Established 1899
THEOLD PIONEER
-mm HAHN
Close Relationship Between Him
and Henry Whitener
PROLIFIC IN HIS PROGENY
Two Nervy Hahn Girls Who Defied
A Set of Cuthroats with Axes-
Torture Couldn't Make their
Father TetfWbere ffis
Money was—One
Hahn Buried a
cross Bonn*
duf.
Written for the Democrat by
Col. G. M. Yoder.
The only source we had writ
ing and gathering up the necces
sary material to write this short
historical sketch was from aged
people who have passed to tKe
beyond, and fiom the epitaph on
his unique head stone that marjts
his grave in the cemetery
Zion's church grave yard, Mere
we fiud that John Hahn 'was
born somewhere in Oermaagr in
Julv, 1713, which is now nearly
2W years; ago.. v. ;;,
He was of,an industrious and
religious family, "tag - only of
moderate : circjimstjraces. He
was a weaver by trade, and it is
opposed he was about 20 years
old when he came to America.
Landing at the port of Phidel
phia, it was found thatr he did
not have money enough „to pay
his fare across the ocean, and
he was hired out to raise the re
mainder. After his time expired
he went out into the *' country,
supposedly Lancaster county, Pa.
in the vicinity, of Henry White
ner, where he either entered or
purchased a small tract of land,
settling down for the time being..
Whitener was born in 1717,
being 4 yearayounger. Now if
Hahn was 20 year 3 old when he
came to Anaeciea, it must ha?e
been in 1738. Whitener then was
16 years old. Then in 1750 White
ner came South, Now subtract
1717 fr0m. 1750. Whitener then
was 33 years old, and Hahn 37.
And when he came South in 1766
he was 53 years old which is 16
years after Whitener.had enter
ed his land in IZSO.
Now add the 16 .years to
Whitener's age, and we find he
was 49 years old, and?] iHahn 53.
when he left Pennsylvania for
the South, bein# influenced by
the favorabfe reports that he
gave of these fine Southern
lafids, Then sold all his property
anil catne South in search of him.
Crossing the Catawba river at
Sherrill's Ford, following - tl\e
road that he cut out to his selec
ted home, which road in now
known as the Sherrill Ford to
Newton road.
After traveling about 20 miles
night overtook him fn the forest
on the east side of Clark's Creek*,
near Paul Anthony's house,
wfcere he struck camp for the
night;
During the night his wife gave
birth to a child in the wagon,
and called him Christian. Re
maining in camp here for 4
weeks, ne got all the neccesary
information about his location
from Anthony,
John Mull, a br6ther-ln-law -to
him, wa3 born in 1744, and had
married his daughter, Mary Ann
in 1764, who was born in 1749,
and unto them was a child bom,
when Hahn came in 177jS. '" -*
Then as soon as he could leave
the camp he went to Whitener's,
his old supposed friend, • fie be
gan to look around for a location
for a home. No doubt he assist
ed him in locating the place and
settling on the Whitener" creek;
where he either bought or eri-..
tered a large tractadioimri't?
Whitener, which was about > -
mile northeast of him,.. His fam
ily consisted of Bennefc* Joshua*
John, Elizabeth and-
During the 26 years he fiveo
here, there were 7 more childrei
born, which then made a famil\
of 12, with Peter, Jacob, Christ
ian, Fredric, Udilla, Sarah ahc
another daughter.
Bonnet was a Revolutionary
soldier, and after pea e was re
sored between the two nations
he bought a large t;rct of lam
on Henry's Fork, new knwn at
the oid Jacob Delli ge -: platfr.
and married a Misaf 11 uck an*
settled on it for a number,...-ct;--
years, finally selling it to Josepl
Hunsucker, himself going tc
Ohio.
but his son David -
here as he had married Catherine
Whitener, a daughter of Benjs *
win Whitener, and bought *th
old Boldozzer place now ONtfneo
by Pink"Deifet| His children werx
Betty, Catharine, John, Henry,
Daniel,. Anna, Jessie, Polly um
David. Rettie married John Har
-Ber; Catherine,. J acob.. :%%•
John, Margaret Miller. He, Hen-
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
ry,was married twice; first to
Lovtna Seitz; then Anna White
ner. .
