Established 1899
EMBIOKB-IHS
ftWDUHT Of INTEREST
I is( of Winning Babies and Their
\ otes— I Gold Has Been Dis
tributed to the Winners
The Democrat Ex
tends Congra
tulations
STANDING OF THE WINNERS
District No. 1
Master Leonard Moretz, $150,1,148,-
000.
Maxtor Adrian L. Shuford, $75, 1,-
002,^50.
District No. 2
Master George Wiley Sherrill, $125,
Miss Virginia Wilson Clark, SSO,
ytk^OO.
Signed,
P. C. Setzer,
C. W. Ellington,
W. X. Reid. |
The baby contest is ov r and
has built up the Democras total
chvuiation to 2,000, add t g be
tween 400 and 500 new n: mes.
The contestants all worke hard
and deserve great praise f r the
efforts made.
Tie Democrat extends  ongra
tulations to the winners for the
manner in which they conducted
their campaign. We are glad to
say that mcst of those who lostf
have come forward generously |
and congratulated the winners.
If everyone could win it would \
not be a contest, and while The
Democrat rejoices with the win
net s it also sympathizes with |
those who lost after so valiant a. 
fight and expresses a wish that
each contestant could be awarded ■
a prize.
The contestants who fought
and won are to be doubly con
gratulated, first for their popu
larity with their friends, and
secondly for having the ODport- ]
unity to demonstrate the pluck 1
and hustle that is within them.
The unsuccessful candidates are
to be congratulated for showing
the public that they had the vim •
and courage to stick to the end,
many of them against heavy :
odds, and nothing will be lost by J
them for standing up and fight- t
ing to the last minute. i
The business-like way in which ! 
trrs s-teidy nine week's canvass ;s
was conducted by the sponsors of j
tne babies and their friends. 11
proves their worth to the com- j
munity and their neighbors are; I
proud that they have in the com- j i
munitv so many who art willing 1
and capable of making the show- I
ing that was made by all the ]
finishing contestants. - ; !
This contest was not born of a 1
minutes thought. The Demo- I
crat secured the services of the 
Joyce Syndicate of Chicago, and j :
the manner in which the contest i;
wa? conducted and its success is 1
ample testimony of the ability of j
this firm to conduct such under, j
takings. Their treatment of!
every contestant was impartial- 1
and through their unlimited
courtesies won each and every
c ntestant into their favor by j
their business-like and fair
methods of conducting the same.
How the Vote Stands.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
(Including all territory within
the corporate limits of Hickory.)
Leonard Moretz 1,148,000
Adrian Shuford 1,002,950
Mary Helen Flowers 423,175
Ruth Lanier 134,475 1
John F. Price 381,550 1
Gorge Killian Bost 46,450
Henry R. Klliott 10,600
K iby Elizabeth Smith 10,865
H?rry Gwin 19,200 (
Robert Lee Harris 448,375 j
Mary Belle Gwin 355,2001
B mice Morton 22,450
Andrew Rudasill 318,250
Thomas Strieker Shuford 1,000
Janus Stanley Crouch 225,325
Janus Oliver Mosteller 40,125
AnHia Stirewalt 19,900
Elia Marguerite Self 141,400
Tr intiss L. Ketchie 19,100
Bar. Ie Blackwelder 1,000
Irene Eckait 1,000
Katherine B. Whitener 28,850 ;
lJon- a ld A. C lley 4,450
i u ius L. Cilley - 1,000
Ja :k Hatcher 19.775
K iiherine Harper 19,625
lj >hby Grimes 10,725
( '- 1  ndoline Bucharan 157,750
DISTRICT NO. 2,
'lncluding all territory outside
r >" Hi2kory in Catawba and ad
joining counties.)
Newton.
Fiod L. Sites R. 1. 459,400
i-allie Summerow 307,250
Vivian Drum. 1.050
Nell Wilkinson 10,150
! hristine Sherrill 1,000
artha Elizabeth Hewitt 1,000
dances Lutz 406,825
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Conover. I
Celia Margaret Isenhower 28,800!
