Established 1899
THREE DIE IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Moft Disafterous Wreck in Years
Happens Near Oyama, Monday
traffic on this division ted up
A Broken Rail Causes Death of Engineer,
Fireman and Conductor '
One of the most
wrecks that ever occurred on the
Asheville and Salisbury division
of the Southern Railway happen
ed about 5 o'clock last Monday
morning near Oyama, four miles
east of Hickory, when through
freight No. 73 left the track on
account of a broken rail.
The dead are:
Engineer, Wm. Eagle, of Spen
cer.
Conductor, E. V. Boyd, of
Mooresville.
Fireman, A. L. Huddle, of
Asheviile.
The injured sre: Section Mas
ter Bumgardner, who bad a lin
ger cut off in attempting the res
cue of some of the crew, and a
hobo who gave his name as West,
caught in the wreck and slightly
hurt.
The wreck was evidently caus
ed by a broken rail as a section
of the rail about three feet in
length was found broken at the
point where the trouble began.
Conductor Boyd and Fireman
Huddle were caught underneath
the overturned engine and the
bo ly of Boyd was crushed be
yond any possibility of recogni
tion. Huddle was pinned under
neath the boiler and was evident
ly scalded to death. Engineer
Eagle was either thrown or jump
ed several feet from the wreck
age and was scalded severely.
The body of Eagle was at once
brought to Hickory and prepared
for burial while those of Boyd
and Huddle remained buried un
derneath the upturned engine
until the arrival of the wrecking
crews about 1 o'clock. The bod
ies were ail prepared for burial
at the undertaking parlors of J.
W. Shuford in this city and were
shipped to their respective homes
for burial.
James Miller, a resident of the
section where the wreck occur
red, received a badly bruised
leg while trying to free the young
hobo from his pecarious condi
tion and Eugene Bumgardner 10.-t
a finger whiie engaged in the
same work.
Traffic was completely tied up
on this division until late in the
afternoon, trains No. 11, west
bound, and 36 eastbound, being
detoured by way of Spartanburg
and iNos. 22 and 15 exchanged
passengers at the scene of the
wreck. About twenty cars were
P'fel on top of each other and
rainy were torn to kindling wood
and piled up in the public road.
The cars were all loaded with
through freight destined to Ten
nessee points, and made up of
vanous kinds of merchandise,
sue;) as sugar, dry goods, shoes,
clothing, etc.
It was fortunate that no fire
started to add to the excitement.
Some of the cars were totally de
m Wished. Great crowds gather
ed at the scene of the wreck from
Hickory, Conover, Newton and
surrounding country. The young
jjan hobo was taken to James
where he was given
breakfast and medical attention.
Two of the men killed, Huddle
M Eagle, were married and
'ave children. Conductor Boyd
Wa! to have been married on
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f.«J n r, e ," f> . erpr ' s ' n Sf fi rm of Jer
'e o( >hck & Sons of Conover
rowing arrangements to add
Vi? the out P uti of its bug
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ti"r!\l pnmari, y to manufac
v steel wheel of which
iV.'T° me Bolick is the inven
and patentee.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Joint Birthday Celebration.
Contributed:
Dr, J T. Johnson, Hickory's
pioneer physician, and a man
who, as a Major in the Cml war
led a number of gallant charges
against the enemy, as a man!
who has been a great factor in
church life in Hickory and has
been the noble champion of every
good cause that has arisen, a
man who is known far and vide
for his noble Christian chare "ter
has reached his 77th year. Sun
day the home of Mr. W. L. Wolfe
on Ninth Avenue was the scene
of a unique celebration, one that
impresses upon the mind of
every person who might have
the pleasure of attending, the
beautiful scenes of old age and
youth combined. This was the
occasion of the Doctor's birthday
and also that of Miss Lovlalee
Wolte, the Doctor being in his
77th year and Miss Wolfe the
happy youthful age of 15.' The
Doctor and Mrs. Johnson and
their two daughters Misses
Mamie Sue and Effi? aud Misses
Bertha Harris and Hetrie Pitts
and Mr. A. W. (Jtine were invit
ed to be present at an excellent
birthday dinner served in honor
of the Doctor and Miss Wolfe.
A bountiful feast was spread
which all present enjoyed im
mensely.
