THE DEMOCRAT'S GALLERY OF LITTLE SWEETHEARTS—More to be Shown from Time to Time
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hell, little daughter of Vlr. J. B. Camp
bell' Sne * us a * lost °* sn^s anc * is
deserving ot every one of them, as she
is a very sweet little miss. She occu
rs a fine position fri the Grand Baby
Contest, and is a probable winner of
'the first prize. Her grandpa. ents and
[friends are very industrious and ener
tic. and do not intend to !ose a
moment of time between now and th *
close o! the contest.
Contract for
New Depot Let
Southern Railway will Push
Work At Once
1 The Southern Railway has let the
contract to: the new Hickory depot,
which secretary Joy is assured will be
cf the s?-n:e class as Statesville's, only
Hickory will have more shed room.
The Elliott Building Co. has the con
trac:. ani work will begin as soon as
the material can be placed on the
ground.
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If you want to be stylishly
dressed without doubt or ques
tion. call to see us.
Martin & Clark Clothing Co.
FOU KENi —sioom house and;
one -ic' near Hickory Tan-1
;i- : a at the Democrat
office.
Aui IT hire. Anywhere
y% '• *'. l to go.
C. T. Morrison,
Pi.one No. 145.
SEI'IZ'S Improved seed corn
at 3. L V/mteners; or H. G.
Seiiz. Route No. 1. Hickory, N.
C. 4 11-4t,
Get that new straw hat from
Marcin & Clark Clothing Co.
FREE; Send postal to P. C.
Wiest Co., York, Pa., and get
catalogue describing Up-to
date Novelties for Everybody:
anti-sash rattles, 10 for 25c.,
anti-sink splash 10c.; stitch
ripper 25c ; grape fruit knife
25c,; and many others. 4-11-2t
FOR SALE—IO acres 2 1-3
miles from depot, on Catawba
Springs road.
4-18-tf. Box 232.
Martin & Oark Clothing Co.
can save you money on your
spring suit.
WANTED:— Men and boys to
learn Automobile business. Good
position for competent men. Al
so want agents for Pullman cars.
Carolina Auto School,
Charlotte, N. C.
WANTED —A man that can
furnish some capital, that is com
petent to tike charge and manage
an established business. Man
must have knowledge of Dry
Goods, Ciothii.g and Shoes. A
fine opening for right party.
Write with references,
A. B. C.,
care of Hickory Democrat.
4-18-21.
We rme the best SIO.OO blue
ser Re .vu : you ever saw.
Ms-tin & Clark Clothing Cc.
r ;ora best strain S. C.
• ynorns, Light Brahmas,
• tv.iu'i Reds, White Fly
jfks. -r'LOO for 15. Will
■ "■ge "or !. R. Ducks or
• ggs. Mrs. Gordon Wil—
- - ton, N. C. 4 4 3t.
Ai.iil—9so-pound horse,
J y s old, perfect. See
4-17-ti. I. L. Lanier.
1' SALE— A six room house
1 acres in East. Hickory,
'Highland), fine water, good
orchard and outhouses. For
tei rns apply to
Edw. N. Hahn,
4-18-4t. Gastonia, N. C.
Get it from Martin & Clark
Clothing Co.
Miss Helen Flowers.
Of course we do not need to intro
duce this little lady but for fear that
there are some of you who do not
know htr we will say that she is Miss
Mary Helen Fiowers, the charming
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E L.
Flowers, who is head of the Home
Cannery Company, She stands well
in the race and her position its due
to the fact that her parents and friends
have kept up an unceasing interest in
her behalf.
How the Vote Stands.
DISTRICT No. 1.
(Including all territory within
the corporate limits of Hickory.)
Mary Helen Flowers 1,000
Ruth Lanier 4,850
John F. Price 1,050
George Killian Bost 1 000
Henry R. Elliott 1,000
Ruby Eiizabcth Smith 1,000
Harry Gwin 1,050
Robert Lee Harris 1,350
Mary Belle Gwin 1,950
Bernice Morton . 1,650
Andrew Rudasill 1,050
Thomas Strieker Shuford 1,000
James Stanley Crouch 1,050
James Oliver Mosteller 1,000
DISTRICT NO. 2,
(Including all territory outside
of Hickory in Catawoa and ad
joining counties.)
