Established 1899
% SAINTSHIP OF LADDIE |
w ,o»-»l»a»M o,,p > ?.. my Father - and
' —(jwsi£ 44:34.
M inir now found the basis of Par
, VResiK»nsibiliiy, a, ' d th« springs
enU ?ston uie part of children, and
pfconducto soine melhotls of
having siia ii now emphasize the
conl . 0 oipmeiit of Laddie's training.
r el | g ,oU ® oi - ;l n C hiid control and
is ultimately iiis conversion
d 2Slvation; and it is your hope tiiat
ji- viia.ll be will' 3OU when you go
Laddie sli f cerla j n |y reiig
element cannot be neglected.
%,efirst consideration that parents
% » ,e " r j i S that family covenant
' "S, S tile Oasis of all family life.
discovered it when we talked or
,! divine rights 111 marriage, and
I £Jd those lights in God's creating,
Irving, and redeeming the family
hp marriage obligation a covenant
Liii, is sanctions, promises and
.Treats Bv sanctions, we n.em, its
S duti.s, God's, to bestow its
rL* t rivllesf-and blessings, the
LiVand w.man's, to hold in sacud
wverence these *,o»»ers and privilege
imldo their utmost to obtain God's
blessings for ob-dience. ir we are
faithful God covenants to save out
chidren. and tho Laddie may income
aurodigal, vet the scarlet, tluead ol
this covenant will unwind as it is tied
bv faith to his heart, and tho a fath
er's and a mother's ejes may close in
their long, long sleep, God. who never
slumbers. Mil not be unmindful ol'
his covenant, and some day Laddie will
leave the swine pen in the rar country
ard trudge with weary teet back to the
Father's house, and joy will be in
Heaven over the sinner that has re
pented.
But, we must not forget that, it is
required of pirents that they be found
faithful Vou may go on in indiffer
ence to the complete religions train
ing of your child, and wake up to find
that the lamb has becom* a wolf, and
is ready to tear your heart ont with
merciless crueltv. You wonder why
it is. and if God has forgotten his
promises. No, God has not forgot ten,
bat you may have forgotten. Your ex
ample. your idleness in the deep spirit
ual things nave brought this on.
Cbide not your Maker, but repent, and
d.) the first works, and see ir time is
left to relieve what you have lost.
1 believe, in training children in a
religious life, that there must be a de
cided conviction to prompt us. A great
m ny people have the notion that a
chiid must not be biased on the sub
ject of religion, but should approach
maturity with no definite religious
convictions. But 1 hold the view that
we may give a child a sectarian train
ing, without making a fanatic or a bi
got. We can give him a method or re
ligious life, and a system of religious
thnuyht that will be more than a mere
equipment for argument and debate.
It will be a ballast to character, it
wlll be a fashioner or eternal destiny.
Worship is recognition of God's place
in the life. It is essential, Laddie
must be related to God. Like four
pillar>, he must have God's word.
God's day. God's house, and Prayer to
God estabiisiied in the four-square edi
fice of his pin sical, moral, mental and
social life, The first form of worship
the child should know is family pray
er, at the family altar. Ladoie may be
obstreperous, and not understand, but
sooner or later, he will recognize the
priesthood of his father, and his little
heart will feel the pull of that altar,
and as life goes on, the memories of
that sacred siirine will troop thro his
soul like soldiers gathering to the de
fuse of a city. Oh the halo that sur
rounds the memory of a father's voice
in pra\er!
Laddie must go to the house
of Cod and the stately solemn forms
o f divine worship will educate the
worshipping soul of the boy, and he
will learn that "the way of God is in
, e sanctuary." How soon Laddie
should begin the practice of attending
church and Sabbath school depends
entirely on the kind of father and
li e lias, and enough is said.