Claude Hubert Cline 1,000 1
Helen Smith, R. 25,725
McDewey Hunsucker, R, 1,000
Myrtle Smith 1,000
Claremont.
Mary Rose Moser 119,500
Crage Miller Setzer 29,000
Catawba.
Frances Sherrill l f ooo
Edwina Carpenter 1,000
Evelyn Little . 72.200
Helen Davis Long 1,000
Granite Falls.
George Wi'ey Sherrill 986,875
Sherrill twu.s 160,010
Margaret Rebecca Coon 181.225
Sue Wariick I.OtO
Edward Ray Sherrill 10,000
Ralph Kiz.dh 19,100
Hickory R R.
i Luther Huffman R. 2 475,3>0
Ciyde Yount R. 1 110.050
Margaret Campbell R. 1 461,025
Frankie Houston R 2. 119,175
Conrad Lee Brittain R5. 57,425
Virginia Lee Hefner R2 216,800 j
Thelma Bowman, 134,125!
Nathan Harrison 10,550 i
West Hickory.
Marsell Tolbert 54.3 >0
Beulah Eckart 121,050
Ruth Griffin 244,450;
Highland.
Virginia Wilson Clark 706,900
Valdry Adeline Fox 1,000 ,
Connelly Springs.
Coit Wilson, R. 2 179,2251
Hudson.
Jessie May Herman 580,125
Claude Greer 1,000
Brookford.
Elizabeth Pitts 1,000:
Carl Shuford 4,6.50
Reepsvilie
Yates Wariick Havnaer 10,675
Rhodhiss
Mary Teague 658,000
Paul Duray Poovey 1,000
Morganton.
Henry Bridges 608,000
Williams twins 1,000
Cfest of the Blue Ridge Highway.
Asheville Gazette-News.
The project was launched two
years ago; now Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt writes to Dr. Ambler that
the money is in hand obtained
from the sale of stock to build at
once 40 miles of the highway this
summer, and that work is to be
gin June 12. They will begin on
tne line between Altapass and
Linville. The corporation already
has 40 miles of road, the Blow
ing Rock turnpike having been
taken over. People generally
have little conception of the im
portance of this enterprise. Per
sons who have traversed part of
the route as surveyed find the
language taxed to express their
enthusiasm. One ot the most
magnificent scenic parts of the
road will be between Mount 1
Mitchell and Asheville, It will 1
probably open up that section to }
home building and result in the
i investment of many thousands of
! dollars. Through what is now
1 almost inaccessible wild mount
ain contry will run a broad band j
of-smooth highway, lined on |
' either side by handsome summer
homes. It will be a line of civili-:
zation and modern comfort cleav- •
ing the wilderness. The aver-;
age altitude of the road will be
'3,500 feet, at points reaching;
6,200 feet.
Boone Items.
Correspondence of The Democrat.
Boone. June 14th.—The summer;
1 term of the Appalachian Training School
• has enrolled one hundred and sixty
three to date. There are fifteen teach
ers employed. Popular lectures are
I given at 7 p. m.
j The cherry crop is more appreciated
j than formerly. The Ray place, near
town, has been for many years a great
place to get cherries. "Old Uncle
Jess Ray'' in his life time plaited
hundreds of cherry trees. These are
now bearing. His son J C. Ray» has
purchased a canning outfit and hopes
to put on the market many dozen
cans.
Mr. W. L. Bryan is succeeding very
i well collecting funds for a monument
to Daniel Boone. He wants to put a
shaft 20 feet high near the old cabin
site and the Boone oak.
The colored population here about
one hundred-had a genuine child
ren's day on Sunday. They are great
church people. They have made a
strong appeal to the Board of Educa
tion to appoint no one who is not a
member of the church as a school
committeeman.
Prof. Henry Jerome Stockard
I has resigned the presidency of
I Peace Institute, Raleigh, and is
I succeeded by Dr, W. M. C,
i White, whe is also pastor of the
) Presbyterian church. Mr, bt >ck
) ard continues in the chair oi
> English.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 20, 1912
ABOUT DAMAGES FOR ROADS.
