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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT. w ai TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. W One Year Cash In Advance f>ix Months, " " £ 0 Three Months " s ig Advertising Rates on Application E THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIG' ADVERTISING BY THE g OFFICES C NEW YORK AND CHICAGO £ BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITU Published Every Thursday e HOWARD A. BANKS, Editor and Proprietor f ' 0 Enterea at the Post Office at Hickory c as second class matter. HICKORY, N. C., MAR. 7.1912. S HICKORY SHOULD HAVE 1 RUTHERFORD AND 1 WEAVER VILLE. There has been a good deal of talk in the State press about the 1 possibility of moving Rutherford i college, To move it verv far ( from its present site would, it is generally admitted, kill it as one of the best fitting schools of the Methodist church. But if it could be moved to such near-by towns as Hickory or Statesville it would not interfer with its use fulness. Rev. L. B. Abernethy, secre tary of the Western North Carolina Conference, was in the city Monday, and was interview ed by the editor of the Demo crat' He said that if some town in this section would offer enough inducement to justify moving, that it would no doubt be pos sibie to combine Rutherford col lege and Weaverville college, a few miles from Asheville, and secure at once the consolidation of these two excellent institu tions in new territory. In ad- - dition to what they should secure as inducement from the town tc which they went, the W. N. C. Conference would add some thing like $40,000. Such a school would have to begin with, he said, 200 or more students and would bring an annual revenue to the town of $47,000. Asked what it would take to secure the consolidated college, Mr. Abernethy said a site and enough buildings to house the school for its beginning. States ville, we believe, has so far of fered 60 acres to Rutherford col leg* alone. That city would do botter if it had assurance of get ing both schools. Charlotte of fers much better inducements, but while Mr. Abernethy would not talk on this point, the Demo crat believes that Charlotte is too far away and too big to be al lowed to swallow up these schools. When asked about the evident opposition to removal which would come from a good many friends of both schools, Mr. Abernethy said that the senti ment of the Conference would be overwhelmingly in favor both of consolidation and removal. Hickory is the place, by all means, for the location of the combined college, and if the city would do something worth while, we believe it could more easily shake down this plum than any other city in the State. We hope the local Methodist business men will get busy, and let the Demo crat help them to add Ruther ford-WeaverviTe college to our present splendid educational in stitutions. THE TRAVELERS' CLUB It was the rare privilege of editor of the Democrat (rare because men are not often invit ed) to be the guest of the Trav elers' Club at the home of Miss Essie Seagle last Thursday af ternoon, and the result of this hospitality was a great intellect ual uplift. The Club has been studying Sir Walter Scott this year, and by the time it adjourns in the early summer all the members .j will have read everything this amazingly prolific author ever wrote, and almost everything anybody ever wrote about him. One of the great novels or poems is usually studied at each weekly I meeting. Last week it was the Bride of Lammermoor—t hat great outstanding tragedy of modern literature. Fittingly, each member answered the roll call with some quotation about tragedy. Mrs. J. H. Shuford read an outline of the play which show ed thorough mastery of the plot In the comprehensivenes of its grasp and the conciseness of its expression, it was a splendid piece of work. Mrs. Chadwick told a delightful story of Donizetti'B use of Scott's story in his famous opera of Lucia di Lamermuir. She de scribed the composer's school and methods of work, and gave a a most discriminating compari son of the novel and the opera, telling also how she had heard it sung by the De Reszkes, and other stars. Mrs. J. L. Cilley played "the Sextette" on the piano, and Miss Mary Ramsay first sang a solo and then she and Mrs. Abernethy a duet part from the opera. The musical selections were all beau tifully rendered, and showed that the club is rich in its musi cal talent Every member gave some item of current news, and show ed fine knowledge of the news of the day. Miss McComb quot ed the Charlotte News as saying that "Roosevelt was the archi tect of his own Ananias Club." Delicious refreshments were served by Miss Seagle, The genuineness and thorough ness of the work of the club is evident. The club is not only rich in working members but it nas a number of of cultured ?lobe-trotters, who always have a word of what they have seen themselves, whenever there are references to old castles, and the like. Mrs. Royster, Mrs. Beard, Miss Amelia McComb and Miss Geitner, the able president, have all been abroad. The Travelers' Club of Hick ory is peer of any in the South. It is a droneless hive of culture. THE TASTE OF SAM. The Democrat had a rib roast this week off of Sam. It was the tenderest bit of beef we ever ate. We are sorry now we didn't ask Wade Harris, of the Char lotte Chronicle, to come and help eat Sam. Wade has tasted Ca tawba strawberries. We want him to taste Catawba steaks and roasts some time. Sam was our next door neigh bor. He was a black and glossv ?rade. Holstein, fed in his calf lays on Watauga county grass md later fattened in the barn >f Mr- H. Ellis McComb next door to the Democrat's home. Twice we saw Sam butt his head against the stable door, toss the