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Established 1899 SCORES OF BABIE NOMINA TED IN CONTEST T/h Most Sanguine Anticipation Passed in Remarkable Amount of Enthusiasm Manifested in Babies in Hickory and Adjoining Counties. ••Who is Your Favorite?" and i •Have You Voted?" Arejc Common Questions.—Com- s mendable Feature is There 1 \re Two Districts—Outside \ Babies Have Splendid Oppor- ] tunitv— A Baby in District 1 ISo 2 Has the Same Chance \ to Win First Honors as a * Baby in District No. 1 l,OOO c Free Votes Attracting Atten- ( tion— Prominent Little Folks r Entered by the Scores—Call \ at the Contest Office as Ear- i ly as Possible and Secure a j Subscription Book. ! \ ! t The first announcement of the J nominations which have been j . made to date in the Baby Cjn- \ test inaugurated by The Hickory ; Democrat appear today. Bej suie to secure a copy of The! Democrat, carefully scan the ]ong list of babies already en tered in this great race for fame anl fortune, and if the name of your little sweetheart does not appear, send it to the Contest Manager without an instant's delay. It has been said that this con test just opened by The Demo crat is going to be the greatest newspaper enterprise ever at tempted in this section of the state, and this statement still holds and will continue to hold to the end of the contest. The in terest is going to be more wide spread than anything of the kind heretofore attempted. The in terest is going to continue with out flawing throughout the en tire time of the contest, and in the end some little dimpled darl ing will be declared the most popular baby in Hickory and vi cinity. It must not be understood that because the list is published to day that the nominations will then be closed. It will always be possible to nominate a baby, but it is a very distinct advan tage to a baby to get those thousand free votes which are i to bs given to every baby nomi- i nated before May 14th inclusive. 1 The Contest Manager wishes l to annonnce that subscription 5 books will be given out to all I those wishing them from now 1 on. Votes will be given for J1 subscriptions and this will be the mliin issue in this great race. , Subscription boolrs may be had for the asking by parents, rela tives, friends, or any one else interested in a baby's campaign. If not convenient to call drop a card or phone the Contest De partment and the manager will call upon you. N T o subscription will be ac cepted for less than six months. For a subscription of six months we will give three thousand votes. For one year's we will give nine thousand votes. Any one who is owing the paper for a back subscription can pay up and get the same amount of votes that they can get on a new subscription. All subscriptions on which votes are issued must be strict'y paid in advance. The Hickory Democrat has the liveliest and prettiest lot of babies the Contest Manager has ever seen. If there are any prettier bablies that we have on the list we would like to see them. Look over the list of names, vote for a favorite, there are a few who are not there, but they will be in a few days. Surely among such a select and desirable class of babies you see the names of some you want to help. If you do not find your favorite's name telephone the Contest Manager and have him to add to the list so it will be Printed the next time the names appear. Then clip out the cu pon and vote for your little friend. In case of a tie at the end of this contest all prizes will be equally divided. No two candi dates will be permitted to double up. Votes are absolutely not transferable. If you drop out you lose all. Subscriptions may be taken to start, at any time. If Mr. Jones wants to help you and his sub scription is already paid in ad vance, secure a renewal and we will date the subscription ahead from the date of the expiration of the present subscription. You may take subscriptions frorn anywhere in the United Stat'.s without increase of the reguiar subscription rates. Be cause your baby is a contestant in District No. lor No. 2 you are in no means limited to that district as a field of endeavor. All books and records concern THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT ing this contest will be thrown open to the public immediately y after the close of this contest. « Every one gets a square deal and t we want them to know it. ( Merit, not money wins. * Call on your friends and you t will soon learn how easy it is to r get votes for your baby. Get 1 one or two or even a half dozen € of your friends to help you. J They wiil gladly do it, and you t will te surprised how rapidly the £ votes will come pouring in. The s parents and friends of the baby f who work the hardest are bound s to win-in this contest. r i t Send a Picture of Your s Baby to the Democrat. 