Daniel had marrfed Anna
Seitz; Jessie had married Anna
Link; Polly; Ephraim, Anna
Christian Hahn and David, Sallie
geitz. v •' :
Joshua, the second, was also a
soldier, in the American Arrav,
John had bought or entered ?
is now known as the old David
Link place. "Noah Hildfebhm. who
lived in that immedyaitir vfe&ity,
and who was a surveyor, told
the writer that he and his
- neighbor had a dispute about the
be buried across the line, so that i
his body would /est on either!
side, and when he surveyed the
iine he found the grave in that
position,. The grave is just about
100 yards above the old Link
house on a high Waff. -
Peter had settled on the old
Aaron Link place and had built
ueo. settled on tne lands now
owned by Madison Whitener.
All the langs joined; then-they
sold all of it and Went to Indiana-
Jacob had -.married a Mis*
Bums and settled on the upper
end of the old homestead, ant
begat DaVid,Jacob -and seven
One-daughter mar
ried John Miller. Be committee
suicide by hanging him elf to a
joist Jn the back room.
- Christian married Magdalen;
Shell, a sister of the late S >lomor
Shell of Catawba county, and
gat David, who married a Mis.-
Milier, a sister to Calvin Hahn's
motherland Went to
Missouri.' Sampson mar
ried Hannah Whitener and went
to the same place. Samuel mar
ried Barbara Tiellinger and went
to Missouri; Christian Anna, th*
daughter of David Hahn. who it
the mother of Prof. G. W. Hahn.
He had settled on the old home
stead first, then sold it to Franl
Hermonand went to Mississippi,
and in a few years returned t
North Caroiini, -
Sallie auriieU S-io.n.n li„..
man; Mollie married Enaanut
Deitz, and went to Mississippi,
Charity married i)aiid- £Uxger;
Catherine married David White
ner; Rachel, Peter Yoder, anr
went to Missoufi pear Farming
ton; Amy died a Single woman*
Fredrick, the, .youngest son.
married a'l&H&i Fisher and lived
in the old homested house, Eliza
beth married Conrad Weaver;
Udilla married Elias Yoder and
went to Indiana; Sarah married
Henjry Re§p and settled oi\ the
land jthat the Frank Hermon
heirs now own, sold it and went
to Indiana where he was drowned
while attempting. $o cross ;
stream w"hen it was past fording.
The last daughter married a
Mr. Marks and ' settled on the
lands now known asthe' Lazarus
Deitz lands.
There had always been a tradi-*
tionary legend that he had been
married twice, each time to a
young woman, and had 12 chil
dren with each woman. This le
gend was related to the writer
by Moses Hahn, an aged grand
son* and a son of Fredrick Hahn,
a son of John Hahn, and we sup
pose he knew what he was talk
ing about. i:
£ow if he was 23 years old when
his £rat i:hild was born, lie then was ,
43 years old when he 7 .came South In
1166. Thenhe had been married to
the last young vrifevabout 10 years ■
when he came South. Now,tak£ the
10 y ear* from 53 and ' you will have -
43 when bis first wife died.. Now take .
the 23 yearfeftom 43 and yoir-will have
20, the time 4 he .and hia first wife lived
together aim'.during this time 12
children were bornunto; them - which
averaged about 18 months apart. His
first wife died about 1756. And again/
another young*.wife. In about 1757,
when he came South had five children
and was here about 26 years before lie
dled and during these 26 years had 7
more children, and was about 72 years
old when the last child was born, and i
ived with the last wife about 35
years and died about 1792. Now add (
the 35 years to the 43 years and yoa
have' his age when he died. He was
among the first that was buried at
Zion's church.
-In 1790 he was one of the principal
founders of Zion church. He. waa a
strict Lutheran, and was a warm
supporter of American Independence.
