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Established 1899 Ice Pack Barred Fleet From Titanic Sknicless Commercializing of News by Wireless Company Further developments in the Titanic di;a?ter are these: The reason the pub':c could get no news, save drib lets, from the rescuing Carpathian was that Mr. Sammis. general manager of the wire'ess comDany, ordered the opera tors on the ship to hold their story ex clusively for a sum which would reach into four figures. Even Marconi him self assented to this shau.efui commer cializing of the greatest sea disaster in history. Hereafter operators will not be their own bosses. A lady passenger swears that she saw Capt. Smith and Mr. Ismay drink ing together in the saloon the . day ui the disaster, though there was no statj ment that they were unduly under influence of liquor. Some of the stewards said that Mr. Ismay acted bravely iu helpirg to load women on the lifeboats before he got aboard one himself. Capt. Moore of the Mount Temple said that the Titanic was not at the , place she claimed to be, though the Carpathia found her. He said that the , reason the regular fleet of seacraft with in a radius of 50 miles couldn't get to ; her in time to save was because of the ] great ice fields; and it was suicidal for { her to race along it 21 knots when she | had been warned of ice. The first Mrs. John Jacob Astor has gone to New York to comfort her son Vincent during his grie fover his father's drowning. He probably inherits $lOO,- * ooo.uoo. 5 Most of the dead bodies have been ( pieked up by the Mackay-Bennett and 1 brought to New York. 1 Strong Speakers for Lenoir College Commencement. 1 Lenoir college commencement , takes place May 18-22. j The Rev, Simon Peter Long, , D. I)., of Mansfield, Ohio, will preadi the Baccalaureate ser mon Sunday morning May 19 and deliver the address • before the t Students Missionary society the i same evening, Williams .\nthony Granville, £ Ph. D., LL. D., Pennsylvania c college, Getcysbury, Pa., will de liver the Literary address Tues- t day evening May 21. ( The Rev. Enoch Hite, of Lin- colnton, will deliver the Alumni £ address Tuesday morning May 21. Dr. Long is the most widely and favorably known Lutheran preacher in America. He is a learned man, a most eloquent, 1 impressive and attractive speak- * er. He is the very impersona- j tion of consecration, vim and l energy. As a pastor, preacher t anu author of books, he has a- f chieved remarkable success. Dr. Granville was a noted ' proressor in Yale University when called to his present posi tion. He is a man of great !j learning, an author of high standing, and a speaker of rare power and eloquence. 1 It is unusu al for the college to secure at one time the services ( of two such eminent men. It is F an honor and a good speaker. A most cordial invitation is ex- I tended to the public to hear £ them. a Mr. Hite is one of our most 1 successful young pastors. He is , a deep, cicar thinker, and a good j speaker. A. most excellent ad dress may be expected from T him. • { Mr. D. P. Whitley, of Concord, 1 and Mr. M. Craig Yoder, of Hickory. represented Lenoir coliege at Newton Friday night April 26, in the First Clapp Ora tor's Contest. The medal is giv en by Mr. Clarence Clapp in 2 memory of his father Dr. J. C. J- Ciapp who was for many years president of Catawba college. 1 Ihe contest is open to the higher c schools of the county and the r Freshman and Sophemore clas- v ses of the colleges. Six young ® men, two from the Startown * high school and two from Lenoir s college and too from Catawba v college took part. The contest £ was entirely successful. The \ work of Messrs. Whitley and ' Yoder reflected special honor ' upon themselves and their col- r itKe. Mr. Whitley won the medal. It will be presented to I nim at Lenoir College on com mencement day. Rev. Enoch Hite of Lincoln- v ton will deliver the alumni ad- a dress, Tuesday May 21. Mr. c Hite is a deep, clear thinker and j a good speaker. £ Ihe Rev. John Hall, field sec retary has just returned from a v tr 'P to Shenandoah Co. Virginia covering a little more than three c weeks. This