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like wood shingles, nor have they the 1
j j great weight or brittleness of stone slate; Hj
I besides they are inexpensive and look better than either.
For Sale by
F. B. Incoui, Hickory, N C.
I CITY FEED COMPAN Y
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Cotton seed meal, hulls and dairy feeds a spe- 1
cialty. We also cany a full line of seed
oats, clover and seeds. Get our prices
before buying.
I PHONE NO. 271 [
I School Supplies fi
are HEADQUARTERS for School f||
Supplies—everything the student needs *l|
in text books, tablets, rulers, pencils, l
straps, etc., etc. We cany a well selected gjjy
assortment of
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—the widely known "pen that fills iter If.'*
This pen is particularly adapted fcr clients' OS
use for either classroom notes or home study. |§|
If the Conklin runs dry in classroom, simply
dip it in the nearest ink bottle, press the Uiilo
' "Crescent-Filler" and the pen is filled! It
cleans itself at the same time. A number of
styles and sizes. y
The Van Dyke Book Store
L. L,. Moss, G«binet Shop
I can furuish building: material for any kind of a job all
tirst class work and will save you money.
See L. L. Moss before you close your bids.
Phone 173 L.
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_ Fall term opens September 10th. Send for catalogue
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TIME BRINGS CHANGES
By ELLA CYQAN.
"Good evening," said the pretty
girl in an expressionless tone as ah®
descended the stairs and entered the
room where the young man awaited
her. "I thought I told you that you
weren't to come again unless you
were sent for?"
"So you did!" the young man ex
claimed with a startled air. Now that
you mention it, I recall something of
the sort. But lam going to be sen
sible tonight—no romance nor broken
hearts at all—nothing of that stuff.
lam in a very serious mood. I shan't
bother you by repeating my senti
ments of recent date."
"Thank you," the pretty girl said.
"That is very much better. I thought
you would get over the idea If yon
took a little time,"
"You wrong me," said the young
man. "I haven't got over It at aIL
However, let us get away from this
delicate subject which seems to cause
you- ennui. Let's talk about —well
about the two-to-one proposition."
"Two-to-one," the pretty girl repeat
ed. "Is It anything like the multi
plication table?"
"Not exactly," said her caller. "It's
the question as to whether two per
sons can live as cheaply as one."
The pretty girl frowned. "I
thought," she protested, "that you Just
said you weren't going to bother me
with foolishness about —"
The caller raised his eyebrows. "I
don't see any foolishness in a scien
tific subject," he protested. "I didn't
say what two, did I? I might mean
a couple of fellows or a girl and her
aged aunt It's merely a question to
which learned men have devoted
thought and study."
"Then they're exceedingly foolish,"
said the pretty girl with spirit, "be
cause two can't."
"But lots of people have written to
the newspapers to prove that they
can!" insisted the young man triumph
"So You Did.*
antly, pulling from his pockets a
handful of printed slips. "Here's a
woman who tells how they did it
They rented rooms in their flat to pay
the rent and bought their groceries
| Saturday nights when things were
marked down. They—"
"I'm not interested in that," she in
terrupted. "I don't believe I should
iike to keep a boarding house."
"Well, here's another case where
(hey raised enough vegetables on the
vacant lot next door to supply them
selves with a year's potatoes and salad
and green stuff and the wife got the
most wonderful clothes at bargains,
and —"
"That does not thrill me with ex
citement, either," said the pretty
girl. "Marked down clothes always
look It. And—"
The young man sighed. "I didn't sup
pose you would care about it," he said.
| "I don't especially take to those things
myself. Only you said the other night
that yotir chief objection to me was
my lack of interest in the serious side
of life, so I took up the most seri
ous side I know —the financial aide. In
other words, the two-to-one theory. I
did it to convince you that I really
Lhought deeply. I should not expect
my wife to make an income for one
cover the expenses of two. I don't
need to do that!"
The pretty girl looked faintly Inter
38ted. "I thought," she murmured,
when you began that you considered
those economical plans splendid. You
vere so enthusiastic as you read
hem!"
"That was to convince you of my
serious interest," he told her. "I've
studied the subject and it can be done.
