Established 1899 Death of Mr. Otis Moody. Bright Yonng Life si Promise Goes Suddenly o'it. Just as he had decided to g ; v. his life a livincr sacrifice t ■ * the gospel as a missionary t China, the Cod t > whom he ha-1 thus offered the ho*t he had the a'l was—-*ouk this life «.f Otis Moody for t e l»ea-e;il.\» ho'ne Young Moodv wr! * *p*ude'i» at South Fork Institute i» Maid-{ en at the time of his dest w . lie waspernaps the most popul*» young msn in the school *'•! h-; 1 death cast a deep gloom r it ' The best that human ski I could do to save him was do»u» ' Dr. K. A. Price, ol th : s ci'y, ■! ' Dr. Whitesides, of Maiden, warn ed heroically on the case but ' the pneumonia had > gotten too 1 strong a hold on the delicate life ! of the boy. He realized that he 1 could not live and was content to die, even on the threshold of a useful life of promise. Young Moody was a half-broth er to Mr. C. W. Ellington, who was constantly at his bedside. He was a lovely boy and had friends bv the hundreds. The remains were taken to his j old home in Petersburg-, Va., for interment accompained by Mr. Ellington. Mysterious Death of Zero j Huffman. Mr. Zero Huffman met a mys terious death last Saturday af ternoon while returning from Hildebran in a wagon drawn by two mules. He was found by Mr. Dan Johnson hanging from the wagon by his coat. Indica tions are he fell from the wagon and was killed by the wheels, and it is possible his body was sus pended there for three miles. A wife survive. The judge, solcitor and clerk were killed in court at Hillsville, Ya., today. Arrested on the c harge of va prancy. a woman named Mary Lowe, of Wilkes county, who had been the guest of the Rev. Sid Ennis at his home here, against the protest of Mrs 'Entiis, orderei to leave the town within 24 hours by Recorder Russell on Monday. Mrs. Ennis is said to almost haye gone crazy over the Lowe woman's protracted visit, and she and Rev. Ennis had act ually made out papers to have Mrs. Ennis sent to Morganton. . Of course Miss Lowe was sanct - ' fisd. CXXX) ^oooooooooooooooooooo | Business Locals- dooo 00000000^000000000000 LOST.— Bunch keys between Hickory Grocery Co. and W. P. Huffman's house. My name was on the plate. Reward if re turned to L. E. Whitfield I^. FOR SALE. -No. 7 * Wonder cookstove, cheap to quick buyer. Apply at the Democrat office. Rhode Island Reds. I have 2 pens mated this year. Ist pen is headed by a cock that won Ist at Hickory and 3rd at Lincolnton this year. This cock also won a cockerel at Hick ory last year. Pen 2 is headed by a fine cock erel sired by a cock bought di rect from Lester Thompson's last year. Eggs equal from each pen 81.00 for 15. • A. F. Wood, 3 7 t f Hickory, N- C. R-1- Vacant l ot close in, on macadam St. $l,OOO. Vacant lot close in $950. John E. Haithcock. 2 ' 29tf _______ For Sale—lo,oooCabbage plants. Hickory Seed Co. - 3 Lots for dwellings on street back of Bth St. $125 each. 1 Store lot close in on 9th Avenue, $550. Block of property, size 250 feet on Railroad Street, by 150 feet on a cross street, price $9OO. John E. Haithcock. 2-29tf . For Sale —Good horse cheap. See 2 29:f J. Lee Stone. We will guarantee to pay the highest market price for all fresh egt?s delivered at the Creamery this week. If the market is high we will give you the full benefit of same. Send us your eggs. 2 1 It. Catawba Creamery Co. ffiE HICKORY DEMOCRAT | local | Mr. H. M. Sledge, of Maple vil e, N. C.. only brother of Mr. W. r S edge, has moved his fami ly t-> Hickory win tnke a po sition with his brotner '• S has t>een in business for j .liaw *!', a Hum tn of at Ma-- p'evi ie. The ')»• t'.ei's expect i»« open up a new bu*ii»e&s in c n tnti>»n vinn their store. tVe v e cotue Mm ar'id ln» latnily to on J «-|!