*JHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
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HOWARDJA. BANKS, - Editor and Owner
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HICKORY. N. C. JAN. 16,1913
PUSHING THE ROAD WORK.
If Newton township doesn't
look out Hickory township will
beat her in finishing up the
first long stretch of road. Tht
editor of the Democrat went
with Paymaster J, L. Cilley,
who pays off every week ar-d
ex-sheriff J, W. Blackweldo,
to visit the road work last
Friday, and found Superinten
dent Adderholt pushing th
grading work with splendid vim
and energy, Mr. Adderholt if
a shifty road builder, There
had been an error on the part cl
the surveyor in the fill just acrosf
the railroad from St. Timothy's
Church and parsonage, If Mr,
Adderholt had followed the
surveyor the road there would
have been a 5 or 6 per cent grade
but he knew that it was desired
to be nowhere over 3 per cent,
so he filled in deeper than the
stakes called for.
The 23 men and 29 mules were
working like beavers under the
eye of Mr, Adderholt, who is an
old time railroad builder. Mr.
Adderholt says if he can work
steadily he can finish the entire
grading between the Newton
township line and the Shuford
Cotton Mills in six weeirs. The
road is finished, top*oil and all
from the cotton mill to Lenoir
College, and a-gem of a road it
is.
Mr, Lemuel Millers injunc
tion is delaying the work along
the half mile through his place,
It is the opinion of the best ex
perts that Mr, Miller will not be
damaged at all but greatly bene
fitted by the road.
The road will be sand-clayed
on both sides the railroad, in
front of Mr. Albeit Eckard's
and eastward from there a piece.
Mr. Ecard tp .give the
right of way, if this were done,
on the north sjde of the railroad,
Part of the road force are
pulling enormous stumps out of
the ground. Eight more mules
are to be ordered, The road
will cross the railroad but one
time. In the present road there
are 11 crossings between Hick
ory and Newton.
DANGER OF A WATER POWEF
* TRUST.
President Wilson's adminis.
tration will not be in vain if he
is able to prevent the grabbing
of the water powers of the coun
tryl'by private corporations foi
monopolistic control. These
sites are being gobbled with
avaricious greed. Senator Bur
ton, of Ohio, is making a game
fight in the Senate to prevent
water power monopoly, for
it is fundamental since the bulk
of all other industries will soon
er or later be dependent upon
water power.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama
got through the Senate last fall
a bill to dam the Coosa in which
the nation would have lost all
control. Mr. Underwood had
fought it through the House.
President Taft saved the day by
a timely veto at the instance of
Mr. Stimpson and Mr. Fisher,
of his cabinet. Bills were intro
duced last session giving away
He's Happy!
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The Hickory Democrat, Job Department
Hickory, N. C.
without compensation $40,000,-
000 worth of dam sites in Mon
tana, lowa, Missouri, Illinois
and Alabama.There is no de
sire to hinder private capital
from developing this power for
reasonable profit to itself, but
certain restrictions should be re
served to the government, so
certain of the progressive lead
ers in Washington think, and
hev are these:
That the Federal Government
)efore giving a franchise, shal
retain sufficient control to pre
vent the amalgamation of all
these power sites into one great
monopoly. , .
That the Government shal
ave the power, if neressasy, t
control the charges made to tht
)'ib!ic for the light and powei
from these sites, and finally
Tnat the franchise shall ter
rmate within a reasonable time
and give opportunity for reval
;tion irom time to time.
A PARDONING BOARD.
Gov. Kitchin has pardoned
viiies Partlow, convicted in Gas
con court less than a year ago,
f>r attempting to wreck the C.
&N. W. train and sentenced to
six years on the roads and a fine
A S2OO.
We have not read the gover
nor's reasons for this pardon,
and of course we mustn't cuss
him, therefore, but we think the
Hon. Partlow richly deserved tc
serve out his sentence. We
used to think a pardon board
unnecessary but now we be
-Ive it would be a wise thing.
I ideed it is a job we would like
t> hold awhile ourselves with
Rjfe Clark as a fellow member.
We believe we could save the
State a right smart of convict
labor!
WE YIELD TWO POINTS.
Wade Harris, of the Oberver,
has been making a desperate
effort to have some rich old coun
ty names, such as Hanging Dog
township (up in the mountains
So me where) changed by leg
islative act. We don't believe in
suchchanges as a general rule,
but are willing to amend as to
Rhamkatte, a suburb of Rowley,
tnd Pinch Gut creek m our be
loved county of Catawba.
GOOD FOR OREGON.