trip was in the in- t terest of the Yoder Memorial f science Building and was wholo j successful. The fund for trii- s building is growing bteadily, \ rHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT Spring Live Stock Show. Th e Catawba County Live > otock Association will hold its annual stock show at H. P. Lutz s Dutch Dairy Farm No. 1, I May 11. The speakers are as follows: R. W. Scott of the State Board of AgricuUure, Haw River,; M. • U Charles W. Mason, Southern . Railway live stock man. Ashe ■ g +'u 9;*. Morgan, Southern Railway dairyman, | Washington. T). C.; W. H. Eaton and P. W. Gr&er, dairyman and assistai t dairyman for the State department of fgricultu-e, who will speak on the sqi-ject >f s the work of the creamery nat rons. - I. 0. Schaub of Raleigh, who is in charge of the boys' corn clubs. Dr, VV. G. Chru-tman, sta e \efeianaian, Ral-igh. Miss Maud Eekard, county manager of the gi-lb' tomato clubs, Hickory, N. C * The speakings will begin at 10 o'clock and continue until noon. The afternoon wifrbe spent in stock judging. All breeders are urged to bring their fine horses, cows, hogs, poultry etc., and make this one of the finest stock shows ever held in the State. Accomodations will be made for stock and also a large crowd of people. So bring your wives and children Mid sweethearts, and a basket of good things to eat. South -Fork Items. ] Wheat is looking fine with a good stand. Oats on red and . spungy land were frozen out during the cold weather. The potato farmers are busy just now in geiting them to market Emeline Yoder has gone to Texas to her son Preston who has been there several years Daniel Kahili who is about 87 years old had a stroke of paral- l isis a few days ago but is a 1 little better again. i G. A. Miller had moved to the ( old homestead of the late Reu- 1 ben Yoder which he bought for ( *l2OO dollars. * Rev. J. H. Wanamaker was f at Col. G, M. Yoder's during the conference at Zion church. c The farmers have commenced \ to work on the new public road i crossing at the Finger ford. 1 where anew bridge will be built i across the river at an early day, t Colonel Granite Falls Items Correspondence of the Democrat. g Granite Falls. Apr. 29th. —Mr. and j Mrs. L. M. Williams, of Henry, are \ visiting Rev. Mr. Kennedy, before | g leaving for Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Wil j liams has a five dollar gold ceitificate r ihat was issued -under an Act of Con- i gress at Philadelphia. May 20th, 1777. [ The No. of the bill is 89,540 and is in t good preservation, i Mr. W. T. Sherrill has a moving 1 picture machine installed in the Dr. $ Flowers store building. A revival meeting is in progress at c the Baptist church. ? Work is progressing on Mr. A. A. c Cline's residence and the Methodist f parsonage. r Dr. G. E. Flowers has moved to c Longview.» We are sorry to lose the t experienced doctor, and the people t are to be congratulated on having him r lccate in the Hickory community. £ Mr. Parks Lutz returned from Wash- t ington last week. f Mr. W, G. Whisnant and family, of Hickory, recently visited their parents, c Messis. D. A. Whisnant and H. C. * Mackie. * g Which Shows the Chivalry? To the editor of the Democrat; With all the untold agonies and bereavements that have j come from the sinking of the j Titanic, we of the Anglo-Saxon race may be thankful for one contrast. One of the greatest naval disasters for years past was the sinking of a French ves sel with more than 300 souls on board. There were 150 men saved and one woman. This one was a stewardess, a very large, strong person, and armed with a long, keen dagger, which she j had preferred to a pistol, to car ry on her trips. Is there any t need of comment? « I J Dr. Good at the Reformed Church [ Next Sunday I € Dr. J. I. Good, of Philadelphia, who ; s was scheduled as one of the speaker" • 5 at the Laymen's Convention, but who \ s could not come at that time, will 1 preach in the Reformed church next € Sunday, May 4th. j \ On Satrrday night he will lecture e with stereopticon views on Japan. t Dr. Good is president of the Board r of Foreigi Missions in his