1 Would you like to see your I little baby sweetheart peering ! ( at you from the columns of a this oaper? If you have a c good picture of your baby, g one that is satisfactory to you i just send it.in to the contest r office and we will reproduce it j ( in the paper. We will return- j f the photo to you in as good i condition as we receive it. It i will be best to get in as soon as possible as it is to be a case i of "first come, first served" in : this matter. If you haven't a picture of 1 a your baby that is satisfactory, i come to the office and get an c order to have one made— 1 without cost to you. 1 Mr. C.M. Hardin, Hickory's r able photographer, has been 1 appointed official photograper , 1 of The Democrat Baby con- i test and will take pictures of j i all the contestants free of ' j charge. Come to the contest | office and get an order. —J i The Winners of the Gold Rings. | Below is a list of the babies who won the gold rings, ana we must commend the friends of these babies for their ability to hustle. If the same spirit is shown all through the contest as they have shown on the start, they are going to be hard to | beat. * | Winners of the Gold Rings in District No. 1. I—Mary Helen Flowers 2—Ruth Lanier. 3—John F. Price. 4 —George Killian Bost. s—Henry Rion Elliott. 6 —Ruby Elizabeth Smith. 7—Harry Gwin. B—Robert Lee Harris. 9 —Mary Belle Gwin. 10 —Bernice Morton Winners of the Gold Rings in District No. 2. 11—Fred L. Sites. 12—Alice Summer nv. 13— Claud Hubert Cline. 14—Celia Margaret Isenhoor. 15—Luther Huffman. 16—Virginia Wilson Clark. 17—George Wiley Sherrill. 18—Coit Wilson. 19—Nell Wilkinson. 20 —Margaret Rebecca Coon. A Birthday Party. Oxford Ford, Apr. B. Last Saturday a large number of rea tives and friends met at home of, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hedrick to celebrate the birthd \y of their Lizzie, and her grandmother. Mrs. C. Hollor, who lives in Hickory. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Hed rick, Mr. R. Fox and friends from Hickory. Mr. and Mrs. D. Dellinger* Mr. and Mrs. C. Lael and many people from the neigh | borhood, ! The Democrat congratulates : Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Hefner, a » bouncing boy visitor. The school near St. Peters J church has an enrollment of 8o t pupils. It will continue about t four weeks, 3 "Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil is the - best remedy for that often fatal dis - ease, croup, It has been used with 3 success in our family fo* eight years.'' Mrs. L- Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y. 1 s Messrs. W. C. Ervin and R. Wil i liams. of Morganton, were bruised e by their buggy overturning m a i. rough place on Silver Creek. ,t u For rheumatism you will find nothing it bettor than Chamberlain's Liniment. Try it and see how quickly it gives re* i. lief. For sale byalldsalers, HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 18,1912 Past Hickory by Interurban. Charlotte Chronicle. Probably within the next sixty days, Charlotte people may be able to take an interurban car at Independence Square and speed away for Lenoir, Edgemont and the mountains. This will be made possible by a traffic ar rangement between the Carolina & North-Western Railroad, of which Mr. L. T. Nichols is gen eral manager, by which the in terurban car leaving Charlotte could be switched at Gastonia and carried on to Lenoir, thence to Edgemont without delay. This would be far the finest mountain traffic service that has ever been arranged for Charlotte. It seems almost too good to be true, yet it is known that the Southern Power Company oper ating the interurban has been figuring on running a mountain schedule, provided the arrange ments could te made on a satis factory basis. Nothing authorita tive has been given out yet by either side, but the fact that such a traffic arrangement is a possibility will ever be a matter of intense interest to the public. It would be possible for Charlotte citizens to leave at 8:30 a. m., and reach Lenoir an hour or more