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Established 1899 Mr. E. L. Shuford on Road Bonds He is Heartily in Faw o! the $50,690 Issae "Say, Mr. Shuford, what is the date for the election, and what of the outlook?" The question was asked Mr. E. L. Shuford by a Democrat man. "The election on the $50,000 bond issue in Hickory was order ed for April the 15th, and, in my opinion, the good people of this township will take a step for ward. There is opposition, but our folks will stand by the bonds when the proposition is put up to them." . . . "What is one of the main is sues?" . "Bond without a raise in tne present tax r>te, and no dvbt o«r our children; »ne of the faire>t and niost attractive business measures ever presented to a community." "What about the registra tion?" "A new one has been ordered commencing 20 davs previous to the election with L. S. registrar for North Hickory and DanWhitener for South Hick ory." "What will be the ben-fits, if we carry the bonds?" "I am not too busy for an ar gument. but no iv>t er is wanted tha" rosds t~l - j winter, hey a e so **.y, v*ryi bad. Every one, MKe the *roat, | hasalreadv voted, so far as benefits and i •' :? -1 roads are c--n erne*i; a: it also clearly demonstrate'.! that ; •»; permane; t road can be omit out; of the presentroad tax. unless j the funds are differenty appl^d. 1 just as a man »vj o vn home bv p yhv; re. t > • ; »: I am tiiunKru« r«» sa\ t».a may homes in Hick -ry are built out ot rent mo'iev, and many nv>re are on the ro;ul tirough the Building and Loan " "Is n : i* -imi*yr?" "1 caVt raa , out t i- v«m? principal i- involved, and like re sults will -iccrue to this own shin." "vVha? i- th f iiho?" "Tue plan i» 11 »Ui ; d fi'iv • »«* sixty miles of natural gravel top toil or sand clay roads out of the sso,'oo bond at ore** so to speak, and without paying more road tax than 201 we are no v payi M vhich »m >.j t* t k v-' j r $6OO 00annually .ii-J will mere* e as our township values grow. but right now Wd can pay the inter est on the bonds [s3ooo,] carry ing 150 shares through the Building Loan for less t-i vi S2.«XX), w iicn will absorb tai Bonds at their maturity." "Will this leavi any fund for the repair of the roads?" "Yes, sir; over $l,OOO on this year s t-x hasis, and the town ship is grov*ing and will go for ward by leaps and bounds, witn good roads giving more money each year for repairs. Newton township has voted these bonds, and the County is watching us. Was Hickory ever left be hind?" "Have we got ihe mat rial to build the roads?" "Yes, we are particularly for tunate in this township. Mr. Eddleman of Cleveland county, who is building the road from Rrookford, savs: We have an a bundance of top soil exactly a dapted to building roads, that will make a road as good as the paved streets ot Hickory and that for less than $5OO per mile, where there is no grading, for in stance, on the road from Hicko ry to Catawba Springs. Just think of it, and one almost be comes a good roads crank." "How does the top soil com pare with the macadam?" Mr. John W. Robinson and Mr, Henry Holbrook made a trip w Cleveland county, and Mr. Kobinson also inspected similar roads in other counties, and their reports substantiate all that Mr. Eddleman, who built the roads, claim for them. Ihey cost much Jess to repair, and also very much less to build than the macadam, and while our roads are impass able, and our farmers are creep ing and floundering in the mud. these gentlemen report a double team hauling all the wagon would J°ld up, and with more ease than half a load formerly." what reasons appeal to you strongest in favor of the road bonds for Hickory? Ist. We have got to pay the road tax, bonds, or no bonds, Wl o no results but mud. 2nd. "We can build good roads snu enjoy them now with the pond issue, and without increase in the present rate of tax. , "And, really, the gist of we whole qutation with our THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT STATE NEWS ®OW»OOWHKH»OHKKHKHKHMKhj Mrs. W. M. Nolen died Friday at her home in Gastonia. Vernon Simms. a young man shot himself to death at Lenoir March 17. He was sick and despondent. Mrs. Ann C. Patterson, _of Centre Grove, Rowan county, who gave to the Lutheran chnrch Rev. Dr. R. L. Patter son of Charfotce and Rev. S. R. Patterson, of Coatesville, Pa., died March 9 Her first husband was a Mr. Rsoe, and the late Rev. C- A. Rase was a son by that marrage. Col. Mose Harshaw, of L°noi-, is opt In an interview for Roose velt, who, indeed, has the sup prt