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• i-uirs and carpets, make this a store of commenda
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tion. If you could only see our line of rugs, see X
how reason nMe we sell ioods, now careful we ar© cS
to see that YOU are pleased, it would iuapress you
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J PAINS' PLUS BRAINS.
The heart of a coat is i s shoulder. It's the burden
-1 bearer, the baiance-wheel, th 3 shock-absorber. When the
shoulder's wrong, all's wrong. If more men knew how their
l coats twitch asLut and askew, more men would wear "HIGH-
I ART" Suits.
The shoulders of these coats are neither wadded nor pad
' ded, but formed 3n j re-formed with the "art that conceals
\ art"—naturalness. It's pains plus brains.
Sit on a "HIGH-ART" Suit, yes, sleep in it. Then, a
i brisk shake, and it rebounds from crease and crumple like
I magic.
Lut don't just read the claims, see the clothes. "Tryers"
i are e\ery bil as '.vekome here as buyers.
Yo J miss the finest collection of clothes ever brought to
. gether in Hickory ii you fail to see our spring stock before
? you buy.
Blue Serges, Browns, Greys and Tans in all the latest cuts
\ $lO.OO to 530.00.
Furnishing goods of every description for the shrewd
i buyer.
Moretz-Whitener Clothing Company,
"THE QUALITY SHOP."
| Refrigerators!
| We Carry the Best on the Market Buy -
I A LEONARD' "CLEANABLE"
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[j With Round Corners and you need not
h have any fear of hot weather.
j CALL IN AND SEE IT. j
|1 Shu ford Hardware Co.
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JTiie democrat is $l. per year.
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* LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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The brick is being hauled in
for Hickoiys rew passenger sta
tion.
The Southern express company
will fuftiish free transportation
for clothing and supplies for the
Mississippi flood sufferers.
Rev. Alonzo Yount and Miss
Louise Glendmeger were mar
ried in CharlottelSunday. They
left for their home in Boone'
The Southern's dairy special will be
here next Wednesday and will give
exhibitions at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m
in th 2 car at a place to be selected.
Shuford Whitener was taken
to Ashville yesterday for special
bath treatment. He is quite
weak, and may be taken to Johns
Hopkins.
Miss Prue Thomasson has re
turned home from Charlotte and
Gastonia where she has been
visiting. She was accompinied
home by her sister, Mrs. J. B.
Measham.
The Smith shows here for the
benefit of the fire company are
drawing great crowds. The
trained tigers and lions, the elec
trical living pictures and the
Busy City are very fine. A tigei
made a vicious attack on his
' trainer Monday night.
Every one who is interested
in the public library is requested
to meet at the library at 4 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon May 4th.
This meeting is for the purpose
of seeing what can be done to
increase the usefulness of the
library to the people of Hicko
ry.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to cany out any obligations made
by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
The pastor will preach to the child
ren next Sunday morning on the sub
ject "Lent to the Lord." Regular
services at night, 8 o'clock.
Rev. J. G. Garth will preach in
West Hickory next Sunday at 4 p.
m.
The elders and deacons will meet at
the study on Monday night at 8
o'clock.
The Ladies Missionary society will
meet at the church at 4 o'clock next
Monday afternoon.
REPORT OF TE CONDITION OF
Tbe First National Bank
AT
Hickory, N.C. in the State of North Caro
linn, at the close of business April
1912.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts $633,222,42
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured 3,272.06
(J S. Bonds to secure circula
tion 100,000.00
Other bouds to secure Postal
Savings $500, c00 5,000.00
Bonds, Securities, etc 3,000.00
Banking House Furniture &
fixtures 14,000.00
Due from National B inks (not
reserve agents, 54,892.08
Due from State and Private
Banks and Bankers, Trust
Companies ,and Saving
Banks 7.239.50
Due from approved Reserve
Agents 27.838.04
" Checks and other Cash Items 1,973.27
Notes of other National Banks 900.00
Fractional Paper Currency,
Nickles, and Cents 537.88
1 Specie 24,703
Legal-tender notes 1,375 26,078.00
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer (5 percent of
circulation) 5,000.00
TOTAL 882,953.25
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $200,000.00
Surplus fuud 40000.00
Undivided Profits, less Expen
ses aud Taxes oaid 11,384.52
National Bank Notes outstand
ding 100, 000.00
Due to other National Banks 39,016.93 1
Due to State and Private Banks
and Bankers 10,826.20
Dividends unpaid 62.50
Individual deposits snbject to
check 364,660/9
Dema d certificates of deposit 46,814.* 8
Certified checks 500,00
Cashier's checks outstanding 3,031,53
Postal Saving Deposits,
$156.00 156.00
Bords borrowed 27,000.00
Mole? and bills rediscounted 39,500.00
TOTAL 882,853.25
State of North Carolina, County of
Catawba, ss:
I, K. C. Menzies, Cashier of the above
named bank, do .solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
K. C. MENZIES, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 26th dav of April 1912.
G. W. WARLICK
Notary Public.
Correct—Attest:
» A. A. SHUFORD,
; J. D. ELLIOTT,
J. L. RIDDLE,
Directors.