He was too old&) enlist in the Amer
icap.army, but had two sons in., the j
army. HestOooa side by side with'
Henry Whiteh'er,-Conrad Yoder and J
George Wilfong during the whole »
' - v
After ihe battles at Ramsour's Miil
and Kings fountain and the surren
der of Corn Wallace, there was a band
of robbers going through the country,
; plundering the searching" for
money and other valuable things.
While in his loom house, weaving, he
spied them coming and threw his
money purse under the. floor. Thpy
treated him shamefully and tortured
HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY. JANUARY, 16, 1913
► ■ ■
•' COMMENT
i -
1 WHAT HARRIS USES SIMMON
". .'PUDDING FOR.
Or genial friend, Gen. Wade
Hampton Harris, of the Char
lotte Observer, is jealous of that
anonymous flask of locus' beer,
sent us by one of our gentle
readers* and says;
Some"of the Catawba County
Dutch sent Dr. Howard Banks
of the Hickory Democrat, a bot
tle-of locut and persimmon beer,
but JBvika —bless his heart —
figured out that the staff
night be loaded and would not
I ample it. The donor had written
:hat with it was blended "the
.roma Of the daisy and the rich
ness of the golden-rod," but no
o. His breath being above sus
picion, Dr. Banks tries to di
ert attention from the bottle by
.ailing on the brewer to send
lima" t4 3immon pudding, 3 ' some
iiiing he *has been hearing a
„iood deal about since his resi
dence among the krout artists.
Hanks is always thinking about
omething to eat, "but he had
setter stick to the things he
cnows about. The simmon pud
ting is good for the 'same thing
he light bread poultice is. Hold
ore. Banks, so the wimmen will
iot near— it good for "biles."
Harris has a straisn of Dutch
n himself-" -Gabasrus Dutch,
(not quite as blue-blooded as the
Jatawto&titeh) and thinks he
i a conn >js§eur on old time
ishes, tbemuses of .the buckeye,
che time of the moon to plant,
ticball that,' but we want to tell
im that if he doesn't know any
acre about simmon beer than he
loea about Holland cabbage or
he Bermuda Islands, on which
übjects he has been displaying
■ us ignorance frightfully of late,
/e cannot accept him as an en
yclopaedia. Meantime ex-Sheriff
iiackwelder, who has a persim
mon orchard in the rear of his
Linme, has been feasting on sim
.ou pudding, and promises! us a
.ice of the next one Mrs. Black
elder makes. We would be
ttempted to send Gen. Harris a
-lice except for the fact he
any more sense than to
tpply it external'y.
As the State's revenues are
ot now'paying its expenses
,>me of the brethern of the
>ress are suggesting that the
rmy of "laborers" iand "pages"
n the Legislature be cut down
: .'he Statesville Land-Mark thinks
nere are about 40 of these
H borers whose work could be
lone by six persons. • These jobs
re secured by legislation for
avorifces who have worked for
them,. |t.is a good place to be-
Moye to Amend with "Tote"
.Greensboro Record. .
Speaking about the bill to
prohibit the shipment of liquor
fcpma wet to a dry state, if
such liquor is for an illegal par
pose, what is to hinder a blind
tiger from making trips to and
■from Danville aud bringing back
that he can tote? The pro
posed law rays it shall not be
-"shipped," but there is nothing
against' totingit.
him unmercifully to make .him tell
where was jjut lie refused
to tell. At last iftjejthought that
they would make h&Pto tell it and
hung him to a joist, but he still re-
fused. Next threating to steal his
4ine horse, his two, tall, robust, and
lion-hearted daughters overheard.
Running for the wood-pile each
snatched up an axe and ran for the
! stable door. Like twin Joans of Arc,
| they drew their axes and cried;
"Now come on, but if you do we will
make sausage meat out of you."
The girls came out victorious, and
the scoundrels left.
