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Clothing, Shoes
Hats, Men's Furnisnings
Trunks, Leather Goods
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
DEPT., SECOND FLOOR
Largest and best equipped Clothing
and Furnishing Goods store ia
the Carolina*. When in
the city make our
store headquarters
8 and 10 West Trade Street
Chorlotte, N. C,
Your Favorite for President.
Following is a blank straw ballot which the Democrat
would be pleased to have all its readers, whether sub
scribers or not, sign, and return. Your name will not be
published or shown to sny body. If you do not wish to sign,
simply mark anX over against the name of your favorite
candidate for President of the U. S., and mail to us at once:
WILSON TAFT
UNDERWOOD ROOSEVELT
CLARK LA FOLLETTE
HARMON
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Your Sewing Machine can be Fixed
If it drops stitches, breaks thread and needles, draws goods,
feeds slow, chokes under foot, runs heavy, has knocking or
loss motion, piece lost, broken or worn ont. All parts for all
makes. We duplicate and repair under guarantee. You do
not live too far for us to come and repair it at your home.
Addres:—SEWlNG MACHINE REPAIR SHOP,
M. C. D. Owen, Mgr.,
Box 372. Phene 320. Hickory, N. C.
1° 4% If yon want your hens to lay, feed them fresh ground
1 E■■ "m" green booe, crushed oyster shells, mica grit, alfalfa meal,
P ■■■■A chicken wheat, cracked com, beef scraps, chick meal.
111 l A trial will convince you. Sold by
W. B. YODER !
NOTICE! NOTICE!
Bond Election in Hickory
Township.
Notice is hereby given that, in pur
suance of an order made the Board of
Commissioners of Catawba County at
their regular meeting on Monday,
I March 4th, 1912, and in accordance
with law, an election will be held in
Hickory Township on the 15 th. day
of April, 1913, on the question of
issuing bonds of said, township to the
amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000 i for permanant road improve
ment to run for a period of twenty years
and to bear interest at the rate of six
per cent per annum, payable semi-an
nually on the lit. day of January and
July of each year, for which election a
new registration of the voters of said
towpship has been ordered by said
Board. The registration books will be
open at the regular polling places in
said township, to-wit —North Hickory
and South Hickory precincts —, for
twenty days next preceding the 15th.
day of April, 1912, when and where all
qualified voters will be given oppor
tunity to register for said election.
At said election, those favoring the
issuing of bonds as proosped, will vote
a ballot on which shall be printed or
written the words "For Road Bonds",
and those opposing the issuing of bonds
as proposed will vote a ballot on which
shall be printed or written the words
"Against Road Bonds I '.
E. D. Gamble,
Clerk Ex-officio of Board of Com
missioners of Catawba County.
3-21-4t
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Schedule Effective Jan. 1, 1912
Leave Lincolnton, N. C.
East Bound
Train No. 46, 8:52 a. m., daily
" 132, 5:53 p. m., '•
West Bound]
Train No. 133, 11:20 a. m., daily
" " 47,5:55 p.m., 44
For further information apply:
JAS KER, Jr., H. S. LEA&D,
T. P A. D. P. A.
Charlotte, N. C. Raleigh, N. C.
CANDIDATES' CARDS
Mr. Cline for Treasurer,
To the Voters of Catawba County:
Gentlemen: — I herein announce my
self for the office of County Treasurer,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primaries and convention.
Yours very truly,
C. H. CLINE.
For County Treasurer.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of county treasurer, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
Erimaries and County convention. I
ave served as a magistrate for thirty
one years at a sacrifice to myself, and
am a Confederate soldier. It you think
I am worthy I will appreciate your votes
S. E. KILLIAN.
March 5 1912.
Mr. Long for the Senate.
I herebv announce myself for
the State Senate, subject to the
action of the Democratic prima
ries and convention.
If nominated and elected, will
serve all the people to the best of
my ability.
J. U. LONG.
Announcement
Good morning, friends; how are you
all this morning? Friends, I hereby
declare myself a candidate for the office
of county treasurer, subject, however, to
to the action of the Democratic primaries
and county conyention soon to be held.