Building a Good Road Through a
Farm Enhances lhe Value ot the
Property.
! Mt. Airy News.
J The question of asking dama
; ges lor roadways is certain to be
! a live one in this section during
the i ears to come. Our fathers
cleared the forests and built the
school nouses and churches, and
it will be our task to make roads
for the countrv. The present
are located prope r -y
i i but very few placer. Often t"
mill road, laid out in a day, and
with no thought of a permanent
highway, was later made a public
i road and the location is such that
;it can never be a good road. A
! compt tent surveyor can find a
|• Hi sonable grade at almost any
; point in the country by carefu
jfcurvvy'ng and it will be false
i economy to build a road that is
j not properly located. This being
I the case it becomes necessary b*
change the roadway in many
places when it is surveyed.
In many of the counties of the
S ate we have been told the men
in charge of the road work posi
tivtly refuse to pay the farmers
damages along the proposed road
wiiere the route is changed. Thev
act on the principle that a man's
i farm is increased in value to that
| extent that in the rarest cases is
any man damaged. Take a fann
on any poor road five miles or
| even two miles from town or a
depot, build a good road by that
farm and any business man will
tell you that farm is ire eased
in value to one fourth. Most any
farm on a good road will sell for
a fourth more than the same
land will sell for if located a mile
from the road.
The question of damages is
beautifully illustrated in the case
of changing a road to an entirely
new location. Instances are nu
merous where property owners
along an old branch road have
asked for damages for small
changes when it was proposed
to change and improve the old
road. Then the surveyor would
hunt up a new route and survey
a prospective road through the
farms and orchards of men who
had niever thought of being so
fortunate as to get a good road
through their farms. When they
saw a chance to get a road, be
cause of the demands of the
people who lived along the old
road, there is not a case on rec
ord where people along the new
survey were willing to give the
right away. Nearly any man
who lives off a public road would
give a large slice of his land if
some one would build a road by
his home.
Down in Forsyth county the
demand for roads is so great that
the farmers have the warmest
kind of contests over wherfe the
roadway shall be. Just this week
the commissioners who locate the
roads were up against the prob
lem of paying a man damages be
cause the surveyor, to get proper
grade, moved the roadway back
of the man's home, thus making
the residence face the road from
the rear. The man asked for
damages and the commissione s
refused to build the road. Other
sections were anxious for the
road and willing to gve every
foot of the right away. But the
| citizens along the road were not
willing to lose a good road be
cause of any one man and gave
; a bond agreeing to pay out of
their own pockets any damages
that the county might be liable
for to the man who asked for
damages. Thus they got the
road and the county established
;no precedent of paying for land
on which to build a road.
In the light of these facts it
is surprising that men want
damages when citizens ask for a
change of the roadway on a
farm in order to make a better
road. The facts are that but
very few men do ask for dam
ages. Most men are glad to give
the land.
Torpedo, Boy and Result.
Catawba County News, 11th.
Last Thursday, Loy, a small
son of Mr. D. L. D. Witherspoon,
of the Claremont section, found
a torpedo that his older brother
had laid up in a room. The child
laid the explosive on a block and
threw a plow point on it. The
| result is the boy has a slug in
his neck and a badly torn-up face
and arm. He was taken to Dr.
Long's Sanatorium in Statesville
1 Friday and examined by the
X-ray. Tne solid matter had
i not been located at the last ac
! count. He is now at home and
[ will be taken back to Statesville
! when a report is made from the
i photograph. -
s The Rowan county commit
- sioners last week took steps tc
build a new court house in Saiis
hnrv tn rv»st 5i25.000.
6 
CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER CLARK.
The candidate for the United States Senate, who is described by
Cy Watson, as "irreproachable by the people and unapproachable
by the enemies of the people." Mr. Watson also says that the
"Special Interests" rather than to try to control him,—would pre
fer "to contract to feed an unbridled rattlesnake from a short
handled tea-spoon." -
Judge Clark is waging an earnest campaign in every part of the
State, but says that his is not a money campaign but a campaign
for real issues, and that he depends for success upon the votes of
the people who believe in the things he stands for.
