Established 1899 18,000 1. r. AT LOOK OUT SHOALS. To Be Developed At Once By The Southern Power Co. R. R LINE MAY RUN FROM HERE It Will Help The Great System To Carry Its Big "Load" of Elec trical Current, Now Trans mitted From Greeville to Greensboro. The Southern Power Go. has decided to push the development of its fine water power at Look out Shoals near the joining of the Catawba and Iredell County lines. It will give a develop ment of 16,000 H. P. It is said a railroad will be built either from Statesville or Hickory-to the works to haul cement and other supplies. The people of this city would like to see Hickory the terminus of that line. The plant will mean much for this immediate section, and will stimulate industiial development like a tonic. The Charlotte Ob server tells of the plans of the power company as follows. The issue confronting the di rectors of the great hydro-elec tric corporation was that of im proving the Wateree site, the Fishing Creek site, or that of Lookout Shoals, the first named being situated near Camden, S. C. and the latter near Statesville. The North Carolina development was chosen for the reason that it occupies the strategic position with reference to the present "load" of the system and for the second reason that the experts anticipate a great industrial growth in this general territory. ORIGIN OF CURRENT. All of the current now being generated is found in South Car olina, in the lower half of the transmission field, the power be ing transmitted therefrom into the upper territory, either from the CktaWba, Great Falls, Rocky Creek or Ninety-Nine Islands stations; The three first named stations are located on the Ca tawba river and the last are on the Broad River. Had the Wateree site been it would have thrown the point of origin of power for .transmission even lower down, in fact almost to Columbia. While the. loss in transmission is relatively small at high voltage; it is a factor and hence the determination of the officials to select a power to rein force the load in the upper por tion of the transmission area. The Wateree development will doubtless come when the officials decide to enter South Carolina capital or the territory farther South. The Southern Power Company is now distributing current all over Piedmont: Carol na from Greenwood on the south to and Raleigh on the i. rch. Throughout this expanse of territory, there are thousands of miles of transmission lines, carrying the current to all cities, villages and hamlets and operat ing all sorts of industrial plants from cotton gins to cotton mills employing thousands of opera tives, Cities are being lighted, and even a railroad is being op erated—the Interurban. In fact there is hardly any sort of enter prise that is not paying its share of toll to this great hydro-electric corporation. No dificulty at all is anticipat ed in "tieing-in" this develop ment at Lookout Shoils with the general system for the transmis sion line that stretched from Statesville to Hickory was run with this very purpose in view. The 16,000 horse power will be thrown directly into the system, thereby materially strengthening and augmenting the load in this territory, It is estimated that it will require one year and some thing over one million of dollars to complete the work. POWER IN SERVICF, The Southern Power Company now has in service 76,200 kilo watts or 102,000 horse power of electrical energy. This is dis tributed as follows: Great Fall, 32,000; Kocky Creek, 32.000; Ninety Nine Islands, 24,000: Ca tawba, 10,000 and Saluda, 3,500. In addition, there are two aux iliary steam plants at Greenville, S. C. and Greensboro, generating on c.alf 20,000 horse power, and a third plant at Mt. Holly, is nearing completion, which will srive 10,000 horsepower addition. Tais fcives 122,000 horsepower now in service with 10.000 addi tional in the course of a few mouths, making in all 132,000 THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT horsepower. When the Lookout Shoals development is flushed, the Southern Power Company wili have 148,000 horsepower in service m Piedmont . Carolina. These figures are almost stagger ing when one comes to consider the equivalent in units of ''man power" energy. T\ie Irishman's definition of a horsepower is the energy consumed when a pound weight is phced over a steam valve and a horsepower applied, wnich wili throw the weight 33,000 feet into atmosphere, | if such on altitude is possible. LOCAL M. E. PREACHERS. No District Better Manned Than That of StatesviUe. Some of best the preachers of the Western North Carolina Con ference have landed in the Statesville district- We