The Doctor and Miss -Wolfe
have been for several years, cel
ebrating their birthdays togeth
er. It was the profound wish of
all who attended this pleasant
occasion that both may be spared
to meet again, in the words of
the Doctor "at Johnson's on
March the 31st 1914-"
Ttie invited guests especially
enj yed the splendid music rend
er ed by Miss Estelle Wolfe at
the piano and W. L. Wolfe and
Miss Loulalee Wolfe with violins
It thrilled one's heart to hear
toose eld songs which we are
sorry to say are dying out. It
brought us back to early days in i
the old country church.
From a Woman's Point of View.
Dear E iitor:
I have been reading for some
time in your paper of your little
city voting to establish the com
mission form of government As
it is the home town of my birth
and childhood, I am always in*
terested in its progress and
growth although I have ftved in
the western states for over nine
teen years. lam always glad to
hear that the little city of Hicko
ry is struggling to come to the
front.
We have the commission form
of government here in the city
of Everett where I live. The city !
has a population of about 38,000. 1
We find the commission form of
government there is and what is
wood for a big place ought to be
good for a small one. The men
that fight the commission form of j
government are fighting for ex
travagance. The men that are t
working for the commission form'
are working against it; because;
in the commission form of gov J
ernment the way we have itthere 1
is no room for graft and if there j
is anything crooked done you j
know who does it.
We have three commissioners j
These three men run the city and;
if anything is not done right
these three men are held re-j
sponsible for it but when we
were under the old form we had
the mayor and councilmen, one
councilman in two years made
money enough to retire from
business. The councilmen here
used to let out street grading and
paving and if some big firm or
some rich man had quite a num
ber of lots on the street that was
to be graded or paved and they
did not want to pay for having
their lots graded or paved they
would get around the council*
men and bribe them and then the
poor people would have the work
to pay for. Now our charter
says all work done on the streets
of any kind must have the con
sent of ninety-five per cent of all
the property owners. Each man
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 3, 1913
SPEEDY ADJUSTMENT
| OF RATES EXPECTED
' Gov. Craig Says It Will Be But Short
Time Until Carolina Rates Are
Lowered.
j RATE EXPERT AT WORK.
I
Asheville. Match 28. Govern
or Craig, who is spending several
days in the city, bears some very
hopeful information concerning
the speedy adjustment of freight
rates by the railroads that are
: doing interstate traffic m North
Carolina. He says that it will
be oi.ly a short time now until
North Carolina cities will have
rates as equitable as those ac
corded to Virginia cities, and
that discrimination in rates
against North Carolina will be a t
an end. A rate expert has been
at work for some time now figur
ing out the new rates, and the
situation is already well shaped
up. No dilatory tactics are like*
jy to be resorted to, in the opin
ion of Governer Craig, and the
new rates should therefore be
put into forze at a very early
date.
It was immediately following
the last conference that the rate
expert was appointed by the
state, and he has been at work
diligently ever since in'compiling!
the new rates. These rates, ac
cording to the statement of Gov.
Craig, wilt not be as low as those
accorded the Virginia cities, but!
they will be equitable, based on j
distance, and there will be a very :
material reduction from the pre
sent rates. Every city and im
portant shipping point in the
State will be affected and the :
long fight of the shippers against
the railroads for lower rates that
are equitable will be won.
.
pays for the amount of prop-'
erty he owns when the work is;
done. There is no room fori
graft this way.
Our charter proyides for every- 1
thing: we have no poll tax in
this country. We don't need !
any poll tax, as every man has j
paid tax on what he has.
A man can go and give in his !
tax at what he wants to. A tax
assessor comes to your house.
He looks over what you have,
both real and personal, and he
assesses you for what he thinks
your property is worth. Lots of j
people like to tell how much they ,
have got until it comes to tax
paying time and then they have
not got very much. I remember
of hearing of a man there in
Hickory years ago who bragged
that he was worth $25,000 . But
when he went to give in tax he
was only worth S9OO. I believe
in every man paying tax on what
he has got, not on what he says
he has. 1 was surprised two
years ago when I visited your
county back there to see the men
who owned large farms and
tracts of land and hear them say
that their farms were worth
$5,000 to SIO,OOO, but when it
! came to tax paying time they
were not worth over SSOO to S6OO.
And until each and every man
has to pay tax on what he owns
your high rate of tax will con
: tinue. The poor man back there
i pays the tax, th« rich man prac
tically pays none and when you
get a government that will see
that every man pays tax on what
he has then you will not need
any poll tax,
I think it is a shame for the
rich men in your county to get
out of paying tax on their real
and personal property as easy
|as they do and then hold up
I some poor man that has not got
| anything and make him pay poll
! tax. If the rich men pay tax
jon what they have you would
not need to have a poll tax. The
; commu sion form of government
J will not make your tax any high
;er but see that your Charter
| provides a clause that all men
j shall pay tax on what they real
| ly have got, not on what they say
they have at tax paying time.