Fred L. Sites i,OOO
Alice Summerow 1,000
Claude Hubert Cline 1,000
Celia Margaret Isenhour 1,000
Luther Huffman 1,000
Virginia Wilson Clark 1,000
George Wi ey Sherriil 1,000
Coit Wilson 10,000
Ne'l Wilkinson 1,050
Margaret Rebecca Coon 1,050
Clyde Yount 1,050
Margaret Campbell 1,050
Frankie Lucile Houston 1,000
Conrad Lee Brittain 1,000
Virginia Lee Hefner 4,100
Bivian Drum. 1,050
Notice! Sale of Valuable Real
Estate.
Whereas, on the'24th day of March,
1910, A. L. Wilfong and Maggie Wilfong,
his wife, executed to A.L. Rumgardnera
certain mortgage registered in Book No.
92, on page 197, in tne office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Catawba County,
North Carolina, to secure the payment
of three certain notes and interest on
same!
And Whereas default has been made
in the payment of the interest on said
notes and in the payment of principal,
all three of the notes being now due
and unpaid:
Now, therefore, by virtue of the
powers contained in the al>ove describ
ed mortgage, the undersigned mortga
gee, will sell at public auction for cash
at the steps of tne Post Office in the
city of Hickory, Catawba county; North
Carolina, on Saturday, the 4th day of
May, 1912, at twelve thirty o'clock, P.;
M., the following described property, 1
to wit:
Lot No. 1, Beginning at a stone in L.
H. Moore's line and runs with said
Moore's lines South 87 East 10 poles to
a stake; thence South 2 1-2 West 36
poles to a Stake; thence South 76 West
10 3-5 poles to a stake; thence North
2 1-2 East 391-2 poles to the beginning.
Same being lot No. 2 in pint and con
taining 2 acres, 1 rod and 17 poles.
Second lot, Beeinning at a stone in L.
H. Moore's line and runs South 871
East 15 1-4 poles to a stone, Dietz' cor
ner; thence with the Dietz line South
2 l-2West3l 2-5 poles to a stake; thence
South 76 West 14 17-25 poles to a stake;
th.-nce North 2 1-2 East 36 poles to the
beginning. Same containing two acres,
three rods and thirty three poles.
Third lot. Beginnig at a post oak,
Dietz' corner and runs with Dietz line
North 2 1-2 East 41.1 poles to a stake;
thence South 76 West 25 7-25 poles to a
stake: thence South 2 12 West 34 poles
to a stake in Whisnants line; thence
South 87 1-2 East 24 1-5 poles to the
beginning. The same containing five
acres, two rods and thirty poles.
This the 2nd clay of April, 1912.
A. L Bumgardner, Mortgagee.
Bagby & Blackwelder. Attorneys.
NOTICE
All male persons in Hickory town
ship outside of incorporated towns be
tween the ages of 21 and 45 years who
dj not pay their road exemption tax of
SI.OO before May Ist. will be required
by law to work four days on the .public
roads. _ _
You can pay this to S. E. K1II1: Q or
the undersigned.
J. W. ROBINSON,
4 4 t tf. Road Supervisor.
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any loss of time, and one that is followed
by no bad results, use
Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and
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Miss Ruth Lanier.
We are pleased to introduce Miss
Ruth Lanier, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. I. L. Lanier. She occupies an
enviable place in this race through the
efforts or her parents and little brother,
and when the closing night comes they
do not intend that Miss Ruth will be
far behind, if, indeed, she is not at the
very top.
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BON i MARC HE
LADIES OF HICKORY
The Bon Marche will pay Yo
Do your Spring shopping in Asheville. The Bon Marche located here is the
largest and most modern Department Store in the Carolinas. We have hosts of friends
in every North Carolina town. We are not in competition with the Home Merchant, in
fart some of them are our best customers, but we show a class of goods that is impos
sible for them to handle.
Every Fair-Minded-Person is open to conviction. Come to Asheville and we
will convince you that our Varieties are the broadest. Styles the most up-to-date, Quality
the highest and Values the best to be found outside of a City of one hundred thousand
population.
Come here at OUR EXPENSE. If you buy S3O worth of merchandise, we will
pay your Railroad fare ONE WAY. If you buy fifty dollars worth of merchandise, or
more, we will pay your Railroad fare BOTH WAYS.
Remember there are 14 small Stores under one roof. Anything you could desire
for women or children, except shoes.
We also have an Exceptionally Good Mail Order Service.
Titanic Sinks with 1,500 Men
Striking an iceberg in New
founland waters, the White Star
liner Titanic sank in three hours
Monday morning with a loss of
life of 1.500, one thousand great
er than in any previous ocean
disaster. There were 2,200 pas
sengers and a crew of 800. Wom
en and children were saved first
in boats which were latei picked
up by the Carpathla. The Titanic
cost $10,000,000 and was consid
ered unsinkable.