We noticed somewhere the
other day a news note showing
Oregon had voted down in
a referendum by about 20,000
majority a proposition to abolish
capital punishment. Glory be!
There cannot be any successful
luman government if the de
fine fiat be done away: "Who
o sheddeth man's blood, by
nan shall his blood be shed."
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
By virtue of the powers contained
n a certain deed of mortgage exe
cuted on December Ist, 1911, by G. A.
'ritcher and Unice Critcher to Z. B.
tuchanan to secure the sum of $2,-
>OO and interest on the same, which
nortgage is recorded in the office oi
lie Register of Deeds for Catawba
•ounty in book 101, page 131, and de
ault having been made in the pay
nent of the same, the undersigned
nortgagee will sell at public auction
o the highest bidder for cash in
ront of the Post Office in Hickory,
Jf. C., on Saturday, February Bth.
1913, at 2 o'clock p. m. the following
real estate consisting of a
'iouse and lot in the City of Hickory,
irul described as follows:
Begining at the S. E. corner of thr
Hickory Milling Co's. lot on 11th ave
and rung in an Easterly direction
vvlth the Northern margin of said
street 45 feet to J. D. Elliott's corner:
then in a Northernly direction with
Elliott'.* line of the A. F. Abernethi
lot; then with said line in a westerh
direction 45 feet to the Hickory Mii
ling Co's. line; then wiihits line in a
Southernly direction 100 feet to the
beginning corner.
On the above property is a one
story dwelling house equipped with
water an J electric lights.
This Jan. 7, 1913. Z. B. Buchanan,
I-9-4t Mortgage e
Council & Yount, Attys-
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Prtoe 9 250 m, BOOm, SI.OO
Mr. A. W. Wilson of Catawba
township tells ut that Mrs. Pollv
Harvison of his neighborhood is
100 years old, and is now cutting
a new set of teeth. Four front
teeth are now coming: through
the gums, two upper and two
lower teeth.
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ORLEANS, LA., MOBILE, ALA.,
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COUNT OF THE MARDI
GRAS CELEBRATION
JAN, 30, FEB 4, 1913.
On account of this occasion, the
Southern Railway will sell trio
tickets to the above mentioned points
at greatly reduced rates, these tickets
being on sale Jan. 28th to Feb. 3rd
with final limit Feb. i 4, with privi
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3rd, 1913, by depositing ticket with
special agent and upon payment of
tl.OOat time of deposit.
For detail information, Pullman res
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or write. R. H. DEBUTTS
Division Pas. Agt.
Charlotte. N. C.
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De Laval Separators. These
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HICKORY, N. C.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Schedule Effective Jan. 1, 1912
Leave Lincolnton, N. C.
East Bound
Train No. 46, 8:52 a. m.. daily
" 132, 5:53 p. m., «•
West Bound
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" " 47, 5:55 p. m., "
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TEXAS WOMAN SAVED HER BOY
BY USING GREAT KIDNEY
REMEDY.
My boy at about thirteen years of
age had a very severe attack of
Swamp Fever, which left him with
hemorrage of the kidneys. He would
have from two to four attacks a year.
We had several physicians attending
him for three years. The Doctors told
my family we would not raise him to
be twenty-one years old.
lsaw your advertisement in the pa
pers. As a last resort I gave up the
doctorsand tried Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root. After using several bottles,
was so well pleased with the result,
we stuck to it and he is now twentv
one years old and a perfect and htc ut
man. We can highly recommend
Swamp-Root for kidney trouble.
Very truly yours,
MRS. RITCHIE PATTERSON,
428 23rd Street, Paris. Texas.
Sworn and subscribed to before me.
this February 19lh, A. D, 1912.
GHAS. S. NEOTHERLY,
Justice of the Peace and Ex-Otticio.
Notary Public in and for Leraar Co .
Texas.
I Letter to
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j Bingham ton, N. Y.
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Statement of Road Building,
Be4»w is a statement of dis
bursements of Hickory township
Road Commission from begining
of operation to Dec. 31st 1912.
Live Stock ' $6,305.35
Equipment 1;664.92
Labor 1.671,52
Feed L 260.18
Salaries 526.00
Drain Pipe 226.1>
Top Soil 46-gO
Black Smith Work 56.31
Repairs 18.15
Interest on Bonds 750.00
Geneial Expenses 241.39
Total $12,765.47
K. C. Menzies, Supervisor.
Children Cry
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• 1868 a pretty day; *69 (rain;
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snow; 73 cloudy and cold, 74
clear; '75 cloudy; *76 cloudy ; and
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