He was the only Hahn that came to
this southern country in 1766, that is
now 146 years ago, and consequently
is the father and progenitor of the
Hahn family in ( atawba county.
It will be seen that this is only a
partial history of the Hahn family.
To give the whole of it would have
been to lengthy^
| '.'My child was burned terribly *bout
the lace, neck and chest. I applied
Dr. Thomas' Electic Oil. The pais
ceased, and the child rank into a rest
lul sleep/'—Mrs. Nancy N. Hanson,
Hamtfurg, N. Y.
Gov, Kitchin's Message.
Greensboro News' Comment.
The remarkable part of the
, message is that dealing with the
penitentiary. The Governor
would have the convicts placed
«m the public roads and the State
farms, and the present peniten
tiary, to quote the governor, "be
vacated by the State's prison
and that the entire State's prison
headquarters, offices, electrocu
tion plant, etc., be moved to
the State farm. Suitable quar
ters can be prepared at the farm
for such purposes for $20,000 or
less and the. present pemtentir
ary worth perhaps $500,000 can
with proper alteration be put
IB hirtfcaf Mr. the
blind, as that institution needs
more land and ought to be moved.
He would also have the commu
tation and paro'e systems estab
lished and a pardon board creatd.
In referring to the pardoning i
power, the govenor says he had !
1,333 applicants for clemency;
during his four years and '"it
grows like any other business in
a growing state and especially
! where the newspapers give the
matter ao much advertising—of
ten misleading advertising."
In recommending a state wide
primary law for nominations for
candidates for all offices, includ
ing United Stats Senatois, the
governor says:
'"You should always pass a
corrupt practices act of a strin
gent and comprehensive „ charac
ter. including publicity of contri
butions and expenses before and
after election, prohibiting the
use of money or other things of
value to influence votes, to se
cure editorial support or to in
any way mislead the people. The
publication of any false charge
against aiy applicant for office
concerning his political conduct,
or reflecting upon his character
for the purpose of injuring him
in the primaries or the election
should be made criminal."
The governor grows lengthy
as he approches the subject of
regulation of lire insurance com
panies and among other things
he would have a law enacted
which would prohibit the compa
nies from entering an agreement
to put up or down the rates or
subject them to more burden
some conditions than elsewhere.
The old question of "requiring
railroads to pull mileage on trains
is brought up with the recomen
dation that such a law be passed
but we are of the opinion that
the legislature would do well to
investigate the South Carolina
mileage muddle before taking
steps in that direction. The in
terstate commerce commission
will probably soon let its decis
sion in the case be known when
it will be time for our legislators
to act
Among the other topics touched
upon briefly are recomendations
for giving the governor the
veto power, enactment of state
wide searoh and seizure laws,
continuation of liberal policy to
public schools,employment ofspe
cial counst 1 to aid the corporation
commissicn in its fight for more
just freight rates, increased ap
propriatio/is for the public health
department increase of appro
priation to the State library com
mission* ph/sical valuation of
railwiorei, compilation of divorce
statistics,giving the State and de
fendant IT capital cases an equal
number of preemptory chalenges,
enactment of Torrens land title
system of voluntary basis, con
servation and development of
fish and oyster industries, legis
lative reform by passing local
matters down tha proper author
ities, prohibiting the granting
by the legislature of special char
ters except for State institutions,
the placing of light and power
companies under the corporation
commission, increase of judicial
districts from 16 to 20, furnish
ing of the new administration
building, increased appropria
tions for the school for feeble
minded, enactment of child la
bor laws, prohibiting boys under
16 and all women and children
from night work, requiring for
eigh corporations to obtain
license, creation of a State high
way and drainage commission
with power to issue bonds, and
last but not least the ratification
of the constitutional amendment
oroviding for direct election of
United States senators.
SIOO Per Plate.
Was paid at a banquet to Henry
Clay, in New Orleans in 1842. Mighty
costly for those with stomach trouble
or indigestion. Today people every
where use Dr. King's New life Pills
for these troubles as well as liver,
kidney and bowel disorders. Easy,
safe, sure. Only 25 cts. at C. M.