of the gr.»at hu'k of the North Carolina Republicans. Harshaw says both Mor-head and Duncan should oetire as state chairman and national com mitteeman, and be succeeded by two men in the interest of party harmonv, Robey Montgomery, a flagman on the Carolina & je-n Rnlway, was instantly killed at Lenoir March 17 in the attempt to adjust a knuckie on an auto matic coupler. He had signed the engineer to back the train to couple uo the caboose and the caboose failed to catch, knocking tha caboose some distance up the tra k Montgomery stooped to ndj ist : he co-iDling and without warning the caboose rolled down oi him. catching him between r two con lines midway be- bis cheSr and back, crush- him to death. debt paying and debt fearing is h >w are the bonds to be a* id i» t*vpitty years, which has been answered, in as much as two thousand set aside from our presenr annua] road tax, and comp unded will pay the bonds in less than twenty years; and ve have a practical plan at hand though our Building and Loan to do this. No theory, but a cold business fact. These bonds at *ix percent, of course, will bring over par. hut even the interest at three thousand dollars with the sinking fund makes less than five thousand, when actually fig urea, leaving more than one thousand for repairs out of the present road tax annually. ' S » he proposition is just for a different application, and dis tribution of the present road fund. No argument can be suc cessfully made against it." "How does this election differ fro'n an ordinary election?" "It is different from a political election, if that is what you mean, for on April 15tK you will vote a gainst the registration. Those opposed vote when they register, and if you favor bonds and regis ter. you wilt also vote against them, if you stay away from the polls on election dayt" ,4 So the conclusion of the whole matter leaves nothing for you to do if you favor good roads in Hickory township, but to work, register and vote for these bonds." , "If we fail to carry these bonds, what effect will it have on Hickory," considering that Newton township has already voted for good roads?" 4, lfyou will pardon a poetiial answer. Good roads are bound to tell The farmers, to Hickory not to sell, And trade will be as dull well. x The columns of the Democrat are doubly enriched this week by contributions from Mrs. Wat son's pen. That is a splendid tribute she pays to the assassi nated hero, Wm. Foster, com monwealth's attorney, for whom she was once stenographer, and the other victims. 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 fun fier Its an excellent remedy for ec zema, letter, salt rhuem, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidney and bowels, expels poison, I helps digestion, builds up the strengths i Price 50 cents. SatisfacUon guaran teed by C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, WalterS. Martixj. HICKORY, N. C. f THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912. | GENERAL NEWS § The free sugar bill passed the House by a vote of 193 to 103. . Dr. Harvey W. Wiley has re signed from the bureau of chem istry at Washington, because, he says, old Secretary Wilson will not let him administer the pure food and drug act in the interest of the p r ople but wants him to favor mercenary dealer-. Senator Percy, of Missssiippi, refuses to resign at the request of the Legislature, not the one which elected him, however He offered in 1910 to resign if k orimary then chose a successor to him. He did this as -an in ducement to have a primary held R'it his offer did not hold good till 1911. when a nrimarv was held which selected Vardaman. Lawyer T. L. Kirkpatrick in (/harlotte drew a small knife on Alderman Winjrate and callpd mm a dirty, stinking liar" The was representing the Olympiacluh, which wanted a license as a social club. The men wranerled over this matter. Two men caueht and held Mr. Kirkpatrick, and the matter was postponed by the board. At Indianapolis 46 union lahor loaders charged with unlawful transportation of ex plosive allpgpd to hnvp hppn uopd in a campaign of terrorism against the "op*>n =hon" in structural iron indnsfrv. wprp indicted in thp Fp.lpral co"rt March 12. Onp py. plosions dostroypd or proD«»tv of emnloyps of non union lahor in citipg from Ma« to hptwppn 1905 and 1911 Thp mo«t dis astrous wrpcked thp Los Anyp'ps Tiroes building- October 1. 1910. and killed 21 men. Nineteen miles a second without a jar. shock or disturbance, is the awful speed of our earth through space. We wonder at such ease 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. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin. Some Facts About A Bond Issue For Road Improvement in Hickory Township Read, Not to Believe, Nor to Contradict, But to Understand (1.) The special tax of 20 cents that you are now paying amounts to a little over $6000.00 per year. (2.) $3000.00 per year will pay the interest on the $50000.00 bonds. (3.) $1950.00 per year will car ry 150 shares of Building & Loan stock that will mature and meet the bonds when due. between 18 and 19 years. (4.) $1050.00 per year will be available for road repairs. This es timate is based on present values. WE, the undersigned, believe the above statement to be a clean cut, fair representation of the question of a $50,000.00 bond issue for Hickory township road improvement. The estimate has been carefully and conscientiously made, without effort at concealment of any facts, or padding figures to make a good showing: G. R. Wooten, H. H. A bee, M. H. Yount, J. D. Elliott, S. L. Whitener, W. H. Nicholson, J. A. Bowles, S. M. Hamrick, W. J. Shuford, Jno. W. Robinson, A. P. Whitener, N. S. Dasher, W. S. Stroup, J. W. Shuford, J. E. Barb, W. X. £eid, A. C. Link, Geo. E. Bisanar, E. L. Shuford, C. C. Bost, G. P, Deal, J. S. Leonard, A. S. Miller, Q. O Smith, C. E. Bumgarner, S. R. Dietz, Q. E. Herman, N. W. Clark, A. A. Shuford, W. B. Menzies, J. W. Staraes, J. J, Hefner, T. C, Blackburn. PcOMM EPs'T '*'| IHE OBSERVERS CON- DONING OF ASSASSI NATION. The editor of the Charlotte Observer is too able and good to allow his prejudice for conser vatism to carry him so far as to half way excuse the awful assas sination in that Virginia court room, which shocked America, on the ground that it was attrib utable to the agitation fir the recall of judge?, Tne Observer lacked its long-maintained! poise of judgment and sense of good taste when it wrote this: It is not at all like'y that the Aliens had anything against Judge Massie and the officers of the Court personally, in other conditions they would doubtless have befriendid them; but it was the law against which they re volted and they sought to make an end of the law by killing the officers of the law. The Aliens are, in all probability, plain ig norant men into whose minds has filtered-the anarchistic spririt of these times as taught by sun dry kid-gloved statesmen who have been exciting popular dis trust of the Courts and declar ing that human rights are great er than property rights, that the people must take the law in to their own hands if they would save themselves from the penal ties of the law. In their ignor ance toe Aliens could not clear lv distinguish between the fine theories of the academicians and what they regraded as their rights, and, having the courage of their convictions, they chose to do murder rather than to yield to the judgment of the law. They had heard in some way that the Courts are currupt, that the law is tryannous, that it is not the defence of the weak but the opportunity of the strong, that it was made for the rich and not for the poor, that "'the people must take the law into their own hands," and when the time came for them to meet the issue, with a certain sort of brute courage they stood against the law. Of course, there is no de- You know that Hickory Township is neither going backward nor stand ing still; it is progressive, increasing in value every year. This will mean, of course, in creased revenue from the same 20 cent tax than is estimated above. You will note that the present tax rate will pay the interest on the bonds, supplying a sinking fund for meeting the indebtedness when due and still leave ample funds for road repair and additional improve J fence for their bloody work and > thay should be shot down now I whenever they are found as ' enemies of society but it must . not be forgotten that in the fear ful tragedy at Hillsville yester day there was an extreme illus tration of the recall of the judges; a practical application of the teachings of our leaders who would set up the Mob against the Law. To use an incident of horror like this as water on its wheel of argument against the recall, is astonishing and terrible. Such an argument is loaded with deadly boomerang quality, too ( The Aliens and their ilk will take such-talk as justification of their lawlessness, and it will re bound against papers like the Observer some day, when the bomb begins to fall under the fabric of American robber tariff built wealth. To quote a word from