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HICKORY. N. C. JAN. 9, 1918
A MILLION A YEAR.
Hitherto the great in-flow of
foreign immigration has been
absorbed, but not always assim
ilated, north and west. The
South has been freest for som»-
reason, from the foreigners voice.
But the tide is beginning t»
flow this way, and we must In
prepared to swim it and not b*
swamped by it.
In round numbers 1,000,0(X
people a year are streaming r
through Ellis Island if this strean
of humanity could be stowe
away in cities of 10,000 eacl
there would be 22 Italian towns,
271-2 Austro-Hungarian, 181-5:
Poles and Russian Jews, 4 Ger
man, 6 Scandinavian, 1 each 01
French, Greeks and Japanese,
6 1-2 English, 5 Irish, 2 Scotcl
and Welsh, with a number ol
smaller villages for Turks, Syri
ans, and other peoples.
Of this 1,000,000 annual in
crease from abroad, 230,90$ can
not read or write, enough people
to make a town the size of Jersey
City. (It is of interest to note s
silver living to this dark cloud—
out of 20,000 Scotch only 75 art
illiterate and out of 60,000 Scan
dinavians only 157.)
Ofthe 1,000,000 per year, 780,-
000 were unskilled labor, a num
ber equal to the population oi
Connecticut and 26,000 more.
In 1842, 8,000 landed from the
good, cold north countries-
Great Britain, Sweden and Ger
many; in 1842 104,000; in '49.
297,000; in 'SO, 310,000; in '54
427,000. There was a dropping
off during the troublous days oi
the civil war, but from 1880 ti
1890 the total inflow was 5,200,-
000, more than for the 45 years
from 1820-'65.
Since colonial days, 23,000/
000 have come to our shores,
13,000,000 since 1880.
Of the 23,000,000, 14,000,000
are still living, with their chil
dren making a mighty host of
35,000,000, or 46 percent of our
population.
America, the home of the free,
is a magic word throughout all
Europe, and Asia, and theit
citizenry flies hitherto to escape
persecution, military service,
taxes and poverty, or to make
money. ''American wages -\>
the honey pot that draws th>
alien flies," declared Commis
eioner Watchorn, of Ellis Island.
Herein lies a menace, of course,
but if both the state and th
Church did their full duty it
might be an opjor u ity. At
any rate if North Carolina
would get ready to meet the
near at-hand invasion of Attils
and she must have a 6
months school term and com
pulsory enforcement of atten
dance,
Mrs. Robert Laban Aberasthy.
.i
m.C. Christian Advocate.
It was about the middle of the
nineteenth century that a daring
young knight-errant in the cause
of truth, blazed an opening in the
wooded hills of Western Caroli
na and opened school with equal
welcome to rich and poor. He,
himself knew little then: be hat;
nothing save a rugged frame, a
great mind, and still greater soul,
a peerless faith in God and man,
and the vision of an old-time seer.
He kept ahead of his classes, gi\ •
ing freely as he received, and
won the world's recognition as a
scholar. He did the state some
service, and the state repaid in
love and honor. It will not for
get Dr. Robert L. Abernetby.
Back of that stalwart cham
pion of man, in the shadow, was
a finer figure, which the world
did not see. A child in years
when she laid her hand in his,
her vision outran that of her
husband, and it was her heroic
heart which poured iron into his
blood; it was her self-sacrifice
which made his work possible.
Carrying her children on her hip,
she toiled and cooked and wash
ed for the workmen on the first
college building, and that with*
out money and without price.
Often she slept on a floor pallet*
S'ving her own bed to some wor~
y indigent student for the min- 1
| iatry. Over and over, with deft
fingers, she turned her old gowns
til they were threadbare, sewed |
and spun and knit through long J
nights, clothing her family, that
the money mS«t be cotoed into
the characters of the boys and
girls. Amidst this arduous and
unremitting toil she stored her
fine mind with the richest germs
of literature so that she sfcone
easily in any circle. Wnile yet
a gin. hermother-heart was the
repository for the cares of the
the cares of the earlier
groups of students; later group®
loved and trusted her as a
mother. As the years fell on
her, she wss known affection
ately as ''Grannie," and when
she passed, there was a shadow
on many hundred homes. A
long life, luminous of "light
that never was on sea or land;"
fearless, stainless, selfless,
tender, womanly, tier self-sac
rifice reached the white summit
of service, her devotion to her
family added lustre to love, her
superb faith smote all scepticism
into silence. Age could a not
stale her thought nor wither
her affection. To the hour of
the shary and sudden stroke her
mind was young and her soul
vernal. With heavy heart and
wet eyes, I myself have laid her
last tetter by the side of the
choice writings of the world,
and that letter has suffered
nothing. My earliest impres
sion of earth is of her blue eyee,
filled with a nameless love beam
ing above my cradle. It was
the lure of that love-light, I
think, which Wooed and won me
from the we of the world,
back to that Christ whom she
served. Xy latest impression of
heaven—that which is before me
fcow like a pillar of fire in a
shadowy wilderness—ls that of
the same blue eyee with the old
time love, beckoning from out
Father's house with the snrny
mansions.