Yours Respectfully,
MRS W. H. BENFIELD,
2015 Rockefeller Ave,
Everett, Wash.
Hickory Township Road Commission
Statement for March 1913.
We give herewith a statement of
the expenditures for road improvement
by Hickory Township Road Com.
Pay Roll & Salaries $ 667.82
Blacksmith work 37.23
Feed 500.04
Equipment ' 66.04
General Expenses 17.42
Total for March $1,297.55
Previously Expended $17,715.19
Tctal to date $19,012,74
A PERSONAL LETTER TO
THE PUBLIC:
i Since buying the Hickory
Democrat I nave been asked
on many occasions as to the
political aspect of the paper.
I feel therefore the necessity
of this public announcement.
The paper will continue the
same policy pursued by Mr.
Banks and will endeavor while
lighting for Democratic prin
ciples to do so on the same
high plane maintained by the
former editor. The question
is often asked, "How can the
paper contiuue Democratic,
with a Republican editor?"
I employed Mr. Mace to edit
the paper knowing full well
his political status and have
not to change his
personal views in the least,
but I shall dictate the political
policy of the paper myself.
Trusting to have the patron
age of all good people and as
suring you of my very best ef
forts to serve you, I am,
Sincerely.
E. V. MORTON. %
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COMMENT
The Egineering News pre
dicts that the "city manager plan
is to become the next popular
innovation in municipal govern
ment." In as much as Hickory
has now adopted this plan we be
lieve a few extracts from ti»e
News will not be out of place,
After showing just what the
plan is the News adds:
"This would be a great step
in advance of present method?
of municipal andministration."
"The success of the city man
ager plan, like the success of any
other plan, depends the j
faithfulness with which it is car- j
ried out. To be successful, the j
manager must be selected for
fitness only, must be retained in
office during efficiency and good
behavior, and must be absolutely
free of all control by the city
council or commission, except
that inhering in the power of re
moval for cause. Anvthing short
of this means weakness and pro
bable faiiure in corresponding
degree,"
It will be observed that with
this as all other plans everything j
depends on the character of the!
manager and back of that on the
character of the people who se
lect the manager. This plan may
be better than other plans but
it does not meet the real need
which is—a plan that will pro
vide ideal city government auto
matically—proof against all the
power of error and evil—per
forming its great and gook work
with machinelike perfection, in
dependent of the machinations
of the bad and the indifference
of the good."
As a matter of fact, no plan
exists and no plan can be invent
ed that will provide the best city
government without public vir
tue, intelligence, interest, vigi
lance, determination, All gets
back finally to the personality of
the men in office and the char
acter of the people who put them
in office and hold them account
able for the performance of their
duties. The real hope of better
city govemmeut lies in the slow I
process of developing a wiser, I
better and less apathetic people.
For that there is no substitute,
Tnis paper extends condolence
to Brother Cobb, of the Morgan
ton News-Herald, on account of i
the death of his little dog "Booz
er." Boozer went astray one
day last week and reached the
| depot just in time to be horribly
mangled by a passenger train. It
is not known whether or not
Boozer was boozing, but, any
way, Cobb's grief is great.
A young man Bumgarner sent
to the chain-gang from Cadwdl 1
county some time ago, escaped
from the force near Conover last
week.
A HEATHFUL INNOVATION IN
ICE CREAM.
Grimes Drug Co. Makes A Great
- Hit With Ice Cream Lovers —To
Use Only Cream Made From
Dairy Milk.
It is the fashion in thi? day of
tabloid feeding to hold every
foodguiltv of impurities untill
proven innocent. In this re
spect the treatment differs radi
cally from the proceedure in the
icourts. Doc Wiley started it
when he sprang benzoate of soda
on the public, planting a sua
picion against every food pro- j
duct that doesn't carry its char
acter on fts face as is the cane
with radishes and lima beans.
The maker of ice cream has
borne the burden along with the j
maker of pickles. From timej
to time arises the man with a j
grievance who announces to the
public that all commercial ics
cream is made from milk powder
water and sundry petroleum
products which serve as flavor
ing and coloring. "It is this
kind of statement" said Mr. j
Grimes yesterday, that does the!
conscientious manufacturer most i
harm,"" We shall handle now"J
said he, 4 'cream made only from ,
the pure milk, no powders, con-i
densed milk or other artificial J
product will be used—only the;
original cow product. We shall
buy directly from the Purity >
Ice Cream Co., whose cream is,
made from pure Richmond Dairy j
milk, and these dairies must ali,
ber licensed and inspected under j
the state laws."
