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Men like to pick .heir own knives, and no two pick alike. No handle
but a pearl one ior some —nothing but buckhora for aiother. Some
want a whole tool chest —some want iwo blades. Some like big blades
some little. ~ , ..
We know ho v knife tastes differ. 1 hat's why we offer such a wide
assortment. , . , ,
We sell table cutlerly, too —well made — with best hand-forged steel
blades that cannot come off.
If you need cutlerly this is the store to buy it.
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+ LOCAL AND PERSONAL. +
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Mr. Hugh D'Anna is in New
York on business.
The Morton family has 'moved
into the Bisaner house.
Mr, Arthur Ingold, of Morgan
ton, spent Sunday here with his
mother.
Mr. Will Witherspoon has
changed his base from Florence
to Smithfield, S, C.
Mrs, Mary Browder has gone
to Raleigh to visit her son, Mr.
Harry E. Browder.
Mr. Hugh F. Little, of the
Marion Mfg. Co., was in the city
Tuesday.
Mr. Harrison, of Lenoir, passed
through the city Tuesday going
North to buy goods.
Mr. M. A. Teague, of Watauga,
was in Tuesday with a wagon
load of cabbage for which he got
$l.OO a hundred. ,
There were 30 professions of
religion at the West Hickory
Baptist Church last, week under
the preaching of Rev. Mr. Cald
well.
Mrs.T. M.C. Davidson,of Stae
sville, is visiting her
daughter, Miss«lda Lee Davidson,
head nurse at the Richard Baker
hospital.
Mrs, Royster and Miss Sallie
Martin are the Hickory people
who are attending the U. D. C.
convention at Salisbury this
week.
For the entertainment]£of the
crowds at night during the Fair,
the management has secured a
show said to be high-toned the
Democrat Comedy Co.
Mr. Thos. W. Davis, of
Wilmington, is appealing to the
lawyers of the state to contribute
to the Wilson- Marshall fund.
Send check to him.
The nomination of Sulzer by
New York Democrats, in place
of the reactionary Dix, has been
pleasing to Democrats locally,
also the fact that in New York
betting has been 2 to 1 on Sulzer
and 4 to 1 on Wilson.
Mr. W. T. Shuford was over
in Eliendale township, Alexander
county, this week to speak to the
farmers there about the cream
ery. They are very anxious for
a route to our creamery, and
will doubtless arrange for one.
The Hickory Handle Co. and P. E.
Isenhower & Son of Conover, have
bought the Jonas Hunsucker shop
site and the adjoining P. C. Lail
property and are making plans to en
large the shops at once—Catawba
County News.
Saturday night after midnight the
engine house at the saw mill and cot
ton gin of Mr. H. H. Caldwell caught
fire and was burned, damaging ma
chinery about $lOO. Hard work*,
however, saved the gin and several
bales of cotton —Catawba County
News.
Messrs. Geo. Killian, A. B.
Hutton, W. B. Menzies, B. A.
Kluttz and H. F. Elliott compose
a party which goes to New York
and other Northern cities on
pleasure trip. They will take in
the imposing naval parade in
New York harbor.
Mrs. Robinson, who attended
the annual meeting of the Hick
ory Society of Michigan, had the
time of her life there. She went
up as far as Port Sanilac where
Lake Huron is 45 miles wide.
Orchards were breaking down
with apples there and Irish pota
toes were doing unusually wall.
On the first week in December
there will be a series of union
meetings in the city churches at
night in the interest of home
mission work. Ministers and
laymen will participate and at
the last meeting a speaker of
note from a distance will be
secured.
While over in Alexander
Mr. W. T. Shuford found a farm
er very fond of pork sausage and
ipple sauce, combined. —He
grafted the pig tails of every
litter to his Winesaps and Lim
bertwigs, and now every apple
ripens with a sausage at the
co ns. Mr. fchuford vouches for
r his, as Wesley Clay does for the
pider s r ory m tr»is issue.
W. M.Tryon ha-? invented an
renin* board, for which he ha
uiplird tor a pat nt. It combines*
simplicity and durab-I.ty. I'
will be tour anl a half feet lonwr,
30 iiic/ies high and one foot wide.