Boys Play Duets:
a Girl on Roads
Unusually Attractive Graded School
Commencement
Two boys, Clyde Herman ana
Leon Gilbert playing a piano duet
and a girl, Annie Keinhardt,
reading an essay on good roads
wero features of the graded
school commencement Tuesday
when Supt. Staley'd finely train
ed eieventn tzxade was graduated.
One could tell trom the parents
present whose images to see re
flected Irum the greenery girt
atage. i'ue girls were beautiful
in tneir wnicj dresses witn
double-white Lands around their
Grecian-shapeci ntads. The boys
were manly and handsome.
The ciass colors in purple and
white streamed from the center
of tne room and the class year
was on a shield over the stage.
The class aid its own decorating.
Tne essays and orations were
sinkingiy original.-
Kerley Elliott delivered a fine
address oration on ''Aviation,"
and went up into the air in elo
quence. Adelyn and Millie
Kate McComb rendered a brill
iant piano duet and Louise
Jones read a studious composi
tion on the History of the Bible,
Claud Abernethy brought down
the house by his easy oratorical
presentation of the Catawba
County Creamery, which in two
and a half years has made Hick
ory as famous for butter as Fox
River. Kate Elliott and Adelyn
McComb placed a stirring dutt,
"The Cilvary March," antt
Miilie Kate McComb told of tne
Hickoiy Graded Schools, pointing
out especially the crying need lot
more room, and for which there
is to be an election on May 11 to
add 10 cents 011 the hundred to
the schol tax in order to build a
new school building, and for
which every man should vote.
Frank Allen, who made the
highest grade in his studies, and
won the Catawba college scholar
ship, won a brilliant oration from
his life motto: "Don't give up
the ship"
Supt. Staley and his corps of
teacher's are doing fine work
considering their handicap in the
congested building. The school,
Mr. Staley said has grown from
242 children nine years ago to
to 660 now. The graduates num
bered 21.
The undergraduates had their
exercises at the Academy 01
Music Monday night. The fea
ture was the singing of the songs
of various nationality by differ
ent grades of the school. The
songs went fine but the audience
simple shouted when the entire
school sang Dixie.
Class roll: —Claud Shuford
Abernethy, Frank Field Aden
Emma Miriam Bonner, Elviu
Loy Bumgarner. Howard Folk
Council], Kate Worth Elliott,
Kerlev Commodore i'Mliolt,
Leslie Fox, William Leon Gil
bert, Hesther Hendley, Clyde
Little Herman, Louise Leven
thrope Jones, Hal Little, Adelyn
Amelia McComb, Millie Kate
McComb, George Allen Moser,
Annie Rebecca Reinhardt. Sadie
Esther Seaboch. Jennie Etta
Reinhardt, Ora Anna Sublett,
Virginia Louise Seller?.
I suffered for many years with ner
vous and sick headache. Tried many
m ?dicines and several doctors. Noth
ing cured me until I got Lee's Head
ache and Neuralgia Remedy It is
simply worth its weight in gold.
I MRS. JNO. W. SPRINKLE,
Charlotte, N, C.
The p. ioe is 25c. at all medicine
dealers.
The city was grieved when it
learned of the death of Mr. John
M. Shuford, only in his 65 yea ,
at the Richard Baker Hosti a!
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
although the news was not un
expected as Mr. Shuford had
been ill with Bright's disease
for a long time. He was a son
nf Johnathan and Catherine
Shuford and a brother of Mr,
A. A. Shuford. His son Dr. J.
H, Shuford, was unceasingly at
his side during his last days. Af
ter moving in from the country,
deceased was in the dry goods
business here in partnership
with Mr. S. L. Whitener who
later bought him out. He was
a modest man but of finest
Christian integrity. A fuller no
tice will appear next week.
Escapes An Awful Fate.
A thousand tongues could not ex
press the gratitude of Mrs. J. F. Cox.
of Joliet, 111., for her wonderful deliv
erance from an awful fate. "Typhoid
pneumonia had left me with a dread
ful cough," she writes. "Sometimes
I ha: such awful coughinp spells I
thought I would die. I could get no
help from doctor's treatment or other
medicines till I used Dr. Kings New
Discovery. But I owe my life to this
wonderful remedy for I scarcely cough
at all now." Quick and safe, its the
most reliable of all throat and lung
medicines. Every bottle guaranteed.
50c. and $l.OO. Trial bottle free at
C, M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz and
Grimes Drug Co.
Dr. George E. Flowers
Office at the Campbell residencs Long
View. Calls answere I night and day,
rain or shine.
Phone No. 506 A.
How to Cure
Chronic Colds _
and Bronchitis
Blucvale, Ont., May 4, 1910.
"1 was sick for two years with a
chronic cold and bronchitis and a
consequent run-down condition. I
received no benefit from doctors,,
and had to give up work. VINOL
was recommended and from the sec
ond bottle I commenced to improve
I gained in weight and strength,
my cold and bronchial trouble dis
appeared, and I am at work again.
I want to recommend VINOL to
anyone who is in need of such a -
medicine." — THOMAS HIGGINS.