same over his horns and walk away with it on his great bull neck, like Samson did with the gates of Gaza. All the worn en and children in the neighbor hood ran into their houses, while the men from all around, armed with pitchforks, drove Sam back into the barn, and corded 8-foot wood up against the door. Sam weighed over 1300 pounds, and Mr. McComb got over $56. for him on the hoof and reserved the head for his chickens and the I trype for his table. Bost & New ton bought Sam, and he went like ! hot cakes to their customers. GOVERNORSHIP AND LIEUTENANT GOV ERNORSHIP. As well as the Democrat can learn there is a wide-spread feel ing over the entire state that the West is entitled to the governor ship this time, and that Mr. Locke Craig of Asheville, has done most to earn the nomination. It probably follows that the East should have the lieutenant gov ernorship. We do not know how many aspirants there are for this honor. We know one however, in the person of Mr. Walter E. Daniel of Weldon, and he comes from a county, Halifax, which is one of the largest, one of she most progressive and weathiest counties in the State, and has without change given the most. i consistent Democratic majorities. Jhe Republican party in this County does not average as many as fifteen votes to the precinct. Halifax county has not had a representative upon the Demo cratic State ticket since the War. Of these are secondary consider - ations. The chief thing is the man himself, and we feel sure that no abler or more worthy could be found in the east to preside over the Senate. "' ' ; Our Oxford Ford correspond ent mentions the need of sortie repair work on the road through Cline's bottom. We are thorough ly acquainted with this road and can safely say that during the winter it is the worst piece of road in the county. The only way to make this road passable is to build a bridge across the en tire lenth of the bottom, or to dredge the creek. FREE IF IT FAILS. Your Money Back if You are not Satisfied with the Med icine We Recommend. We are so positive that our remedy will permanently relieve constipation, no matter how chronic it may be, that we offer to furnish the medicine at our expense should it fail to produce satis factory results. It is worse than useless to attempt to cure constipation with cathartic drugs. Laxatives or cathartics do much barm. They cause a reaction, irritate, and weaken the bowels and tend to make constipation more chronic. Be sides, their use becomes a habit that is dangerous. Constipation is caused by a weakness of the nerves and muscles of the large intestine or descending colon. To ex pect permanent relief you must there fore tone up and strengthen these organs and restore them to healthier activity. We want you to try Rexall Orderlies on our recommendation. They are exceedingly pleasant to take, being eaten like candy, and are ideal for children, delicate persons, and old folks, as well as for the robust. They act directly on the nerves and muscles of the bowels. They apparently hava a neutral action on other associate organs or glands. They do not purge, cause excessive looseness, nor create any inconvenience whatever. They may be taken at any time, day or night. They will positively relieve chronic or habitual constipation, if not of surgical variety, and the myriads of associate or dependernt chronic ailment?, if taken with regularity for a reasonable length of time. 12 tablets, 10 cents; 36 tablets, 25 cents; 80 tablets, 50 cents; Sold in Hickory only at our store—The Rexall Store. The Grimes Drug Co. Rumors are beirg circulated that solicitor Frank Linney will be a candidate for congress in the eighth district on the repub lican ticket. HOME ENDORSEMENT Hundred of Hickory Citizens can tell you all about it. Home endorsement, the public ex pression of Hickory people, should be evidence beyond dispute for every Hickory reader. Surely the experi ence of friends and neighbors, cheer fully given by them, will carry more weight than th \ utterance of strang ers residing in far away places. Read the following: H. W. Jont s, revenue officer, 620 Eight Ave., Hickory, N. C., says: "I was anno: cd by my kidneys for quite a while and at last I procured a box of Doan's Kidney Fills at Moser & Lutz's Drug Store, in order to see if they would help me more than the other preparations I had tried. I was surprised and delighted with the re sults. My entire system was toned up and my kidneys were restored to a normal condition. One of my child ren has also used Doan's Kidney Pills and thinks as highly of them as I do." For sale by all dealers. Frice 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York, sole agent for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's — and take no other. Mr. C. H. Mebane of the state educational department was in the city Saturday en route to Hudson where he delivered an address in the interest of better schools. Ssate of Ohio, City of Toledo,) Lucas County. ) SS. Frank J, Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Company, doing business in the city of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred DoUars for each and every case of Catarrh that connot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surface of the system. Send for testimonials free. F, J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, 0. Sold by all druggist, 75c. ■ Jake Hall's Family Fills for consti [•patioa, ... ... Mr. Elliott Candidate for State Senate To the Voters ol Catawba and L ; ncoln Counties: I am a candidate for the nomination to represent you in the State Senate. My expe.ience, as your representative in 1909, will enable me to be of more service to you in the 1913 Legislature than I was the first term. As the United States Senatorship will undoubtedly