Laddie, as soon as he has learned the
, V||,e a rt of human speech, must
learn to "say his prayers." Nothing
»more sacred or more beautiful than
* lttle child's faith in prayer. It is
equal, yea, superior in its trust, to the
Prayers of most of us older folks. And
Uodie will never forget "Now, I lay
ffledown to sleep," and some day if
rmlr Ur ? e sin * s on hi® aQ d he a
P odigal away from home, the old hab
j, ®. a - v cl j, n B to him, and bring him
s7° Laddie also should learn
ti* c P ra Jer with his companions in
jiie bunday School class and in boys'
roeetiiißs. He should frequently say
inn ii s V ng at t,ie table, and occas
w 1 d the family prayers. At
cas. lie could reau the passage of
au,. ,u e ?' ou d> ap -d when fattier is
5 OJS can l the prayer. He
nnl> la!| y s °J v e into a leader in
10 I'rayi-r. and who knows, butun
°er such guidance, God will call him
preach the Gospel. Parents should
D P ra >" with their children. Im
.m°nients arise when prayer
a "« discipline must unite.
leac her once came to a minister's
aM . ci s,,id ,0 ''Your boy was
"out schoo! today.'' -Indeed!" -'Nor
fAr ' P aus «- "Nor the da> be
.e, "You don't mean it!" "Yes. I
."5 ? ?ee '• lie is sick." "No, he is
Uick." "Well, I thought it was
tL r Uly J° tell you." "Thank you."
'f'her went into his study and
w-w K T' iy K at e latch clicked. It
'Ml, the fourteen year old tx y in
, ' father met him at the
' • ai "' the boy knew as soon as his
O,l llis father's face that
POM . ti,re e days were known. "Phil,
v,, '?, V° llie st udy, t waul to see
sait lil l '» t, i«y went, and tlie father
lie ' J your teacher has been
■e, and tel!s me you hive not been
MI. > ,or ' ast Ihiee da\s. We
" u PPwd yAO werej you le(1 u8 l 0 b ,_
tn ' e *', u w e?e there. Now, I want you
down with me, and let ns pray
w,.!, U . -I s mai tter." That was jut>t
thu, " didn't want to do. Butdown
nr./ VWIU on H'eir knees. After the
Lr r :. ~l» fa *hfir said "Now, Phil, I
bun("i V !ace °f Gocl for you. God
s ; 1,,5 , sinners and so jou must be
-» lor . • vour deception. You
e lived a lie for three days. You
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
m.ist go Into;the attic and stav there
™»rl Wlll
your meals, and vou will eat and sleep
p. if I ®. a " ic -" J'hej went up stairs.
Phil ate supper In the attic, and had a
palette on the floor lor his bed. Ten
o clock, and rather closed up the house
Jor the night. Eleven catne and still
father and mother hadn't gont to bed.
They had prayers and at last lay down
by twelve. One o'clock came and fath
er arose. Mjther said, "Where are
vou going?" He said, '«I can't stand
It any longer. lam going up stairs to
sleep with Phil." fie took his pillow
and mounted the si airs to the attic,
and crtpt across the floor to the boy's
bed. There lay Phil, eves wide open.
jv ier v kmn beside him, and lock
ed in each others arms, they weie soon
fast asleep. The next ninht, father
said, "Goodnight, mother, 1 am going
upstairs to sleep with Phil." The
next night it was the same. And so
the days and nights weie passed. Do
you wonder that Phil is a missionary
today delating that wondeiful gospel
thai brought the boy tiie infl ence or
discipline and grace in tliose critical
days when he was a wayward sinner?
We have emphasized the necessity
of prayer, and spoken or (iod's house I
Laddie cannot learn ioo soon the spirit I
or reverence for the house of God.