>. Tnere ne *ome infer e tin# i i'ai gts »u trie b «h»K'Oi , j Ml.ib ,V •. utly. Mr. Wane I:, j S jtiloHi hos pr^ji uv»-t an 1 ill E 1 »v iioiiiiuii ,* *' N -vvYo , ►c, * i his suc- CHasU' It l ffi fir" i.S Mil »il ole >ii S :ci'eii» y >. vi Min .r tl. J. H ' tiruoft*. *i! «J ( as t-«i us hold ing in tne naiiis to tf N » t iem interests who alreauy h li s i>ck in them. Mr. Miles M. Sigmon, the pop ular driver for Harris & Little, was quite seriously cut in an af fray at Brookford Friday by Mr. Henry Reed, The latter had bought a pig from Sigmon and got angry when Sigmon asked for his pay. Sigmon said he didn't know Reed was mad and was utterly surprised when he whipped out bis knife. The cut went near the heart. Dr. Men zies attended Sigmon, who is do ing very well. Reed is in jail at Newton. Mr. Frank Allen prizes a .good fox hound above a gold mine. During a recent hunt he lost a valuable dog. After a week he got a letter fram a friend. Mr. Yount, that the hound was be ing cared for by a family six miles from Newton. The snow was 8 inches deep on the ground. Nothing daunted Mr. Allen boa ded the 8:30 C & N. W. train , for Newton, and hired a team to to take him out into the countr /, i The driver lost his way, as there was no sign of the little wagon road that led to the house. They ran over stumps and through swamps, so Mr. Allen declares. And yet he got his dog, and ; drove back to Newton —a total drive of 12 miles —in time to catch No. 11 for Hickory, and that train was on time, too. Mr. Allen's friends are now wonder ing why he wants hounds to hunt foxes. A man who can go like he does, can out run a fox. FOR RENT—On 9th avenue, 7 room house, with bath, elec tric light*, also 5-room house. Apply, 1028-Bth avenue, city. 3 14 It. IT DONT cost anvthing to ex amine those new felt, mattress es at JBowle3 & Martin's. They are beauties. • WANTED, at once, Silver Span gled Hamburg cockerel. Apply at the Democrat office or address Box 323, Hickory, N. C. - J. W. BOWLES is still framing pictures. 25 styles mouldings to select from. FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. 1401 Twelfth street. SOMETHING new in suits at Bowles & Martin's. Come and see them. LESS TROUBLE, less expense— self-rising flour. F. C John son. ANYTHING in jewelry at right prices J 0 Rhodes. IF YOU want to have good bis cuits, buy self-rising flour at E. C Johnson's. . 16 SIZE Elgin watches for $5 ; 50. , J. 0. Rhodes'. FARM for sale—4o acres within one mile of incorporate limits, gofld orchard, potato house, 3 room cottage, 2 small barps. 2 sDrings and well. Half wood* and, Beautiful mountain yiew. lldeal for poultry farm. 1 22 2t, B. P. Bass. SEE the bargains in watches at J. 0. Rhodes'. Rhode Island Red eggs 50 cents per setting Dr. J. T. Johnson FOR Rent. —A ten room house on " 10 Ave. C. C. Bost 2 14 2t Vacant Lot close in, on Bth Aye ; nue $5OO. Vacant lot clost in, ' near Bth Avenue $4OO. . 2-29tf John E. Haithcock, HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1912. % { Ask Candidates | How They Sta id Reforms the People Should lu sist op in Catawba. To tlie Editor of tlie Democrat. Progress is the motto of the dry; and in politics, as well as in business, we should be al- J jwy- reacy to catch the spirit ot tu«2 liui-*. a id advocate those, j things, which will b:i.i* th»- I greatest degree of happiness Sand prosperity to our pe »ple. The nearer hom* our govern-. | t is the more we "are affect and it behooves us to tale -foci" of-ourselves, pilitica'y. •••nu See * hat have and what a * the needs of our p* >ple. N j ver before have the Deme snes f Catawba county had a a belter opportunity to advocate certain measures and have them placed on the statue books. The •ime is here when tie county of ficers .should be put on a salary basis, and a savirg of from three \ t > four thousand dollars a year could be effected. The fees of the county treasurer are, approximately, $l,- 500 a year, I have not the data; at hand for the other offices, but there colud be quite a saving all around. . The fee system is anti quated and out of date. Catawba county has made pro gres along agricultural lines, and the time is ripe to have a County Commissioner of Agri culture, whose duties should be to help develop the agricultural resources of Catawba county; and he should be at the back and call of the farmers of the county. He should be selected purely on his merits and not through any political pull or in fluence. The Democratic party in Ca tawba county should go on record for a 6 months' term, and the county superintendent of educa tion should give his undivided time to the educational affairs of the county. The time is ripe for a county superintendent