earlier than is now pos sible. If Mr. Nichols and the interurban people succeed in making this traffic arrangement, Charlotte will keep their cars filled. Baby Not Too Far to Get in Our Contest. Morganton Messenger. Miss Etta Mae Perkins left on a long journey across the conti nent Wednesday for the purpose of bringing the infant of her brother, Mr. Frank Perkins, to Morganton, where his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Per kins, will look after the little fellow, who was left motherless a few days ago,- an account of which appeared in The Messen ger. Mr. Frank Perkins lives on a ranch in California and deemed it best to have the little one where it could recieve. better attention than wtfere he lives, Rules and Regulations of The Demo crat Grand Baby Contest Contest Closes June 15, 1912. Each coupon appearing in The Democrat to and including May 4,1912, will be good for fifty votes, and the coupon after that date may be good for one vote and it may be good for fifty: You will have to watch the paper. All the present series of coupons will have to be voted by the 11 orMay. No person will be per mitted to buy papers in bulk for the purpose of clipping coupons, but there is no restriction as to the source from which you may gather coupons. . . Interest all your neighbors, relatives and friends in saving coupons for you. Have them send the coupons and subscriptions to the Contest Manager of The Democrat in the name of your babv. Votes will be given for subscriptions and this will be the main issue of this great lace, Subscription books may be had upon ap plication to the Contest Manager by the parents, relatives, friends or anyone interested in the baby's campaign. If not convenient to call, drop a postal card to the Contest Manager, or 'phone No. 37, and we will gladly call on you or mail you a subscription book. Anyone who is in arrears to The Democrat can get the same amount of votes by paying in full to date- No employee will be permitted to enter his or her baby in this contest.. No person connected with this paper has anything to do with the active conduct of the contest. All matters pertaining to the contest are transacted solely by the Joyce Syndicate, of Chicago, We reserve the right to reject any undesirable names at any time or any one detected playing unfair. In case of a tie vote at the end of the contest, all prizes will be equally divided. No two condidates will be permitted to double up. It you drop out you loose all. Votes are absolutely not transfer able. . lf _ Subscriptions may be taken to start any time. If Mr. Jones wants to help you,' notwithstanding that his subscription is already paid in advance, you may secure his renewal and we will date the j subscription ahead from che date of the expiration of the present subscription. . . . ~ TT j You may take subscriptions from any place in the United States without increase of the regular subscription rates. Be cause your baby is a contestant in District No. lor No. 2, you are by no means limited to that district as a field of endeavor. The vote schedule will remain exactly the same throughout the entire contest. Turn in your subscriptions and we will give a special vote coupon which can be voted at any time before the close of the contest, except that no contestant will be allowed in any one week to vote over 10,000 ahead of the leader the week be fore All ballots over and above must be held in reserve. Start ing with the last week of the contest this vote will be withdrawn and the reserve vote can be voted at will. All books and records concerning the contest will be thrown open to the public immediately after the close of the contest Everyone gets a square deal and we want them to know it. MERIT, NOT MONEY, WINS. Address all communications to to Manager Contest Depart ment, The Hickory Democrat, Hickory, N. C., 'Phone 37. Subscription Votes and their Voting Power in The Demo crat Contest. (No subscription accepted for less than six months.) 6 months s ol( |ornew JjJJJ 1 vpar 1.00 old or new 9,00* o vears 7. 2 W old or new 18,00* o vpars 7 3.00 old or new 27,00* 4 vears 4 old or new 36,00* 1 5 year 5.. .7.7! 