•Friends, I want your vote. Friends, I
need your vote. Friends, I will appreci
ate your vote. Friends, will you give me
your vote? Realizing that I will neither
have the time, opportunity nor money to
wage a successful campaign, I shall be
compelled to rest my candidacy mainly
upon its merits, but trusting that' you
will give me your support, and thanking
you in advance for the same, I remain as
ever,
Yours for the plum,
GEORGE P. DRUM.
Mr. Elliott Candidate for State
Senate •
To the Voters of Catawba and Lincoln
Counties;
I am a candidate for the nomination
to represent you in the State Senate.
My experience, 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. •
Notice of Sale of Land under
Mortgage
By virtue of the powers contained in
a certain mortgage deed executed by
Jas. A. Herman to S. D. Campbell on
Aug. 6. 1910, to secure the sum of
$131.25, which mortgage is registered
in Book 92 page 290 of deeds in the
Register's office in Catawba county,
and default having been made in the
payment of the said sum, the under
signed will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in front of the
Post Office in Hickory, Catawba coun
ty, N. C,, on Saturday April 20th,
1912, at 2 o'clock p. m. the following
described lots of land in Hickcry
township:
Beginning at a stake on the North
side of the Springs road and runs N.
3 1-4 W. 346 feet; then N. 89 E. 100
feet to a stake; then S. 4 1-4 E. 240
reet to a stake; then S. 85 3-4 W. 100
feet to the beginning. Being lots 44
and 45 of the Highland Park plat.
This March 18th, 1912.
S. D. Gampbell,
Mortgee,
Councill & Yount, Attorneys. 3, 21, 4t.
Notice of Sale of Land under
Mortgage
By virtue of the powers contained in
a certain mortgage deed executed by
H. P. Herman to S. D. Campbell on
Arg. 8, 1910, to secure the sum of
$228.00, which mortgage is Register's
office in Catawba county, and default
having been made in the payment of
said sum, the undersigned will sell in
front of the Post Office in Hickory,
Catawba county, N. C., on Saturday
April 20th, 1612, at 2 o'clock p. m.
the following described lots of land in
Hickory township:
Beginning at a stake on Ihe North
side of the Spring 1 s road and runs N.
4 1-4 W. 246 feet to a stake; then S.
89 W. 205 1-4 feet to a stake; then S.
3 1-4 E. 258 feet to a stake; then N.
85 3*4 E. 103 feet to the beginning
46, 47, 48, and 49 of Highland Park
Plat.
This March 18th, 1912,
S. D. Campbell,
Mortgagee.
Councill & Yount, Attorneys. 3, 21, 4t.
South Hickory Registration
Place.
All parties from South Hickory pre
cient, who wish to register in the boud
election, will find D. F. Whitencr, regis
trar, at the old Marshall buildiug on the
following Saturdays: March 23 and 30-
April 6 and 13th, 3 21 3 t
Road Exemption Tax.
All persons in Hickory township
from the age of 21 to 45 years are re
quired to pay one dollar exemption
road tax for 1912 on or before May 1,
1912. Call on S. E. Kiliian or J. w!
Robinson. J. w. ROBINSON,
3-14-4t Road Supervisor.
Blderly people use Dr. Miles' Lax- 1
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Farmers' Educational
m and Co-Operative
Union of America
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Matters & Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
A co-operative community is usually
very wide awake.
It is natural that the man who gives
himself away should feel cheap.
The man who milks a few cows has
his harvest money coming in all win
ter.
A great deal of interest is being
manifested these days in the small
farm.
Saying the wrong thing is misfor
tune; but trying to explain it is dis
aster.
A cow test associatoin is one of the
best guarantees of success in the dairy
business.
A roll or two of tar paper helps
greatly in putting buildings to rights
for the winter.
It is not a sign that a man is lazy
Just because he has comfortable seats
on his farm implements.
A barnyard full of stock is a much
surer sign of prosperity than a well
worn road to the elevator.
When an employe really knows
more than his employer he knows
enough not to boast of it.