church and f has visis d practically ail the mission, fields in the world and comes well pre- \ pared tJ instruct the people on mis- f sions. Let a large number •or our \ people of all denominations hear ,him. I HICKORY. N.C., THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1912 ~~~ —~— " 11 7 '- ~" '•■ GOLD CONTEST IS ON WITH A RUSH Work Done Between Now and Saturday Night to be an Import ant Factor in Race for Valuable Prizes and Winning Honor. Six Babies are Going to Win Those $5.00 Gold Pieces. IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO WIN. rhe way to Do it is to Get in and Not Only Stay in, But Keep Work ing, for the Incentive is Pure Gold —New Names Should be Sent in at Once, so That Subscribers Can Get Their Papers--Thisis Important. The contest for the six gold )ieces that The Democrat is going » award to some six babies, is on vith a rush. In the last few lays scores of entries have been •eceived, and men, women, and children all over Catawba and adjoining counties are striving to ?in one of the special prizes for heir friends' babies. Several persons have sent in :oupons nominating babies for vhom they have promised to vork, and many of these persons lave asked for subscription >ooks in order to help the one hey nominated. Remember the contest has only >egun. There is plenty of time or everybody to get busy and itart in with a rush and forge nto the lead. While everyone is vorking no one has a big lead, md anyone starting now will lave an easy time reaching the nark set by the present leaders n the contest. It isn't going to >e hard to win, and just think of he prizes. This is not a contest or men and women to ignore, rhink of the opportunity to win >l5O in gold. Some lively scrambling is being lone by the parents, relatives ind friends of the babies entered n the contest, to win those pecial prizes which are offered or this forthcoming Saturday light. The offer seems to have luickened the pulse of the con estants, it seems to have infused hem with new life,new ambition, lew energy, new vim and vigor, md as a result there promises to le the prettiest kind of a race or those special honors. Thirty dollars in gold are to be listributed Saturday night among he six babies in whose names he highest number of yearly iubscriptions may be reported. There are three prizes in each listrict, to the first, second, and hird largest number of new r early subscribers turned in be ore 10 o'clock Saturday night, day 4. This interesting little race for pecial honors will bring to a lose the third week of the great iBt newspaper enterprise ever ittempted in this section of the ountry and already there is very indication that it will far •utvie in success anything of this heracter that has ever taken dace anywhere in this good old torth State. Turn in your subscriptions and ake out your voting certificates, [■hese certificates you may keep intil the last day of the contest f you so desire, so that no one ilse will know just where you itand, even though you do make r our report of the subscripticns ecured. You must make your eport of subscriptions secured yery few days, for those from vhom you secure subscriptions ixpect their papers to be started o them promptly, and this can iot be done until we nave heard rom you. You have three days left in vhich to win the special prize or| our baby and a little extra vork, a little close application nay turn atfeat into victory. Are you going to allow someone else to seize the honor or are you going to see to it that it falls to your favorite? The habit of winning is a good one to fall into, for habits usually stick. Thus it is, if you win this special prize, and others which may possibly be offered as the contest progresses, who knows but in the end you may win the grand prize and be envied of all others in this race. Be a winner at all hazards. It is worth repeating that all the world loves a winner, but is im patient with a loser and has ab solutely no time for a quitter. Send a Picture of Your Baby to the Democrat. Would you like to see your little baby sweetheart peering at you from the columns of this paper? If