"In the manufacture of the!
product, the milk is subjected I
to a process of pasteurization i
which scientifically rids it of all j
germ life, sending it absolutely l
sterile to the cooling vats and j
freezers. From the time the
dairy cans are emptied into pas
teurizer to the time the cream ;
is ready to be handed out to the '
customer, the process is entirely
mechanical and free from human
touch."
"A chemical iabratory in the'
Company's plant tests both the;
incoming milk and the outgoing;
cream for butter fat. While
the new ice cream law requires
only eight per cent butter fat
before allowing the product to
be called ice cream, this company
allows no cream to leave its
plant that does not test at least
twelve per cent."
"The charge that all ice cream i
is artificially colored, is with
out foundation. So far as I
know" continued Mr. Grimes, l
"no reputable manufacturer is
guilty of such practise. Wej
use only the purest of fruits j
for our flavoring all of which j
are made under the strictest :
supervision."
This then is the history of
that sp'endid product which will
be handed across the counter of
the Grimes Drug Co. at 10 cent
per to gladen the heart and
tickle the palates of Hickory Ice
Cream Lovers, Advt.
Highland News.
Highland March 31, —Mr. J.
P. Robinson, who has been con
fined to nis home for severrl
weeks is slightly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Killian, of
Granite Falls, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.
Killian's parents at Oyama,
Mrs. Dan Fry, who spent
Easter and the week following
with parents near Granite Falls,
returned Saturday.
Mr. J. L. Miller, and son Jenks
have purchased the store build
ins belonging to their son and
and brother Mr. Herbert Miller.
They report the intention of en
larging the same in the near
future.
Mr. Hollar will continue his
business and further equip him
self for the better service of his
patrons.
Mr, Miller, is somewhat of an
expert in the line of buying
veal calves. Week before last
he shipped 56, dressed one's and
bought two more, making a total
of 59 calves handled in one week
All these calves came from this
and adjoining counties.
The base ball ground rented
by the Shufoad Mill Co., has
undergone a good working and
jis now ready for service. Any
j team desiring a game with this
place can make the necessary
arrangements by calling phone
no. 231 M.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
Rev. J G. Garth is in Statesville
and will be absent over Sunday. Rev.
W. M. Sikes, of Newton, will preach
here next Sunday at both services, and
also probably at West Hickory at 4p.
m. He will also teach the Mens'
Bible Class at Sunday School,
i The Livingston contest will take
place on April 18,
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
ALLENS RAY f
THE PENALTY
Praying Softly, Floyd Allen: is Led
to Death Chair
HIS SON, CLAUDE, DIES 11 MIN. LATER
Friends Appealed to Lieut. Governor to Delay
Execution.—Gov. Mann Was Riled.
North Carolina Sunday School Con
vention.
The program for the North
Carolina Sunday School Con
vention to be held in Greensboro
April 22-24, is near rig comple
tion, and promises to be one of
much interest and helpfulness.
Three speakers of international
reputation have been booked for
this Convention in addition to
this splendid array of home
talent to be used.
A large, new warehouse with
a seating capacity of three
thousand has been secured for
the regular sessions and a large
platform will be built to seat a
chorus choir of three hundred
voices.
Messrs. Tullar and Meredith,
the well-known music composers
and publishers of New York
city will have charge of the
music, which insures life to this
department.
Who are delegates? The coun
ties can send two delegates for
each township in the county,
though they need not be elected
by townships, but can come from
any part of the county that seems
most convenient.
Each Sunday School of all
denominations can send two dele
gates. They can be pastors and
superintendents, or two others
volunteering, elected, or appoint
ed, and should more desire to
come from larger schools they
be taken care of as long as there
is room.
Colleges and High Schools can
send two for every fifty students.
All who expect to attend
should send their names to the
North Carolina Sunday School
Association, or to C, D, McLean,
Chairman of the Committee on
Entertainment, Greensboro, N.
C., that homes may be provided
as early as possible.
As a specialty is to be made of
the Secondary Division, there
should be a number of delegates
sent from classes of teen ages,
so send some bright boys and
girls.
Convention of The Laymen's Mis
sionary Movement Ashevtlle, N. C.