the late Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, the Observer's utterance is "loaded with the germs and bacilli of anarchy." Good men, as good as the edi tor of the Observer, favor the recall. Maybe they are wrong, maybe not. All such were horri fied by the Hillsville slaughterd. We appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. U L_J L L_»«LLI - PRETTY POEM. We take great delight this week in publishing a poem from our friend Mrs. Sallie Floyd Watson, of this city, in appre ciation of the trained nurse, to whom this modern age is in hopeless debt. Mrs. Watson has experienced the tender touch of this ministering good ange! both in Hickory's splendid the Richard Baker, (given to hu manity by Dr. J. H. Shuford,) and elsewhere. Her verses are of a bit sweetness out of the lion's carcass of pain. Accident will happen, bat the b £ regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Electrict Oil for such emergencies. Two sizes 25 and 50 c st all stores. ment. These are facts that need no ar gument to convince the intelligent voter, that it is to his interest to vote in favor of this bond issue. Instead of frittering away the 20 cent road tax every year in make shift repairs, you will have perma nant road improvement that can be kept up at a minimum cost. It is estimated that this $50000.00 will build from 50 to 60 miles of top-soil or sand clay road at an average cost of $BOO.OO per mile. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 Mrs. Watson Knew Hillsvllle Heroes Hickory Lady vas Stenographer to Assassinated Solicitor To the Editor of the Democrat: A little over three years a pro, the writer spent a pleasant sum mer in the beautiful little moun tain town of Hillsville, Va, Here my father, the late William H. Cook, began life as a young lawyer; here he held his first office, that of district attorney; here, with his first savings, he built, for his own mother, the old brick House on the Hill; here he brought his fair young bride; here my grandmother and great grandmother died; from here men went out to follow their leader to the Civil War. For Hillsville's peace and prosperity, I have offered many a prayer, and seldom have I had such a shock as when I read of the fearful scene in that court house, where I spent many quiet, busy, cheerful hours, as stenog rapher for that martyred hero, Wm. M. Foster. Before going to Carroll county, we had cor responded. He held the office formerly held by my father, and no man could have been kinder or more courteous to an em ployee. But a few months before, the trial of the notorious desperado and blockader, Peters, for the murder, in his own home and before his own family, of a peaceful and inoffending Meth odist minister, had convulsed the county. Against the united strength of the evil element and under hourly threat of death, Judge Jackson and Attorney Foster fearlessly did their duty and the cold-blooded murderer was hung. When it became known that Judge Jackson would sentence him to death, some assassin fired at the judge while sitting at his brother-in law's table, missing him, but grazing him and very nearly killing the mother of the family and the infant she held in her arms. The stenographer of the county clerk was attacked from behind and terribly injured in mistake for Mr. Foster, his scalp being cut open by some heavy instrument. The family of Judge Jackson were wild with terror, and he finally ex changed courts with Judge Mas sie, the unfortunate gentleman whose courageous fidelity to duty has just cost him his lite. I met him while acting as Mr. Foster's stenographer. He was a genial, refined, kindly Virgin ia!!, I thought to be, if anything, too lenient with the men brought before him for blockading and other lawless acts. He having given thes6 desperados no such cause for hatred as Judge Jack son it was the best thing, all a ound, for them to exchange. The late Mr. Foster spoke of the matter in that way to me.. Ido not know if the present sheriff be the same who was in office when I was there. The gentleman who held the office then was beloved by everybodyin the county who had one spark of decency in him. The good man was never so happy as when he was doing a kindness for someone, and I said that I didn't see how he could ever have the heart to arrest anyone; yet I was told that he was a fine officer and absolutely, it fetmed without fear. In my duty to my employer, I had sometime to read letters written to Mr. Foster, and I saw one or two that contained fero cious threats. I