7 7 rT. 5.00 old or new 50,00* WE WANT THIS DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD. This vote schedule will NEVER change. You get as man: votes now for a subscription as you will get any time dunng th ' contest. | COMMENT | Mr. A. A. Shuford spent the whole of Monday at the polls on the southside. If all our public men took as much interest in the public welfare as he does, we would have a better and a clean er and a more progressive world. No one man in the county has done quite as much perhaps for good roads as John W. Robinson. He looked happy late Monday afternoon and he deserved to be happy. It has been such patient hammering as his that has made the success of this work possible. Judge E. B. Cline has a fine passage in his charge to the grand jury about the importance of good roads, and he practiced what he preaches by coming home to vote for the $50,000 bond issue. He goes to Raleigh and then to Charlotte for special terms and then to the second judicial district. Mr. A. N. Adderholdt worked ail day at the polls in favor of the bond issue Monday, although at first he was against bonds, and The Democrat would like mighty well to see him appointed as one of the committee to spend the road money. His long ex perience in building railroads especially fits him for such a position. Ran Away from Home Corns, Bunions, Warts, leave home when Dr. King's Corn Salve gets af ter them, and though it only costs 50c, is guaranteed same as if sold for 1 dollar. Thats King's way always. Sold by aH medicine dealers. Catawbaites Seeing Cleveland Roads. Shelby Star. Cleveland county had the honor of visits from two Cataw ba delegations this week inspect ing the sand clay roads in No. 6 township. Mr. J, D. Elliott of Hickory paid the expenses of - ten men who live in Hickory township and who oppose the pending bond issue of 150,000 for good roads. They came to find out our methods of building, the j cost per mile and the wearing , qualities of the sand clay sur face. Messrs. J. F. Roberts, and j L. A. Gettys and W. F. Gold who J compose the road commission i and Capt W. P. Eddleman, who has the work in charge, took . them out over the several roads and explained to them the de- , tails of construction. They seemed well pleased and being fair minded men, open to con-1 viction, they go back, most of ! them, converted on the bond is- : sue proposition. One man who is a "king bee" in his precinct was opposed to the bond issue . and would have wielded his in- ; fiuencfc against the measure but j the information he gained while here has converted him. It is said this means 75 votes for good roads that would have been cast against the issue had he not made the trip here. Wednesday another delegation came from Newton township. ! This township has already voted 1 bonds and five prominent citi- ' zens came over to find out our ' methods of building. They were ; shown over the roads and ex- ; plained the cost, etc. In this party were Messrs. L. F. Long, S. L. Rhyne, W. B. Gaither, A. H. Crowell and G. W. Setzer. 1 ■ Typewriter Medal at Lenoii College. | The Remington Typewriter Com pany gives a beautiful gold medal to;' that student of Hickory Business Col lege who in three competitive tests : wins the distinction of greatest effici ency in typewritings The two tests already show that most excellent work is being done by the students. Hickory Business College is operat ed in connection with Lenoir College. The principal and chief teacher is Miss Maggie C. Woods, of Durham, who is | an expert teacher of shorthand, type i writing and bookkeeping. Her fine work in this College and in King's Business College, rank* her as a busi ness teacher of the first order. The best evidence of the high ; character of the work done in Hickory Business College is the large number of her students holding good positions in Hickory, Charlotte, Salisbury, etc. Among tho c e in Hickory may be men tioned: Mr. Hi gh D'Anna, Misses Claidia Youat, Jettie Williams, May Stevenson, Maud Bradford, Ora Sig* mon and Edna Huffman. Seaboard Air Line Low Rates. The Seaboard Air Line will sell : 1 round trip tickets from all stations in North Carolina on May sth, 6th, 7th and Bth good to return until May 15th, subject to extension by paying 50 cts. at Macon to June sth, the rate will be one cent per mile for the miles trav eled, the route will be either via Ath ens or Atlanta, following is rate from a few of the principal stations: Ruth erfordton, $6.00; Shelby, 4.00; Lin colnton, $5,60; Charlotte, 6.60; Mon roe, $6.60; and corresponding low rates from all other stations. We would like to arrange this trip for all going in a body, we will provide spe cial day coaches or pullman