He sold one while bringing the
' model up to the Democrat of I ice,
: •» that it promises to be
ijopjlar. .It can be folded to
; vrether in a compact mws when
not in use and tucked away in a
corner.
A few minutes after Mr. Wes*
i Winkler had his arm torn off in
i * corn shreader at Mr. J. 0.
Deals at Granite Falls yesterday
morning, he was placed in Mr.
Henry Warlick's automobile and
rushed to the Richard Bakei
hospital in this city, where Dr.
huford amputatedthe mangled
m mbe;- close to th j shoulder
Mr. Winkler is getting along,
eomr'o tablv. The event proves
again the immense value of the
hospital to our section.
T were 279 present at the
ally d y at the Baptist Church
t* >. Sunday. The piogram ln
clu iert -i Wt-icome by Katnennt-
Hardin, piano so|o, "Day
Dreams," by Katherine Steven
son; Reading from George
Elliott's Romola by Ella Sellars;
piano solo, Bertha Bradshaw;
reading, "When Papa was a
Boy/' Thurston Kiser; voice solo,
S 'l Come to Thee", Kathryn
Gwaltney; talk, Mr. J. D. Elliott.
A splendid audience gteeted Miss
Delia Claak in "Introduce Me 1 ' at the
Thornton Academy of Music last night
and enjoyed her brilliant work.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Mclver died last Monday
morning and was buried in Oak
wood cemetery, Dr. J. L. Murphy
performing the burial services.
Rev. J. G. Garth presided and
charged the people at the instal
lation of Rev, W. M. Sykes, the
new Presbyterian preacher at
Newton Sunday.
Rev. J. M. Barber, who lately
came here from Morganton, held
services at Mortimer in the Pres
byterian Church last Sunday. He
will preach there twice every
month, once at Edgemont and
once at Oakwood, a country
church near Lenoir.
2Allan Councill, aided by a col
ored man, killed a vicious look
ing copper head which was cross
ing the street from the old Hawn
lot to visit Col Thornton's hen
roost,
A. E. Propst, a young married
man who lives five mile# from
Hickory in the Catawba Springs
section, was tried before Squire
L. E. Whitener on a serious
charge Tuesday afternoon.
Alberta Lafon, the 11-year old
daughter of Eugene Lafon, ac
cuses him of enticing her to the
spring below the- house, while
her father and mother were
absent and she was alone in the
house with the younger children.
She declares that he made im
proper proposals to her and took
liberties with her. Mr. Propst
denies all the charges. Mr. A.
A. Whitener represented the
plaintiff and Mr. Claret oe White
ner the defendant, and honor
bound the latter over to court
in a $5OO bond which was given.
Because of a ruling that post
masters can't do any campaign
ing, Mr. C. F. McKesson, of
Morganton, has thrown- up the
nomination for Congress against
Yates Webb. He tells the Char
lotte Observer that a meeting of
the Republican executive com
mitte of the nintF district has
been called to meet in Hickory,
Saturday, October 12, to consid
er the matter of placing a man
in the field to oppose Represen
tative Webb, It is not known
who they will put up but seyeral
names are being considered. The
ninth district is composed of the
following members: Burke, Sam
uel Huffman; Cleveland. Mr.
Hogue; Gaston, F. 0. Armstrong;
Mecklenburg, D. B. Paul; Mitch
ell, S. Turner; Lincoln, Dr. C. H.
McCall; Madison, Frank Roberts;
Catawba, S. M. Hamrick. The
counties of Avery and Yancey are
not at present represented on the
committee.
Mr. and Mrs. James Shuford
went to Charlotte to see Maud
Adams.
The Hickory High School boys
ha~e organized a track and field
team with Guy Kennedy as mana
ger and Hubert Setzer as coach
and Fred Campbell assistant
coach. The boys have some good
athletic material and may give
some demonstrations during the
fair.