you have a good picture of your baby, one that is satisfactory to you just send it in to the contest office and we will reproduce it in the paper. We will return the photo to you in as good condition as we receive it. It will be best to get in as soon as possible as it is to be a case of 4 'first come, first served" in this matter. if you haven't a picture of your baby that is satisfactory, come to the office and get an order to have one made— without cost to you. Mr. C.M. Hardin, Hickory's able photographer, has been apDointed official photograper of The Democrat Baby con test and will take pictures of all the contestants free of charge. Come to the contest office and get an order. Colored Graded School Closing. This has been a very success ful year with the colored Graded School of Hickory, Enrollment has been 280 with an average for five months of about 135. The remaining three months an average of 115 When the present principal, Prof. J. A. Mum tord, came here five years ago, it was hard to get an average of one hundred. This clearly demonstrates the fact that the colored people of Hickory are beginning to see the necessity of education. Such being the case they are in great need of room. The primary exercises took place Thur. day evening, among those taking part being Beulah Patterson, Evangeline Dula, John Eddie Johnson, Frankie Bost, and Irene Rhinehardt. The advanced grades had their closing Friday night when there were recitations by Carrie Lutz, Eloise Burton, Albert Clark, Willie and Virginia Davis. Miss Emma Young and Silas Cline, of Icard town, Burke Co. were married Saturday at the residence of H. A. Adams. J. P. who officiated in his best style. "Auto Bandits" Killed. Bonnot and Dubois, two mur derous "automobile bandits" of Paris were surrounded in a garage by police and soilders and shot and dynamited to death.Ten thousand people witnessed the Bie&e. Heffner-Mayo. . On Thursday evening April 25, the residence of Mr. Bruce Fry on 10th avenue was the scene, .of a beautiful home wedding when, Miss Viola Mayo, sister* of Mrs. Fry, became the bride of Hick ory's popular young assistant postmaster, Mr. Raymond Heff ner. The ceremony was im pressively performed by; the: bride's pastor, Rev. J. G. Garth, of the Presbyterian church. The bride has been for a num ber of years the efficient steno grapher tor the Hickory Grocery Company and is a young lady of! sterling worth, well known and deservedly popular among her many friends in Hickorjv The groom has for . several 1 , years been assistant postmaster here and is a young man of high moral character. Only a few of the bride and groom's close persona] friends and relatives were present' •to witness the ceremony. . ' The bride's attendants were Misses Annie Stevenson and Frances Ingold. - Miss Clara Bowles played Mendelsohn? wedding march. The home was tastefully de corated with a profusion; of, bride's wreaths. The bride was handsomely attired in a beautiful suit of white satin and carried a' beautiful bouquet of white sweet, peas, and as they stood under the beautifully arranged arch, presented a most beautiful scene. After the ceremony the guests were ushered into the dining; room where a delightful course of punch was served by Miss Delia Bost. Mr. and Mrs. Hefner were the recipients of many beautiful presents,* among them some beautiful silverware and cut glass. ■ ; IVEY DOTS. I West Hickory, Apr. "22-^-At c the town primary held m West Hickory at the Graded School house April 15, Mr. fl. H* Abee, the present mayor, was nominated and Mr. G, A. Miller, T. J, Leonard and Walker Were nominated for Aldermiftt tfndf' Messrs J. E. Senter, J. D. Beck, Zeb Pierce and W. A, Pooie for trustees for Graded School,' the town election to be held May 7th. f ;• Sam Coulter and family who have been living at the Ivsy' for several months moyed to a farm, near Claremont one day last week. Cleve Teague went ovet to Rhodhiss last Monday to visit relatives, Mr. A. Elmore and family from Granite were here Sunday visting the family of Mrs. Poov -oy*y* • i. J. Austin, wife and children* were here several days last week visiting their son W. P. Austin. Roy Travis from Brookford is here working in the mill. He is boarding with Jeff Holder. The Ivey Mill Co. shipped 57 bales of cloth one day last week. Frank Williams who had been working at the Ivey for several months went to Plateau . last week to visit his family and; af ter a few days rest is going to Altavista, Va., to work in the mill there. • Dillon Wilson and wife from Lancaster, S. C„ are visting Mrs. Wilsons parents, Mr. arid Mrs. A. L. Johnson. Rev. S. Suttlemyre preached at the Lutheran church last Sunday evening fillftag the ap pointment of Rev. W. A, Dsa ton, lOTA.