asked him if he thought the writters were in earnest, and he assured me there was no doubt of it, I said, "but, Mr, Foster, are vou not afraid, when you go constant* ly under these threats?" He smiled and quoted, "threatened men live long," recalling to me how the same element had threatened my father the same way; then, "I suppose one grows used to anything. I've heard so and I've about come to believe it." In many things, he was one of the finest characters I have ever known. Born in proverty, he, for the most part educated himself. A truly "self made man," he was, in the best sense of the term. Brave, talented, honest, truthful, kind, intelligent —my heart sinks, my eyes fill, when I remember that his splendid form, his noble intel lect. his good true heart shall, to this world, be helpful no more to this State, his friends, his family. For, and there lies the worst sting, he was father and husband. He married a lovely little lady, a daughter of one of th« best Virginia famfliw. j Assassination In Court Room Judge, Solicitor and Sberifl Shot 8; Outlaws at HiMle, Ya. j Shooting down Judge Massie on the bench, the prosecuting lawyer, Wm. Foster, and Sheriff Lewis Webb in the court room at Hillsville, Carroll county, Va., 16 mountain desperadoes then made their escape to the Blue Ridge. There is no railroad to the town, and it was 24 hours before the machinery of the law could institute pursuit, The next day the gang rode into Mt. Airy, N. C., and raided a hardware store of all its guns and ammunition, escaping again towards the mountains of Alleghany county. Judge Massie was just in the act of sentencing Floyd Allen to one year in the pen for taking a prisoner away from a deputy sheriff, when Sidna Al len killed him, and he fell dead over the bench. The sheriff was drawing his pistol when he was shot. The Commonwealth At torney crimpled down in the floor with his brain full of lead. The clerk was wounded, as were also three jurors. The town was terrorized, Floyd Allen, who was wounded in the melee, escaped with his brothers and their friends. Troops are ready to go if need ed. The Democrat got a meagre report of the shooting in its last Thursday's issue, as it was flash ed over the wires. Sidna Allen was captured, half dead, on March 14 after a battle from his cabin. His wife who was helping him to load was shot dead, Allen was jailed at Hillsville. Judge Staples reorganized the court and drew a grand jury to indict the outlaws. Miss Nancy Ayres, a 19-year old girl, died two days after the tragedy. She was shot but didn't know it, thinking she had been only bruised in the court room. The outlaws are fortified in a mountain pass, with ample pro visions for a seige. Dynamite may be used to dislodge them. South Hickory Registration Place. •All parties from South Hickory pre cinct, who wish Iq register in the bond election, will findD. E. Whitener, regis trar, at the old Marshall building on the following Saturdays: March 23 ana 3O and April j and 13, 3 21 3t he had sweet little daughters and a baby boy who was his idol. When I think of him, as I have seen him, on the s?reen ter race before the temple of that law he died to defend, bis boy in his arms, his little daughters around him, his wife watching them from his window, it seems tome that, could I have the power to strike down these crea tures, lower than the beasts, who slew him, verily, I think I could do it, even with my weak woman's band, and ask no other reward than that the earth was rid of one who should no more pollute it than a dog. Judge Massie's death will be de plored wherever he was known. Bench and bar are bereaved. Virginia mourns two of her best known and most gifted sons. May He unto Whom vengeance belongeth arise and do justice for this innocent blood shed in His cause, which crieth mightily un to Him! I thank you, Mr. Editor, for al lowing me space to express the grief and indignation which the terrible news of the tragic deaths of these who were "good men and true," in their dealings with me has caused me to feel. Virginia will award the extreme penalty to their murderers, whenever they are found, but not even our mother, Virginia, can cause them to look once more upon the glorious hills, the the sweet valleys of the land they loved and in whose service they died. It was well with them, but oh, the aching hearts that are left. In grief for living and dead, yours. / SALLEE FLOYD WATSON,
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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