THE HOME OF GOOD MERCHANDISE
Watt, Doxey & Watt
Anniversary Sale
Our business will be one year old on Saturday* We are going to celebrate our birth
day with a four days sale, before going into detail we want to thank the people of Hickory
for their valuable patronage during the past year* We attribute our success to serving our
customers satisfactorily, giving thejn dependable merchandise, honest values, and a good
store service. No dep't in our store has shown a larger increase than our mail order depart
ment which is under the supervision of g member of our firm. Read these special items,
send us your orders, and if the goods are not satisfactory send them back, your money will
be refunded promptly. 1 •
Special Display of
Sheet Music
During the sale we will mail any order
for sheet music postage paid. Write for
our music catalogue, free.
All music 10c a copy.
Childrens Dresses
Our new spring line is now complete.
We are showing dresses of Cliambray*
gingham or Percal in a variety of up-to
date styles. 50c, 98c and $1.48.
Pictorial Review Patterns
The new Spring Patterns are now on
sale at the pattern counter. Your order
mailed same day received unless pattern
is not in stock when it will be forwarded
in two days. All patterns 10c and 15c.
Tooth Brushes and
Other Brushes
12 1-2 «nd li>c Tooth Brushes, anniver
sary price 10c
Kleanwell Tooth Brushes, aniversary
price 22c
Prophylactic Tooth Brushes, anniver
sary price 22c
Shaving Brushes, anniversrry pi ice 9c
Small Scrub Brushes, anniversary
price 10c
10c Nail Brushes, anniversary price 5c
50c Hair Brushes, anniversary price 42c
Hair Brushes, anniversary price 22c
Ladies Initial
Handkerchiefs
Hemstitched cambric handkerchiefs,
embroidered initials, anniversary
prii'e 6 for 25c
Embroidered Collars
All our 25c embroidered collars go on
sale at special anniversary price.. ...19c
Your mail orders will receive prompt and careful at
tention. We give Z&Cgreen stamps.
209-11 West Trade St.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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10 Anniversary Specials
And The Days They Will Be on Sale
Saturday, March 8
TURKISH TOWELS —A special pvrcbase for this sale. Assorted sl/esand you
ti-ill find some slightly toiled.
121-2 to 19c values, anniversary price 9c. 22 to 39c values, anniversary price 19c
PURE CASTILE SOAP—This is fresh from the factory and is absolutely pure
castile. One pound bars for . 10c
MENS HANDKERCHIEFS —Good Quality mens handkerchiefs, anniversary
price ......I 7 for2sc
No Mailed Orders Filled for Soap.
Monday, March, 10th.
1800 YARDS of TISSUE PLISSE —A soft krinkle crepe fabric in plain colors
•ad stripes, they will be shown for the first time on Monday, and they are worth
y »ur inspection. - Regular 19 and 25c values, anniversary price 12 1-2
WIDE SHADOW LAC&—A lucky purchase brings these before you on Mon
day at very much less than regular price. Edge and insertions to match. Anniver
sary price ; - 12 12c
Tuesday, March 11th.
MERCERIZED TABLE DAMASK will be the principal-special for this day.
64 inches wide in a good rangeof patterns, dott, rose, 'fleur-de-lis, lily and stripe
designs sold regularly at 39 to 3#c. Anniversary price 29c
VAL LACE, insertion and edge to match good range of patterns. Anniver
sary price .... 25ca dozen yards
Wednesday, March 12th
STAMPED TOWELS—Not necessary to describe these, you know what they
are. Anniversary price-----1
SCARFS and SHAMS—Some 6tores advertise these as 41 Drawn Work", they
are not drawn work, but a very good imitation. Anniversary price 19c
Ail the above specials are on display in our large show windows.
A Brilliant Debate oo New Charter.
(Continued from First Pake)
city fathers of 23 years ago to
say that the sons cannot build
better than the sires?
Mr. Elliott says this charter is
made for a city of 50,000 people.
That is an unintended compliment
to the new charter, ana if it
lasts 23 years, Hickory will have
50.000 (Applause). "A wonder
ful old charter we have for what
it could do but didn't."
One criticism of the charter he
had read was that it disfran
chised the voter who couldn't
read or write. Such a man, it
was argued, could not sign his
name to the petitions for nom
inating a candidate for mayor
and would therefore be deprived
of having a sayso in city affairs.