look for wonderful results for the Metho dists of this - district under the leadership of Rev, Lee T. Mann, who was returned for his second year as presiding elder. No dis trict in the conference is better "Manned" than the Statesyiile," Rev. D. M. Litaker has been returned to the First church, Hickory, to serve his second year. AH denominations of the city rejoice in his return. Rev, O. P. Routh, who served the Hickory circuit last pear, goes to the McDowell circuit. Our b st wishes go with him to hi* new field. Rev. P. H, Brittain, who served the Hiekory circuit during 1909-10, comes from Pib Mouutain to the Irdell circuit. A new circuit has been formed including Rhodhiss, West Hick ory and Bethel and Rev. C. W. Fink appointed as pastor, Jno, F, Kirk goes to Brord Street, Statesville, and Rev. J. J. Eads to Race Street Rev. R. F. Mock,; well known to Hickory people, goes to Huntdale in the Morgan ton district; Rev. C. ~S. Kir patrick, of Canton, to Moores ville; Rev. J. W. Kennedy to Maiden; Rev, C, H. Curtis to Lenoir circuit, and Rev. J. C. Mock to State»viU*» xiiCkorj eiiC-iJi Li l .oJi. t* ate delighted in the appointment of Rev. J. P. Hornbuckle, of Mor ganton, as their pastor. Mr, Hornbuckle comes highly reco mended as a pastor. Mr. A. W, Cline continues as traveling rep resentative of the North Carolina j Christian Advocate. Where to Put Bryan. Parker An Jerson's Washington Letter. Greensboro News It is virtually certain that Mr. Bryan has the option of becom ing either secretary of state or ambassador to Great Britain. The latter place, it is hoped by the democratic leaders of the house, will be acceptable to Mr. Bryan. With Bryrn in London be would he less liable to create dissatisfaction and the resultanc factional fights among the lead ers when the tariff is revised. The feeling between Mr. Clark and Mr. Bryan cannot be exag gerated. Mr. Clark it can be said upon the best authority not only will not stand for suggest ions by Mr. Bryan but tbe speak er of the house will positively refuse to speak to the Nebraskan, While Leader ynderwobd has nothing personal against tne Commoner he will, as -he has done before, ignoie the sugges tions of Mr. Bryan. Hence the leaders in Washington will feel much more at ease should Mr, Bryan be sent to the court of St. James. Then there is no reason to doubt that Mr, Bryan i& seeking the democratic presidential nom ination in 1916. If it •, Joe true that the Nebraskan entertains such ambitions his present alter native of identifying or not identifying himself with the Wilson administration is regarl -• das an embarrassing one. The Baltimore platform contained a a plank committing the party and its nominee to the principal of one term presidency. But while asserting the principle, the plank does not in term 3 limit Wilson, under the preaent con ditions, to one term. If Wilson should seek a renomira ion, it is foreseen that Bryan the premier of the Wilson cabinetand yet an opponent of the New Jersev man, would be charged with disloyal ty. It would be a situation in which Blaine found himself in 1892; though Harrison's secre tary of state, he was the princi pal candidate against Harrison in the Minneapolis convention, CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Han Always Bought tt*&oßGaG HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. DECtMBER 5. 1912 FUNERAL OF MASTER "SEUFIE" WHITENER Eight Play Mates March Be- side the White Casket. A LIFE OF PROMISE QUENCHED Dr. Murphy Pays A Beautiful Trib ute To His Manly and Mannerly Little Neighbor—A Brave But Futile Fight For Life. The funeral of Shuford White ner was held at the Reformed church Thanksgiving day at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the ex ercises being conducted by Dr. Murphy. There were mpny re latives present from the country, and a large concourse from all over the city attended the es teem and affection in which this little boy was held. "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and other hymns of comfo**t were sung. Dr. Murphy paid a beautiful iribute to the departed, who was his nearest neighbor as well as a lamb of his flock. He spoke of his sunny nature, his politeness, his manliness. "I never weni away," he said, "that Shuford did not hope I would have a good time, and I never returned but he had a heartfelt welcome for me. I suppose the last words he sp ke were addressed to me, the morning of the day he died. On entering the room I said, 'How are you Shuford?