With his sence of awe, parents and i
wider people, can soon by their exam
ple and precept make Laddie reel that i
there in the church he must have a
holy leverence and stillness that no
ot her place can demand. It Is a shame
to see the house of God, and the hour
01 ii% worship desecrated by a spirit
of irreverence, and turned into a fash
ion plate, or a general opportunity for
social pleasures. And such lightness
and irreverence have a decided effect
on Laddie. We don't want, a mere
formal silence, but we do need a dign
ified worshipful quiet. And it will
enter into Laddie's spiritual being and
form hum lity there. Let us teach
our children to behave in the house of
God. Next we must tind a place for
God's word in Laddie's life. He must
be tauirhi to be a regular reader of the
Bible. The story parts of the Hible
are just as interesting as any fairy
story, audi after tie has heard them at
bed time before lie can read, he will
enjoy reading them after lie has learn
ed to read. A daily Bible reading
habit should be formed in childhood,
so that Laddie will read his Bible as
naturally as he eats his meals. Some
regular time must be set apart for it,
and Laddie should have a regular place
when he is reading in the Bible. If
possible he should have a Bible of his
own, and this lie can have if he will
be taught the catechism so that he can
recite it perfectly, for our church
gives a Bible to any person, child or
adult who will recite the shorter cate
chism perfectly.
The Sabbath day remains as the last
element of a boj's rn «- ims irV, It i*
God's day, set about f n v.uish.p and
rest, and the Sabbath is the home day
tf the week. To observe it properly
is not. a small task, it is not for idle
ness nor for boisterous play. Laddie
should start, out with father to Sunda\
School, and mother too, it she can go.
He also should stay to church. Alter
dinner, comes the Bible stories, the
church paper and its stories, then a
quiet walk with parents, or perhaps
the boys' meeting if he is old enough.
If he is too young to keep still, very
quiet play that is different from other
ua\s may come between stories, but
father must be near all the time.
Songs .*hould come in at some time,
Sunday Songs, not secular ones.
Church service at night will close the
day if Laddie Is old enough to go. The
day must just be different from all
other dajs, and you can make it line.
>unday is home day. Don'i let Laddie
loaf in the street and don't loaf your
self. Dun't let it be spoilt d »>y visit
ing, or receive visits from others.
They will soou leam to regard your
fee.ings aid keep their children at
home on Sundi>. Laddie may dread
Sundays, but you will be to blame if he
does. Certainly the day father is at
iiome ought to be the finest of the
week, and it will be if you are willing
to make it so. And when the strenu
ous times are over and Laddie has
learned life's lessons, he will join you
in singing
•Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we
love,
But there's a nobler rest above;
To that our longing souls aspire
With ardent love and strong desire."
And thus with Laddie's religious life
undergirdea by a spirit of prayer, a
love for God's Word, God's House,
God's Day, he will become God's ser
vant and >ou shall not go to your
Father and the lad be not with you,
but he will be by your side.
The many friends of J. E.
Haithcock will be delighted to
know that he is being benefitted
by his stay at Catawba Springs.
WHY WOMEN SUFFER
Many Hickory Women are
Learning the Cause.
Women ohen sufler, not knowing
the cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness, ner
vousness.
Irregular urinary passages, weak
ness. languor-
Each a torture of itself.
Together bint at weakened kidneys
Strike at the root —get to the cause.
Quickly help the kidneys if thev
need it.
No other remedy more highly en
dorsed than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's convincing testimony from
this locality.
Mrs. R. T. Amos, Pine St., New
ton, N. C., says: "I had backache
and di zy and neivous spells. At night
I did not rest welt. I fe't aU worn
out in the morning My kidneys did
not act as they should. Doan's Kid
ney Pills made me feel better in every
way.*' . _
For sale by all dealers. Price 50c.
Foster-Milburn Co , Buffalo, New
' York, sole agents for the United States,
j Remember the name Doan's
and take no other,.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913
%. COMMENT J
CHARLOITE AND THE DEPOT
PROBLEM.
Regarding the efforts that are
being made by a number of towns
of the state to secure better de
pot facilities the Charlotte Ob
server has the following to say:
"Gaston ia had the pouts for a
long time over the sort of depot
the Southern Railway wanted to
give it and lost about two years
valuable time. Now the South
ern has completed the depot and
has given the people one 'the
whole town is proud of.' It was
the same way in Hickory and
will be the same with Concord.
The average town thinks it the
thing to do to fight the railroads
on the depot question, and the
average town always gets licked
and is made to acknowledge it is
glad of it."