Only I wouldn't ask you to do It"
"You wouldn't?" she cried. "Why
not? It seems to me that in two days
ou can experience an awful change
of heart, Mr. Bings!"
"I believe I have," sighed the young
man.
The pretty girl sat bolt upright and
her cheeks flamed. "Well, you needn't
be so perfectly brutal about sa-sa-say
ing s-s-so!" she quaveerd and began
j searching for her handkerchief. |
"My goodness!" said the young man
with fervor. "My change of heart was
merely that I saw what a fool I had
been in expecting you to consent to
marry me! Honest, Lillian! I'm just
as crazy about you as ever! Do—,
do you mean to »ay you would marry'
me?" j,
"I think," sniffed the pretty girl, j
smiling a watery smile, "I think I've I
had a change of heart, too."—Chicago
Daily News. i
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One person in five in South Africa
is white. ~ j
Diarrhoea Ouickly Cured.
I was taken with diarrhoea and
Air Yorks, the merchants here, per- !
suaded me to try a bottle of Chamber j
l iin s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. After taking one dose of it -
I was cured. It also cured others that !
I gave it to," writes M. E. Gebhart. j
O iole, Pa. That is not at all unusual. |
An ordinary attack of diarrhoea can!
almo-t inva iably be cured by one or
two doses of this remedy. For sale by i
Muer & Lutz and Grimes Drug Cd i
adv.]
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Safest Laxative for Women
Nearly every woman needs a good
laxative. Dr. King's New Life Pills
are good because they are prompt,
sale, and do not cause pain. Mrs. M.
C. Dunlap of Leadill, Tenn , says:
"Dr. King's New Life Pills helped
her troubles greatly/' Get a box to
day. Price, 25c. Recommended bv
Moser & Lutz. *^ v -
Two Killed by Interurban Railway.
Charlotte, Sept. 2.—At 3o'clock this
aftei noon an interurban car coning
into Mount Holly from Gastonia struck
a wagon filled with a picnic party
from South Point, on their way to
Riverside park. Mount Holly, for an
outing, killing two and injuring four
others. None of those injured were
seriously hurt and tliey were able to
be taken to their homes. The killed
are Miss Emma Sand ford, aged i 9,
and Isaac Brynier, aged 20. The horse
and mole driven to the wagon were
both killed. The picnic party attempt
ed to cross the track ahead of the car
which was coming down grade wnen
the car struck the wagon, hurling its
occupants into the air, killing the two
persons named and the team instantly.
A sister and brother of the young wo
man killed were also in the wagon,
but were not seriously injured.
To All Farmers of the County.
NEWTON, N.C.
Aug. 1, 1913.
Dear Sir: , ,
Tour attention is called
to the fact that the county has em
ployed a competent and practical far
mer to give his services free of charge
to any farmer in the county who wish
es his advtce 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-operatio. with
the United States Department of Agri
culture at Washington and State l)e
-,arttnent of Agriculture at Raleigh
Therefore all the bulletins and other
sources of information sent out by
! hese Departments are available for
the use of the man employed by the
county. Every farmer in the county
is urged to take advantage of the
County Commissioner of Agricultuie
and call upon him at his office in the
bounty 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. SHU FORD
JOHN W. ROBINSON
r H. P. LUTZ
Agricultural Committee.
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| Ready for School ? |
TN a few days we will hear the tap of the gong
that calls your children to school. They will |l|
J be better prepared, from a physical standpoint, if jpEHE 1
careful selection of their footwear is
Thoughtful mothers recognize the
value of properly fitted shoes. They
come here because we know the art
of fitting children properly. We fit them with SELZ
H SHOES because they are made of REAL LEATHER, §
not paper cr split leather scraps. We *
§ prefer SELZ SHOES. They use the |
'x; came care and quality of leather in
making children's shoes as used in
the manufacture of men's and worn-
BHI8 HI fe l 1C en s s * loes anc * they're guaranteed. {
MMI Have you seen the new "SELZ WAUKEN
PHAST" SHOES for children —new this Fall. They
'jM j are positively the finest and most sensible children's
m i shoe we ever saw. - Others for men and women.
Sec our windows —better still—come in. All Selz
IKBI Shoes are very moderately priced —quality considered.
Southworth's | I
■kP "Selz Royal Blue" Store 1
mm r There"d be but ane shoe if.
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Sherbrooke, Que , SepL 2.- Harry
K. Thaw won more delay today In his
fight against retirn to the Matteawan
asylum and* tonight he was back in his
cell at the Sherbrooke jail. There be
will remain until Superior Judge Mai
tbew Hutchinson renders his decision
on the auestion of sustaining or dismiss
ing the habeas corpus wiit, arguments
on which were heard today in chamb
ers. 'i he decision may come tomorrow,
but more probably on Thursday.
Re-sale of Real Estate.
By virtue of an order of the super
ior court made in a special proceeding
therein pending entitled J. Frank
Gupton and others against Mrs. Sarah
A. Sledge and others, t he undersigued
commissioners will s«ll at public auc
tion for cash to the highest bidder in
front of the Post Office in Hickory Ca
tawba county, N. C., on Saturday, Au
gust 30th, 1913, at 1 o'clock p. m., the
following described real estate, the
same being a bouse and lot on 10th
avenue in the city of Hickory, and
bounded as follows: , „ _
Beginning at W. F. Jones' N. W.
corner, which is 50 feet South of the
main line of the Southern Railroad,
and runs with s:id 10th avenue, West
100 feet and 6 Inches, or thereabout,
to W. T. Sledge's corner; then with
his line South 200 feet, more or less, to
a stone, !>aid Sledge's corner; Then
East 100 feel and 6 inches, or there
about, to W. F. Jones' South easicor
ner; then with said Jones' line North
200 feet, more or less, to the begin
ning. Being lot No. 4in the deed from
Richard S. Adderton to Thomas J.
Wiggs, and known as the Thomas J.
Wiggs Home Place.
This is a re-sale of said property
made by order of the court, and the
sale on the date named will be
the tinal sale of the same.
This August 13, 1913.
W. C. Feimster and M. H Yount,
Commissioners.
WOMEN TAKE NOTICE!
A man cannot understand the torture and suffering many women eTv i
uncomplainingly. II the majority of men suffered as much pain and endured 2
Mtieoce the weakening sicknesses th?t most women do, they would ask ;
Immediate sy npcthy end look lor a quick cure.
Many women have been saved from a lUe of misery and suffering by tural ..
10 the riibt remedy—£)r. Pierce's Favorite Prescr.pt.on-a remedy which U
to take because continuing no narcotic*, alcohol or injurious ingredients. I t ; s e
•Iterative extract of roots, made with pure and first given to the p
by that famous specialist in the d>s«a»e* of women-Dr. R. V. Fierce, 0 f
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N.
LIZZIE M. IITiSSHETMT:", of Lincoln, Nob.,
?ays: "I send a testimonial with much pleasure so that '
suffering woman may know the true worth of your !(mh! > ;" a
I was a gredt sufferer from teiuale troubles but after tT-i
one bottle of Dr. llorce's Favorite Prescription. whi *1
friend advised ine to take, 1 found mysolf very mud';,
proved. After taking three more bottle, and uai n » i
boxes of Dr. Pierce's lotion Tablets, I found myself on t'.a
toad to recovery. I was in poor health for live years S
ftow lam cu*ed. „ , ,
"I hope all women suffering from female weakness vii
give Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription a fair trial. 1
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate
Y— stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny grauules.
We Will Renew*"
burned out lamps free of charge
for our consumers.
This is more than your dealer
will do for your oil lamps—so
get wise.
Use electric lights
Thornton Light & Power Co.
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| A NOTE TO YOU | HICKORY, N. C., Sept. 3,1913.
W« would not suggest, so frequently, that you come here for p>. re
Drugs and Reliable Remedies, if we sold any other kind. We are not
given to misrepresentation, and would not write meaningless notes, be
cause then the would not mean anything to you or to us, either.
Yours truly,
MOSER Sc LUTZ
"On the Corner" Two Phones: Y7 & o>7