Stated, Mow & Lutz, and Grimes
Drug Stores.
THE CORN FLAKE SUIT
*
Mr. Kellogg Claims that He is no
Violating the Sherman Law
I The (J. S. Government has filet
I it against the Kellogg Toasted Cori
F!ake Co., of Battle Criek, Mich
claiming that the latter'*- sales-piaJ
is in "restraint of trade" aud conse
quently a violation of tne Sherman
act. The company claims thao tht
government acted with un ue hast*
in the matter, that the con. pany liac
never been served with a subpoena and
that Mr. Kellogg did not kn >w of the
suit till he was taking shtp for South
America. The Democrat Lis never
been able tosecure the advertisement
of the Kellogg product though it
would like to), and it doe* not fully
understand the "selling piau", which
the government attacks. •/« have
been asked to give Mr. Kell' gg's side
of the case, and we make \. few ex
tracts below from a lengt y state
ment which is to Jong to pr it in our
limited space. If he is vio? iting the
law, the Democrat's sympa hies are
with Uncle Sam. But the 8 isevi*
dentlyfrom Mr. Kellogg'ss indpoint
a good defence. Says he:
"We adopted our policy w h a very
honest desire not only to ci iform to
the letter of the law, but to j s spirit,
and the things we aimed
plish by our selling plan arc the very
things.for which we under tood the
Sherman act and other c nspiracy
laws were designed—the pro action of
the consumer and small deal sr in the
same equality of opportunity enjoyed
by 'trusts' and big buyers. It these
things are contrary to law, ve shall
be much surprised."
Mr. Kellogg goes on to say chat the
reason he sells only to wh iesalers,
leaving them to sell to the etailers,
is to ensure quick distribu' on of a
more or less perishable proc ict and
this has resulted in putting i: in the
bands of 250,000 retail grocen. Their
*uccesß had arawn the enmi y of big
iealers, aud they have refus d to sell
bo certain dealers who would :se their
foods for Hinfair competition "Auj
suggestion that we are a mo opoly is
laughable", asthere are lOOcc npeting
:orn flakes, their policy has enabled
them to reduce the price fro a 15 to 5
cents.
"If we are doing anything illegal,
we propose to quit it, but it a policy
iiraed at sure, efficient and econom
ical distribution, equal for the
big and little dealer alike, a id fresh
foods for the consumer i-» a viohriKi:
of the Sherman or any Other law itte
Lime we found it out."
Mr. Gaither's Proposed Bills.
The Newton Enterprise gives
an outline of some leg slation
which our able member jf the
Hause, Representative W. B.
Gaither expects to get t irough
this session all of which vill be
for the gene-J welfare of our
good county:
He will pass drainage c rpora
tion bills for Lytles, M Linn's
and Pinch Gut creeks, and a
general county drainage bill that
will enable the people c i any
stream to begin work wi* hout a
special act. "
He will pass a bill cutting
county officers on a sa. iry, to
go into operation at the begin
ning of the terms of the >fficers
elected at the next electic u This
is in the *esolu
tion adopted by the last Demo
cratic convention. He tis not
yet prepared the bill and is not
able to say what the sala ies of
the different officers will oe. A
new office of county audit r will
probably be established ay the
bill. .
Another important bill bat he
has in mind will provide or the
election of a Recorder for New
ton, and all the county, axcept
Hickory township, which has a
Recorder, will be put unt ar his
j u risdication,
County Commissioners.
At the county commit doners
last meeting T. J. Leona d was
relieved of tax on $275 in Hicko
ry township.
A petition was filed bv J. M.
Barger and others for a road
through the lands of 1). P. iVhite
ner and others.
The petition of the I ickory
township road supervisors to ap
prove the Springs road fi om the
limits of the town of Higl land to
the Clines township line, übject
alterations of engineers w is ap
proved-
Best Cough Medicine For
Children.
"I am very glad to say a f w words
in praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy" writes, Mrs. Lida Dewey.