W, £, Abernetby.
More Rural Telephones for Hickory.
Mr. N. S. Dssher, our telephone
manager, informs us that there
Witt soon be another farmers
telephone lin4 connected ' up
witt Hickory, and several more
are being Strongly talked, erhich
we hope will be soon organised
and have connections with tele
phone service.
The line which will soon be
finished is called the Black |
burg Line and will have on it
Messrs. J. C. Townsend, J. G,
Huffman, J. H. Huit, W, A.
Robinson, J, D, Hollar, Avery
Miller, D. M. Huffman, D. E.
Seaboch, and others.
This makes nearly 200 farmers,
or rural telephones connected
with Hick' ry, and this is some
thing that our farmers as well
as ourcity folks should be proud
of.
All of the farmer lines connect
ed with Hickory arebuilt metallic
and as well as telephones here in
town. The reason for this we
should congratulate the telephone
company, as this company will
not connect with lines that are
not built of first-class material
and put up in first class condi
tion.
With the new parcel post
which has come, into effect, the
farmer who has a telephone in
his home and is on a rural route
will be able to reap many advan
tages, which brings the old iso
lated home in the country to the
sameas a city home. One Mvin?
in the country, now can pho:e
ivr aVpiougb poiqt or a repair ot j
rachinery an&hsve it earned to
hisJoor for the small smn of a
few cents. "
h( >pe tljat before long we
wftt be abletfireport some more
rsral linesofwephodea:
; About two years ip> we had
scarcely no ruralteflphoaes con
nected to Hickory, now juit think
we have nearly 2 00." v "
This Coantry a progressive
country and is Safely coming to
the front. Let the goodPwork
goon. * > ' •
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TEXAS WOMAN SAVED HER BOY
BY qx&r KIDNEY
REMEDY.
- at about thirteen jean of
•hemorrafn ofthe kttnsys. H» would
hif tnm two t« four attacks Sfenr.
WehadsoTsral physlcltßiPatttndiQf
Wm fbr thm yeatt. Tt* Doctors told
my family wo would sot ralsa him to
be twentj-oaa years old. • •- J
1 saw your admttsoment la the p*-
psis. Ae a Iset r4e«rt 1 (eve up UM
doctorssnd tried Dr. KUmsr'aS wains*
Root After using several bottlts,
was so well Pfeafcd with the reeult
we stuck tolt and tie Is now twentj
°ne years old and' a perfect and »tout
SSLP-Im ®' t 3r ni
MBS. ffxTBESON,
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»v.® w £ r ? subscribed to before me,
this February lWh, A. JD , 1912. * "
CHAS. 3. NEOTAEFLLIY,
Justice of the Peace aad Ei-Offlclo,
Notary Public In and for Lamar Co.,
Texas. I
Letter to ~
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MR. J. UNDERWOOD, of 2000 Warren Ave.,
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■ V I could not rest night or day. One of my
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO NEW
ORLEANS. LA., MOBILE, ALA.,
FLA., AC
COUNT OF THE MARDI
GRAS CELEBRATION
JAN, 30, FEB 4, 1913-
Ob account of this occasion, the
Southern Railway w?U sell round trip
tickets** tha ebovementioned points
at ffredtly reduced rates, these tickets
being on aale Jan. 28th to Feb. 3rd
with final Kant Feb. l 4» with privi
lege of extension of limit until March
3rd, 1913, by depositing ticket with
special agent and - upon payment of
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For detail information, Pullman res
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Division Pas. Agt.
Charlotte.
WE OFFER^
at ft reduced price, two
number five, one numbed
ten tnd ooe Bomber twelve
De Lftvftl Separators. These
have been stiffed? used but
are practically as good as
new. If interested, call
and see us.
We buy aU kinds of
country produce and pay
the highest market prices.
Hickory Seed Co.
HICKORY. N. C.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Schelale Effective Jan. 1. 1912
Leave Lincolnton, N. C.
East Bound
Train No. 46, 8:52 a. m., daily
•• " 132, 5:53 p. n»., «•
West Bound
Train No. 133, } 120 »• m -> daily
" " 47,5:65 p. m., "
For further information apply: ■
JAS KER. Jr., H. S. LEARD,
. T P*. DP A
cWfotte. N. C ' Raleigh.
Notice
To AII Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given thatjapplication
will be made to the General Assembly
of North Carolina, Section 1913, for the
repeal of the eatsting charter of thf City
of Hickory, with all amendments thefeto,
and for the enattmenfof'a new charter
in lien thereof. ~ |
Friends of the mpoied legislation
desire suggestions, and co
operstioto, on the part of the ci tizens of
Hickory. he made at the
office of the Ctpsafe as of Commerce, to
which office, communications, also, may
bo addressed. > &
CHASTER COMMITTEE
December ltth,tt£2. i l}lfst
ntvaf af Pittsburgh.
BscaaaS of the Constant pali ei
smoke that hangs ova# it, the
MfSjaa 6t Edinburgh Is known as
"AnM Waakla" i
DJURER FRNt&MPPE
- "*
lie* in That Cough and Weak,
Worn-out Condition.
Grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia, these
are greatly to be feared at this time
of the year.