*'' and he re plied: 4 I am better. I thank you' "And who shall say he is net better," ask the pastor. Dr. Murphy had received the bov into the ehurch at his own request, and he believed he was a true little onristian. He did want to live but he was not unaware of the nature ef his malady and was ready to go. The honorary pall-bears were 8 little boys, piavmates and close friends of the little boy. They were William Councill, Donald and Sterling Menzies, Robert Garth, Charles Menzies, Richard Boyd, Tommy Henderson and Clement Geitner. They marched beside the little white coffin in the herase, four on either side, while the active pall-bearers marched behind it, they beinsr Messrs. Hugh D'Anna, Rob Martin, James Shuford, Adrian Shuford, Frank Henderson and Neal Clark. No boy ever made a braver fight for life than "Shufie," as his friends called him. He be gan to decline after an accident in playing a game. He went to a sanitorium in Asheville for a while last summer, and every tning possible was done by his devoted parents, but his strengh was net able to hold out Shuford was an alert and re sourceful, as well as a friendly boy with everybody. He had a fire department for a while in his father's bam, and he could get his pony and fire wagon into harness in a jiffy. He had a car penter shop in the yard and was shifty with tools. In his hearty days of health, which now seem so long ago, he used to ride down the long Claremont hill sidewalk in a home-made automobile im provised out of a sled. A useful, original, inventive life was re moved from eaith's actvities when he fell peacefully asleep that day before the first snow of the winter, which dropped from the Heavens above as a mantle for his little grave. • - Fight Against Increasing Assesments. A fight was made in the East ern N. C. Conference at Fayette ville over increasing assessments. A protest was signed by all the presiding elders except one, Rev. J. E. Underwood. The protest claimed in part that the combined assessments had reached an a mount in excess by 50 per cent of the salaries, that the shurches had not been able to meet the increased assessments of the last general conference, that an in crease would desturb the equita ble balance now existing be tween the causes; that it would check the hopeful tendency to liberality in the rural churches. A resolution opposed any increase above the last assessments and urged that needed increases be raised by appeals for free will offerings. Tne resolution was finally withdrawn by its intro ducers. Famous Stage Beauties, look with horror on Skin Eruptions. Blotches, Sows or Pimples. They dont have them, nor will any one, wno uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cures sore lips, chapped hands, cuts and bruises. Unequaled for piles. Onlv 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lute ««4 Grfmet Drug Co. i lve%ll#ts E/ervthing is very quiet in West Hickory a$ present. The mill is running regularly with pienty of help, qjpd the cloth ia being shipped as fast at it is baled. The board of aldermen has ap pointed L. C. Pierce, ehief of police for West Hickory. The twin children of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Humphries, died here Friday, Nov. 19. They were five months old and died only a few houra apart and"were buried Sunday. The parents have the sympathy of all their neighbors and friends in thread bereav ment. W, L. Whisnant of Route No. 1 was here last week visiting the family of J. L. Leonard. Aaa Hoover has been down with fever for some time, but is now a little better. . .»• Z. H. Pierce sold his house and -lot in which he ridw -Jives, to a Mr. Lail from Shelby.: .The con sideration was S4OO. Mr. Pierce and family will still remain in West Hiekorv. j. E. Fry bought a house and lot and fclso sevefal vacant lots of land from Mrs. A. J. Abee one day last week. . These lots ire all situated in. Long View. The consideration was S7OO. Mrs. Abee has decided to go to her farm in the country. M. A. Rowe was in our town Saturday on business. The Graded School here stop ped Thursday and Fryday for, | Thanksgiving. J. E; Senders and family moved f om here to Brookford a few dr ys ago. Mis 3 liela White, one of the drawing hands at the mill, acci dentally got caught to a set screw on the shafting and pulled down on a stesm pipe and was pretty badly burned, but we are glad* to say was not seriously hurt and is getting along all right. Success to the Democrat. " IOTA. GENERAL NEWS President-elect Wilson, now resting in Bermuda, falls in with those who urge that the show part of the inauguration be post poned tiil after March 4, say till toward the end of April, when the weather will not be of the nature of a blizzard. Gov. Wilson has asked Mr. Bryan to meet him as soon as he