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Announcement.
We have adopted the cash plan at our Store and
after June £ 1912, j^ REDIT
altogether. We will sell you the best there is on the
market and at the very lowest possible prices, but
IT MUST BE FOR CASH.
We will sell you Trade Coupon Books at $l.OO,
$2.50 or $5.00. . _ , _ . « •
We have replenished our stock of Groceries, Feed
Stuffs, Country Produce, Etc., and will deliver any
where in the city.
A. J. PAYNE & SON.
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Martin & Clark
Clothing Company.
Are showing all the new
styles for men and boys.
Blue serge suits from $lO
up.
All the new shapes in straw
and Panama hats.
Cool summer underwear in
endless variety.
Martin & Clark
Clothing Company.
One Price Clothiers
THE ENTERP«J Let us get ONE loaf
of our QUALITY
BREAD into your
home—and it will
\ f Si I prove the entering
\§"/ wedge that will solve
rV» W ;a the baking problem.
Our bread is scientifically made—it is superb
ly delicious, of just the right weight and is as
pure as the driven snow.
Let us insert the wedge today—ONE loaf
will do it.
CITY BAKERY,
C. W. ELLINGTON. Proprietor.
3I2JWGARDEN
green
The grass on the and the green things in the garden are beginning t'
2™*- streets are getting du s ty —now is the time to buy your rubber hose
We handle stoutly woven, durable hose —at prices that will satisfy yon.
We sell hose reels, too. You'd better call and see us.
ABERNETHY HARDWARE CO.
Presbyterian Church Notes. J
There will be service at 11 a.
m. Preaching by the pastor.
At Sunday school the children's
service for Foreign Missions will
be observed with a special pro
gram by the children.
No service at night in view of
of the union temperance meeting
at the Methodist church.
The pastor will address the
Covenanters and Miriams in their'
last service before vacation at 3
o'clock Sunday. Everybody is
invited.
The pastor will not preach at
West Hickory next Sunday* but
the congregrtion will join in the
temperance meeting at the Meth
odist church, when Rev. R. L.
Davis will speak.
"Suffered day and night the tor- i
ment of itching piles. Nothing help- j
ed me until I used Doan's ointment. ;
The result was lasting."—Hon. John 1
R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Notice of Mortgage Sale.
By virtue of a mortgage deed exe-!
cuted to R. P. Abernethy by C. S. Rein
hart and wife, Ella Reiniiardt, on the
22 day of January, 1907, and transferee
to me with power |to collect December
16, 1907, and registered in book 79,
oage 254, in Register's office in Cataw
ba county, N. C. the following tract of
land joining Moses Whiten c r, David
Abernethy and others, as recorded will
fully show, and containing 24 acres
known as C. S. Reinhardt's home place.
I will sell saiu land to the highest bid
der for ca*h at Newton, Catawba coun
■ ty, on Saturday, the 29th day of June,
_ 1912, at 12 m. to satisfy said mortgage.
This the 28 day of May 1912.
ID. S. FRY,
5 30 4t. Morgagee,
How to
Keep Cool
If you want to feel
comfortable these
hot days come in
and look at our hand
tailored crash and
mohair two piece
suits. They don't
cost much and the
comfort you get in a
I month of hot weath
er will repay you.
to Look Them Over Today.
e
Moretz-Whitener
i Clothing Co.
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* LOCAL AND PERSONAL. *
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Miss Louise Allen is home from
Lullins commencement.
Miss Ruth Shuford Abernethy
is visiting friends in Raleigh.
The foundation for the new
Depot has been finished.
Ex-Sheriff Blackwelder's new
buildings are finished as to the
exterior.
i Messrs, Frank McCombs, John
Geitner and Sherrod Menzies are
back fiom A. and M. college.
Miss Mattie Abernethy left
Monday to visit friends near
Henderson.
Mr. Glenn Henkle returned
home from school at Mebane
last Friday night.
Mr. D. L. Martin went to Le
noir on the 28ih, for a few days
on business.
New benches are being placed
jn Park Place on concrete
floors.
Miss Ruth Tillman, of Ronoake,
Va., is visiting her aunt, Mrs,
P. G. Kiser.
Miss Sallie McGalliard, of Con
nelly Springs is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. J. W. Ballew.
1 Miss Margaret Bost is attend
ing Catawba Callege commence
ment.
The 9th district Congressional
convention meets at Lincolnton
on May sth.
Mr. Gary Kirkpatrick enter
tained at tea Friday Mr. and
Mrs. Moser, Dr. and Mrs. Ram
say and Mr. H. A. Banks.