be decided by a Demo cratic primary, my views on this im portant question should not be used against me. I will vote in the ..State Senate for the Democrat receiving the majority of votes in Catawba and Lin coln counties, regardless of my indi vidual preference. My candidacy is subject to the ap proval by the Democratic primaries of Catawba county. J. D. ELLIOTT. CAUSE FOR ALARM Loss of Appetite or Distress After Eating a Symptom That Should not Be Dis regarded. Appetite is just a-natural desire for food. Loss of appetite or stomach dis tress after eating ind'cat indigestion or dyspepsia. Over-eating is a habit very dangerous to a person's good general health. It is not what, you eat but what you digest and assimilate that does you good. Some of the strongest, heaviest, and healthiest persons are moderate eaters. There is nothing that will cause more trouble than a disordered stomach, and ; many people daily contract serious j maladies simply through disregard or abuse of the stomach. , We urge all in Hickory who suffer . from any stomach derangemeut, indi s gestion, or dyspepsia, whether acute or chronic, to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tab ; lets, with the distinct understanding ; that we will refund their money with . out question or formality, if after reason . able use of this medicine, they are not » perfectly satisfied with the results, r We recommend them to our cus tomers every day, and have yet to hear s of anyone who has not been benefited e by them. We honestly believe them g to be without equal. They give very ir prompt relief, aiding to neutralize the d gastric juices, strengthen the ligest y ive organs, to regulate the bowels, and s thus to promote perfect nutrition, and . eradicate all unhealthy symptoms. We urge you to try a 25c. box ol Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, which gives ! 15 days treatment. At the end ol y that time, your money will be return ed to you if you are not satisfied.- Ol r course, in chronic cases length o: 1 treatment varies. For such cases, we » have two larger sizes, which sell foi " n 50c. and SI.OO Remember you can h obtain Recall Remedies in this com g munity only at our store —The Rexal! s . store. Grimes Drug Co. George Partee a colored fire man on the Southern Railroad was run over and instantly killed at the Station Wednes day evening. Repels Attack of Death. '"Five years ago two doctors told roe I had only two years to live." Thi« statling statement was made by Still man Green, Malachit 3 , Col. "They told me I would die with consumption It was up to me then to try the best lung medicine and I began to us? Dr. King's New Disecvery. It was well I did, for today I am working-"and be lieve I owe my life to this great fhroat ?nd lung cure that has cheated the the grave o) another victim.lts fooly to suffer with cough, colds or other throat troubles now. Take the cure that's safest. Price SO cents and sl. Trial bottle free at C. M. Shufoid, Moser and Lutz, Walter S. Martin. At the Commissioners meeting in Newton Monday, the order lo cating the central highway by Startown was revoked and changed by Conover. Glourious News comes from Dr. J. T. Curtiss, Dwight, Kan. He writes: "I not only have cured bad cases of eczema in my patients with Electric Bitteas, but also cured myself by them of the. same disease, I feel sure they benefit any case of eczema," This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitters is a most effective blood furi fier, Its an excellent remedy for ec zema, tetter, salt rhuem, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidney and bowels, expels poison, helps digestion, builds up the strengths Price 50 cents. Satisfaction guaran teed by C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin. Cline's school near Oxford Ford closes Friday March the Bth. an excellent program has been prepare^. The Political Situation. A prominent North Carolinian has this to say; I have been a sufferer from Rheumatism for fifteen years, a portion of the time bedfast, and for the last six months it has been seated in my-left side near my heart, could scarcely rest any at night. I finally decided to try Dr. Kiuk's Nerve and Bone L'miment. Two or three appli cations entirely relieved me of the p*in. I have used it in my family with good results, D. C, Howell. Sold by all medicine dealers SOUTHERN RAW WORKING 10 HELP FARMERS OF SOOTH HAS INAUGURATED IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS FOR BETTER-. MENT OF AGRICULTURAL -> AND INDUSTRIAL CON CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH- -vi " EAST. • .'! I A LEADER IN DEVELOPMENT i _____ How the Southern Railway System Is Working to Aid the People Already j In the Southeast and to At tract Capital and Deelra ble Settlers to This Section. • Much attention has been attracted, in recent years, to the work which many of the great railroad systems and a number of the lesser compa nies have been doing in the line of practical development work for the territories they reach. There is lit tle question that this work has had an immense influence in the advance made in nearly all portions of the country and in the general prosperity and growth of the nation. People recognize this fact, and are so im pressed by it that many communities and districts have come to look to the great transportation companies which serve them for leadership in nearly all efforts to develop their re sources. The business of the rail road company is to handle traffic. Whatever work is outside of that should properly-*ave a direct relation to the increase of the road'e traffic. Shipping Beef Cattle Over the Southern Railway. 