A Statement in Regard to the pis- 1
turbance at the Roosevelt Train
To the Editor of the Democrat:
Inasmuch as misunderstanding and
confusion have been caused by the ac
tion of L*noir College students at the
time of the visit ofthe ex-President, the
following statement is made-; ;
At the regular meeting of the Faculty,
Sept27th, it was agreed to have school
on the weekly holiday, Monday, and
suspend on Tuesday in order that the
Faculty and students night see and hear
ex-President Roosevelt
On Monday morning I advised the
students to hear him, and
them that "they should so conduct
themselves as to reflect credit upon
themselves, their parents, and the Col
lage".
No jjumbcr of tho Faculty was coii
nected with the affair either directly o
"indirectly. Investigition has disclosed
the fact that the idea that the boys should
cheer for Wilson w.is suggested to tht m
by a citii-Mi o! the town.
The Colonel had spoken from the
>outh and north sides of the train. hilc
he was turning again to the south side,
the students gave their yell will:
"Wilson, Wilson" at the end. They
testify that they intended to do this as a
joke on the Colonel when the train gull
ed out, judging that he would think the
cheer was for him but would be teasid
when it ended "Wilson". But, bein*
encouraged and urged on by others no'
connected with the College and beinj
influenced by the general cheerine and
noise of the circus crowd, they—especi
ally the younger ones —broke over
yielded to the temptation, and cheere d
as above'stated. lam convinced tha
this mistake on the part of the studei.l
would have been the end of the who't
matter if the ex-President had gone or
with his speech to those on. the sou h
| side and had not taken it up and reo -
jed as he did, and if the would-be per.ct -
| tinkers had not been so rough in the;-
i methods. The affray for which the tv. i
peacemakers and one student were fii ed
three dollars each and the costs was til
real disturbance, and this was precipit. -
ed, as many testify, by the student's be
ing slapped in the face by one of tht
peacemakers. Members of the Faculty
were In the crowd and tried to get to
the boys but could not. In less than a
minute more the undersigned would
have reached and quieted the students.
The students did wrong. They have
, been lectured and reprimanded for it.
, The Facultv does not defend them or
apologize for them but deeply regrets
that they started a difficulty which
offended to many of the friends and
supporters of Lenoir College and others,
and brought reproach upon themselves,
their parents, and their College.
It is a fact that ought to be well known
to the people of this town and section
that the students of Lenoir College do
now and always have averaged high in
character and conduct. So far, our Col
lege has escaped the grosser and more
serious troubles that have vexed many
other schools. Our students this year
are a fine body of young people. THEY
HAVE COME FROM THE BEST
HOMES IN THIS COUNTRY. These
boys did wrong not because they were
from Lenoir College, not because they
had not-been properly taught, or were
from inferior homes, but mainly because
they were A CROWD OF BOYS, and
on account of the conditions and circum
stances of the day.
Dealing with boys as individuals and
dealing with them in the mass or crowd
are two very different propositions. And
so it is with men.
The fundamental principles of civil
and religious liberty are taught by pre
cept and example at Lenoir College
absolutely without coloring and without
bias. The highest ideals of Christian
manhood and womanhood are constant
ly held before the students. The atmos
phere of her campus is most wholesome
' ly democratic. Work and merit ate the
( criterion of success in every department.
In this whole unfortunate matter we
ask our friends and all others to be sure
i they have the tacts and then "put the
most charitable construction on all our
works s.nd actions". _
R. L. FRITZ, President
i: ~3n Social Circles f
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The first regular meeting of
the Travelers' Club for 1612-13
was held Oct, 3, at the home of
; the First-Vice-President, Mrs.
W. B. Menzies with a full atten
' dance. Miss Holtzendorf of
: Claremont College was a guest.
After quotations on "Scenery,"
Miss Person opehd the door forthe
years study of "The English
Lake Country" with a remarkably
fine paper on 'The Geography of
the Lake District, made all the
more interesting as it was * ac
companied bya map drawn with
1 artistic skill by Miss Frankie
Martin. Miss Mary RamsayJ then
: gave pleasure by playing two
! piano selections: Grieg's "Ero
tique" and McDowell's "Shadow-
Dance."