Among her passengers were
John Jacob Astor and bride, Col.
W. A. Roebhng. builder of the
Brooklyn bridge; Maj.Butt,Pres
ident Taft's aide and many other
prominent men. '
Music lovers are asked to read the
ad of the StiefC pianos in this issue.
Are You Ready
For your
Spring Suit
We have great values to offer
you in our entire line of merchan
dise, consisting of
Ladies' and
Gents' Wearing
Apparel, Men's
and Boys' Cloth
ing
Must go at rock-ottom prices
Shoes of all kinds: Patent
Leather, Gun Metal, Tan, Vel
vet, etc.
It will pay you to come and
look our stock over before buy
ing elsewhere. We save you
from 25 to 50 per cent on every
thing you purchase from us.
Lookers are as welcome as
buyers. Come and be convinced.
The Store to Pin your faith to.
THE
Underselling
STORE,
L. E. Zerden, Prop.
Miss Virginia Wilson Clark.
We are pleased to be able to pre
sent the picture of Miss Virginia
Wilson Clark, the sweet little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Neal W. Ciark. Her
parents and friends are energe'ic and
enthusiastic in their work, and why
shoulden't they be with a winsome lady
to work for? Her friends hope to see
her in the first place before the end
of the contest and we are assured that
Miss Virginia is not going to be far
behind.
COMING SOON!
Harry Duvall's
Big City Show
A Show for ladies and children as
well as gentlemen.
In Hickory
For OnC Week, Commencing
MONDAY, APRIL 22.
Admission 10c to all
\ Removal Sale jj
« For forty-seven days we will offer our entire stock N
at greatly reduced prices. This stock includes new
« Stieffs, new Shaws. new Bennett & Bretzs, new N
KohJer & Campbells, and other makes of new
pianos, and many different makes of second band N
pianos that have been thoroughly repaired, re- Ti
finished, etc. in our shop. N
n All of these pianos are excellent bargains. We
hope to move this stock rapidly and if the price Af
jj has anything to do with the sale it will go quickly. JJ
I CHAS. M. STIEFF, n
jO 5 WEST TRADE STREET ff
U CHARLOTTE, N. C. i/
Vj STIEFF BUILDING, 219 South Tryon Jj
D St. opposite Academy of Music after June 1, 1912, «
riictrir»t 1 Includes all territory within the
x Corporate limits of Hickory.
Oictrir't 0 All territory outside of Hickory in
~ Catawba and adjoining counties.
Ruby Elizabeth Smith.
Here is a raeiry little girl. The lit
tle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D,
Smith. She is one of the dearest little
tots in this contest and is the pride and
joy of the whole family, to say nothing
about a large circle of friends and ac
quaintances, who say they intend tc
see that she is not very far behind on
the last night.
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Master George Wiley Sherrill.
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Look! who's here? Master George
Wiley Sherrill, little son of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Sherrill, of Granite
Falls, and sure that place is well repre
sented with Master George entered as
a candidate in this race. Never mind
if he iS behind just now. Watch his
standing before the contest closes.
Now is the time
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Dr. Le Gear's Stock Powder guaranteed to make your horse fat and
sleek. Dr. Le Gear's Poultry Powders guaranteed to make hens lay more
eggs.
You can DOW obtain Dr. Le Gear's famous remedies fipm
MOSER & LUTZ, Druggists
Hickory, N. C. "Satisfaction or money back."
If You Don't Like One Shoe
we "have plenty of other
physically and financially
We are specializing on Ladies and Childrens Shoes,
and can prove that there are no better lines made than
the '*Utz & Dunn" shoes for women and "Monogram"
shoes for children. We absolutely guarantee every
shoe that we sell. Let us show you.
Save Your Cash Checks.
Thompson West Co.
"The Ladies Store" ,
Vou Who Want
SIGNS
See or Write
B. L. Prevette
1226 12 Ave., - - Hickory, N.C.
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SJ who will make you a suit exactly like you want it. My clothes are HZ
? made to your measure and a fit is guaranteed. iC
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C Fields Building Phone 107 5
Master Claud Hubert Cline.
This is Master Claud Hubert Cline of
Conover. He is a b r ight little chap,
carrying sunshine with him wherever
he goes. His friends say-they do not
propose to stop until he is on top of
the heap. Those friends are working
for him with all the energy they_can
command, so look out for Master Claud
before the end of the contest.