Every fellow thinks he is the
yardstick by which his fellows
are to be measured and in many
cases towns seem to think that
they bear a similar relation to
cheir neighbors. Tnis seems to
be e.-ptcially true in the case of
Charlotte. Recalling the inci
dents that were connected with
the building of a new passenger
station in Hickory the facts were
as lollows: Hickory made a fight
to secure better depot facilities
and finally won. When we had
advanced this far the question
arose as to where it was to be
located. On this point we did
not war among ourselves but put
it up to the Sauthern to use its
own judgment in locating it so
that the interest of the public
woula be best served. This set
tled the matter and the railroad
proceeded to locate the station
and their decision has been emi
nently satisfactory to the people
of Hickory. In this connection
we recall an incident that hap
pened in Chailotte sometime ago
regarding the building of a Un
ion Station for that city. The
Corporation Commission had
agreed to order its erection and
left it to the people of the city to
decide upon its location. Some
citizen of Charlotte was ap
proached on the subject and
made the comment tnat it would
never be built. Asked why, he
replied "It has been left to the
people of the city to decide upon
a location, and Charlotte has
never yet been able to agree up
on anything." In Charlotte's
latest effort to secure a Union
Station the same proposition
seems to have presented itself
and again it has been demonstra
ted that Charlotte is unable to
get together. Instead of criti
cising Charlotte might do well
to follow Hickory's lead in many
matters.
Wreck Near the Ivey Mill.
Local freight No. 64 on the
Southern Railway was wrecked
near the Ivey Mili aoout 5 o'clock
Saturday morning. Flagman
Fred Wilson of Lenoir, was seri
ously injured and was carried to
the Richard Baker hospital in this
city. Conductor Ballenger who
was in charge of the train, was
also slightly injured, but was
able to resume his run.
The train had stopped beyond
the Ivey mill siding and the en
gine with a part of the train had
gone into the siding preparatory
to taking out a car, when the rear
of the train broke loose and ran
down an incline in the track,
crashing into the front end, de
molishing three or four cars and
tearing up the track for some
distance.
Harvest Home Day.
The first annual Harvest Home
Day in Catawba county will be
held at the Killian schoolhouse,
Hickory Township, Tuesday Au
gust 26th, 1913. Short talks will
be given by a number of promi
nent farmers and others interest
ed in the advancement of the
country church, school and home.
A. genuine welcome for everyone
interested in the upbuilding of
rural life. The program will be
announced later. Come and spend
the day with us and have a good
social time "under the green
wood tree."
H. P. LUTZ
JOHN W. ROBINSON
NOAH PROPST
Committee.
Costly Treatment.
44 1 was troubled with constipation
and indigestion and spent hundreds
of dollars for medicine and treatment, "
writes C. H Hines, of Whitlow, Aik.
*'l went to a hospital, also to a hos
pital in New Orleans, but no cure was
effected On returning home I began
taking Chamberlain's Tablets, and
worked right along. I used them for
some time and am now all right."
Sold by Moser & Lutz and Grimes
Drug Co. *dv.
Claremont College Faculty.
In presenting the following
ladies as teachers iVi Claremont
College for the coming year, I
believe that I have a faculty
which will merit the confidence
and support of those parents
whose daughters are to be placed
in school for the coming ye.ir.
In addition to the president
who teaches Bible and Ethics the
services of the following have
been secured; Miss Lenore Sour-
Leer, A.» 8.. Miss Heloise De-
Grange, A. 8., Miss Mary Schn
ebly, A, 8., Miss Mary Ramsay,
tViiss Mary Barringer. and Mrs,
15. B. Menzies.
The music department under
the is
no experimentfbutrais depart
ment has grown in favor with
the public until now it is well es
tablished and the concerts at
Claremont attest the high order
of the work done.
The popularity of the Art de
partment under Miss Barringer
is v/ell known, and the work of
Mrs. Menzies is well established
in Hickory.
The other teachers are not so
well known to this community.
Mis3es Sourbeer and DeGrange
are graduates of Hood College
and have made records for the
highest scholarship in their re
spective classes.
Miss Schnebly is from Hagers
town, Maryland, graduated from
Catawba College and has made a
success as a teacher.
The aim of Claremont is to ed
ucate the girls and with this in
view the course of study is ar
ranged, the teachers are selected
and the regulations of the school
are made. The education of the
girls is the greatest work in
which one can engage. Educate
a girl and you educate a family.
With this thought in mind, Clare
mont stresses the development
of character and the womanly
graces above everything else.
For those parents who desire
special advantages for their
children a primary department
will be maintained.
J. L. MURPHY.
' LOCAL AND PERSONAL]"
Mrs. F. B'lSfwin entertained a
number of friends last Friday
evening in honor of Mrs. J. H
Mayes of Fitzarland, Ga.
Mr. J. M. McGill left Tuesday
for Niagra Falls where he will
join Mrs. McGill who left some
time ago. They expect to return
in about two weeks and will oc
cupy the cottage owned by W.
B. Menzies on 13 th Ave.
Remarkable Cure of Dysen
tery.
"I was attacked with dysentery
about July 15th, and used the doctor's
medicine and other remedies with no
relief, only getting worse all the time.
I was unable to do anything and my
weight dropped from 145 to 125
pounds. I suffered for about twc
months when I was advised to use
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. I used two bottles
of it and it gave me permanent relief,''
writes B. W. Hill of Snow Hill. N. C.
For sale by Moser & Lutz and Grimes
Drug Co. adv.
To AH Farmers of the County. -
NEWTON, N. C.
Aug. 1, 1913.
Dear Sir:
Your attention is called
to the fact that the county lias em
ployed a competent and practical far
mer to give his services free of charge
to any farmer in thecounty who wish
es his advice and assistance in any
thing concerning the management and
proper handling of his soils, crops,
stock, etc. While it is impossible for
any one man to know everything con
nected with farm operations, the coun
ty has arranged to have the man em
ployed to work in co-operation with
the United States Department of Agri
culture at Washington and State De
partment of Agriculture at Raleigh.
Therefore all the bulletins and other
sources of information sent out by
these Departments are available for
the use or the man employed by the
county. Every farmer in the county
is urged to take advantage of the
County Commissioner of Agriculture
and call upon him at his office in the
County Courthouse or address H. K.
Foster, Box 54, Newton, N. C. or Tel
ephone to office of Register of Deeds
or Piedmont Hotel.
" W. J. SHUFORD
JOHN W. ROBINSON
H. P. LUTZ
Agricultural Committee.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured bv Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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We, the undersigned, have known
F. I. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
be'ieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.*
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blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
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gists, '
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
A Philathea Boat Ride.
We have enjoyed the wagon ride
which the Baracas gave us, and now
we cordially invite you to take a boat
ride with us.
We are bound for Salvo dor (Salvo)
in the Southern-lands (Southerland).
We can easily accommodate you all,
for we have secured . the right to two
boats (Boatright)— the (Eula Doug
lass) and the Shuler Eller), the beauti
ful white boats (White), belonging to
the (Harding) (Whitener) boat
lines.
Now that we are well under way,
let us introduce you to some of our
noted passengers on board. You will
be pleased to meet our two famous
authors (Stevenson ant Eliot/, a
Spanish Signor and his daughter
r (Florence), and our own dear Patrick
Henry (Patrick). And last but by
no means least— (Effie) and Her
man (Herman), (Mary) and her-man
(Herman), John's son and Lytle
Ruth — (Johnson) (Lytle) (Ruth).
I am sure you are enjoying the
many conveniences of our boats. As
you entered, you were of course at
tracted by the framnce of the bowls
of pansies (Pansy Bowles)in the sa
loon, If you are of a literary turn,
you will find in the library the Elsie
books (Elsie), which always afford
vast mental (?) improvement But
perhaps there are some Walkers on
board (Walker); if so, remember there
is plenty of deck room, for we not
only brought the famous Baraca wagon
on board, but we even have room for
ihe horse-to lay down (Hosley).
Those of us on deck will enjoy the
magnificent view of Mt. Mitchel
(Mitchel) in the distance, and also
the capital of the largest state in the
union—Austin-Texas (Austin).
As are in Southern seas, you
need not fear icebergs tho we have
a Vanderberg on board (Vanderberg),
but should an accident occur ada t'ie
boat be over turned, please be very
mum as you ford (Mumford) the
stream.
If you'd like to add-a-hne (Adeline)
to your friends it will onl/ltake a penny
or two (Penny's).
In the "L r of the boat you'll find a
plenty of Sherry (Sherrill) buc if any
of you are total abstainers Bessie will
serve ice any how (Isenhow).
Our buyers and sellers (Buyers)
[Sellars] have been busy and the re
sult is the following menu:
Early May berries [Mayberry] beans
(Bean). Since the hen-lays ]Hen
ley] well you may fry [Fry] your eggs
to a crisp [Crisp].
Sousa's band [Susa] accompanied by
the Martin [Martin] birdie [Birdie]
will play while you eat.
Now that the innerraan is satisfied,
let us repair to the deck. We are
sorry to say that on this pleasant oc
casion the demon of jealousy has bob
bed up and caused John's —son to
lick Rosa's beau [Bolick]. The wit
nesses laughed until their sides [Sides]
ached but the beau only said "pooh
vy!" (Poovy).
Don't be alarmed if you meet our
sly fox "Fox" for he is good right
4 'Goodright" now.
As you see, we have a plenty o!
rails around our deck for Emmabel
might tali "Emmabel McFall", but
should you drop anything over board
Jack will bob-at-it "Jacksie Bobbit".
Now dear friends, we are nearing
our destination altho you have a Kaiser
in your midst and a commodore — we
see that you have no valets; but we
have had the forethought to provide a
taylor "Taylor", who is at your ser
vice in the dressing room.
We have done our best to enter
tain you and we hope that we have
won the good wishes of your heart
"Hart"; but if such is not the case,
please remember that we have the
heart's better half "Hart'* and there
fore we are satisfied.
PRESIDENT PHILATHEA CLASS
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Notice to Sweet Potatoe Growers.
There will be a meeting of the
aweet potatoe growers of the
county on {Saturday, Aug. 16th,
1:30 p. m., at the new building
of the Catawba Creamery Co,, in
Hickory, for the purpose of form
ing an association to bring about
better methods in growing, stor
ing and marketing the crop.
Every grower of sweet potatoes
in the county is urged to be pre
sent as it is a matter of dollars
and cents to all.
H. K. FOSTER.
Mothers! Have Your Children
Worms?
Are they feverish, restless, nervous,
irritable, dizzy or constipated? Do
they continually pick their nose 01
grind their teeth? Have they cramp
ing pains, irregular and ravenous ap
petite? These are all signs of worms.
Worms not only cause your child
suffering, but stunt its mind and
growth. Give 4 'Kickapoo Worm Kil
ler" at once. It kills and removes
the worms, improves your child's ap
petite, regulates siomach, liver and
bowels. The symptoms disappear and
your child is made happy and healthy,
as nature intended. Mcser & Lutz
or by mail, 25c. adv.
KICKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE
COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa.
St. Louis, Mo*
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Story ot the Largest Baraca Class in
Hickory.
Of course we have a great class, but
it may be some of you do not realizt
how great it really is. We will admii
that you Pliilatheas have it all ovej
us Caracas, financially; as you nave
two "Pennies" and di
have three, until you invested one it
Southern lands "s>outherland" which
prospered, ''Hearing" much about
watering capital* stock, we Baraca -
tried to water our ''Penny", but it
didn't work. He is still WalterPennv.
But just to show you how great oui '
Fir t Baptist Baraca class is, let us in
troduce you to a few of them.
Now whoever met a greater, self
sacrificing, loving, whole suuled.
whole-heart "Hart" than our Pastor:
We have his eminence, "Pope
Charles", and our class is deficient in
its supply of regalia for our Pope, as
there are many jewels of great value,
and especially" one "Brooch". There
are "Bishop Robert" and. ••Bishop R
It". You have read, know and leam
much about Stephen; well, we have
Steven's son "Stevenson" in our class:
also the great discoverer, Commodore
Pejfy. One of oui: royal personage*
has left us for a short time, but 1
know lie will be loyal to us and return
to us a "Royal" fellow still. Just
meet the ruler of Germany here, the
"Kiser", a right good fellow. Here,
too, is "Alexander" the (Ireat.
Now I would like to take you for a
little trip, just to show you how etti
cient our class is. We were some
what afraid we would not be able to
use our ••Carr" tonight, but he is here
and ready to be used, as always. Just
wait a moment; is everything in thi
"Carr", ready for quite a trip.'' Let's
see: lunch?— Yes; there are "Bowls"
of "Beans" and "Berries" and the
ooys have promised us ' Maybe rries".
Then, too, they say that along the roao
are bee trees, so we are sure of honey,
as we have two boys who are alwayi?
robbing some "Robinson". Now you
lo not need to be afraid of danger,
for we are provided with two met
who will "Ketchie" you. Have you
got little "liuth" tucked in well? You
know she'll pop out b;fore you get
half-way there, if you haven't. Well,
let's go; just wait! here is anothe.
good looking young man; Le may bt
jnarried, but Great Caesar "Can'tell"
about some of these boys. £3
Do you notice what line, good roads
we have? See the -'Woods"! Aren'i
they pleasant to see? I want to call
your attention to those two fields
yonder, one on either side. The man
who walks near will be accompanied
wit, so the legend goes about this
larger tield on the left; and if you are
an Englishman, putting your "H'
where it does not belong, you woulc
call this Held a "Whitlield". Now in
this other field you will notice cuu
little hats; yes, we have seen them in
jur Sunday ischool, pretty as a pic
lure. Now, who can say that our class
A'ilt not prosper by being in possess
ion of this "Hatfield"? Both, these
tields are a source of revenue to us.
Now that "[liTf' looks to betttffi
:ult; not so, only an easy grade.
Of course you notice the sweet
•'Wi.liams" on the way. You see that
jreen p'»tch over yonder? Well, it's a
garden; but it's the owner I es
pecially want you to meet. He is such
i father to everyone that they call
iim "Daddy Gardener '. We are go
ing to stop just across the brook there
.it the mill, for I do so want you all to
icnow our two "Millers".
Did you know that no matter where
you go that you will find some of our
boys of use to you. Now we have to
the "West —more-land;" to the North
you will find our "Sledges" of great
use; even down in canal zone we could
furnish you with "Barges" "Bargers".
You don't have to go East to meet
•Gentry"; he is in our class.
Now,* if you girls want as great a
class as ours, just g t a liitle "Wag-on
you, hitch a I'ttle "Hosley", tuck
little "Ruth" in and you will go some!
L. D. HARDING, President Baraca
Class.
Paint?
There are two good reasons for paint
ing often-enough or even too-often
One, to look prosperous; two, to be so.
Nothing does one more credit 01
gives one more credit than paint, sup
plemented of course by what goes with
it; and paint costs nothing.
True, the first cost is $5 or $6 a gal
lon put-on, but it saves more than
fhat in the property; saves it from slow
going-tfown—Not always slow it drops
with a jump when water gets in on
wood and iron.
Dry wood and ircn cost nothing,
kept dry by paint.
Better paint when it needs it. Paint
never goes down in the sense of being
more profitable next year.
DEVOE
F, B. Ingold sells it. adv.
The sixth annual joint Normal
School for Sunday School work
ers to be held by the North Caro
lina Conference of the Evangeli
cal Lutheran Tennessee —North
Carolina Synods at Lenoir Col
lege began on last Monday night
with a reception at the college,
*nd will continue through Fri
day, August 15th.
Good Reason for Enthusiasm.
When a man has sffSered for several
days with colic, diarrhoea or other
form of bowel complaint and is then
cured sound and well by one or two
doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is often the
case, it is but natural that he should
be enthusiastic in his praise of the
remedy, and especially is this the case
of a severe attack when life is threaten
ed. Try it when in need of such a
remedy. It never fails. Sold by Moser
and Lutz and Grimes Drug Co. adv.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTO R I A
Marked Growth in Graded Schools.