Here is another bugaboo! There
are plenty of men who can't sign
their names who have never
theless signed promissory notes,
that were good, too. "Those men
made their mark. They touched
the pen, and so can they do in
signing charter petitions. Such
an argument as this was "rot/'
In regard to the charge that
taxes would be increased under
the charter, Mr. Self read from
the revisal to show- that the
power under the state law to
levy a special license tax on any
trade or profession is optional
under the new as well as the
old charter. The comparative
taxing power under the old and
new charter he showed to be as
follows:
old new
Property tax. .$2 25 $1.70
Poll tax 7.65 ...510
Street tax.... 3.00... 2,00
New Spring Goods at
Anniversary Prices
Ramie Linen,
AH pure Irish linen, 36 Inches wide,
pink, blue, white 4nd lan. Anniversary
price 37 1-2
50c TUB SILKS 29c
. Grey, blue, pink, helio and brown. 27
inches wide. Anniversary price 29c
Linen Damask
Extra heavy quality, sold in the regu
lar way for $1.25. Anniversary price
98c
Bleached Damask
72 inches wide. Assorted parterns.
Anniversary price 45c.
Bed Spreads
Full double bed size. Regular $1.25
value. Anniversarv price
98c
Imported Shirtings
These beautiful shirtings are 25c and
29c values. Anniversary price
22c
Taffeta Ribbon
All silk taffeta ribbon, pink, navy, red
light blue and white. Anniversary
price 9c
MOIRE RIBBON 4 inches wide, light
blue, pink, lavander, 19c
Mr. Self then produced the
Times-Mercury and answered
the criticisms of the charter in
it. He was as good a friend of
) the editor as the latter had in
this city. In answer to the cry
of danger as to the city manager
being a boss, Mr. Self said that
this official was to hold his job
"at the pleasure of the board 4f
aldermen." He did not even
have to be discharged for cause.
He was merely a hired man em
ployed to look after the business
of the city. Not much of a "Boss"
, about that kind of a job, is
. there, friends?
Mr. Self then took up an
! editorial in the "Mercury" on
| the city attorney's fees. He
said that the editor took up al
. most a column to tell us some
[ thing, and toid us absolutely
nothing. The editorial began by
, saying there were all kinds of
, rumors about the amount of
. money the city attorney drew
from the city treasury, and yet
i the editor does not tell us how
I much he really does get. Now
j Mr. Click was city cleric for a
x number of years, and should
know how to get that informa
tion. As a newspaper man he
! knows that would be the proper
{ way to answer his statement
» that the city attorney had been
» drawing an excessive amount.
T Did he do it? - No. Could he
I not get the information, and if
» not, why not?
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J Chamberlain's Tablets for Con
stipation.
j For constipation. Chamberlain's
Tablets are excellent. Easy to take,
l mild and gentle in effect. Give them
a trial. For sale by all dealers.
POLITICIANS AND THEIR WAYS.
Why They Always Oppose Com
mission Form of Government —In-
troduce Partisan Feeling to Cover
Their Designs of Continuing Their
Leadership at the Expense of tfie
Best Good of the People— Under
New Charter There can be no
Ring or Clique to Dominate the
Nominations or Election of Officers
It has been the universal ex
perience whereever a • commis
fion form of government has
been introduced that the local
I politicians are always lined up
on the side opposed to tha intro
! duction of this form ot govern
ment. The reason is obvious—
their occupation and prestige as
directors of who shall and who
shall not be placed beiore the
people as candidates for office is
gone. Under the provisions of
the new charter, packed conven
tions in the interest of any par
ticular man or men will be an
utter impossibility. Rump con
ventions sprung in secret session
at the eleventh hour (an effec
tive card in the .hands of schem
ing politicians) are also done
away with. %
The primary law unrler the
new charter is made for the
people and not for the politicians,
and that is why the politician is
so active in his opposition tell
ing the dear people that THEIR
liberty as party men is at stake,
whereas it is in reality tha power
of the local politician that goes
a glimmering. Any cit zen of
Hickory who can secure the in
dorsement of 25 voters can
come a candidate at aly city
primary election, and it would be
a mighty sorry citizen who would
want to run for office if he could
not get 25 men to indorse his
candidacy. Unlike the present
form of nomination at a con
vention, there will be ample
time for thought in the selection
of candidates. The good and
bad points of the various candi
dates can be dissected and ana
lyzed before the primaries, and
the voter has a second oppor
tunity to exercise his ch >ice be
tween candidates at the regular
election. D. L. MARTIN.
In regard to the Mercury's in
t'mation that the makers of the
new charter virtually insinuated
graft on the part of the present
city board, Mr. Salf said: "Mr.
Click didn't mean that. The
statement is unworthy of him.
It. shows how hard up the opposi
tion is for some argument,
Mr. Elliott replied to Mr. Self,
reiterating his former statements,
but generally conceding the
great speech Mr. Self made, and
saying; "Gus, almost > thou
persuadest me."