11. »» generally Known toaay that in well planned and effective work to increase the business of the road by adding to the population of itß dis tricts and the utilization of the re sources and. opportunities of the va rious communities it serves, the South ern Railway System is a leader, while in many lines of this work it has been a pioneer. A resident of Ore gon, connected with one of the great transcontinental lines, who has been making a study of the work of rail roads in this direction, recently stat ed that in its development work the Southern had the best organization in the country. METHODS OF AIDING FARMERS. A recent publication of the United Sates Department of Agriculture said that the manifestation of interest by the transportation companies of the country in the betterment of agricul ti re has recently become so pro n mnced and geueral as to attract the a tention of all who are engaged in rural development; that this interest hris been shown principally in their providing and running special trains for the dissemination of agricultural information among farmers, and in their appointing agricultural experts to position in the management of the roads to give attention to the devel ment of rural communities, and to the proper handling of agricultural products shipped from distributing points on their several routes of rail way. In all these directions the Southern Railway System has been prominent. Its activity, however, are not confined to the lines of agricultural work men tioned, and in the .way of industrial and of general development work the field of labor has been verv broad. The activities or a railroad compa ny in promotion and development work must be based on the special needs and opportunities of its field. Beginning with the organization of the Southern Railway Company this work has been planned with a view to the largest and best development of both the agricultural and indus trial resources of the Southeastern Btates. . • This has meant a study of the ag ricultural, mineral, forest and manu facturing resources and opportunities, the advertising of them, participation In the work of educating our people regard in gthe value of their farm lands and natural resources and of the best utilization of them, and of efforts to secure the fullest co-opera tion of all interests in the sections advanced. EXTENT OF THE WORK. The Southern Railway System, through its various lines, reaches into and serves nearly all the industrial and agricultural districts of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ten nessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Northern Florida and Southern Injjfr Tina ana sournern niinoiß. This In cludes a vast empire, in extent, and one in which nearly all manner of conditions, resources, iteeds and pos sibilities are found. To properly serve such a territory the develop ment of work must embrace many different avenues of activity. It has been carried on with the idea that to fully utilize the resources and to bring about the needed and desired' development new men and new capital from the outside must be brought in to work either independ ently or in connection with the men and capital of the Southeast in devel oping our forest and mineral wealth and in extending our manufacturing interests, that more farmers muit b« induced to locate on our improved and unutilized lands and that the farmers already in the Southeast must be made to more fully under stand the opportunities at their com mand and to adopt the lines and meth ods of farming which will give them the best results. Co-operation must be ,the keynote of all the development or educational work a railway company does. It can accomplish little without the sympa thetic and active co-operation of the people and the various agencies for development in its states and com munities. All the Southern's work, therefore, has been based upon the co-operative idea, has been to assist national and state authorities, educa tional institutions, commercial organi zations and individuals in efforts to advance individual and general pros perity. The work for developing and im proving the conditions along its lines is done by the Southern Railway Sys , tem to increase its traffic and its earnings. However favorably, though, this character of work may affect a , railroad company and its stockhold ers, it is worth much more, if carried : on wisely, to the people and the sev , eral communities in the road's terri tory. The railway can profit from it , only subsequent to, and as a result . of, the greater prosperity of the pce * ple - . ? It would be a hue thing for this coun t try if italy would call home all of her : "blac chanders" to help fight the Turks. SOUTHERN H. ACTIVE IN AGRICULTURAL WORK Co-operates With State and Federal Authorities and Has Its Own Hor ticultural, Live Stock and Dairy Agents. Today the greatest attention is paid to the development of the agricultu ral resources. This development must be largely through the efforts of the people already on the farms and resi dent in the states of this section. The homeseekers from th? North and from Europe will aid hy their work and their practical experience, but it is through better farm education and better farming and the improvement of farm conditions that the best and widest development will result. To the efforts of the United States an«i State epartment of Agriculture, the college of agriculture and the ex periment stations, the Southern Rail way is giving the best co-operation it can. Through President Finley and through the Land and Industrial De partment it is helping to circulate the bulletins and other publications of the Agricultural Departments which are of special value to the Southern farmer. A few years ago when it was decided by the United States De partment of Agriculture to operate model farms in different parts of the country