April 20fh—21st
This movement represents the
christian workers or all denom
inations, and delegates will be
present from all over Western
North Carolina. The real idea
of the movement from its very
beginning has been to cooperate
with its regular missionary
agents in its work, and does
not dirvert in missionary offer
ings from congregational and
denominational channels, nor
does rt t>romote the organiza
tion of men's separate missionary
societies within the congrega
tion.
It is the purpose and hope of
the movement to enlist the men
of all the churches in the steady
suppoat of a missionary policy
adequate to the presentation of
the gospel of Christ to every
human being. As a movement
it is an inspiration and not. ad
ministration, It has been chief
ly occupied with the presenta
tion of an adequate missionary
policy at home and abroad.
The movement itself was in
augurates in New York city
November 15th, 1906. During
the fiscal year 1907-08 the mis
siouary offerings for the foreign
missions were $602,000. The
gain in the fiscal year 1909-10
there was a further gain of $501,-
000.
The purpose of the meeting
in Asheville is to create a great
er interest among the laymen of
the various churches and stim
ulate giving to the missionary
cause through their own church
es and abroad.
Each church in Western North
Carolina should make its influ
once felt in this convention by
sending the largest possible
number of representative lay
men, not less than three, and as
many more as possible, The
convention will be self-sustain
ing. A registration tee of {I,OO
By the Associated Press.
Richmond, Va., March 28.
Mumbling a prayer and crying
half audibly that he was ready
to go, Floyd Allen, a lawless pro
duct of the Virginia mountains,
whose refusal to accept a short
prison term for a minor offense
led to the wholesale court murder
in Hillsville one year ago, limp
ed to the death chair in the state
penitentiary today, 11 minutes
ahead of Claude Swanson Allen,
his son.
The sentence of the court, held
up for six hours while desperate
and dramatic efforts were being
made to save the condemned men
by llth hour appeals to the lieu
tenant governor, was speedily
ordered to proceed when Gover
nor Mann hastened back to Vir
ginia soil to take charge of a sit
uation which was sensational and
exciting to a degree. The prison
superintendent, keeping entirely
within the law, agreed at 2
o'clock this morning to defer the
execution, giving Attorney Gen
eral Williams an opportunity
meanwhile to pass upon the con
stitutional right of Lieutenant
Governor Ellyson to interfere.
But the young son of Gover
nor Mann reached his father in
Philadelphia by phone less than
an hour after the delay had been
ordered and by 8 o'clock today
the governor was again on Vir
ginia soil. Incensed, as it after
ward developed, by the unex
pected effort to take advantage
of his temporary absence, when
he had repeatedly refused clem
ency, the governor boarded an
early morning train, arriving in
Richmond at 11:30 o'clock. On
the way he telegraphed the sec
retary of the commonwealth that
he would be in Virginia by 8
o'clock, this information sudden
ly checking the plan of Allen
sympathizers in further urging
the lieutenant governor to inter
cede.
While every proceeding had
halted, pending the governor's
arrival, word reached police head
quarters that a crowd had assem
bled at the station, patrolmen,
detectives and plain clothes men
being hurried there to prevent
any demonstration. When the
governor stepped on the platform
he was quickly surrounded by of
ficers who escorted him to a tax
icab which took him quickly to
the capitol.
In his office at the state prison
Superintendent Wood was pacing
the floor nervously as he awaited
developments. The situation
there had become more intense.
Precisely at noon the superinten
dent was called to the telephone.
4 The governor of Virginia is
at his desk," was the message he
received from the capitol and in
stantly preparations were made
to obey the mandate of the court.
The witnesses who had assemb
led at 7 o'clock, the hour an
nounced for the execution, had
left the prison with instructions
to return at 1 o'clock.
will be charged all delegates
in order to meet the neces
sary expense of the conven
tion,and delegates should use
card for registration. There
will be no further collections or
subscriptions taken during the
convention.
Among the most prominent
speakers will be W. E. Doughty
of New York city, educational
secretary of the Laymen's Mis
sionary Movement of the United
States and Canada, who will
make an address on Men and
the World Challenge; Prof. J. T.
Henderson of Bristol, General
Secretary cf the Movement of
the Southern Baptist Convention
whose subject will be Worldwide
Missions a Reasonable Service;
Dr. C, F. Reid of Nashville,
Tenn., Rev. R. W. Patton of
Atlanta and others.
Misses Binna Fay Garvy, of
the Appalachain Training. School
and Rose Edna Brown, of Blow
ing Rock, visited Mrs. ,W. R.
Bradsfaaw of this city, Sunday!
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