Th 9 man who does things makes
many mistakes, but he never makes
the biggest mistake of all —doing noth
ing.
As long as the consumer demands
beefsteak and is willing to pay for it,
the farmer is foolish to try to sell, him
corn meal.
Bill Smith knew a thousand reasons
why he should be honest; but one day
he couldn't think of a single one of
them—phone 23„ Joliet
One man takes his work as a stone
around his neck and sinks to failure.
Another takes it as a stepping stone
and mounts to success.
The temptations in business are so
great that it demands the highest type
of conscience, the clearest brain, and
the most genuine manhood that can be
enlisted.
It never pays for a man to figure out
why he should be satisfied with him
self. His totals are apt to be wrong,
either because he uses the wrong mul
tiplier, or because he forgets to sub
tract.
TO SAVE BY CO-OPERATION
Live Stock Association in Minnesota
Profits About 50 Cents Per
Hundred on Hogs.
(By C. R. BARNS, Minnesota College of
Agriculture.)
The saving effected by the Litch
field co-operative live stock associa
tion in the marketing of hogs has
averaged about 50 cents per hundred
weight, as compared with sales ef
fected outside the association, if all
the live stock of the state were sold
on a similar basis, it would mean a
r saving to the producers of about sl.-
. 500,000 annually. But this figure re
fers to the product of live stock under
present conditions only. The business
of stock raising is still in its infancy
In Minnesota. Next to dairying it Is
destined to be, probably, the largest
agricultural interest in our state.
Destiny so writes in the fact that the
grasses and feed crops, which are the
basis of all successful animal hus
bandry, here find their natural homo,
their richest development. There
fore, efficient organization among
stock raisers means the saving to them
not merely of $1,500,000 annually,
which now goes into the pockets of
middlemen, but of many times that
amount when, as a stock-growing
region, Minnesota shall have "come to
her own."
FARMERS HELP EACH OTHER
Neighbors Often Club Together and
Buy Fertilizers and Feeds by
Car Load Lots.
Our people co-operate In various
ways, says a writer in the Baltimore
American. We have several granges'
and farmers' organizations in the coun
ty, and there is a good deal of buying
done through these channels. Several
farmers who are neighbors also very
frequently club together and order
car load lots of fertilizers and feedi
directly from the manufacturers and
wholesale houses. I have often order
ed car loads of cottonseed meal direct
from Georgia at a very reduced price
for several of our dairymen. We do
not, however, co-operate as much as
we should. The disadvantages of co
operation are mainly that farmers will
sometimes take their cash and join to
make up an order while they owe a
bill to the local merchant; then the
merchant is often at a loss to know
how to purchase supplies to accommo
date those he thinks ought to be his
patrons. We cannot do without these
country merchants and it seems hard
ly fair to ignore them when we have
a big pile of cash to spend. In buying
large quantities of stuff we often
negiect to take care of what we buy,
and in that way lose the profit
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
fifiTt 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 hy C. M. Shuford, Moser 6,
Lutz, Walter S. Martin.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Wood,
of Los Angles, Cal. returned
home Thursday byway of Wash
ington, D. C., where they went
for a brief visit. They were de
lighted with Hickory after their
two mohths visit.
Mr. Weston Clinard, of Yad
kin Valley, has a nice position in
a drug store at Marion,
Mr. G. M. Barger, of Hickory
Route 3, one of our best farmers,
made 400 bu. of sweet potatoes
last year and has already begun
to ship them near and far. They
are bringing from 80c to
SI.OO on the Northern market.
Mr. Barger says He makes more
money out of sweet potatoes than
cotton.
The city has made an effort to
save the beautiful trees in Union
square Park which have been at
tacked by the Sam Jose fruft
scale. Mr. W. S. Poilard, the
greatest authority on trees in
this section, has sprayed and
trimmed the elms and maples,
and says he has no doubt they
will get well and grow.
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Gilbert, of
the Jugtown neighborhood, will
] move to the Mrs. Little place on
i the Lincolnton road as soon as
the weather permits. Dr. Gil
bert is the father of Mr. W. L,
Gilbert who until recently ran
the depot cafe. He has retired
from active practice, but will do
some office practice here.