Prof Barb will not be ab'e to
accept the bursar's place at
Lenoir college, offered him by
the trustees.
Mrs. Emma A, Taylor went to
Blowing Rock Monday to organ
ize work preparatory to opening
the Blowing Rock Hotel.
Mrs. Rainey Shook, of Ashe
ville, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
F. P. Moser at 373 'Highland
avenue.
After spending a few days
with her parents in the city
Miss Ruth Moser has returned to
Columpia, S. C.
W. J. Martin, a chemistry
professor, was elected president
of Davidson college to succeed
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Moses, of Knox
ville, Tenn., are attractive addi
tions to our social life. Mr.
Moses is to put part of the equip
ment of the new depot.
The Depot Cafe is being im
proved by the cutting of a side
entrance in the front of the
building, which will provide
more convenience in serving the
public.
Mrs. Q. A. Setzer. aged 57,
died at her home in Newton
Friday morning and was buried
Satuiday afternoon. A husband
and six childen are left.
Miss Flora Lewis, of States
ville, the charming guest of Miss
Louise Jones, left Monday to at
tend a house party at Lenoir, at
the home of Mr. Ned Jones,
Lijtle Catherine Sigmon the
17-months-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Sigmon of West Hick
ory, died Sunday night and was
buried Monday evening at
Houk's chapel.
A Democrat man was in the
City Bakery the other day and
did not see a fly. Ellington
swats the flies. His fiyless
bread and cakes are o.k.
Mr. Thos W. Rhodes, who has
been wintering here, has gone to
Syracuse, N. Y , where he is patriarch
at the alumni banquet in the Univer
sity there.
The annual meeting of the
Creamery will be held Saturday.
June Bth, at 10 o'clock in the
morning. Every patron is
urged to attend. There will be
an election of officers and other
important matters will be at
tended to.
Sam Joseph, the clever Syrian
shoemaker is in trouble. Con
stable Burns acting under a war
rant, took him to Goldsboro,
where his wife and children are.
He left them in Syria, they a
greed to separate if he would
leave them some money and
their house and lot which he did.
His real name is Haden. Mr.
Burns himself went on his bond.
The Democrat enjoyed a trip
to the rifle range of the Hickory
Military Company last week as
the guest of Lieut. Claude
Keever. The range runs along
the pretty little valley of Rheine
hardt's creek, and is ideal. The
target is the latest model for
use in army practice, and re
quires the work of three men
in the pit, to shift, paste and
signal. The ranges are 200, 300
and 500 yards and the boys are
doing faithful work. They nee J
little pavilions at the shooting
points to shield them from the
sun. The county commissioners
recently gave them $l5O and the
people of Hickory and Newton
ought to take pride in. the com-,
pacy, which is one of the best in
personal and department in the
State Guard.
Lame back is usually caused oy
rheumatism of the muscles of t e
back, for which you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain's Liniment.
For sale by all dealers.
How the Vote Stands.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
(Including all-territory within
the corporate limits of Hickory.)
Mary Helen Flowers 60,000
Rath Lamer
John F. Price l ?'o2S
George Killian Bost 6,850
Henry R. tClliott
Ruby Elizabeth Smith 1,000
Harry Gwin # • 1-050
Robert Lee Harris # 58.175
Mary Belle Gwin 6,900
Bernice Morton 13,300
Andrew Rudasill 38,700
Thomas Strieker Shuford 1,000
James Stanley Crouch 47,350
James Oliver Mosteller 34,125
Amelia Stirewalt 10,250
Ella Marguerite Self 30,700
Prentiss L. Ketchie 4,100
Barrie Blackwelder 1,000
Irene Eckart 1,000
Katherineß. Whitener 10,850
Donald A. Cilley 4,450
Thomas L. Cilley 1,000
Jack Hatcher 10.775
Katherine Harper 1,000
Bobby Grime 3 1,000
Leonard Mor?tz 1,000
Gwendoline Buchanan 2,900
Adrian Shuiord 2,350
DISTRICT NO. 2.
(Including all territory outside
of Hickory in Catawba and ad
joining counties.)
Newton.
Fred L. Sites R. 1. 47,050
Lallie Summerow 40,850
Vivian Drum. 1,050
Nell Wilkinson 15.00
Christine Sherrill 1,000
Martha Elizabeth Hewitt 1,000
Frances Lutz 8,525
Conover.
C'elia Margaret Isenhower 10,800
Claude Hubert Cline 1,000
Helen Smith, R. 1,000
McDewey Hunsucker, R, 1,000
Myrtle Smith 1,000
Claremont.