gets back from his Burmuda trip. Tavenner Will Continne as Washing ton Correspondent. Correspondence of the Democrat. LaFollf-tte's Magazine, edited by U. S. Senator N. LaFollette, (Republican) pays a fine com pliment to Clyde H, Tavenner, who has been acting for some time past as our special Washing ton correspondent, and who was elected to Congress from the Fourteenth Illinois Disk Senator LaFollette, editorially, says: *'Clyde H, Tavenner goes to Congress from the Fourteenth Illinois district. Tavenner is a talanted young man, and a pro* gressive Democrat. . As a news oaper correspondent at the nat ional capital, he earned a repu tation for integrity, industry and insight into the problems of government. Given the choice of two progressive candidates, to represent them, the voters selected Tavenner. We believe this confidence in Tavenner is not misplaced. His past per formances give assurance of a creditable record in the House, against privilege in aJI forms, against machine domination, and for progressive principle." This endorsement may be ac cepted as unprejudiced, because Senator LaFollette's magazine is Republican. The fact is. Tavenner won almost solely on the merits of his Washington letters which have appeared in this newspaper, and which we n ill continue to publish exclu sively in this territory. The extent of the magnificent tribute paid to his work as a writer can be best understood when it is considered- that he won out by 1,200 in a district which is normally from 6,500 to 12,000 Republican, and which has not bten represented in Con gress by a Democrat in 22 years. Tavenner did not have both a Republican and Progressive candidate agairst him, a con dition which prevailed in many districts and whi*h would have made success eas : er. His oppo nent was the regular Republican nominee, who a ! had the ad vantage of the strong endorse ment and support of the Pro gressive p»rty. WILSON HAS 10,839 JOBS TO DISPOSE OF. It Is Not Known What His Patronage Plans Are WILL HE REVOKE TAFTi Putting all 4th Class Postmasers . Under Civil Service? —How Patronage is Dispensed— The Local Postoffice Situation. Bj Hon. Clyde H. Tavenner. Special Washington Correspondent Washington, Dee. 5. —Every body wants to know about the distribution of patronage under the new admisistration. Every member of Congress of Demo cratic faith is receiving inquiries and applications by the hundred. ■ I came on to Washington at ar. earlier date than I intended, to try to discover the prospects of what will be done in a general way, but have found ou*: nothing valuable or tangible, President elect Wilson, who is resting in Bermuda, has not, so far as generally known, given any in formation of his inier tion on this subject. Nothing definit; will be known until he speaks The only things certain at writing are: 1, President Taft has by exe cutive order placed all the 4tl clasp postmasters under :he Civil Service, that is aIJ * pos .master;; drawing less than SI,OOO pe annum. This means -hat the present 4th class pos masters will hold for life or duri ig gooo behavior, unless president Wilsoi revokes president Tafts order. Whether he will revoke it no body knows. - 2. Most qf the place i worth having except those wh. ih have to be confirmed by the Senatt have been for some tim i under civil service. This gre.tly les sens the number of positions formerly available. 3. For twenty years th e custom has been for Federal offi ;ials ap pointed for four years, iuch as postmasters, U. S. marshals, etc., to serve out their terms un less they took part in politics during their terms. Whether this custom will be continued it i 3 impossible to say. 4. President Taft is said to I have declared his intention to fill all vacancies as soon as they occur. But whether the Senate will confirm his appoir tees, 01 hold up their nomination 3, it is impossible to even guess. . 4. The custom has been for the patronage of any particular state to be distribnted throi gh the Senators and Represe ntati ves thereof who are of the same political persuasion as the ad ministration, if any such there be, and if none such, then through the national committee man or some dependable friend or friends. Under that arrange ment Representatives are de pended upon to recommend postmasters in Congressional dis tricts not represented >iy Con gressmen of the same political faith as the President Senators are also depended upon to re-1 eommend for martialsHps and officers of that kind, including departmental position s and plaees in the consular end dis plomatic service, and in fact all officers not local. Of coarse, as a rule, the Senators