Mr. Edgar Whitener, until re
cently of Durham, was in the
city last week, and paid the
Democrat a pleasant visit. He
says he will move to High Point
soon to accept a position with
the Beeson Hardware Co., and
will travel for the furniture de
partment of that house. He will
visit Hickory every 30 days and
his friends will be delighted to
see him.
Mr, L. [I, Philips has resigned
as cashier of the Farmers & Mer
chant's bank in order to take po
sition as secretary and treasurer
of the Fidelity Hosiery Mills
Company, succeeding Mr R. P.
breeze who is going to Hender
sonville to establish a hosiery
mill. Mr. Philips' successor is of
course not yet known, and the
changes will not be effective
for at least a month. The speci
fications for the new hosiery
mill plant arrived yesterday and
contractors will be asked to make
oids during the next few days.
Southern Railway low Rates.
The Southern Railway offers ex
tremely low round trip rates to Macon,
Ga.,nn account of Annual Reunion
United Confederate Veterans, May
7th-Bth and 9th, 1912.
On account ot th : s occasion the
Southern Railway will sell round trip
tickets to Macon, Ga., on May 5-6-7
and Bth 1912, with final return limit
May 15th with privilege of extension
of final limit until June sth by per
sonally depositing ticket with special
agent at Macon not later than May
15th and upon payment of 50 cents
per ticket at time of depositing. Stop
overs will be permitted at Atlanta and
several other points within limit of
ticket, either going or returning trip,
or both, depositing ticket with agent
at points of stop over. Arrangements
have been made to sell side trip tick
ets from Macon to large numbers with
in a radius of five hundred miles at
greatly reduced rates. The following
round hrip rates will apply from
stations named:
Statesville - $7.30
Hickory - 7.50
Moreanton - 7.80
Mooresville - 7.00
Cornelius - 7.30
Newton - 7.30
Shelby - 6.30
Rutherfordton - 6.00
Forest City - 6.30
Reduced round trip rates on same
basis from all other stations on South
ern Railway. Arrangements are now
being made for the operation of tw
special trains to take care of the move
ment from North Carolina, one start
ing at Raleigh and one at Charlotte,
N. C., leaving Charlotte about 7:30
p. m., Monday, May 6th, arriving at
Macon early Tuesday morning, May
7th. These trains will consist of first
class coaches and Pullman Sleeping
cars, exact schedule to be announced
latter. Passengers from branch line
points can use regular trains to junc
tion points, connecting at such junc
tion points with the special trains.
For detailed information in connec
tion with rati *s, reservations, schedules,
etc., apply to any agent, or,
R H. DEBUTTS,
Divison Passenger Agent,
Charlotte, N. C.
34 miles of good roads, if we
carry the bonds, and not a cent
of extra tax to you.
The Political Situation.
A prominent North Carolinian has
this to say; I have been a sufferer
from Rheumaiism 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. Kiiik's Nerve and
Bone Liniment. Two or three appli
cations entirely relieved me of the
pain. I have used it in my family
with good results. D. C. Howell.
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Mr. L. M. Allen, of Lincoln Mr. A. E. Brown, of Monbo,
county, is in the city and ex- is another candidate for the
pects to move here with his fam- county t^easurship.
ily next fall. Mr. Allen is a sub- ;
stansial citizen and he and his Miss Margaret irgold Bost will
family will be a fine acquisition give her graduating recital at
to this section. Claremont college April 22.
*rTFPV -.nAU The Month of Sudden
rvjUo * c ' I v/ Colds and Chills
Nyal's Ghill Tonic
buzzing and roaring in the
tack —have a bottle of tonic handy. 50c.
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Pieces
We can matcli them—and possibly improve on
them Our experience with thousands of eyes hns
given us wonderful opportunities to observe the
most difficult and complicated cases.
Come today and let us examine your e3 r es. Don't
delay this important matter.
GEO. E. BISANAR
Graduate and Registered Optometrist and Jeweler