of health who will give the entire time to look ing after the health of the peo ple. Health is absolutely es ential to success and happiness, and the health of our people is one of our greatest assets. The chairman of the Board; of County commissioners should give as much of his time to the affairs of the county as is necessary to an economical ad ministration of the affairs of the county, and should be paid for same. We should advocate the Tor rena system of land registration; we should stand for good roads; we should stand for the estab lishment of a chain garg for Catawba county; the making of the County Home an experi mental farm . for the county where the most improved farm methods could be carried out;' we should have a dog law in! Catawba county, and the revenue raised from same should be de voted to schools or roads. In the State, we should stand for a uniform primary law for both political parties; on the same day, we should stand for the abolishing of our present system of working convicts on State farms and work them on the public roads. It is not fair Bnd just for the State to engage in farming in competition with the farmers of of the State. We should stand for amendments to onr state constitution, as we have not kept up with the more progress ive states. Nationally, we should stand for the direct election of Senators by the people for the j abolishment of the petty graft of the free seeds distribution: for a parcels post; for a system of co-operative banking, based on land loans to the farmers which has been so successful in Germany. The next Legislature should do some constructive work, for the State and our Legislature should not be hampered with the •elec tion of a United States Senator. This should be settled by prima ry, preferably the preferential primary. If you subscribe to any of this, ask the candidates for the State Senate and the Legislature how they stand on these questions. Do not get worked up over the senatorial question, but let the primary settle it, and select men who will go to Raleigh and carry out the legislation we need. If you agree with this article, work and vote for delegates to your county convention who will carry out your views, and in a few years Catawba county will again be the banner Democratic county of the State. W. J, SHUFORD. COMMENT | I WORK. FOR THE ROAD I \ BONDS. I . The County Commissioners have set April 15th as the I time for the election to decide j the issue of $50,000 of bonds for the building of good roads in Hickory township, Every man tin favor of progress will vote for t bond T ;e Democrat , has already explained that the issue will not add a cent t'j tie it au l therefore there can be j no excuse for. not voting the bonds. Hickoiy t w« Bhip may well be glad to tall in line with Newton tovvnship, who put the u?sue through so handsomely last Sat urday. There are some few pe - p!e who are opposing, for what reason we can't imagine, but the outlook looks good. Neverthe less every man in favor of cut ting out the mud, ought to shuck his 'joat and go to work for the bonds. HOW TO GET REFORMS. | We are printing in this issue a communication from Mr. W. J Shuford outlining much needed legislation for the betterment of this county. There is not an item in Mr. Shufortf s letter that does not commend itself to us. We are glad to have such communi cations, and hope to hear from others. This is the way to cre ate the proper public sentiment, and this is the vear when the people can get what they want and what they need, as the can didates are ready to accede to the people's wishes. It doesnt mat ter so very much who your lepis. lative candidates favor for the U. S. Senate. The primary wilj bind them on that matter, but it does matter whether they are willing to stand for many needed reforms, such as Mr. Shuford outlines. Now is the time to get the promise of these things. Euronean Medal Debate. The young gentlemen of the Euronian society handled a pro found question ably Monday night when they debated the query "Resolved, that the U. S should adopt a graduated income tax, with an exemption of in comes below $3 000 per annum— constitutioality granted. The affirmative was maintain ed by Messrs. H. J. Shealy