on appli cation, for further information write the undersigned. James Ker, T, P. A. Charlotte N, C. T. S. Leard, G. P. A, Raleigh, N. C. TRUTHFUL REPORTS. Hickory Reads Them With Uncommon Interest. A Hickory citizen tells his experi ence in the following statement. No better evidence than this can be had. The truthful reports of friends and neighbors is the best proof in the world. Read and be convinced. Mrs. A. Wezen, 1443 Ninth Ave., . Hickory, N. Car., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills proved beneficial to me and Ido not hesitate to recommend them. My kidneys were out of order, j ' and I suffered from backache. I finally used Doan's Kidney Pills pro-1 cured at Moser & Lutz Drug Store and i they made me strong and well. This ) remedy gives quick relief." j ) The above statement must carry ) cenviction to the mind of every read ) er. Don't simply ask for a kidney ) remedy —ask distinctly for Doan's ) Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. We zen had —the remedy backed by home testmony. 50c all stores. Foster-Mil r burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 3 "When your back is lame, remem ber the name." Democrat and Press, Consolidated .1905 HICKOR Y TO WN BONDS FOR GOOD ROADS Majority of Registered Vote is 234> °f Votes Cast. Much Enthusiasm Manifested at the Polls. All Day Long,-While the Sun Shone Bright, Voters Poured into the Town. Hickory township voted the $50,000 issue for good roads bonds Monday by a good safe majority ot 234, or if one figures according to the method that Newton figured her bond issue majority, it was 468 majority. The total registration was 1358 and the total vote cast 1153, On the North side where Mr. Lon Sherrill was the registrar the voting was at the city hall, registration was 614, the vote for bonds 400, the vote against bonds 118, not voting 96. Majority of the registered vote 93. On the South side the total vote was 744, the vote fo.- bonds 513, the vote against bonds 122, not voting 107. Majority of the reg istered vote 141. This would make the majority for bonds 234. The majority is figured in this way. Divide the total registration by two, and subtract the result of such divis ion from the vote cast for bonds, e.g.: The half of the total reg istration is 679, so that it re quired 680 votes to be cast to carry the election (a majority of the registered vote.) Take 679 from 913, the total vote cast for bonds, and the result is 234, the majority for bonds. This, however, is not the way Newton township figured her majority. She subtracted the total vote for bonds from the I GENERAL NEWS | 000«H5KKHttHCHKHKHttHCH&a«^ The Republican Governor of Tennessee has appointed a Republican, Newell Sanders, chairman of the Republican State committee, to succeed the late Gov. Bob Taylor in the Sen ate, Robbers stole Governor Wood row Wilson's dress suit case, with private letters in it, from it in his room in a Chicago hotel. But they can't steal from him the approval of the people, for whose writes he stands, —Ral- eigh News and Observer. Governor Wood row Wilson is after the men who are trying to destroy him. He declares: "I have never voted anything but the Democratic ticket," that the charges that he had not voted for Bryan in 1900 and that he had not voted at all in 1908 were falsehoods, "swore to by gen tlemen who were willing to swear to anything." That ought to ~end such canards. —Raleigh News and Observer. The J. A. Atkinson Lumber Co., of Bristol, Tenn., is figur ing on buying the Cheever ! ladds, which are located in Burke j county on Upper creek, Steels j creek, Table Rock creek and Lin ville river. The lands contain 38,500 acres and are finely tim bered. Before the deal is per fected, however the lumber con cern wants to know about get ting a right of way for a rail road to the timber. If this can be secured on a fair basis, then the firm proposes to buy the land and build a railroad from Morganton to the timber. FOR AGED PEOPLE Old Folks Should Be Careful in Their Selection of Reg ulative Medicine. We have a safe, dependable, and altogether ideal remedy that is par ticularly adapted to the requirements of aged people and persons of weak constitutions who suffer from constipa tion or other bowel disorders. We are so certain that it will relieve these complaints and give absolute satisfac tion in every particular that we offer it with our personal guarantee that it shall cost