Mary Rose Moser ' 19,550
Crage Miller Setzer " 1,000
Catawba.
Frances Sherrill 1,000
Edwina Carpenter 1,000
Evelyn Little 13,200
Helen Davis Long 1,000
Granite Falls.
Sherrill twins 1,000
George Wiley Sherrill 55,150
Margaret Rebecca Coon 20,950
Sue Warlick 1,000
Edward Ray Sherrill 10,000
Ralph Kiziah 1,000
Hickory R. R.
Luther Huffman R. 2 54,450
Clyde Yount R, 1. 10. 050
Margaret Campbell R. 1 54,800
Frankie Houston R 2, 1,000
Conrad Lee Brittain R5. 1,000
Virginia Lee Hefner R 2 41,350
Thelma Bowman, 24,900
Nathan Harrison 1,400
VVfest Hickory.
Marsell Tolbert 4,330
Beulah Eckart 20,450
Ruth Griffin 46,800
Highland.
Virginia Wilson Clark 30,900
Valdry Adeline Fox 1,000
Connelly Springs.
Coit.Wilson, R. 2 23,850
Hudson.
Jessie May Herman 60.550
Claude Greer - 1,000
Brookford.
Elizabeth Pitts 1,000
Carl Shuford 4,600
Reepsvilie
Yates Warlick Havnaer 10,675
Rhodhiss
Mary Teague 46,000
Paul Duray Poovey 1,000
Morganton.
Henry Bridges 1,700
Williams twins 1,000
riiousaods Hive Kidney
Trouble and Nsever Suspect it
How lo find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
fli. a brick dust sedi
ment, or settling,
n&frU? stringy or milky
Wj/TyS appearance often
jI 1 t indicates an un-
I healthy condi
/J4 tion of the kid
neys; too fre
quent desire to
—pass it or pain in
tne back are also symptoms that tell you
the kidneys and bladder are out of order
and need attention.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills almost every -wish, in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of theurinary
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
ciFects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of Swamp- Root is
*>on realized. It stands the highest be
cause of its remarkable
medicine you shonlrl
sizes.
You may have a sample bottle sent free
by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bine
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root, and the address, Bingham ton.
N. Y., oa every bottle, 5 '
ANNOUNCEME*
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Having bought out the!
interest of Mr. Palmer I
will continue this busi- l
ness in the future under I
the same name, Paul
Tree Cafe and at the!
same place, (Willis' old I
stand). I will be pleased I
to serve my old custo. I
mers and the public, and I
assure them of a sanitary I
place, good cooking and 1
reasonable prices.
GEO. W. CRABTRI
THE WORLD'S
BEST PIANO
w i|of J
THE KNABE piano is famed
universally for its delicate
sweetness of tone. For
three generations it Has had no
peer. Will you not inspect our
complete stock of these time
honored instruments?
PARKER-GARDNER CO.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Selling Agents
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SOLID Deering
CAR Binders
Just received a solid car of Deering Bindei
Come and get one as now is the time to M
your binder for harvest. Get one in tin
and don't put it off until too late. We i
agents for the Deering, McCormick, ai
Piano binders and mowers. We cam
complete line of repairs for above make M
ders and mowers. Make out your list of J
pairs and come and see us for them. Al
agents for the famous Planet Jr. Riding Ci
tivator.
Shuford Hardware 0
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The Clean Way
The Best Way
The Frequent Way
To reach the business center
of Charlotte, N. C. via Gas
tonia and Mount Holly. All
trains arrive and depart from
Independence Square—Sched
ules announced later.
C. V. PALMER,
GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT.
E.THOMASON, C. V. PALMER,
General Manager. General Passenger Aft.
Mrs, Walter S.
Canton, spent sever
here.
Mrs. W. N. Martin, MA
Jones and Mrs. 0. •
are receiving m bono
W. S. Martin, of Canton-
Miss Adelaide
leave June 4th to vls
in Richmond..
NOTICE OF P^' BLlC 1
By virtue of the
mortgage deed, ma ,
to A. P. Whittled etaui ajd
made in the , u : n , BookNoJ
deed) Recorded in j ste ri
559, in the oft we -of
of Catawba Count),J v yj
hours of 12 A. M.J , p
day the 15th day ot J" .
of the Post oft ice J
C. offer for sale at &
cash, to the hip"--' iDg andJ
ing described land.
Catawba  ount>, d beglß J
Hickory Towns 'ip aa j
stone Laben V 1 ltne les to » D J
1,1-4 n 4 sif!
thence S. 85 l-~ •„ jj®|
iron pin thence b - -3 j.3
SXSS
C.L.Whitener, Atty.