Some of the ablest men in the State are actively supporting
Judge Clark and expect him to win, basing their hopes upon the
fact that 82 pel cent of the voters are farmers, who, when issues
are at stake, can not be controlled by the politicians.
Judge Clark entered the Confederate army at the age of 14
and was lieutenant colonel at 17, and his record for bravery
was equal to the best and veterans are supporting him al
most to a man. On account of his court decisions and his
belief in the working classes and their cause, the mechanics
and laborers are supporting: him. and the steady growth of
his followers is surprising the politicians.
Judge Clark asks all who may be interested in his cam
paign, to send their names on postal cards or by letter to
him at Raleigh, so that copies of the Watson letter and other
literature, may be sent to them.
SOUND PLATFORM
ADOPTED HI RALEIGH
Democrats of North Carolina
Earnestly Favor Needed
Reforms.
Democratic Ticket.
Governor—Locke Craig.
Lieutenant Governor—E. L.
Daughtridge.
Secretary of State—J. Bryan
Grimes.
Treasure-B. R. Lacy.
Auditor —W. P. Wood.
Attorney General—T. W.
Bicket.
Superintendent of Public In
struction—J. Y. Joyner.
Commissioner of Labor and
Printing—M. L. Shipman.
Commissioner of Agricult
ure—W. A. Graham.
Long Term Corporation Com
missioner--Geo. P. Pell.
Short Term Corporation Com
missioner—E. L. Travis.
Supreme Court Judges—W. A.
Hoke and Geo. H. Brown.
State Senate—W. B. Councill,
of Hickory.
House of Representatives--
W. B. Gaither. of Newton.
We, the representatives of the
Democratic party, in convention
assembled, reaffirm our devotion
to the time honored principles of
constitutional government, as es
tablished by the fathers of the
republic, and to the still greater
principles of human equality, as
proclaimed by Jefferson, with
equal rights to all and special
privileges to none, and hereby
declare:
We favor an income tax.
We favor the election of sena
tors by a direct vote of the peo
pie.
We oppose subsidies in anj
form.
| We favor publication of cam
j paign funds both before and at
'iter primaries, conventions ant
n.
We condemn the corrupt us
of money, or other corrupt mean:
to JI fiuenee votes in primaries
" on ntions and elections, an
} we favoi the enactment of sue!
' criminal laws as will effectual!;
prevent such practices.
We favor the improvement of
our public roads and highways, ,
wise and reasonable drainage ;
laws, and the conservatism of all ,
our natural resources.
We favor and endorse the pol- ,
icy of the Democratic party in ;
the pension of the Confederate
veterans of the state and pledge
ourselves to a continuation of
such a policy.
We pledge ourselves to the
continued development of the
internal affairs of the State, to
the maintenance of the institu
tions for the insane, deaf, dumb
and blind, and all other chari
table institutions of the State,
and to the extension and enlarge
ment of these institutions to *
meet the demands upon the state
and the needs of the unfortu
nates, who require the care and
maintenance of the government.
We endorse the policy of the
Democratic party of the state in
its support of the educational
institutions of the state, and we
pledge ourselves to as liberal ap
propriations* for the support, up
building and development of
such institutions as the finances
of the state will permit,
We believe education to be one
of the fundamental needs and
chief functions of all govern
ment. We believe in the inher
ent right of every child to an
equal chance to develop, through
education, every power within
him for citizenship and service,
and in the duty of the State to
place adequate oppoitunity for
such development within the
reach of every child.
We congratulate the people
upon the fulfillment of the pledge
of the Democratic party for a
four month public school in every
district of the State, upon the
building of more adequate school:
houses in the State, and upon the
educational progress made under I
the administration of the Demo- j
cratic party. We favor the
continued support and increased
efficiency of the public school
system in the State, and the en
largement of the opportunities of
the State to obtain an education,
and we favor an increased length
, of public school term as fast as
; practicable. We favor proper
' provisions for such instructions
in the public schools as will foster
an interest in country life, and
r Continued ou last page t
Democrat and Press.Consolidated i 905
HODS OF
THE SUNNY SOUTH j
(
Dr. Gerberding Writes of His i
Visit to Lenoir College
Commencement.