the Southern secured the lo cation of many of these farms in its territory and th 6 farms so located have been of ereat value in imoroved Southern Railway Good Roads Train. rarm metnoas in many communities. To the United States farm demonstra tion work in the South the same co operation has been given, and today the Southern's own agricultural agents are working in co-operation with the agents of the farm demon stration bureau. A few months be fore his death the Land and Indus trial Department arranged with the late Dr. S. A. Knapp for a series of a dozen addresses in the South in which he discussed, in the most comprehen sive manner ever undertaken, the spe cial needs and opportunities of the Southeastern farmer. These addresses brought about greatly increased inter est in farm improvements and more profitable farming throughout the territory. The company Is In constant co-op eration with the various state depart ments of agriculture, enlisting their help for the farmers of particular dis tricts, making use of their investiga tions and securing their suggestions in the introduction of new crops or the development of special lines of agriculture in various communities ; and. whwevAr possible, aiding these nwwwrwywwyi> »»ii» in j~ i departments to mane tneir worK uioi «j efficient. Special agricultural and horticultu ral agents are maintained by the Southern Railway to study the agri- Cultural possibilities, to do direct work with farmers in giving instructions, where desired, regarding improved methods of farming and crop diversifi cation and working for new lines of farm development. Cooperation is given fruit growers in the packing of fruit for shipment and in marketing it. The development of the live stock industry is given special attention. President Finley has personally given much time to the circulation of liter ature calling attention to the loss to the Southeast from the cattle tick in the infected districts and to the prac tical work of eliminating the tick. A dairy agent, under the Land and In dustrial Department, is at work to develop the dairy interests, and his work is doing much for this industry. A live stock agent, under the Freight Traffic Department, assists the farm er in his shipments, in developing markets for his stock and in other ways of advancing this industry. The Southern Railway System is co-operating with the state agricultu | ral authorities in running institute ' and other special trains. A dozen trains have been run in a single year. The work of these trains is carefully followed up. From time to time pamphlets, leaf lets and circular letters are printed for the benefit of the Southeastern farmer. CONDITIONS ENCOURAGING Management of Southern Railway Is Making It Helpful Factor in Southern Development. Washington.—A uvost encouraging view of conditions in the Southeast js presented in the annual report of the Southern Railway company, states that one of the most import ant factors in the strength of the com pany's position is the industrial and agricultural development of the ter ritory traversed by its lines. Hie marked agricultural progress due to the eeseral srtooticn of approved methods by the farmers of the souin east, particularly the increase of di versified farming, and the diversifica tion of industries are noted. The management of the company, with a broad conception of its rela tions to the public, is making the rail way not merely a carrier of the peo ple and product# of the South, but also a helpful factor in Southern de velopment. The report sets out tho efforts being put forward to increase the prosperity of the people already In the Southeast, and, to attract in vestors and desirable settlers to the territory served by the lines of the Southern railway. A review is given of the work being done by the cotton culture department, which is teach ing farmers, in localities where it is possible the boll weevil may spread, to successfully combat the insect should it ever appear in their fields, and thus maintain their production instead of having to learn how to deal with it after it appears. The work of this department will be ex tended to cover all territory along the company's lines to which there is even a remote danger that the weevil may spread. The importance to the South of maintaining its mon opoly of cotton production is pointed out in connection with the vigorous efforts being made to raise cotter In other parts of the world. The re port shows that the company is also encouraging live 6tock raising and dairying in its territory. Recognition is given the newspapers of the South east for their valuable assistance and also to commercial organizations, to banks and individuals who have aid zed the company in all its efforts to advance the agricultural prosperity of the Southeast more important additions and betterments completed and undertak en during the year are shown, among them the double track lines through Lynchburg, Va., and into Chattanooga, Tenn., 38 miles of double track be tween Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga., modern lap-sidings on the line be tween Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Knox ville and Chattanooga, Tenn.. and Morristown, Tenn., and Asheville, N. C., new freight station and office building at Atlanta, additional freight station and yard facilities at Macon, and additional wharf facilities at Mo bile. Ala v Nineteen miles a second without a jar. shock or disturbance, is the awful speed ef our earth through space. We wonder at such fare of of nature's movement, and so do those who take Dr. King's New Life Pills- No gripping, no distress, just trough work that brings good health and fine feelings. 25 cents at C. M. Shufoid, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin.