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Established 1899 - ' - state Li baty oonip - ALLOW NO GAMBLING OR LOW-GLASS SHOWS State Board of Agriculture Will Give Usual Premiums to State and County Fairs. Raleigh, June 6. —In rounding up the work of its semi annual session the Board of Agriculture this after noon adopted a budget for the work and expenses of tne department for the next six months amounting to $1i5,000. One of the new features provided for in the budget is a division of co-operative marketing for which an appropriation of $2,500 was made The divisions of agromony and bob anv were consolidated under J. L. Burgess, who is to have an assistant at $.lOO a year. Burgess is to re cc ve £3,000. 'i'iie board made the usual appro priations for State aud county Jaii pre:;v.u:us, but enacted a provision th:t any fair that allows gambling de vie -s or indecent features in the mid m: shall forfeit its right to premium nioiey The sum of $lOO was ap propriated to be awarded $lO each for 10 fairs as a premium for the finest babv, the State Board of Health to pro /ids the judges and award tht pr ze. The board determined to continue efi.rts for the improvement of cattle throughout the State. Last \ear 13 fine bui of the Shorthorn, Hereford ani breeds were distributed in different parts of the State aid 850 cai.es arc already reported. As many mere 'bulls will be added this year. Expecting Biyan at Kings Mountain. Kings Mountain, June 8. —Prepara- tions are steadily going forward look ing to the proper celebration of the one hundred aud thirty third anniver sary o: the battle of Kings Mountain, which Aili be held at this place Oc:o 1 her 7, next. The committee that re- j turned from Washington a few days ago feel sure that, unless something unforeseen happens that Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, will be present and deliver the address. In addition to the acdress of Mr. Br an there will possibly be a short ad dress by Assistant Secretary of War Breckenridge, who is a direct descen dant of Colonel Campbell, one of the active participants of this famous en gagement between the American pa triots and British forces. The program for the day, in addi tion to the address, wili include music by one of the very best bands of the United States Army, a monster parade, with floats representing the 13 original Slates and a band concert and'fireworks display at night. O'.her attractions wiil be announced as the plans more fully mature, but of one tning • e public can rest assur ed, the 2at.ii- of Kings Mountain Mem or'al Association is going to do every tiling within its pcwer to make this celebration one long to be remember ed. The A. and M. College. North Carolina has no more valuable institution than the A. & M. College 31 Raleigh. During the pnst term this college has hg-i 639 students, 297 of whom were taking the agricultura* courses, the others being divided arnopg the civil, mechanial and electrical engineering, textile, chemist'y and other courses. For the past few years the, dor mitory accommodations have been insufficient and. the trustees have d«-ci(ied that for the next term temporary wooden dormitories built after the manner of railroad shanties will be erected to take care of 200 students. It is un fortunate that no better quarters can be secured at this time, but the young men wbo attend the A. & vl. go there to work and are not likely to be so fas tidious regarding tlieir living quarters so long as they are re c- lying the valuable training of which they are assured. Hickory Township Road Commission Statement for May, 1913 P-y roll week ending May 7th $ Pay roll week ending May 14th. r;,;i week ending May 21*t 114 71 '' roil week ending May 28th 11 SO 1 I'l cksmith week ending May 7t'n m is;! Pi -ckimith week ending May 14th 'j Blacksmith week ending May 21st 7 ' 9n Blacksmith weekending May 28tli ?9 92 Ctv i'Ved Co., for corn and hay - - 760 00 Chy i'eed Co., for car oats • - - cq I E. IX Eckard for corn - oo'is! Ecknrd for corn. ~ '•• D. Eckard for corn oq'viq •H. Bowman for corn . 41#, Contract work, Abee & Whitener, 9th avenue extension •'« s. KalUs salary May ............... J»"» A. N. Aderholt salary May : o I E. Cilley bookkeeper.. - 6 ; 00 n ijolcii hauling corn - 1.3 00 Ki;rr Brothers for horse and buggy for engineer „ }'■ S. Eallis buggy hire - •» j'oq Hickory Ice & Coai'Coiapany for coal Clay Printing Company pay envelopes and vouchers A. S. Abornethy harness, oil and feed .. 4 Hickory Manufacturing Company feed trough " C. M. Sliuford drugs for mules - - - mo 00 E. H. V.'hitcner moving W. H. Shuford's J'QQ L. Gaston helping engineer - "-7 —y 1 , Q ; gj Total for May. - -- i roviously expended - -- 761 —q fi Tvul to Uate r 23,751.98 THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT ** . • COMMENT We are publishing this week the statement of receipts and disburse ments of the ciry of Hickory for the month of May, 1913. This is the first statement of this kind to be pub lished under the new commission form of government and will be of in te r«*-st to those who wish to keep iii touch with the workings of our town government. You Pay Three Prices For Phosphoric Acid. No, we are not saying, that the fertilizer companies are charging vou too much for phosphoric acid The trouble is, that you buy phos- phoric acid-it* expensive form rrifct-ad of a cheap form. Th.» same amount of phosphoric acid in a>id phosphate or basic slap; costs you four times as much as it would in ground phosphate rock, "Do we advise you, then, to stop buying acid phosphate ami buy ground phosphate rock.?" Certairilv not—at least, not un til you have done some other cnings. The tact is, that on the average Southern soil acid phosphate is a cheaper source of phosphoric acid than ground rock, altho a pound >!' phosphoric acid costs f>ur times as much in the former as in the latter. It is this way: The phosphoric acid in the acid phosphate is in soluble form—the plants use it. That in the phosphate rock i$ insoluble—crops cannot use it save as it i 3 slowly made avail able by the decay of organic mat ter in the soil. The cotton crop on your thin, dry land responds: at once—if the season is at all fav orable —to an application of acid phosphate. It might never know youapplied the ground rock. Even in the poorest soil there is enough phosphorous acid to make many bigger crops than you are likely to grow. The trouble is, it is un available. But--and here is the point—you could have yo ir soil in such con dition that the in«ulubiu {..huspuui - ic acid in the soil and in the phos Dhate rock would become avail able all the time; and then, in stead of paying five or six cents a pound for this plant food in acid phosphate, you could get it for a cent and a half a pound in t!«e treated rock. You could afford then to apply larger quantities and thus guarantee an abundant and permanent supply for all >our crops. As it is, the unused por tion of what you apply this year may be insoluble next year. Wouldn't this be worth doing? Wouldn'tit be good business to re duce your phosphoric acid bill-- which is fully one-third vour total fertilizer bill—to a third of what lit now it? Of course it would. Ther's lit eraily "millions in it" for the far mers of the South, and you can have your share of it. "Hut how can you do it?" There's just one way: Fi 1 your soil full of humus by turning un der green manures or applying stable manure. Then you can ap ply the ground phosphate rock and rest assured that your crops wiil be fed and your land built up. If you keep your soil poor in hum us by continued cropping and neglect of the legumes, you must cuntinue to pay high prices for phosphoric acid. —The Progress ive Farmer. * Snow in Haywood County. It is reported here that a nice snow fell in Hayw ood County Sun da> r»igfct. Some say it snowed here Monday but we did not see it, still, we know it was colo enough. A number of overcoats were seen on the streets, and the - moke was coming out of nearly e\er.v chimney m town. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 12, 1913 AN APPRECIATION OF "OLD nor BONKS Washington Post Giv&> Attention to the Secretaries to the Secretaries. |" Washington, D. C., June 2 An appreciation of secretaries to jcabinet officers and in particular ?to "0 d Hieknry" Banks appear ed in Sunday's Washington Post jaiongwith the pictures of the I secretaries to the secretaries. A part of t he Post's comment is, re produced below: - . j "The eager public, grabbing i-s mornine paper and digesting j the performances of the Presi Went and his official family, rare ly hears of ihe men behinjt|hem. They ur* tl*e silent undersfuuTes .who -see that nothing goes : who must see that the \ p?op!e get in to see their : chiefs, a.*;d that those who can't, : will denart in a pleasant frame ,of mind. And they never break into print. With the exception of Joseph Patrick Tumulty, who whs politician on his own hook, •it is clo'iotfol if any of them ! would be recognized on the street by the average Washing , tonian. i 4 "The others are the secretaries to the secretaries of President Wilson's cabinet. Chosen be cause of allegiance to their chiefs at.d their competence to fill a position requiring a peculiar diplomacy and tact, the secreta ries to the secretaries—the men behind the bi.tr Runs of official life—rarely seek prominence themselves. Wheneyer they have a particularly bright idea for publicity or what not, the credit got s to the secretary. The casual visitor is pleased to think of them as hard working, earnest voung nu>n who in time will be able to make calls on public officials instead of answering them. The secretaries, on their part, smile quietly to themselves for thev ail have a - sense of humor. No man be a sec retary to a cabinet officer with out it. "One of the best liked secreta ries among the newspaper men is 'Old Hickory' Banks, other wise known as Howard A. Ranks of Htekorv, N. C, secretary to secretary of the Navy Daniels. He was e.iitor of the Hickory Democrat before he came to the capital. As soon as the news paper men heard of the name of the town they christened him, and the nickname sticks. "Having a former newspaper editor as Secretary of the Navy as his chief, and being a news piper man himself, Fank* start ed out in a human ashion to make everything comfortable for the correspondents. He told them to cdl him All corres pondents hear that from the new secretaries, but Banks meant it. Then he put in a new workroom and arranged a system of pub licity throughout every bureau of the Navy Department by which the last ounce of infor mafcion is produced each day. Senate Committee is Preparing for a Big Coal Investigation. Washington, June 8. —Confronted by a complicated situation, constantly growing more involved, the senate sub committee named to investigate West Virginia coal strike conditions, will leave for Charleston tomorrow night. Examination of witnesses will begin there Tnesday with the appearance of scores of miners, rounded up by the agents of the United Mine Workers, to testify in relation to charges that the workers in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields are kept in a state of virtual peonage. Senaior Borah, of Idaho, who has had special charge of this branch of the investigation, will Lear the first witness. Paul J. Paulson, of the United Mine Workers, has been in West Virginia for a week collecting the witnesse aud it is expected he will be on hand with about 100 men to give their ex periences in the West Virginia coal mines. They will be followed by wit nesses testifying as to alleged inter ference with the postal seivice by mine guards, violations of the immigration laws, the shipment of arms and am munition into the strike territory and the "arrest, trial and conviction of citizens in violation of the coustitution or'laws." Daniels' Policy Approved. Secretary Daniels has found favor with the New York World which holds that the secretary in arguing for a progressive navy and against the drvrot of con servatism ha 3 struck a popular chord. Commenting upon Mr. Daniels' policies the World says: "His declared intent of empha sizing the educational phase of navy life shouid help to draw to the service ambitious and intelli gent young men. These are the men who are wanted. Great ships are of little worth without brains %nc| skHl between-aecke. 3 ' The Catawba County Way. There are inspirational men in North Carolina and one of these is \V. J Shu ford, of the county of Catawba. He is what the old folks call' 'a farrnerright, ' and carries with him a gospel which it would do every man iu North Carolina good to hear. Catawba is one county in North Carolina and in this country whe»e the farmers have learned their strength, have learned what ihe real get together spirit means, the power of it, socially, financially, and in every othei way. During the month of May the farmers of Hickory organized in the most thorough way, shipped 15,- 000 pounds of butter ; every pound faultlessly packed and guaranteed. Three years ago they started this busi ness and the increase in the sales since that 000 per cent Oh £ cango to thebest resorts and he will find the Hickory butter, likewise the Hickory eggs and other products, accepted always as being the real thing, none better in their class. Now let's see one result. That same asso ciation of farmers with headquarters at Hickory, is now completing one of the finest creameries in the United States, built under government supervision, and it is to be dedicated July 15, with as much ceremonv as if it were a great ' public building. Those good folks know it is a public building in the fin est sense. In another way the county of Catawba is keeping at the head ol the table, for it has a county commis sioner of agriculture, highly trained, well pa' d, and Mr. Shu ford says he is doing splendid work. Every county in North Carolina will have to come to this system of having its own commis sioner to look after this line of work, and the county which fails to do this is sure to lose in efficiency, Mr. Shu ford declares with the utmost positive ness. No county is going forward more rapidly than Catawba, and this summer it would richly repay thought ful Wake farmers to go there and see with their own eyes exactly what those thrifty folks are doing. Raleigh dairymen and persons living near this city who have dairy oppor tunities, people who want to really know what there is in poult) y raising, and tfrosv: who desire to study co-ope rative work would find this a profitable visit, indeed. —Raleigh Times. The Proper Use ot Lime. To the Democrat; By some farmers the use of lime is misunueratcod. The prin cipal elements necessary to the best growth of plants obtained from the soil, are: Iron, Sulphur, Potash, Magnesium, Lime, Phos phorous and Nitrogen. Of these elements the most necessary are: Phosphorous, Potash, Nitrogen and Lime, No plant will make its greatest, growth unless all the elements necessary to that growth are pres ent in the soil. Alfalfa, for in stance, requires a large amount for its growth. Wheat, cotton and corn not nearlv so much. If a farmer were to sow a field in wheat, using lime only, expecting an increase in yield he would be very much disappointed in the re sults. If he added phosphorous the yield would be much greater. If he bad turned under a crop of cow peas or clover before sowing the wheat the results wouM be still better, as nitrogen would be added to the soil by the cowpeas or clover. No one element or fertilizer will make a profitable growth of crops unless the others are present in the soil also. Lime is not a direct fertilizer such as acid phosphate, for instance, lime is necessary for its power to help make other elements in the soil available, as for example, the use of lime to aid in the growth of clover, Vvhich turned under, not only adds nitrogen, but in soils containing potash such as the soils in this county, makes that element available for the use of plants. Farmers should bear in mind all the time that while lime is abso lutely necessary to successful crop production, phosphorous, potash and nitrogen are also ab solutely required for maximum yields. H. K. FOSTER. London Suffragette Approaches End. London June 7 Relatives of Miss Emily Wilding Davison were at her hospital bedside through tonight and this after noon, fearing the mementary death of the Northumberland suffragette who . spectacularly threw King George's horse rider in the Epsom Downs derby. Physicians warned the family ekrlyin the day that the end might come at any minute to Miss Davison, and they were at her side immediately. The wo man is sinking rapidly and the physicians have said that she has no chance for recovery. Miss Davison has been un conscious alflaost all the time since she was operated upon yesterday aiin her heart is fail ing. Mr. R. G. Mace and family are on a visit to their old home at Henderson* viUe, PASSED TRAIN IS WRECKED AT MAIDEN Mail Clerk Witherspoon Suffered Mashed Foot—Several Others Hurt. Newton, June 7.—Southbound passenger tram No. 9 on the Carolina and Northwestern rail road was wrecked this afternoon one mile north of Maiden. The baggage and mail car and the tender to the engine were ditch ed-, The train was 30 minutes late, was running at no more than the usual speed. A spread ing rail is given as the cause of the cars leaving the track. . The engine had passed over and just as the tender struck a joint in the rail it spread, with the re suits suited. - • Mail Clerk Clyde Witherspoon, of New ten, suffered a badly mashed foot, he being bound ii the wreckage for more than an hour before he could be loosed. Doctors were called from Maiden and carried Witherspoon back to town and dressed his wounds. Several others suffered bruises, but were not seriously hurt The baggage and mail car was al most totally demolished. It will be some time tonight before the wreck will be cleared away and trains can pass. This road has been very fortunate in the matter of wrecks. Only one serious wreck has occured in many years, and that happened within one mile of this after noon's wreck. This former wreck was caused by the trestle over Smyre's creek giving away. Seven persons were killed, among them a student of Ca tawba college, who suffered in juries from which he died later. Another Catawba county man was killed. Some Thoughts on Character. What is character? To say "I will do a thing," and then do it—That is character. To undertake an accomplish ment and then follow it day after day, early and late to the bitter end to success—That is character. To listen carefully to others, weighing opinions, accepting new truths, listening to advice, and then deciding for yourself— that is character. To map out your own line and follow it, and yet be ever ready to profit by the experience of those that have gone the path before you —That is character. Energy, persistency, honesty> moral courage, consistency, and above all Justice —those are stones in the well of character. Character is that which we en grave upon ourselves and that life engrave upon us. The soft er we are the easy it is to engrave us with all kinds ot im pressions. And the Softer we are, the less valuable we are when it comes to stamping upon the world the particular character that we possess. It is hard to engrave a piece of steel, but when you have once engraved it vou can print from it indefinitely. • It is easy to engrave what you choose upon a piece of butter, but you can't print well with butter. We must not only get for our selves the right kind of engrav ing, but we must build up with in ourselves the right sort of material for the engraving pro cess. That is hard, painful, and dis couraging work, but it can be done. To make your character better —Work harder. Don't let the weak, soft spots discourage you. Harden them, by fighting to conquer weakness. —Sel. The Trained Nurse. The progress made by medical science in the years as they pass has been notable in the better prepared class of physicians who vear by year increase tne ranks of the practitioners, for it is not to be doubted that the physicians of the present age are rendering a service of increased efficiency to that of those of preceding years. The physician of today is also blessed in what may well be termed the strong right arm of the profession, the trained nurs es who are rendering a most im portant seryice in the healing of the sick. Time has been when the best skill of the physician has been of no avail, because of the failure to correctly execute his directions, and out of a matter of vital need there has come into existence this new branch of medical attention, which is prov ing a most important and needed adjunct of the physician.—News and Observer. F. 0. Grist of Lenoir wts in the city Monday on business. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 Oil Inspectors Elected. Raleigh. June 6. The state board of agriculture has elected five oil in spectors whose duty it will be to do this work for the entire state, there being only five instead of ten, the number first put in the field when the law went into effect. The inspec.ors just elected are: Levi Harper, Pamli co county; Jacob Thompson, Chatham county; ? C, J, Taylor, Alleghany coun ty; N. W. Clark Hickory, and C. S. Copening, Hendeison. Twice as Many Dogs as Cows. In the city of Greensboro there are twice as many dogs, lacking two, as cows, according to the compilation made from the recent police census of Greensboro. The total, number of dogs is 828, and of the cows there are 415, Not a single hog is reported in this com pany of animals.—Greensboro Daily News: The following item was sent from Mooresville Saturday to the Charlotte Observer: T. F. Connor, a well known and successful bus iness man of Terrell, Catawba County, telephoned in today that during an electrical storm in that vicinity lightning struck a tree, and after running along the ground for some distance struck a chain, which was attached to a cow, tearing it into 17 pieces, the cow escaping without injury in any way. The cow belonged to John Lockman, a neighbor. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS CITY OF HICKORY _ For the Month of May, 1913 RECEIPTS May 1, 1913 ' Cash on hand % 360.5"* " P. P. Jones 1912 taxes 1,000.00 " Street taxes collected '.... 76.00 " Special license - 20.00 " Cemetery lots sold 40.00 " Court fines - 83.00 ** Water rents and taps • 309.06 " Sale of manure - 10.00 " Police Justice Court cost 16.30 " Street Improvement account ...: - 50.00 " Sidewalk account 13th avenue - 27.7H " Borrowed from First National Bank for general expenses.. 1,000.00 Total - 2,992.73 —•- DISBURSEMENTS P. P. Jones commission 1912 taxes , $ 30.00 P. P. Jones commission and horse hire on special license 1.10 WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT May 3,. J. C. Williams pay roll at plant $ 51.49 " 10, J. C. Williams pay roll at plant 20.4? H. H. Miller, agent, freight on meters 3.47 Pay roll weekending 17th.: --—■- 23.32. " " " " 24th.5... - 3.18 " " " " 31st . 3.75 Salary T. S. Price for May 56.00 Salary J. C. Williams for May - 60.00 S. M. Hamrick, postmaster, stamped envelopes 1.59 223.27 CHARITY Part burial Louis Bockman #>so GENERAL EXPENSE Express on Auditors' report 30 First National Bank, interest on note 103.33 »» >' " ♦« «« « 30.00 Monthly appropriation Hickory free library., 12.50 146.13 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Pay roll week ending May 3rd - 13.12 " " " " 10th 12.00 " " " " " 17th ...i 9.25 " " " " •• 24th - 13.00 " " " " •« 3lst.. ,--1 —8.02 55.39 SALARIES ACCOUNT O. E. Sigmon, police... 9.00 C. H. Geitner, mayor - 5.00 J. L. Cilley, councilman... 5.00 C. C. Bost, councilman - 5.00 J. W. Shuford, councilman.... 1 : 5.00 J. L. Abernethy, councilman 5.00 G. R' Wootten, city manager /5.00 M. H. Yount, police justice J6.67 B. B. Blackwelder, police justice.-...- - 25.00 W. S. Newton, chief police ... 57.74 E. W. Lentz, night police 38.71 P. P. Jones, extra police * - 7.00 254.12 FIRE DEPARTMENT J. H. Hatcher, feed - 22.50 I. M. Burns, driver salary 40.00 Telephone service I®-"" Pay to firemen attending fire alarm 7.00 79.50 STREET IMPROVEMENT Pay roll lowering Water main on 22nd Sheet, week ending May 3rd. —' 38.14 Pay roll West street, May 3rd L5O John D. Fry, 13th avenue 30.37 Pay roll West street -70 Pay roll lowering Water main on 22nd street week ending May 10th -——----- 30.60 Pay roll lowering Water main on 9th avenue week ending May 10th —- 14.95 Pay roll lowering Water main on 22nd Street week ending May 31st - 9 -27 144.53 PERMANENT STREET IMPROVEMENT. L-. F. Abernethy, sidewalk 13th avenue 48.61 First Nat. Bank, interest on (note) street imp. bonds acct 64.05 112.66 GRADING AND SIDEWALK ON 10TH AVENUE Kerr Brothers, grading on contract • Deal & Deal, sidewalk 340.60 Kerr Brothers, grading ---- 139.03 Pay roll lowering Water main week May 1/th 50.51 Pay roll lowering Water main week May 24th 23.10 Deal & Deal, sidewalk 51.84 Kerr Brothers, grading /6.50 705.55 9TH AVENUE EXTENSION CONTRACT H. H A bee & Company... 548.10 2,308.85 Cash on hand June Ist, 1913 683. Total disbursements and cash on hand 2,992.73 HICKORY GRADED SCHOOL April 30th, 1913, cash on hand 4,308.27 W. J. Kennedy. . 2.50 Moser & Bumgardner on contract i aH Bost & Newton. Clay Printing Company. *••>» J. B. Rockett (sawing wood)..- First Building & Loan Association Moser & Bumgardner on contract ' Chas. M. Staley. 4,114.08 Balance on hand June Ist 194.27 4,308.27 4,308.27 4,308.27 Respectfully submitted. G. R. WOOTTEN Acting City Manager, NEW ROUTE TO BE SE LECTED TO HICKORY County Commissioners of Caldwell Have Appropriated $l,OOO To be Paid Out of Automobile Tax. It now seems to be a settled fact that a new route will be se lected for the road leading: to Hickory on that part of it just beyond the town limits of Lenoir' and thus the heavy grade beyond Lower Creek will be avoided. The County Commissioners have appropriated $l,OOO to be paid out of the automobile tax for the construction of this new route extending from the corporate limits of the town to the top of the hill near the old Cloyd place. This amount is only to be allowed when $3OO is raised by private subscription, but we understand that this amount is assured be yond any doubt. The petitioners asking for the change must raise this F-raount, and also they will ■> have to pay the interest on the $l r OvV.» allowed by the county, till this amount is available from the automol- e tax. The selection of the ) 'He and the constru ction of v o road-bed are to be under the supervision of the commissioners and a committe of citizens consisting of Messrs. J. L. Nelson, Edmund Jones, Jr., and J. H. Beall.—Lenoir News.
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