Mrs. Royster presented a
paperon"Wordsworth''filled with
valuable information and doubly
interesting by personal remini
! scences of her journey to those
! places of world-wide celebrity
through association with this
great English poet.
Mrs. Murphy closed theprogram
by singing with true appreciation
that universal favorite - "The
Last Rose of Summer",
Pictures of the Lake Region
were circulated, most of which
were sent by the President,
Miss Geitner who is now in
England.
After current-events, refresh
ments iij courses, were served,
Mrs, Garth will be hostess, Oct.
10th.
Mr. J. W. Clay's Explanation Fails]
to Clear Him.
To the Editor of The Democrat:
In last weeks Democrat Mr. J.
vV. Clay practically denies trying
to get a ridiculous cartoon paint
d to parade October 1 at the train
when Ex-President Roosevelt
was here. The writer happens |
|to be aquainted with -the facts |
in this particular case and I j
wish to state that Mr. Clay did i
approach a certain Sign Painter j
in this town having a mineature ;
cartoon which he wished to have :
enlarged for the puipose ol cis
playing same when ex-president
Roosevelt And buc for;
the refusal o trie art?st to paint
the sign his j-ct would huv: !
been accc mp j iifm
JAMES ESPY.
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Snatching at Straws
To the Editor of the Democrat:
I have just mtie*-Ki i » ih : :
weekV Times-Mercury an arud -
signed by James Espey. in whsc*.
. he states that my exnlana ! n in
last weeks Democrat tails I
clear me, and he further fctate*
that I deny trying to get a ridic
ulous cartoon enlarged. I wisn
to say thai in both these state
ments Mr. Espey is wrong. In j
the first place 1 made no explan- 1
ation, I made a denial of the 1
charge against me, and in the ]
second place I did not deny or
attempt to deny that I had asked j
, a sign painter to enlarge a pir
ture for me. The fact is I havf
had a rrumber of cartoons taint
ed, and shall continue to l.avt
them painted as as I can see
any good or profit tnem, ana j
1 1 wish further to say that car
' j tooning is honorable as well as j
I profitable, else come of our,
: greatest aitists would not pro
(' duce them, and our greste.-t m&-
: gazines and papers print them.
And the cartoon I had w as net a :
' ridiculous one, as Mr. Espey I
States- It was the picture of a !
ieopard, with glaring eyes and
shining teeth, and it was spt tted.
' The spots were called "Pa.ama
1 Scandal", "Tennessee Coal and
Iron Scandal", "Unpaid R. R. ;
Bills", etc. And there was writ-;
ten in the upper earner of the!
cartoon "I'm the Progressive
Party", and below the animal
or beast, "Can the Leopard
' Change his Spots"? And in front
1 of the leopard lay the skull of
"Labor".
Now lam perfectly honest in
the opinion that, it would do any
1 American citizen good to study
this cartoon, that's why I want
1 edit enlarged. In the 'Bull:
Moose" convention at Chicago
the walls were hung with car
toons that cost thousands of dol
lars, and thev are used on rearlv
every public political occasion,
for they tell their story much bet
ter than it could be told in words.
It appears to me that when
this little incident is disc issed
and distorted by official "Bull
Mooserp" in their business ses
sions, without their ever having
seen the picture themselves, that
they are making a mighty i train j
at a gnat, and if they are not
j very careful, thinking people
I will conclude that it is a case of
the drowning man snatching at
a straw.
J. W. CLAY
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Rev. J. H. Wannemacher,
pastor.
Sunday School 9.45 a. m.
Chief Service 11 a. m.
Evening Service 7:30 p. m.
Morning Theme; Runnin? in
the Lord's Service",
Interesting Theme at the even
ing service.
Religious instruction Satur
day, 2:30 p. m.
The Young Peoples Aid Society
meets Monday evening with
Miss Estelie Payne. Every mem
ber is requested to be present.
Reformed Church Notes
The holy communion will be
administered in the Reformed
Church next Sunday at the rrorn
ing service. Services preparatory
will be held on Saturday at 3:30
p. m.