and R. H. Shuford and the negative by J. L. Sox and D. C. Holt. The decision was awarded to the negative side, and the medal to Mr. Shuford. The judges were Rev. Messrs. Garth and Long and Mr. H. A. Banks. The debate was preceeued. by an excellent oration "The Need of a Life" by Mr. H. K. Drye, The president, Mr. T. J. Elier, in a very neat speech welcomed the large crowd present. The or chestra, undet the brilliant lead ership of Prof. Patterson, added much to the enjoyment of the occasion. Newton Township Votes Bonds. The election to issue $50,000 bonds for goed roads in Newton I township carried by a fine ma jority of 313 The Newton box saved the day. The total registration was 923 and the total vote east for the bonds was 618. The News gives the votes as follows: Newton registered 624 and cast 495 for the bonds, a majority of 336. Maiden registered 177, voted 57 for, returning a majority of 63 against the bonds. Conover registered 122, voted 66 for bonds, a majority of 10, Now it is Hickory's time to do as well as this. First Methodist Church " Rev. D. M. Litaker, Pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. I Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Epworth League Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited to all services. To Manufacture Ice Cream Here. j i Jlw Local Creamery Wants to Tarn out the Finished Prodact, si Attention is called to the ad vertisement in this issue of the Catawba County Creamery. This enterprise, the child of the genius of Mr. W. J. Shuford, atarted in January, 1910 and the first months business was.slooo. This had increased in 18 months (up to February) $8,900. It is hoped to make ice cream ithis summer to be shiped all over the country, herever stuff made out of pure Jersey cream is wanted, and thus make the finished product. About $lOOO worth of separated cream is be in« shipped now. Arrangement* will be made if necessary co store all April eggs in cold storage till December, but this will be done only if the mar ket is dull. It is desired to raise about $5.- 000 mo e capital stock, of which $2,600 is already taken. The Creamery is a big thing and getting bigger. Mr. Elliott's Position on Schools. The following correspondence explains itself: March 6th, 1912. Mr. C. M. Yoder, Hickory, N. C. Dear Sir:- Your letter of the 3rd inst., at hand, and thank vou very much for giving me an opportunity to express mv sentiments on edu actional affairs, through the di rect question you ask me. I htoroughly endorse the position you take on the necessity of bet ter educational advantages for the plain people of the State. - State Universities and Normal Schools are both excellent insti tutions, and should be supported to . such an extent as the finances of the State wHI permit; but the Grammar school is the foundation of which we are building. the future citizenship of our State, and should be given our first, and greatest consideration. We should, by all means, have at least a six months school term, so our boys and girls, no matter how remotely located, can have the of a good public school education as a basis on which to build their future lives. Given this, our children, the off spring of the Anglo-Saxon race, will suffer no handicap in the in evitable struggle of their life's work, on whatever lines they may elect. I will state further that the record of my life, both as a private citizen, and in any po sition w. ere I have been hon ored with a public trust, will show this has always been my attitude.—tQ give the children of the State the best possible ad vantages of a common school ed ucation. As you suggest, this will solve many other problems which confront us today. As the masses of the people become bet ter educated they will more rap idly grasp the necessity of better hygienic conditions, scientific etc. Again-thanking you for your letter, and with kindest regards, 1 beg to remain, Yours truly, J. D. ELLIOTT. Rutherford College Minstrel. Come to the Ministrel Thurs day night at the Academy of Music. You will have more fun, laugh more than you have in the last thirty days. The show is clean in every respect. The man ager is a man of experience and the entertainment is guaranteed to please. If you are not entire ly satisfied just mention the fact and your admission fee will be refunded. There will be at least three specialty acts, either one of which will be worth more than the price paid to see the whole performance. Ask the people of Morganton what they tnink of the show. The Minstrel is given under the auspices of the Epworth League of the Methodist church and the proceeds will go to the Orphanage at Winston-Salem. By coming you will not only I help a long and good cause but you will spend a most enjoyable evening. Admission 15 cents for child ren, 25 cents for Adults. South Pole Discovered. Capt Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, claims to have reached the South Pole. He made the dash with dogs. ,$e as now in 1 Tasmania on his wa& hcme. Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905 A GOOD ONE ON JUDGE CLARK. Col. Thornton Couldn'nt Fine The Judge's Speaking Place. Col. Thornton vis : ted Greens boro and Charlotte last week. He was at the latter place and had just emerged from the busi ness office of the Observer when Major Hemphill, the editor ac costed him and said something about going to hear Judge Clark make his speech to the Confed eral* rVeternns. Aft4r a few steps Major Hemphill addressed another gentleman they met and asked huiv also to eomea-!ong and go to hear Judge Clark speak. That gentleman protested that he had an engagement to meet and was very busy just then and asked where it was to be. Said down the'street. Wiih a twit about it Major Hemphill and the Cjloflel went on their way. At the corner Col. Thornton protest- j ed that he would step down to the Selwyn Hotel, and then come to the speaking. When the Col. sought the place tor the speak ing at the Auditorium he was told by tne j initor that he didn't know. Asking a person on the atreet he was told it must be at the Presbyterian Park. Anether one didn't know where there was to be any speaking. Two others gave the information to the same effect. Finally a man on the cor ner whom he asked, said: "Who is Judge Clark? Col. Thornton replied: "He is the Chief Jus-! tice of your North Carolina Si-j preme Court." "Where does he i live?" "In Raleigh." "What's; he dotn ? here?'/ "He's to makej a speech before the Confederate | Veteran Association." What, for?" He's a cindtaate.for the; the United Seates Sennt t > su« - j ceedSimmons." Who's he?" By this time Colonel Thornton had perceived that he he had in tow a simon pure tar heel; so he re plied: "Oh, he's a gentleman from down east, who is now plain U. S. Senator, and he wants to find out whether he is going to prefix ex to the Senator or per to the Simmons." Crossing the street the C >lonet next asked the Italiano, the fruit and candy jerker at the corner, where Judge j Clark vas to speak. "Speaka?, No speaka here." Colonel Thor-1 ton then wandered back up to l wards the Chronicle office won dering if Editor Hemphill would claim the same j oke on him. * An Upen Letter. Hickory. N. C. March 12, 1912. Mr. P. L. Yount, K. F. D. No. 1 Box 43, Hickory, N. C. Dear Sir:- Your letter of the 7th in&t, recieved, and it is with pleasure that I answered your questions as to my attitude on the questions of "Parcels Post.'* The Perce'.s Post is not an un tied venture. It has been in successful operation in other countries, and I can see no valid reason why it could not be suc cessfully operated here. Our rural population is certainly en titled to as much consideration as that of England, or any Na tion on Earth. You ask what my position would be on this question, should I be chosen tc represent this Senatorial District. I will frank ly promise you to introduce a bill at the next session of the Legis lature, endorsing the passing of a Parcels Post Law that will be of service to the great army of producers of this country. As you no doubt know, this is a matter for Congressional ac tion, but the expressed will of a State, or a number of States, through their representatives, on this matter, would no doubt have great weight in securing the passage of a Parcels Post Law, Hoping this answer ill be satisfactory to vou, I remain, Yours very truly, . J. D. Elliott. Nashville Sallons Closed. Will you kindly make note in your next issue that Sheriff Borum, of Nashville Tenn., shut down the lid completely upon the saloons of that city about Thurs day, Feb. 26. Every prominent soloon was observed by the sheriff's office, where sales of liquor were known, the pro prietor or bar tender or both, were taken to the magistrate and bound over to the criminal court for trial. Nashville saloons are all closed. Despite the assertion by city oflfoials that they were unable to enforce a statue, forced upon the people contrary to their will. Sheriff Borum has proved the utter falsity of that fiendish assertion. Yours respectfully, Theo. W. Rhodes. Link School I House Closing. i' " Where Mr. A. G. Link Helped to Lock out the Teacher. The Link sc 1001 closed on Fri day evening Mar. 8. A short program consisting of songs, speeches ahd plays was rendered by the pupils. Mr. Howard A. Banks was present and delivered an interesting address on school improvement, He urged the patrons of the school to vote a special tax and erect a modern school building in the near fu ture, The pupils are bright and should have better advantages than the present building af fords. This school is almost historic. It was founded half a century or longer ago by the father of Mr. A. C. Link, who was almost as earn estan advocate of education as his son is now. Mr. A. C. Link re calls an effort of the children to lock out the teacher. The lat ter, however, won out, as he climbed the roof and placed a plank over the top of the chim ney, and the smoke drove the children to surrender. Mr. Link recalls how the school committee used to meet once a year, make mud out in the play-ground, and daub up the cracks between the big logs. Squire S des, the Fr.ves, Mr. Whitener's famiiy, the Millers, Yount-% Rowes and other families in the neighbor hood were out in large numbers. Prof. Putrnan, of Cleveland, has been fo*t.vo years the able teacher of ihis school. BIG EGG SHIPMENTS. Foard Whisnant & CO. Paid out over $lOOO in February. Written for tlie Democrat. R. F. D. No. 1, Hickory, Mar. 3—l promised to write you an egg story but have been so busy counting eggs that I could not find time to do it. If you get out yo'ir "egg edition" you can tell your people that during the month of February Foard, Whisnant & Co. bought 131 cases of eggs for $1,065.25, an average of 28 l-4c. per doz. Now when you remem ber that the price of cotton was low last fall you can see how much help the hens have been in our business. The best feature of this chicken business is that it represents more clear profit than any other crop. People over here are taking more interest in chickens every year. I think I had the first case of genuine "hen fever" in this part*of the country and it is now spread to such an extent that I see no hope of stopping it. It will only take a few more years until the cackle of the Catawba hen will be heard round the world lam glad the Democrat has the fever too. If you succeed in giv ing every man woman and child in the county an uncurable case we will all be 1 'blessed Jmdividu ally and collectively," Yours truly, A. F. Wood. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Rev. J. H. Wannemaclier Pastor, Sunday School - - 9:45 a. m. Chief Service - - 11 a. m. Junior League - - 2:30 p. m. Evening Service 7 :30 D. m. Lenten service, Wednesday 7:30 p m. All these services are of a most appreciative "character. The themes for the Lenten season are as March 13. Jesus ar rested and tried before false court. March 20. Condemned under Pilat?; Mar. 27. The Way of the Cross, The heartiest invitation is extended to all. Come and spend these remaining drys of Lent with Jesus in his services, suffering and death. The Young Peoples Aid society were entertained by Misses Net tie and Gertrude Deal, on Mon day evening. Though the weath er was unfavorable a goodly number were present. The bos tess served delicious refres ments v . HICKORY MARKETS Quoted weekly by Whitener &Mr - Hens, per lb • - Eggs, per doz Butter per lb - J Cooking butter Creamery Butter Apples, eating "J Cooking Apples ' > Sweet Potatoes ... 6" • > t. Irish Potatoes £ * ' Cabbage, per lb . u I>ried Beans, per bushel . 00

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