Milwaukee, Wis. "I have used it
for years both for my child en and
myself and it never fails to relieve
and cure a cough or cold. No family
with children should be witho it it as
,it gives almost immediate «elief in
case* of of croup." Chan berlain's
' Cough Remedy is pleasant an-1 safe to
take, which is of great importance
when a medicine must be given to
yonng children. For sale by all
dwlcn.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
Warnings Against Fires.
it- By observing the following
suggestions much of the im
mense loss of life and property
in the State can be averted.
1 'd ead carefu! !y and observe them:
• Stoves. —Place a mefal stove
-1 board on ths wood floor under
the stove, and extending at
1 least twelve inches in front of
; the ash-pit door. Protect all
walls and partitions within two
, feet of any stove with a metal
shield, leaving an air-space be
tween the shield and the wall,
ljeave no kindling or other wood
in the oven over night. Do
not hang clothes too near the
stove or stove-pipes.
Pipes.—See that the lengths of
stovepipe are well fitted to
gether, free from rust holes and
parted seams, wired - firmly and
fitted perfectly into the chimney.
Stovepipes passing through par
titions, walls, floors, attics, and
roofs are dangerous at best,
Where these must pass through
partitions, walls or floors, always
use a large, ventilated double.
You cannot observe the stove
pipes in the attic. They may
come apart or rust. Fluff and
splenderwebs are likely to gather
on and around them, to be set
on fire when you 'east expect it.
Chimneys. Chimneys should
be built from the ground up
and never rest on wood supports.
The settling of the woodwork
will cause cracks in the chimney.
Nor should the chimney walls be
used to support joists or other
woodwork. Soft brick and poor
mortar are often responsible
for defects in the chimney.;
Use a good quality of brick and
cement mortar up through the
first floor and above the roof.
Chimney walls should be at least
eight inches thick, the fljue of
ample size and lined with fire
clay or terra-cotta. Never stuff
up flue holes with rags or paper,
nor cover them with cheese cloth
paper or anything but metal stop.
Chimneys should be cleaned
frequently.
Furnaces.—Protect all wood
above and around boiler,
if within three feet, with a
metal shield, also all woodwork
near furnace pipes. It is best
to rivet the lengths of pipes to
gether to prevent disjointing.
perfectly in
to the chimney. Examine the
pipe frequently for rust holes or
other defects. Keep them free
from dust, fluff and spider-webs,
which are easily ignited.
Defects. —Defective stove s,
boilers, furnaces, pipes and
chimneys should be promptly re
paired or replaced,
Overheating,—Beware of over-
Heating stoves, boilers, furnaces,
and pipes.
Ashes.—These should never be
placed into wooden receptacles
or bins, on wood floors or against
wood partitions, walls, fences,
buildings or any other woodwork.
Use metal receptacles only, and
jn the outside dump ashes away
from all buildings.
These matters are not techni
cal, but very simple and call
simply for ordinary care. You
cannot afiord to be careless when
he lives of your loved ones and
he property of yourself and
leighbors are at stake. Let
'Care and Caution" be the
vatchwerds in these matters!
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH, N. C.
A Religious Census
A plan is on foot to take a religious
- ensus of this community, i ncluding
11 sections around and in Hickory,
ill churches, white and colored. It
s hoped that every cnurch will assist
vn taking the census about a month
ience. The day will be appointed,
ind 100 men, representing every church
in this section, will go out on the
same afternoon, furnished with
blanks on which to write the infor
mation as to the religious facts con
cerning every person in this section.
After the census has been taken, the
;ards will be assorted, and each
;hurch will receive those that right-
Cully belong to it, so that each can
vork among its own people. Next
Thursday night a meeting of every
white and colored pastor in this sec-•
Jon and one layman of his church is
called, to be held at the Chamber of
Jommerce, at 7:30 o'clock, to make
he necessary agreements and arange
nents for the eensus.
Rheumatism.
