend and guar antee Rexall Orderlies as the safest an I most dependent remedy, which we kB~)v, for constipation and associate bowel disorders. We have such absolute faith in the virtues of this remedy that we sell it on out guarantee of money back in every instance where it fails to give entire satisfaction, and we urge all in need of such medicine to try it at our risk. Rexall Orderlies are eaten just like candy, are particularly prompt and agreeable in action, may be taken at any time, day or night? do not cause diarrhoea, nausea, griping, excessive looseness, or other undesirable effects. They have a very mild but positive action upon the organs with which they come in contact, apparently acting as a regulative tonic upon the relaxed muscular coat of the bowel, thus over coming weakness, and aiding to restore the bowels to more vigorous and healthy activity. Rexall Orderlies commonly complete ly reHeve constipation, except of course when of a surgical character. They also tend to overcome the necessity of con stantly taking laxatives to keep the bowels in normal condition. Three sizes of packages, 10 cents, 25 cents, and 50 cents. Remember, you can obtain Rex all Remedies in Hickory only at our stote, The Rexall Store. The Grimes Drug Co. Democrat and Press, Consolidated i9GS >iU. for OOlieges to 33c for Schools. j The State Cruelly Neglecting Its Elementary Scbwis, To to the Editor of the Democrat: Much has been recently said and written concerning the pres ent educational work in North Carolina. There are those who ctoutly contend that the present system of emptying the State's purse into the lap of the higher institutions should be continued and let the elementary schools cake what these institutions do not use. They maintain that the influence of higher institu tions permeates every work and eorner of our State and is there fore beneficial to every indi vidual. And this contention is not without foundation in fact, but when it is contended that the interest of the 735,000 coun try boys and girls' of the State should be sacrificed in order to support these institutions there are many who take issue. T» the higher institutions, teaching a few hundred students, the State gives $600,000 while to the elementary schools it gives only $225,000. The former gets about $lO. for each student en rolled while the latter gets slight ly more than thirty cents for each student. It is true as is contended, by the advocates of the present system, that the ap propriation from the State treas ury does not constitute the whole of the elementary school fund, but is also true that the State ap propriation does not constitute the sole support of the higher schools. The total school fund for this State is considerably more than three million dollars yet we are forced to Strain a point to get a four months school term. The school fund of the State has increased nearly 4iO per cent within the last fifteen years and yet the increase in ac tual results has been very small. Tne reason for this is found in the fact that the elementary public schools have been neg lected. No person can attain to a higher education until the foundation has been carefully laid. Neither can this State hope to build up a great educational system until the elementary schools are given the first con sideration. The few who take advantage of college training first came from the elementary school where the foundation is laid. And when the foundation is well laid, we need have no fear of the result. But a vast majority of our citizenship never get beyond the elementary schools Their sole training for life's work is only that is obtain ed there. If education is the hope of our country, and if only an educated citizenship can make up a great State, then before North Carolina can become a great State she must look well to the improvement of her public schools. There is only one way to make these schools better and that is to put more money into them. It must have better teach ers and longer terms. Many of the best teachers are leaving the profession because it will not sup port them and those who remain are doing so at a great sacrifice. Many who are teaching are do ing so because they are not qual ified to enter other work. Their heart is not in it and, conse quently they are failures. A large number are not as well prepared as they should be. All told, our elementry public schools can scarcely be called successful. The teachers salary should be so enticing that all undesirables may be eliminated and their pla ces filled by those who have en tered teaching as their life's work and have thoroughly prepared themselves for it. The people are now being taxed, it seems to the limit so that we can hope for but little more from that source. Our only hope then is for larger appropriations direct from the State. It is not desired by any that the State's higher institu tions should be crippled, but the writer is one of those who believes in a more economical system of handling the funds of the State so that increased sums may be available for the elementary schools, and he believes that one of the first places to start this economy is in these higher in istitutions. Is it not possible that these institutions sould do just as efficient work without such enormous cost? R. G. MACE. Don't let the baby suffer from Ec zema, sores or any itching of the skin Doan's Ointment gives instant relief cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chil dren. All druggist sell it. rani >r >w\ COCHIN IS SPLENDID LAYER Beeond Only to the Leghorn in the Matter of Eggs and as Table Fowl It la Simply Perfection. As layers the Cochins are second only to the Leghorn, laying good sized eggs and lots of them. As a table fowl It Is simply perfection, hav- Cochin Cockerel. fng an attractive, round, plump, yel low carcass, with flesh fine grained, tender and juicy. As chicks the birds are hardy and easily raised, and come up to broiler size in a short time, compared with many other Cochin Hen. breeds, yet they make splendid moth ers. Chicks come both light and dark In color. Another point In favor of this va riety is the fowls are strong and vig orous. No doubt they inherit their vigor from the Light Brahma, which Is very strong and rugged. ATTACHMENT FOR INCUBATOR Electric Light Operated by Thermo •tat on Outside of Box Shows When Temperature Is Right. A time-saving attachment for ln-j cubatore that should increase the effi ciency of these mechanical hens haa been invented by a Louisiana man. Chickens cannot be raised without a great deal of attention, and the poul try raiser who uses Incubators usually puts in a good part of his time going around among them to see if the tem peratures are right. If there are many of these machines and he has to con sult the thermometer in each one it takes time. The attachment here con sists of an electric light on the out side of the incubator and operated by a thermostat. The light can be regu- [ n, U w* Incubator Attachment. lated to burn either weakly when the temperature in the box is too low or to go out altogether, or to burn only when the incubator requires attention. Whichever way It is, the owner can tell at a glance around his group of hatching machines whether any need hla services and, if so, which it is. For a mild, easy action of the boweli a single dose of Doan's Regulets is enough. Treatment cures habitual 25 cents a box, Ask your druggist Hights. Hospital for sick watches, clocks, and eyes is the place to get the best job possible in time piece line. Eyeglasses and Spec tacles scientifically filled. Pre scription glasses a specialty. Prices from 25c to $25.00 I guarantee to equal any and excell many in my line. Exami nations free by a registered Op tometrist. Over twenty years experience, 1230,—9 th Aye., 9 26 3t Hickory, N. C. Subscribe to The Democrat.