While Hickory has shown, in the
list few years, a marked growth along
all linjs, yet in no other particular, per
•ap>, has there been greater growth
han that of the graded schools.
In September 1907, only six years
go, the schools opened with nine
*achers, inch"ding the superinten
lent. In September 1913 the schools
?il! o:en with eighteen teachers, in
cluding the superintendent, rn in
:rease of 100 per cent. Then the
ax levy for school purposes was 20
rents, now it is 40 cents, an increase
>f 100 per cent. How many other
enterprises in Hickory have doubled
heir capitai stock and their capacity
in the last six years?
If the same ratio of growth should
continue, there will be, in the next
ix or eight years, thirty-five or forty
teachers and fifteen hundred pupils in
he schools. There will be needed
n every ward a large building for the
irimary and grammar grades. There
vill be needed, too, a well-equipped
luilding, centrally located, for the
ligh school grades. With a fair and
easonable property valuation for pur
poses of taxation, all these buildings
:an be provided
The schools will ooen September 1.
The teach rs for the coming year are
vlisses Ada 'chenck. Dora Atkinson,
Xathryu G?uitney, Mary Hendley,
\largurite Link, Gertrude Finger,
*lamie Sue Johnson, Margaret Mc-
Bertie Foard. Mary Campbell,
vfay Burns, Lina Morris, Mary Rowe,
delen Thompson, Mary Brown,
Margaret Lewis, and Mr, Marvin E.
fount.
In the high school department
;orae changes have been made in the
:ourse of study. Pupils will have
.-onsiderable latitude in choosing the
.nbjects they will study. In order to
jraduate, a pupil must have done
our years' work in English, two
/ears in Arithmetic and one in Algebra
wo years in History, two years in
icience, and five years of elective
iubjects. The elective studies are
tour years of Latin, one year of Alge
jra and one of Geometry, one year of
history, one year of Commercial
rPOgraphy knd one year of Physics,
tnd one year, perhaps, of French or
rerman.
Those pupils who are preparing for
college will take the work in Latin,
?hile those who do not expect to go
o college may select some other
vork in place of Latin. Those pupils
vho have gone to college after com
peting ths course in the Hickory
schools have almost without any ex
ception, taken a high stand in their
•ollefce classes. But these changes in
'.he course of study have been made
■.or the benefit of those who cannot
.continue beyond the high school.
The course of study in the schools
covers eleven years, seven years in the
;lementary grades and four years in
ihe high school grades. This is the
standard course that has been adopted
)y the State of North Carolina. Pupils
)f average intelligence, who enter
school at six years of age, can com
pete the entire course by the time
they are sixteen or seventeen years
)id.
The purpose of the schools is to
vjive, as far as the course goes, a
thorough practical education to the
ihildren of Hickory. And the aim in
view is to have enrolled in the schools
■jvery child under sixteen years of age.
[s this too much to expect or to strive
for? Chas>. M. Staley.
Suffered Eczema Fifty Years—
Now Well.
Seems a long time to endure the
awful burning, itching, smarting, skin
iisease known as "tetter" —another
name for Eczema. Seems good to
realize, also, that DR. HOBSON'S
ECZEMA OINTMENI has proven a
perfect cure.
Mrs. D. L. Kenney writes: —"I
cannot sufficiently exDress my thanks
to you for your Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. It has cured my tetter,
which has tioubled me for over fifty
years." Moser &Lutz, or by mail, 50c.
PFEIFFER CHEMICAL CO.
St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.
adv.
Mrs. A. Bourbonnais left Sat
urday for a visit to her old home
in Oscoda, Michigan. She will
stop over for a short stay in
Aeheville and other points, after
which she will reach Oscoda in
time for the family reunion, which
takes place there some time in
August. Her many friends wish
for her a pleasant trip, and a
safe return to Hickory.
How the Trouble Starts.
Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab
lets, keep your bowels regular and
you will avoid these diseases. For
sale by Moser & Lutz and Grimes
Drup Co. adv.
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