This is a disease of the blood,
-.hough not always, It attacks usually
he joints and tissue and causes a de
posit of uric acid. In its acute stage
it is one of much pain and suffering,
sometimes affecting a large part or
even all the body. When near the
heart it is dangerous to life. We are
thankful to say there is a proper treat
ment—Dr. King's Sarsaparilla —inter-
nally, to eradicate the poison blood.
Dr. King's Nerve and Bone Liniment
—externally, to give life to the stiff
ened, painful joints and tissue. Sold
by all medicine dealers.
»MM KiUMC
HI MBBIISS
Gus Moose Shot Pete Bumgar
ner, Who Soon Died.
QUARRELED OVER A GIRL
Dudley Lumber Co. Preparing to
Build an Up-to-Date Shop-
Traded Their Store for a
Power Site—Personal
Items.
Granite Falls, Jan. 13—The second
I homicide in onr community occurred
1 yesterday morning shortly after mid
night when Gus Moose shoe and mor
tally wounded Pete Bumgarner, who
died about 9 a. m.
The best report your correspondent
can get is that thjy had been to a
frolic and they toth wanted to go
home with the same girl, with the
result that they engaged in a quarrel.
Bumgarner drew his knife when
Mooge shot him with a pistol at close
range, so close that the powder burnt
his clothing. They were all drinking
or were drunk.
The other homicide was the on 4th.
near Rhodehiss when Arthur Hol
ler killed Noah Mathews, as already
told ID the Democrat last week. Hol
ier is out on aSI 500 bond. Com li
quor and "pistol toting" seem to
have been at the bottom of it all.
They surrendered in both cases.
There will have to be a house clean
ing in some of our near country dis
tricts, for the moonshiner and the
"blind tiger" flourish unmolested.
The effects can be seen almost every
day. The Solicitor could not do any
better than to have the Aext grand
jury investigate some of the ru
mors in regard -to moon-ehine-blind
tigers in this vicinity.
The Dudley Lumber Co. are prepar
ing to build an up-to-date shop and
have a lot of their timber on the
ground. They will manufacture tab
les in connection with their buildlDg
supplies.
The Dudley Shoals Cotton Mill Co
traded their store for a power ca
what Is known as Middle Little rivet
four miles from their mill. They cart
develop 200horsepower and will brlnf
the "juice" by wire to the present
mill and do away with the boiler and
engine now used to .supply the deli
cSwcy. >' .
County News. •
Enterprise.
Mr. D. H. Shuford of Jacob's
Pork township, moved to Shelby
Monday.
Mrs. Salome Wingate of Lin
coln county, mother of Mrs. E.
D. Gamble, died Saturday, De
cember 28th.
Miss Nancy Lee Summerow of
Charlotte was married last Thurs
day to Mr. C. Arthur Frickhoeffer
of Memphis, Tenn. The bride
was born in Newton and is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J,
Summerow,
The CJerk of the Superior
Court received a check Tuesday
for $3,669.88 from the C. & N.
W. Railroad in payment of the
verdict, interest and costs in the
case of A. J. Abernethy against
the company for damages on ac
count of the loss of a leg in a
railroad wreck at Gastonia about
a vear ago, The verdict was for
$3600.
County Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction G. E. Long baa
rented the D. D. Carpenter resi
dence and expects to move from
Hickory into it sometime next
week. After he gets through
moving he will be found in his
office in the courthouse every
day, except when out in the
country visiting schools.
The right of way to complete
the Hickory township line has
been secured, and the road com
missioners have decided to con
tinue the work on that road, in
stead of moving to the Sandy
Ford road, as was stated last
week. There is about one mile
and three quarters of grading to
do, which will be completed by
early spring.
State of Ohio, city of Toledo, \«.
Lucas County. J
Frank J. Cheny makes oath that he
is senior partner of the tirm of F. J.
Cheney A CO., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of HALL'S CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this ,6th day •( Dec
ember, A. D. 1886.
(Seal) A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. Cheny k Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills far coastl
paUon,