- . ? >. \*V •-■tTf " I *; i, > \ Demopj^taihrd'Press, Consolidated 1905 »♦♦♦»■»»» »t» »»» »J t »»>»♦♦» to it.r3.ii -SocialCircles •• ,T-J. ■— . j Clara Powell Entertained twenty or more of hetv .friends Thursday night* at- the home; of Mri and Ruessing cop test wag engaged in, fiy e ~coußles hayipg correct answers; They : dffeW» tor the pretty box-of stationery - .ancfcMr. Chas.. Clomfegea: and Miss.Ellen Wttte were the win- game .of . Heartfc Dice was enjoyed. Cake, Yruit splid and coffee Werfr served. ? . J : Round .JDpzen, Book' Club met, April 2fth* ijlTs.' J.' F. Allen. EleVeti meftib'eHtpresint. -In thfe of 3 " both Ithe president -And vum~: president, MM. C., Bps-Wttheinewlv elect ed viqe president* ©resided. The Jfoi),- Wwnaiv was giyen promi/iencie in. the discussion' of -TOOKS, 'the hostess giving a \*ery interesting fekfetch^bf"'"the bbok and its author,'-Margaret Del and. She. also reacfcr&n«^eniei taining story • e£#J*n first expepenpe* with moving pictures. "A mokt tempting lunclfeon m lil coorses waa. serve! by fyliss Mary. Allen Wesley. Martin; ... - ;yf • J > The business meeting $f the club will be with Mrs. W(iith Bftiott SeptengHter 4t^ r;i at whiph tiitoe the bofefe will be ejected for the coming year v *• " Mrs. : T." 3. Blackburn was hostess .to thi? Thursday Study, Club April 25tk._:•* At roll call; thirteen members responded'with mifttatiQns m flowers/ " Mrs. C. (J.'Bost gave brief' skfc'tchesf of the 1 McCall and Daniel OWeri Wedden. * 'Mrs* Roy vVbennethy read. The Mtir phy'fr Supper; D. gave. the' poem The 'Pope .he Leads a Happy Lifef' r Mrs.'!*. R» Whiteher KiHarney an 4 The Rfcteiey Stope arid road VSt. ; Patripl^£he..Sarpints. and the SinnerV MtManus. Mi's. Blackburn's mother, Mrs.. Ferrtll;' of St. Louis, Mo*, was a welcome tfisitor-at.. thtf'mfeeting,. as Master .Billy Black* bunvaod his jj&tie sister> supDgr in courses was serv«f in the dining' room* after club adjourned to r meet July Mrs. Bost toflecide on tke'pFogmna- for. the coming year. ;• i % -? Ai)ril-2&Mrg: &.G. Garth en-, tertained, the Travellersr' Club. Mesdames J1 H. Litaker, Finger, H. J). G. Biiley, H*. C.ftjertzie&and Misses Julia and Afriy were guests. ■AH were triad -to welcome the president,; Mjtes? Geitncr» home again after hen visit in. , Pennsyl vania. ~ Quotations on • Trees'! responded, to"'roll calk MisS Person's adtnirable : t>aper on * , Gu£*Marintertflg , ,' : > opened the Appreciation;* was. shown of the charms, of ,tbis' second of the Wavetfey Novels w.hich "*syas the work bf t six: weeks at s Chri^tma's 1 Then a dtiet from was greatly enjoyed-.sung by Miss .Ramsay Mrs. W- L. Mrs. Royster's accOunt of 4 A visit to Dryburgh 4cbbeF' wlas of special interest, as it was from her own notes of a toi this historic spot George JBailey, after t;h|s». sang-.delight fully two ballards in ..charming contrast. • _ Xa> #i Thr6e : Green *duy d'fMrdelot; ' (b) "Tb mymt H Lohr. f ' "Curretit events / came\ > next, then a game, logomachy . onj the namQ ''Walter Spptt. -'. ' Mrs, Royster,' Within the ten imnUtes hiade 60 words, lgamiHg, thie prize, RefreshmentS'ihcourses were served*-'. iEhus .ended a delightful evening to meet tiext with Mrs. A. B. Hutton, May 2, • w > «• . •i ~ ' . ' ./ Judge Clark> v - o|>pf» Letter Ifr afi 'open iertw QrieMnstice Clark defends his of. the initiative, and. referendum ..and recall (he'doesn't favdr the recall -of: fudges )i- closes thu» : .j,-*.