Rev. Dr. G. H. Gerberding, of J
Chicago Lutheran Theological ?
-Seminary, contributes to The 1
Lutheran a charming description
of his southern trip, from which
he following extracts are taken: |
From Chicago Jto the Carolinas 1
s always an interesting journey *
to the writer. There is a pe- J
euliar charm in the land and in r
he people. The' traveler has
scarce'y crossed the Ohio before c
he realizes that there is a change.' *
he land becomes mountainous, t
he soil red and thin, the build- v
ings more primitive and paint- v
less. The season is markedly *
advanced. Roses not yet in leaf '
or in bud in our colder north, are °
blooming in rich profusion. 1
Many an unpainted cabin has its 4
porch and roof covered with (
American beauties. Honeysuckles r
jover the fences, stumps and
rocKS. The air becomes softer, 1
more rich in perfume and me- '
lodious with the mocking bird. I
-As we reach Tennnssee and c
North Carolina, the thrifty s
American boy is at the car win €
dow, not so much with the Satur- *
day Evening Post, Cincinnati t
Enquirer, or Charlotte Observer, 3
as with great red strawberries, 6
fresh from the neighboring
patch, or tempting fried chicken c
sandwiches. The care-free ne
gro with his toes out of his shoes
and his wool out of his hat is
everywhere in evidence. Every-
body is moving leisurely, if not (
leaning or sitting. People live (
on their broad porches or follow (
the shade of the house or a tree. ,
Surely down here the people ,
have more space and time than ,
we have in the crowding, rush- ,
ing and crushing competition of ]
the north. The people down (
here are not in a hurry. They j
are not so irritable. Their dis- i
position is more gentle and kind. ,
They have time to be civil. They
are satisfied with the simple life
and do not fret themselves into (
feverish discontent because they *
can't have all the wipsy dipsies
of show and luxury. Their very (
speech is slow and soft, filled i
with elisions and vocal with the
vowel tones. We like the south- .
em people. It is restful to be -
among them and enjoy their un
artificial, hearty and kindly hos
pitality. 1
We had the pleasure, for the
first time, to look in on a south- }
ern synod. The North Carolina {
Synod was in session in Char
lotte and we received a hearty
southern welcome and were soon s
at home among the brethren and
in the hospitable parsonage of
Dr. Patterson, one of the gradu
ates of the Chicago Seminary. f
The personnel of the synod \
impressed us as a body of Chris
tian gentlemen deeply in earnest
for the welfare of our Lutheran j
Zion. The discussions often J
waxed warm but wer£ always J
courteous and free from person
! alities. We got the impression j
.that the South raises not cotton ]
alone, but orators and eloquence.
We had indeed often remarked ,
in our seminary that these south
ern boys are gifted with a nat- ;
ural eloquence that has a peculiar
charm. Is it because of the
beauty of their climate, the
variety and profusion of fauna
and flora amid their forests and
foothills and mountains and
lovely gorges? Is it in part the
influence of their pathetic and
heroic history that rings and reas
ons and pleads in their speech?
The synod is alive to the prob
lems of the day and in the
mission and responsibility of our
own Church over against these
problems. The fundamental
problem of higher Christian
education occupied the greater
part of the time of synod.
This is the problem of the whole
Lutheran Church, and is by no
means settled. One thing that
impressed us was the deep
interest that these southerners
take in the higher education of
their daughters as well as their
sons. Here is a typical case: A
mother was left a widow with a
: small, poor farm, five girls and
;i no boys. In some way she
. manages to give them all a col
lege education. Three of them
;jare keeping house in rented
' rooms in Hickory, while the
(mother brings in the produce
. ofiihe farm. All will graduate
at Lenoir College. A country
1 pastor with a salary of six hun
\ dred is paying out four hundred
I a year for his two toys at college.