Why Not Wear
A Tailor
For Easier 1
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When You Can Buy it for Less Than
a Ready Made Suit?
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And you have a Suit that fits you,, and made
from the very latest patterns on the market
for Spring and Summer. Just think of wear-
ing a Tailor Made Suit for
sls $17.50 S2O $22.50 $25
Made to your measure and made to fit you.
Don't fail to visit our store before buying
your new Spring Suit an(tyt>u caaZsave the
middle man's profit and dress better.
200 New Spring Patterns
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International Woolen Mills Co.
1334 Union Square
THE "ONLV fem. -
Friend Of Mr. H. W. Harris Strong
Iv Endorses Commission Govern
ment.
In reply to a letter of inquiry
front Mr. H. W. Harris of Harris
& Little, as to how commission
government works in Columbia,
Mr. F. W. Germany, a prominent
citizen of the S. C. capital, and
a friend of Mr. Harris, write?
him as follows:
4 'l think the Commission Form
of Government is the only form
of government, and I heartily
I endorse it, and I think-most
everybody ift this city does. I
know we are advancing more
than we did uuder the old form
of government.' 1
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Hickory Chamber of Commerce, Too*
The Chamber of Commerce at
Asheville has taken the initiative
in the movement there for the
commission form of government,
as also in the movement for a
more equitable system of taxa
tion and other matters that are
of as vital interest as the bring
ing of new industries to a city.
The Greater Charlotte Club might
well take the Asheville organi
zation as its model in some
things*;— Charlotte Evening,
Chronicle.
The Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce was the medium
through which that city secured
"government by commission",
and the Hickory Chamber of
Commerce also took the initia
tive in the movement and has
prepared a hew charter on the
commission form that will be
voted upon on the 17th of this
month.
v A Strong Point.
Charlotte-Evening Chronicle, Feb. 24.
Some of the advocates of the
presentform of government in
the city or of the revised charter
make the {point that there are
many large improvements and
public works under way in the
city a£ present. Therein they
put their finger on one of the
strongest arguments for the
commission form of government.
In one of the 265 cities
tha that have the commission
form of government it has been
found that better work has been
done for less money than had
been done hefore finder the old
system of government. Strict
supervision, full efficiency and
economical _ management for
municipal improvements are just
about 7 per cent .more certain
under thf commission form of
government that under the
present system. If you have a
justifiable kick at present you
can't find where to place it
This system of ours is great for
the public official who wishes to
escape responsibility.
£iciuran 9 or norcn
Newton, haa I made 83 bu. of corn
on an acre.
Mr. J. E. Ransom, of Welderi,
eon of the late ex-Senator Matt
W. Ransom while visiting his
sffcter, Miss Esther, during her
ittnesa, was convinced of the im
portance of this section ss a
growing community, and pur
chased the 40-acre farm of Mr. B.
P. Ban, near the city. The pur
chase was as an investment and
was made through Mr. J. C.
Martin, who, by the way, is do
ing a real estate business in con
nection with his furniture store.
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WAIT for our Millinery Open
ing Marc]} 17-18. Beckley &
Brown Over Thompson-West.
The County Teachers Meeting
at Newton Saturday considered
th* following subjects: "How far
is the teacher responsible for
work done at school; ' "The Idler,
what to do with him or her;
"What is good discibline?" These
questions were lucidly bandied
by Profs, R. G. Mace, Whifen
hunt, Staley, Baker and others.
The weather made the crowd a
little smaller/than usnal.
WAIT for our Millinery Open
ing * March 17-18. Bee kl ey &
Brown Over Thompson-West.'
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Miss Lelia Whitener, of New
ton spent several days here
visiting Mtb. H. F. Dietz.
Miss Lucille * Cook oI Connelly
Springs speat Monday with Miss Sadie
Salvo.
HICKORY PROOF.
Should Convince Every Dem
ocrat Reader.
The bank statement of a aeighbor,
tellin? the meriMof a remedy.
Bid* you pauseand believe.
The same endofsemert
By some stranger far away
Commands on belief at aU.
Here's a Hickory case v
A Hickory testifies.
Read and be convinced.
William Moste&er, 1214 Twelfth
Ave,, Hickory, N. C.» says: "My
back pained me almost constantly add
the secretions from my kidneys were
far too frequent and painful ia passage.
There were times when I could hardly
get through my day'tf work. The
coatents of two boxes of Doan's
Kidney Fills* procured at Holer &
Lutt's Drag Store, disposed, of my
trouble and made m* feel belter than
I had in a long time. The strong tes
timonials Tread in .praise of Doan's
Kidney Pills induced me to try them
and I. shall always be thankful for What
they (fid for me." -
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Poster-Milbura Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Kemember the name —Doan's —
and take no other.