**,:*. ■! My propositioji is inrougn the above t6 rtnder It herer after for the Special to &jvern thjS'COuntry as hstve been doing through the manipulation of elections at small , who for money down put .men iIT office to betray the fnt6reSt's-rf'fhe r people.'. Ev-. ery one or thaf r are energetic-, ally-opposing, nomination.. They, are systerpatipally.aiid' aiaiduously ks serting that I am, "top good a be spared from' "the bencfi,*' though they opposed my nominatidn" in 1902. They wpuld be .6nly 100, glad to get nie ' off the bench pdw-bpt know„»that my being in thg wQuid be hiuch more inconvenient the ".trusts and allied, interests. * i "' *' r •/% - -' • w '—• •' OhtrtJl'wiV Or/ , , t t. .* .V ' . / " \V * . jTaft and T. R. In Death Grips I Republican Presidential Candidates Fight Like Tigers A bitter warefare is on between Roosevelt and Taft, the latter fi nally reluctantly deciding to answer the Colonel's furious at tacks; Roosevelt virtually claims that Taft went back on his promise to carry out Roosen velt's polices in allowing Ballin* ger to dismiss Glavis and Pin chot in the conservation racket; in allowing Aldrich and Cannon to dictate the tariff policy, etc. He says Taft initiated tew vig erous measures for the public good, and that his present can didacy is backed by the bosses of various states. Taft declares that Roosevelt's misjudges, misstates and does not give him his usual square deal. He names several bosses ; who . are supporting Roosevelt, and quotes from some of Roosen •velt's private letters. The lat ter replies that Taft violates "common decency" in doing this r> Taft twitted Roosevelt about suppressing the government's prosecution of the International Harvester trust, and Roosevelt replies that Taft approved the action at a cabinet meeting. In reply Taft proved an alibi. He was out of the country, in the worst schisms in Demo cracy, it has never been so badly .split as the Republican camp is now. The revelations these men are making cry in thunder tones for a change in adminis tration. • .Death of Mr. Caleb Bolick. 1 .Mr, Caleb Bolick, who lives five miles from town, while plow ing in the field Thursday, was stricken with paralysis and fell in a furrow. How long he lay there no one knows, but a son of Hr, Jule Huffman finally notic ekfthe horse standing still, and going to the place found where Mr. Bolick lay unconscious. He hkd rolled over several times on the ground, in his effort to rise. He died soon after being taken Lto the house. The funeral was held from Mt. Olive church Fri day and a large crowd of friends attended. Mr. Huffman was a good Christian man and a true citizen. Good Advice. Learn *o hide your troubles. Your friends-has troubles of his own to hide, help him by example. This is good advice, but wheu a man walkes in the morning with a raging, splitting head ache, not enough energy to get up, constipated, bad taste in the mouth, tired legs, ft's not advice that a man needs It's a good dose of Dr. King's Blood and Liver Pills, Purity the biood and send it bounding, coursing through the yeins, and make the liver Kve. No purging, griping or nauseat ing. 25c box at all medicine deal ers. • Col. G. M. Yoder is taking up type-writing at the advanced age of about 85. The colonel always was a shifty and versatile man. Wasn't it Cato who mastered : Greek at 80? The Democrat has a splendid historical story by Col. Yoder which it will publish in a week or so, and it is type written by him. . Killian has received letter from chairman Harris of the Macon, Ga., confederate re union in which he offers to en tertain free the ten veterans who have signified their inten tion of going from Catawba county. Among those who are going are Squire Killian, Postell Cloninger, Philip Suttlemyre. Prof. Hahn, Squire L. R. White ner and A, P. Whitener. The date of the reunion is May 7-9 and it promises to be one of the finest ever held. This paper ad vertises the special low rates of $7,50 for the round trip. Seaboard Air Line Low Rates, The Seaboard Air Line will sell 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 principal stations; Ruth erfordt'on, $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, I*. S. Leard, G. P. A, Raleigh, N. C.