' \ These cases are typical. This
J explains how there can be so
J many boys' schools, girls' schools,
1 academies and small colleges,
nearly all co-educational in our
southern Church, and why they
are now earnestly planning for a
high-grade Lutheran woman's
college for the North and South
Carolina Synods.
We had started from home to
rest in historic Hickory, We got
here two weeks after leaving
Chicago. We were glad to
strike commencement week at
Lenoir College. We missed
baccalaureate Sunday, but took
in all the other exercises. With
out exception they were of a
high order. Here also we
realized that the South is rear
ing masters in expression and
eloquence. Lenoir has made
history in its twenty years, and
southern Lutheranism owes it a
big debt of gratitude, The lo
cation is ideal. The young
faculty is wide-visioned and
progressive. The equipment
with the assured Science Hall,
will be excellent. We heard the
best valedictory we had eyer
listened to; and that by a modest
girl frmTthe country. May Le
noir live long, become greater
and even greater, and bless the
Church whose child she is, yet
more and more,
A pleasant incident was the
impromptu gathering of ten
Chicago Seminary men. All
preachers,, several professors,
one author and eaitor, one mis
sionary to Japan. The sentiments
expressed, without exception,
breathed loyalty and devotion to .
the southern Church and her
young seminary, while they
expressed gratitude and love for
what they had received at Chi
cago.
Ivey Dots,
West Hickory, June 17 —Mr. J. O.
Williams and family from Yorkville, S,
C., moved into the Ivey Hotel one
day last week and Mr. Williams is now
overseer of the spinning department in
the mill. Since the capacity of the spin
ning department has been doubled
there is to much work for one overseer
to look after. Consequently J. P.
Downum who has been overseer of the
entire department will now put in his
lull time in the card room and Mr.
Williams will give bis full time to the
spinning room.
Capt. C. E. Cole went to Gastonia
on business Saturday, returning
Saturday night.
Mrs. McKenzie from Rock Hill, S.
C., has been here several days visiting
her son, Make McKenzie.
G. C. Wilson and family who had
been living here for sometime moved
to Altavista, Va.,iast week.
R. Fowler and family moved from
here to Henry River a few days ago.
Perry Cook, who has been working
here for sometime, went to Rhodhiss a
few days ago to work in the mill there.
W. H. Jones, who had a slight
stroke of paralysis several days ago, we
are glad to say, has so far improved that
he is able to walk around again.
Mrs. P. Raby has been very sick
for several days, bat is now getting
better.
We notice that L. Church, chief of
police and also street overseer, has
been doing considerable work on the
streets the past two weeks.
Henry Price and family from Texas
are here at present visiting Mrs. Price's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Burch.
Rev. Mr. Rhyne, of Gastonia, was
here Saturday night, guest of M. Mc-
Kenzie. He preached at Penelope on
Sunday.
IOTA.
Catawba County News.
Newton News.
In another column will be
found the notice of the opening
of Newton Machine Works. This
enterprise meets a long felt need
in our town, Mr. Frank Warlick,
the proprietor, is a Newton boy,
but has conducted a similar shop*
in Wilmington for five years.
Mr. Frank Brown, perhaps the
oldest citizen of eastern Catawba,
died last Saturday night at the
home of his son, Mr. Ferdinard
Brown, near Sherrill's Ford. lie
was past 87 years of age. He
was married twice. His last
wife was a Miss Hobbs, who has
been dead several years. He is
survived by three .sons, Messrs.
Avery, Ferdinard. and Yancy
Brown, and Mrs, E. H. Jones, a
daughter.
t The rifle teams of the N. C.
I National Guard have settled the
. championship question for 1912.
! The fine DuPont' trophy goes to
j the Lumber Bridge Company in
r the Second Regiment. Asheville
. in the Firt Regiment, got second
[ place and Raleigh, of the third,
brought up the rear. The win
j ning team scored 1183 points out
j of a possible 1500.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ingold
r spent the week end with Mr e
a nd Mrs. J, H. Fitts, at Catawba'