It is the combined action of the
curative elements of the cods' livers •
aided by the blood making and
strength creating properties of tonic
iron contained in VINOL which
makes it so successful in curing
stubborn colds and bronchitis.
VINOL is a constitutional rem
edy for chronic coughs, colds, bron
chitis and pulmonary troubles, not
a palliative like cough syrups.
Try a bottle of VINOL. If you
don't think it helped you, we will
return your money.
For sale by Moser & Lutz.
The commissioners on Monday
at Newton will appoint the five
members of the road commission
for Hickory township, agreer
upon before the vote which car
ried the $50,000 bond issue. Eacl
district nominates its own roar
commissioner. Hickory whicl
pays 86 percent of the tax wil
ask for K. C. Menzies, as com
missioner at large and for N. S
Dasher, as the Hickory towr
commissioner. The other dis
tricts will ask for C. Harve
Geitner; Shu ford L. Whitener,
agreed upon by the rival factioi
in the Baker Mountain neighbor
hood; in the northeast district
there is a contett for the place
between squires Huffman an
J. W, Mouser. The ablest en
gineer obtainable will be secure?
and under him will be the sup
erintendent of construction an
supervisor. The latter place wil
be given up by Mr. J. W. Robin
son, The board secured wil
doubtless serve without pay.
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
n _ bladder remedy, be
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3 11 & bl e health restoring
E*l ir properties. Swamp
-1 U rKV/ _/■ Root fulfills almost
JI X fs/ 1 every wish in over
! \vl\ [j|(f coming rheumatism.
V !]i pain in the back, kid
,|'p)i Ui|[[ neys, liver, bladdc;
n I and ever}- part of the
. urinary passage. It
—"" corrects inability tc
hold water and scalding pain in passingit.
or bad effects following use of liquor, win?
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasan:
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liveT
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. It has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kid- «
ney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention fsßltSSia
reading this generous, jbSSSSjjjllSgSgs?j
offer in this paper ana 1
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Hone »vauip-iwut.
Biughamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
ill druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
Jress, Biughamton, N. Y., on every bottle
The town election will be held
Monday. The non-partisan pri
mary last Monday named J. A
Lentz for reelection as mayoi;
C. C. Bost, W. S. Stroup, anj
J. C. L. Cilley for new alderman,
and H F. Elliott, J. S. Leonard
and E. L. Shulord for school
committeemen. Mayor Lentz got
a splendid unanimous endorse
ment. Against this ticket, how
ever, an independent ticket
appears today, which is based,
it is said, on a demand tor a
better distribution of the offi
cials over the city. It is as fo lows:
Mayor, P A. Setzer; Aldermen,
C. C. Host, R. B. Fry and W. A.
Rudasill and school trustees, H
F. Elliott, S. L. Whitener ano
J. S. Leonard. There is an ef
fort to Recorder Russell
for renominafion, though the
best sentiment wishes him re
tained on account of his fine rec
ord-in punishing blind tigers. Or
course the liquor element' would
lend its aid in the effort to unseat
him. It is said the aldermen,
who elect, are evenly divided,
3 and 3, against and for Russei *
The mayor would decide the tie.
Mr. E. L. Shuford is most promi
nently mentioned for the place
among new names mentioned.
The Democrat, however, who is
one of his brst friends, hopes he
will not Mr. oppose Russell now.
There was never a time when
appreciated the real merits of Cnam
berlain's Cough Remedy more thin
now. This is shown by the incress;
in sales and volunteeriy 1
from persons who have been cure i Jjy
it. If you cr your children £ e
troubled with a cough or cold give it a
trial and become acq lainted with s
good qualities For sale by all deal-1
ers.
| THE TRUTH ABOUT
I GOOD CLOTHES;
C First, you want style that will stay stylish, then fit, v . tar
and workmanship must be in your suit. Well, i}, als
JH what I offer. Each suit guaranteed to wear, to fit and
tfj t0 stay stylish. Now I charge no more for a suit
KJ absolutely to your measure —all wool fabric—ihe ben
C of workmanship —than others ask for a ready-made
N| Take just one look at my woolens— you can't go wrong
g —when the prices range from $16.50 to $50.00.
1 W. H. Clinkscalesi
c! Fields Building Phone 107
g I DO PRESSINC. j
I If you BREW
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What to Give—That's the Question
We solved it long ago for people in just
such a position as you. Call and let us
talk it over. Between us we will be able
to pick a useful and agreeable gifi, tint
will give the greatest delight to the re
cipient as well as yourself.
GEO. E. BISANAR
Jeweler and Optometrist
The Store for
Sporting Goods
If you play base ball, we sell the leading makes of gloves, bi
masks and bats.
Tennis balls, rackets and nets—no matter what sport you like, we have every l ' l ®'
may need. Oar prices, too are considerable lower than you will pay elsewhere.
If you are planning a fishing trip, you cannot find a more complete assortment off
i ig tackle, lines, rods, reels, poles and bait of all kinds than you will find here.
Abernethy Hardware Company
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Spring Time
Weather
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CALLS FOR SPRING
TIME CLOTHES.
WE HAVE THEM.
Martin & Clark.
' The One Price Gothiers. i