the user nothing if it fails to sub stantiate our claims. This remedy is ' called Rexall Orderlies. I Rexall Orderlies are eaten just like candy, are particularly prompt and I agreeable in action, may be taken at | any time, day or night; do not cause ' diarrhoea, nausea, griping, excessive j looseness, or other undesirable effects. They have a very mild but positive action upon the o.gans with which they come in contact, apparently acting as a regulative tonic upon the relaxed muscular coat of the bowel, thus over coming weaknes, and aiding to restore ■' the bowels to more vigorous and healthy 1 activity. Three sizes, 10c., 25c., and .'soc. Sold only at our store —The I Rexall Store. The Grimts Drug Co. total registration, the result being the entire opposition to bonds. This result she then sub tracts from the total vote cast for bonds, which is (she con tends) the majority for the bonds. Thus 1358 less 913 equals 445. The latter is the total vote against bonds (vote cast and stay-at home vote). Then taking 445 from 913, the result is the total majority for bonds which in that case would be 468. The South side did noble work for the bond issue. Everv man with cotton on his hat or clothes could be put down as voting the right way. Brookford, Ivey and Shuford cotton mill men helped to race up the majority. There was a larger vote in the city opposed to bonds than was sup posed. A good many of the employes in the shops were against bonds. The country vote swung around to bonds. All the vehicles and automo biles in the city were in use during the day getting out the vote. There was no unpleasant ness of any kind, but no man voted wrong without first having been exhorted to repentance. The weather was beautiful and all the roads leading into town in good shape but not as good as they will be three years from now. If it had rained the issue would have been in peril. But the Almighty smiled on our little city and not 'till 11 o'clock at night, three hours after the vote had been counted, did the win dows of heaven open and the floods pour down. | STATE NEWS The Morgan ton Messenger says that Jonn Pariser, a pros perous farmer in the lower end of the county, came to an un timely death Sunday afternoon by imbibing too freely of mean blockade liquor. It was in a bottle given him by a friend named Icard, past whose place he was driving. He died in his buggy after drinking half a bot tle. Mrs. Bettie A. Folk, relict of the late Col. G. N. Folk, died at her home in Lenoir on last Sat urday, the 9th inst. This es teemed lady was born and rear ed in what is now Watauga coun ty, and is the last one of the fam ily of Mr. Jordan Councill, whom many of the older citizens re member. She was truly "the last leaf on the tree." Her fail form, after a prilgrimsge of 82 years, has been trembling on the brink for many weary months, and we trust her trail bark has touched the golden strands of the Beau tiful citv and that the suffering form has found rest in elysian fields, and that the angles have chanted a "welcome home" to i the aged pilgrim.—Watauga j Democrat. RELIEVE YOUR STOMACH We Will Help You Do It. Read Our Guarantee. Dyspepsia may be completely eradi cated if properly treated. We sell a remedy that we positively guarantee will completely relieve indigestion or dyspepsia, or the medicine used during the trial will cost the user.nothing. This remedy has been named Rex all Dyspepsia Tablets. Certainly no offer could be more fair, and our offer should be proof positive that Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are a dependable remedy. . Inasmuch as the mediciue will cost you nothing if it does not benefit you, we urge you who are suffering with indigestion or dyspepsia to try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. A 25-ceut box contains enough medicine for fifteen day's treatment. For chronic cases we have two larger sizes, 50 cent and SI.OO. Remember, you can clbtain Rexall Remedies only at our store The Rexall The Grimes Drug Co. Miss Mayme Mcßrayer and Mr. Grover C, King were married in Shelby April 11th. Why He Was Late. "What made you so late?" "I met Smithson." "Well, that is no reason why you should be an hour late getting home to supper." ,l l know, but I asked him how he was feeling, and he insisted on telling me about his stomach trouble." "Did you tell him to take Chamber lain's Tablets?" "Sure, that is what he needs." Sold by all dealers.