comult with Representatives in these natters, all trying to do the most possible for their constituents. • 6. What scheme for s electing postmasters, etc., Preside n t Wilson and his cabin t maj adopt is wholly conjectural .Some advocate one p) n and ftome onother. Conseq> ently it anight be best for those intend Sng to be applicants to let mat ers rest until the situation clears *jp somewhat; but wb jre one or more aspirants for a particu lar place start in to secure sign ers to petitions, roc ntimend ations, etc., it might >e wist for all aspirants to do so 00. .It has been figured out by some of the newspaper corres pondents in the national capita] that Mr. Wilson, when b 3 enters the White House on March 4, will find that he has the; powei to fill directly 10,839 govern ment positions. They declare the appointive places r squiring corfirmation are divided as fol lows: Departments: St at e, 441: Treasury, 736; War (excludinf army) 6; Justice, 383; P >stoffice 7,953; Navy (excluding officers) 11; Interior, 272; Agriculture, 3; Commerce and Labor (excluding census) 28; Civil Service Com mitsion, 4; Government Print ing Office, 1; Interstate Com merce Commission, 7, and Lib rary of Congress, 1. . The places not requirng con - Matt are Itm Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 divided: Departments: State, 94; Jus tice, 846; Interior, 44; Com merce. 8; Civil Service Com mission, 1. [Postmaster Hamri ck. of Hickory, has been reappointed by President Taft but not con firmed by the Senate, It; is not supposed his confirmation will be effected, and Mr, Hamrick, we understand, will make to fight to be confirmed.—Demo crat]. NEEDED REFORMS. Citnia Shan lit fkmuii#r «mr Pnnr ullUuin m JKJU JMUiil mil . iwl Tax System, inadequate School System and Other Needs The Carolina Democrat of Mon roe urges Governor-elect Craig to consider the vital need of cer tain reform in Nerth, Carolina. It truly points out the following as three of the greatest legisla tive needs of the State: I 1. First, and most pressing, we need vital reform in our tax system. Not only is the present system failing to produce needed revenue, but worse than that, it is inequitable. We place too much burden upon poverty and too little upon wealth. We tax labor and then exempt its product af ter it has passed into the nanus of those who should bear the j burden. The heavy poll tax that I oar daily wage earners are com- j pelled to pay is a disgrace upon our state. The notorious escape of wealth from taxation is like wise inexcusable, Inheritance, lands held for speculative pur poses, and large personal posses-... sions that 9re now escaping, should be brouiht to bear' more of the burdens, the small * land holder less, and the small holder of personal property should be relieved. Not only must we cor rect inequalities, but we must provide for more revenue to meet the just and inescapeable | demands of progress and human- j; ity. As all of our other under- ; takings will be dependent upon revenue to carry them on, we put tax reform at the head of the list of measures demanding at- | tendon. 2. The next most important steps must be- those relating to our children and their oportuni ty in life. This of course means the lengthening of the ' rural school term, a prohibition of child labor under certain ages coupled with a compulsory school attendence law, and such sup plementary acts as look toward giving all the children a better start in life. 8. After the above we must cake up such demands as judicial reform, badly needed, a primary law, a corrupt practices act, ex tension of the power of the cor porations as it is not now able to control, a more unified manage ment or our chairitable institu tions, and many other important matters. By a referendum on two Occa sions the people of North Caro lina have taken two powerful forward steps. The first Was the sufferage amendment, the second prohibition. No State in the Union is in a better position to day to take up the matter of re form than ours. The general direction of re form now is towards conserving equality and opportunity for the masses. This is what Aycock and Mclver meant in their edu cational campaigns. The evolu tion of this work is in our keep ing. We have the foundation, ours to lay the superstructure. ~3it Social CircUs On Nov. 27th Mrs. E. L. Shu ford entertained the Hickory Book Club. It was the first meeting of the club since Miss Geitner's return Nov. 20, from her six months travel in Europe. So it was a great pleasure for the friends to welcome her. The hostess' book was "The Guests •)f Hercules." And as the scene is laid in great part at Monte Carlo, a very interesting article was read concerning this King dom where chance is king. The Thanksgiving spirit reigned su preme at luncheon on this Thanksgiving-Eve,' with a center piece of fruit in its pumpkin bowl, Thanksgiving cards, Don Turkey in the red candle light. Miss Geitner's visit to this place and Miss Wheeler's remem brances of similar places in Europe gave an intimate person al touch. The next meeting will be Dec. 11, with Mrs. Roy ster. - ' 4 I have been been somewhat cost ive, but Doan's Regrlets give just the , results I desire. They act mildly and [regulate the bowels perfectly"—Geo. :B. Knttfse, Altoona, Pa. imam OF IKE I OLD SCHOOL PASSES Death of Mr. Rufus Theodore Lenoir in Happy Valley LAST OF A SPLENDID TYPE. He Was A Brother Of Capf - W. W. Lenoir Who Gave the Ground for Lenoir College— A Room Mate At School iP PAHI/I HJHII 01 ucn. reingrcw —Buried at Fott Defiance. Mr. Rufus Theodore Lenoir died Nov. 30. at his home in the Happy Valley, He was a cousin of Mrs. Emma Harper Ciliey of | this city and was a gentleman of thie old school, the last of his type in many respects. ..It was his -brother Capt. Walter Waight still Lenoir who Rave the ground tor Lenoir College, and his bro ther Col. William Avery Lenoir who gave the site f-or Davenport College, (Lenoir,.N. C.) and Col. James C. Harper gave an adjoin ing tract to make'.the campus complete.- Mrs. Ciliey has written the following worthy "In Memoriam" of her honored kinsman: Departed this life *at his an- I cestral.home, Fort Defiance, in the Happy Valley, November 30, 1912, at 1 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Rufus Theodore . Lenoir, oorn December 15, 1825. Mr. Lenoir would have rounded his 87th year in a fortnight, His father was Col. Thomas Lenoir and his mother was Louisa Avery, daughter pf Col, Waightstill Avery, a signer of tne Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and for whom the county of Avery was named, while Lenoir County and the town of Lenoir were named for his grandfather, Gen. William Lenoir, wha built in 1785 the house where the subject of this sketch was born, lived and now has deserted to enter a. mansion not made with hands, leaving many lovijig hearts to mourn his absence, for lie was a man in a thousand. Tfce purity high plane of thought, calmness of judgment in all things and the charity that was a second nature, together with his habitual use of pure English, a. dignity of msnner, a personality that won friends by pure force.; of mag netism and made them; perma nent by reasop of the rare depth of his kindly and loving nature, marked the man. One of his characteristics was his appreciation of his friends; on them he seta value and to ward them bis: attitude was ever the same, fond, gentle, thoughtful, generous, loving and sincere. In 1857. Mr. Lenoir married Miss Sjtflie Gwyn, daughter of Mr. Richard Gwyn, oi Elkin. She and four sons; survive. The sons Messrs, Themas 8., Gwyn .Hr, andßufusT. Lenoir live in the Happy Vally and Walter James Lenoir resides.itt Lenoir. Mr. and Mrs. Lenoir in 1907, celebrated the golden anniver sary of their vWedoag. Mr, .Lenoir was educated in-Hillsboro and at the University North Carolina. His grandfather, Gen. William Lenoir, was president of the first board of trustees of the University 1790-1792 aqd trustee to 1804. At .Bingham school in Hillshoro, Mr. Lenoir and Gen. J. Johnston Pettigraw were room-mates; General Pet ti grew, the idol of his troops, was doubtless the most highly edu cated North Carolinian of his period and hi 3 death at Palling Water on the return of the army from Gettysburg cast a gloom over the whole Army of the Po tomac as well as North Carolina. Mr. Lenoir's body will repose in the family burkl ground on the site of the ancient fort near the residence.The . ground belongs to the Episcopal Church >f which Mr. Lenoir has been a member more than 50 years. Drives off a Terror. The chief executioner of death in the winter and spring months is pneu monia. Iti advance agents are cold and grip. In any attach by one of these maladies no time should be lost in taking the best machine obtainable to drive it off. Countless thousands have found this to be Dr, King's New Discovery. 4 'My husband beleives it kept him from having pneumonia three or four times," writes Mrs. George W. Place, Samsonville. Vt., and for coughs, colds and croup we havs never found its equal." Guaran teed for all bronchial affections. Price SOc and SI.OO. Trial bottle free at C. "M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz or •m«s, Drug Co,

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