Te prevent grippe from being fol
lowed by either pleurisy or pnfeumo*
nia, it is Important to drive the last
traces of it out of the system quickly. j
Our advice is to take Vlnol, our
dsHcioua ood liver and iron prepara
tion without oil, and get your strength
aad vitality bock quickly.
r*' Grablll, of Strasbnrg,
•eys: "Grippe left me weak, run
down and with a severe cough, from
which I suffered four years. I tried
different remedies, hut nothing seemed
to do me any good until I took Vlnol,
| from which I received great benefit,
j* T oough Is almost entirely gone, and
i I am strong and well again, and I am
CM to recommend Yinol to others
who suffer Ks t did."
H*ol with the certainty
**?.; » does not benefit
ft 4 "V.W" will give back your money.
M*tSi ) Hckory, N.C
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The Love Letters of a *
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WE begin in the November issue a scries V
of real love-letters written over fifty ,
years ago by one of our national r j;iii|233j4 F"
heroes to his sweetheart during the period of HSTJ
'6i to '65. This great general will go down to pHf
posterity as having accomplished one of the
most brilliant feats of arms in the history of
the world. He was as great a lover as he was
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Bttitw Ct.
fe* Dec andean. V and Lioeral Commismion* to oar Agmnt*.
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And this is to remind you that if you
are out of leaves we can furnish them
toyou at almost any price you want to
pay for them.
A big shipment of Ledgers, Day
Books, Cash Books, Journals, Records,
Memorandums, K[and other Blank
Books has just been received at the
BOOK STORE
The Van Dyke Shop
Hickory, N. C.
Un Social Circles
The Then day S'udy Club met
Jsn. 2nd wi.h Mss Mamie Sue
,kbn or. After quotation* on
New Year, Mrs. Hsrte gave tile
t pics. W« men Urder Medical
lustitutfons, and, Woman as an
Artist. Mrs. Bost Rave a biog
raphical sketch of the Empress
Augusta Victoria, and Miss John
son told of Homer's 'Athene/
Current events concluded ' the
program and the club adjourned
to meet on the 14th with Mrs.
Worth Elliot.
- Refreshments dainty and appe
tizing were served.
•Mrs. J. F. Abenethy en er
lained a number of elatives and
frienc's at a dir > r party on
New Year's day, ii honor of the
73rd birthday of hi) lather, Mr.
P. W. Whitener,
Tfce following v ere p esent
ard tnjoytd the Fecial ho pital-
Uy of the occasit r: Rev. Dr.
Murphy, Mr. art Mrs. L.
Whitpoerard Hfiry; Mr. and
Mrs S, L Whiterer, two chil
dren ?rvd Bessie Cline; Mr. and
Mrs, Will and two children;
Mesfis. H. E.. Billy and Harvey
McCkmb; M s es Margaret ana
Ka.e McComb, Julius Ab
critlhya d Cifude Abernethy,
of i Fie A. & M. Colege, Rale gh,
with tl e ot u ir members of the
f : mily iwJled the number to
hiity three.
A BLOOD MEDICINFE WITHOUT ALCOHOL
Recently it hat bees definitly prove® by experiment* on enunelsthat alcohol
power of the bodyand that alcohol the whrtecor-
SX RF ATS«MI S tkOT UMMO to TTK« OP ««L ""«* «-'•
rv„ aM , ferns Mtise the death of over one-half of the human race.
A klood medicine made entirely without alcohol, which it a pure giyoene ex-
BWroU. Quo..'. root. Goidea Se.l root. M«dr.U ;od
i™ ct ° . Axtenaively sold &y druggiats for the past forty years as Dr.
I Fierce Medical Discovery. *he refreshing »nfl««»cc of this extract is like
I Nature s ioflueuce-the Wood k bathed ia the tomo which fim Ue to the *>lood
i the vital fires of the body bum brighter and their increased activity oonsjmes the
tissue rubbish which has accumulated during the winter. „ ,
tissue ruDDisn wmcu _ Df R V/Pierce. the founder of the Invalids' Hotel and
!§ Surgical Institute, and a physician of large experience and
practice, was the first to make up an ALTIBATIVS EXTRACT of
roots, without a particle of alcohol or narcotic.
"It IE with THT *re*teet of pleasure, that I write So tat yao TAW at
the «wat benefit I received from the use OF your MSDFCIM and self-
T£ATL£«T atbonn, s, wri us Man. WK. HXVBS, of LodysnsHh. B.C. Isu f
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Velief. Finally I WTU told I was iu cou.ump-
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J Trr J BONE MUST be CW out before the *ro*U»J would hoaL Aklad fneiid
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UTSC thai the sore U healed, and I enjoy better health than J
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l while costing about half as much as the so*callel
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OAK LUMBERI
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HICKORY, N. C. J
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is the RAYO. It is made of the best ma
terials; 90 thait it is strong and durable
without being heafty and awkward.
\ m •
It gives a clear, strong light. Is easy to light and re wick.
It won't' blow,out, worft leak, and won't smoke. It is
an expert-made lantern.-. Made in various styles and
sizes. There is a RAYQ for every requirement.
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