Members are urged to be pre
sent at the preparatory services
Members will be received at this
service and children-baptized.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
Next Sunday morning the
communnion service will be ob
served and at 4 p. m. the house
hold meeting with baptismal ser
vice. Collection for the Deacons
fund after communion.
Preparatory meetings on Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday
nights at 7 o'clock.
Rev. J. G. Garth will preach
at West Hickory next Sunday
night at 7 o'clock.
Synod convenes at Goldsboro
next Tuesday a v 11 a. m. On
Wednesday the Synod will go on
A special train to Richmond to
attend the 100 th anniversary of
Union Seminary in joint seesior.
with the Synod of Virginia. The
Synod of North Carolina will be
transported free from Goldsboro
to Richmond.
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? prices and styles are right is proven by the S
I fact that we have already sold more than 75 Suits.
! $7.50 to $25.00 I
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AUCTION!! AUCTION:!
Stop & Read!
And do Hot forget the big Land Sale you have been
talking about. The Dellinger home place, nine i oorn house,
lot containing three acres, good barn and fine orchard.
Thirty-five beautiful reidence lots, four blocks of contain
ing from five to ten acres will be sold at public auction
Saturday, Oct. 12, at 11 o'clock a. m.
NO BY-BIDDING. NOTHING RESERVED.
Every Lot Will be Sold Regardless of Price,
The above property is located between the city o
Hickory and Brookford, just outside the incorporation, near
|by the Southern Power Co. station and the million dollar
cotton mill at Brookford.
If you are looking for a home or a lot to build a home
you cannot afford to miss this sale. For a safe investment
remember the day and date of sale. AH lots put up will He
sold and soon double in value. Go out before the day of
sale, drive out over the new streets, and select your lot or
block and be ready to buy.
Free music by the bandl We will also give away
Ten $2.50 Gold Pieces.—2 Free LOTS.
Every adult on the ground holding a ticket will have
an equal chanre at the prizes. You can secure your tick
ets before the sale by calling on Campbell & Buchanan or
either of the drug stores.
Remember we now have two building and loan asso*
ciations. Either will build you a home after you get the
lot. So don't forget the day' and dite of sale, Saturday,
October 12, at 11 o'clock on the grounds.
Campbell&Buchanan
Civil Service Examination
For the position of Stenographer and
Typewriter for the Department service
at Washington, D. C., will be held at
Charlotte and Asheville on Oct. 19th,
1912.
At present there are vacancies paying
from" $9OO. to $960 which cannot be fill
ed, as the eligible list is depleted.
Those passing this examination have
excellent opportunity of appointment.
For application blanks and further in
formation, call on A. L. Deal, Local
Secretary, Hickory, N. C.
Notice
For the purpose of registering voters,
I will be at Setzer & Russell's store
every day except Saturdays, and that day
I will be at the old Marshall House, the
regular polling place. Book close even
ing of the 26th, at sunset.
D. E-. Whitener, Register
Mr. Wm. Wannemacher and
family returned to Canton, Ohio
Tuesday evening. The family
was greatly impressed with Hick
ory and vicinity. While here they
made many friends who would
be delighted to have Mr. Wanne
macher move here. Mr. Wanne
macher thinks this a great coun
try to live in and to build up a
great business and may at some
future date locate here.
HICKORY MARKETS.
Quoted weekly by Whitener & Martin.
Hens, per lb 10c.
Eggs, per doz 22c.
Butter per lb . 20
Cooking butter
Creamery Butter 35c
Cooking Apples 70c.
Irish Potatoes 1.00 a bu.
Cabbage, per lb
Green Beans 70c
Tomatoes $l.OO
Corn... 10c to 12 dozen
Sweet potatoes 60c.
Notice.
At the City Hall in Hickory,
N. C., on Saturday, September
21st, 1912, between 2:30 and 5
oclock in the afternoon, the Dem
ocrats of Hickory township will
meet for the purpose of nomina
ting a township ticket—Consta
ble ana Justice of the Peace— an',
transacting other business deem
ed necessary or advisable.
This, Sept. 10. 1912.
C. W. BAG BY.
Chairman N. Hickory Com.
W. A. SELF,
' Chairman S. Hickory Com.
jhildron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA