Established 1899
HE STORM 111 i
BEAUFORT COUNTY!
Xews from Washington says that'
the 10-s to Beaufort coumy alone will
mount' to upwards of two million
10.l 'is, while the loss from other i
•lion's will amount to a million!
The wind attained a velocity
t >iotoloo miles an hour, uprooting
trees an«l telegraph poles ami piling
up debris in the streets of Washing
ton-
KRIPGES WASHED AWAY.
The streams, swollen frotn the heavy
rninfall, washed away bridges and
ri iKled cellars all over t lie city. The
'i,v of Washington was in tola! darfc
n«« all night, scarcely a pole being
left standing, while household xoods
~„i merchandise were scattered
• you'ii the streets. The Norfolk
Southern railroad bridge spanning thw
piiuiico river on the main line from •
.«• .sdingnon to NorfoU was s.vep j
. ' v l'he railway officials est i ma'e 1
• tl,ciV loss irom the washing »u ay ol
' bridges, damage to warehouses on
water tmnt ami damage to tracks at
least >150,000. The Atlantic Coast
Line raiiwav is also a heavy loser, »he
hr'd r e across Tar river beiug washed
awav as was tin- trestle running
seviiai miles into Chocowinty swamp
Tlieentire load bed lor a dis'aiic* oi
thiriv miles is toin up. The com-
PiiMV * places i s loss at SIOO,OOO. A
ne'.v steel bridge recently erected over
lhe Pamlico river l»y Beaufort couii'y
has been swept away.
BOATS SWEVT AWAY.
Tugs and barges broke from their
moorings ami weie swept away aud
tnc damage to ihe .vater iron' cannot
now be estimated Washington's new
ouera lioii»e is praciical'y luiucd.
th" entire end has caved in and t v. ill
hive io Lie razed. A number ol
houses in which negroes resided were
under watei and the occupants were
forced to ttee. Both the Postal and
W»*steru Union Telegraph companies
were put out uf commission, and for
the past iwent four hours the tirede
pirunent lui3 been engiged in p.im>
in» the water ou of in : h;seme«ts of
the sto-es and v a?e!>(uses in the
business section of the cily.
City. Uiiental, Bayboro
and numbers of smaller tow lis felt the
fury oi the gale and considerable dam
age was done. Communication was
etleeted with Morehead City and Iteau
fort today and ihedamasre at those
piaces was not so great as was feared.
The repoit that the Atlantic hotel,
Morehead  itv. had collapsed proved
io be untrue. At New Bern several
si IS were inundated for several |
houis, leaving the thorough far»>s
lined with debris. Tiie damage in
thai city will amount to something
like $500,000. Bridges were destroyed,
w i-sels sunk, lumber plants damaged
ai d a nusi:ber of smajl houses we»e
s\v pt away. Fire broke cut ana it is
estimated "the damage to this source
will amount to HO.OiKJ. Two railroad
bridges, one ot them a mile long, is
g;;nr-. Tiie storm penetrated as far
inland as Kins!on. wlnre the loss will
amount lu MJ&K). in addition io thai
s>.lT r-tl by growing crops, which is
incalculable. A three-story building
ai a negro college in a suburb of 'h *
ci y was blown down. Washington
seems to have berii in the center of
the.-Torin, suffering the heaviest of
any plact so far heard lrom.
1 ELHAVEN WIPED OUT.
The town of Belhaven is wip»d
practically oil the map In Aurora
tineeii houses were destioyed. Ai
Vandemere, the terminus of the
V\a»iiingtoh and Vandemere rai'road,
the damage was heavy, one lirm esti
mating their loss at $40,000. Over
2(fi cattle and hogs were drowned and
are lying in ihe st reets. Growing crops
are a toial loss. From every sec; ton
comes news of the great damage »nd
it wiilibe several days before an i
niate of the damatre can be at
asthe telephone and telegraph lines
are out of commission in all directions.
HALF MILLION LOSS.
NEW BERN, N. C„ Sept. 4 —(Spe
cii.)—After being cutoff from the
• aide world by teippraph lines since
Tios('av tiig ii, New hern was this
aft-irn >OM able lo send out acco nts N !
tiie disast'ous storm wiiich visit ed
tins city utierday morning, entailing
a'ossoi a half trillion dollais. The
storm Levari Tuesdav night about 11
o'clock and in intensity un
til 8 o'clock yesterday morning,
river rose ten fee!, above the high-
Witer mirk and the section along the.
river front w..s submerged in from
three to six fee? of water. The bridge
O'er Neose i.v r, leading from this
cih to Biid};eton and valued at forty
U»!-usand doli.t.s, was rammed by a
jjcli'Mirier and completely destroyed.
Tlie structure wa* a mile and a quar
ter long. Many stores near the water
front were tided with four or five feet
of *aler and t ieir stocks almost com
pletely des'.r»ved. Numerous small
boats were sunk, but -o far as is
loiown there was no los* of J'fe. The
. ®l*ciric lighting system was ,»ut out
ot i UMIIOS. there being a hundred o'
more breaks, and the city wasin dark
ijcss all durini? the two past nights
tiie wiitd rta"hed a velocity of sixty
"'•'e miles an hour. The storm was
tljo tn:;st di s ro is in the hi tory ol
the c.tv.
havoc wßouGiir.
BEAUFORT. N. C , Sept. t.—Havoc
lias been wrought In this vicinity by
'a- storm which sAer-t along 'lie
pt'h Carolina coast today. Mail
o-atsfrom Core sound reported that
wi Wiii,rvf> for a distance of twenty
•he nines it ad Iw-'en des! roved, several
'"•"Ses blown down and hundreds of
Ca ' l ie i lid hoi yes drowned. No lives
WERE RE [JURTH D LOST.
Many sma I crafts In Beaufort har
'°r capsized or were smashed against
: trv»s nr the breakwater The
M 'ainer M. M. Marks had h-r rudder
, ' i , f' , Pd!!er dama/ed
• tieie has been n > news from the
s ' > 'be wireless station Ijeing out of
c 'omission.
Presbyterian Church Notes.
Pho ?.-.| S toe will prpach fit both
service r=(xt Snndfiv. Special
J! ""° r w : !l ? e made for one xvib
lc school**, in u»isrtn with all the
fiUrches qI our land.
IHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
JUlibL - CRMCE
TO GRAND JURY
Court convened at the appointed
hour last Mondaf, with Judge E B.
Clin-* presiding. His Honor's charge
to J lie grand jury occupied an hou.
and forty minules, but it was volumes
in food for «bought. A Clearer expo
si; ion of the laws of the State was
never heard in Boone. Judgd Cline
was at times brilliant in hissenlences;
man> of them being well rounded. He
laid g»eai stress uj;on investigation as
io ali the ciiminal laws, and minor
offences and see if they were bein>?
violated in Watauga county. He ask
ed the giand jury to investigate the
magistrates of ihe county -iiid tind
out ii they are doiug their duty, and
settling cases according to law. a»d
laid down the law goverlng the case.
He sptike l-« a i>atriot that he K
and with wisdom, on the change in j
ihettCuool laws, bv the last leeisisin
t ire, opening Hie schools for six
in mths and making the education of
chi dren compulsory. He said we had
eve:y advantage in climate and pnre
bio»Hi not mixed race. There was
more pure blood to be lound in North
Carolina than any other State in the
Union, and a higher standard of moral
ity, courage ana manhood. We iiave
suffered lor lack of education. But the
laws and march of the ;State to a bet
ter education of her children are peon
oi praise in ray heart, and a song of
triumph. All nonor to the last legis
lat urefor its acts in this matter.
He explained the llabliiiy act, and
made il as plain as reading fnuu a
book. It granted to women the right
to become trustees of school bo\id*.
This was wise. Uot it was done
cauttousiv and well. .ludge Cline said
tlie time will come when women will
be recognized in counties anu State I
do not fear the coming of tliat day
The billot in the hands of women is
a mere incident to suffrage. Coming
out of their civic clubs, and leapue»
and recognizing her ability and wis
dom, uiil cause a higher standard of
civic life, and a stronger and higher
life to all the people. The search and
seizure law was fully explained. It
w.is not to oppress, citizens, but was
intended to support the prohibition
laws, and take away from the "blind
tigers'' tle illicit sale of liquor—to
break up the practice of men buying
Jiqui >r with the intent of selling it
again.
We have never heard a more forci
ble charge from the bench, or one
clothed in more beautiful and heart
touching language, that was calcula
ted and did,impress a crowded court
house most deeply and intelligently.
As one of the new and young judges
upon the bench. he is destined to
in »ke a high a>>d honorable r qo.d It
is a pleasure and a delitrhi - o h*»ar
such a |udge talk from th« bench. It
is reality a judical education to the
people. —Watauga Democrat*
In Memorials.
Wherea-% it has pleased Almighty
c.od in his providence to retnove from
our midst Virgie Powell, a faithful
member of the Young People's Miss
ion Band of Zion Lutheran church,
R-l, Hickory, N. C.. Be it resolved 1,
That we bow in submission to Him
who doeth all things well. 2. That
the vacant place of our faithful sister
will be felt by the entire Mission band.
3. That a copy of these resolutions be
recorded in our minutes and others
sent to the bereaved family and the
local papers.
PEAKLSETZER, GARLRN DAVIS,
SADIE SETZER, GUV YODER,
Committee.
SIOO Reward, SIOO
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in ali its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to ;he medical fraternity. Catarrh
iieiug a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall's
catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti
tution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in tts curative powe-s
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testtdioniaK
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
Killed by Current.
Greenville,*N. C , Sept. s.—Joseph
Hams sawyer at a mill here walked
into the grocery store of Messrs. Kit
trell and McLawbon ye-.terday morn
ing, called for a drink of coca cola,
and as he was about ready to be ser
vcd. exclaimed: "I'm gone,'' and fell
over backwards. He was dead in a
few minutes.
An inquest was held and the verdict
was that he died horn unkuown causes.
It is the common opinion that he died
from an electric current, caused by
the contract of a hve wire with some
parts of the building. Sjme others
who entered the place earliet felt
shocks. It seems the floor had be
com; charued with electricity and hav»
ing on wet shoes, a circuit was formed
and he was killed.
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HICKORY, N. C. t THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 19i3
SHERIFF OF CALDWELL
COUNTY MS RESIGNED'
Lenoir, Sept. 9 —After making asat-1
isfactory settlemeoot with the county
commissioners this morning at a spec
ial session held in the courthouse,
Sheriff J. P. lcard, who has oeeti sher
iff for about three years and has giv
en einire satisfaction in every parti
cular, resigned. The only reason for
resigning the office of sheriff was due
to the fact that Mr. Icard has other
business interests that need his atten
tion, and after thinking over the mat
ter for some months decided within
the past few days to tender his resig
nation to the county commissioners at
their special session. In resigning Mr.
I card asked that Jerome A. Trojilett
be named jo fill the unexpired terra.
After due deliberation on the part of
lite commissioners they decided to
name * r. Triplett to till the uoiexpio
ed term as sheriff of Caldwell county.
Within a short space of time the mat
ter was settled, the bond of the nev\
sheriff secured aotd the oath of office
i taken and Sheriff lcard relieved of all
responsibility.
Tills is the second time in the his
tory cf the county that the office of
sheriff has been made vacant by resig
natiooi.
Dr and Mrs Brown Return.
Dr R. Wood Brown and wife re
turned Sunday from an extended
pleasure t rip to the Pacific coast. They
visited the State of Washington, Port
land, Oregon, Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Dr. Brown's old home, Kansas
City. Mo. They made two visits to
Washington, D. C , where they had a
very pleasaoot call from Mr. H. A.
Banks late of this city. The Secre
tary of tiie Navy, Daniels, told Dr.
Brown that lie was well pleased with
Mr. Banks, also making the remark
that lie (Daniels) was "well p'eased
with Banks." We welcome Dr. Brown
and iiis lady back to Hickory and feel
quite sure they will remain here per
manently.
Doctors Said He Had Dropsy
Some time ago I had an attack of
grippe which .finally set lied in my
Sidneys and bladder. 1 doctored wiui
the doctors aood tiiey claimed 1 had
drop3y. 1 tried other remedies and
gotnoreliaf troin any of them. My
condition was such thai 1 was unable
to work lor about two months and
the anuoying symptoms caused me a
great deal of trouble and pain. 1 was
hardly able to turn over in bed. See
ing one of your Almanacs, I decided to
give Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Boot a trial
and after taking several bottles was
able to resume my work again. 1 can
not say too much in praise of your
Swamp-Root as the results iio my ca*e
were truly wonderful.
Yours very trulv,
ROBfcPT BALLAKD,
Manstirld, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
this 7 111 day of May, 1912.
RAY C. LoNGßornuM,
.Notary Public.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer 4c Co.,
BingtMunton, N. V.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You.
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, -N.Y., for a sample bottle. It
will convince anyoue. You will also
receive a booklet of valuable infor
mation, telling ali about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Hickory Democrat.
Regular lifty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all dm* stores, (adv.
HEWS BREVITIES
Items of Interest Gathered Here and
There.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Nel
sett Lumber Company at Statesville
late Saturday afternoon entailing a loss
of several thousand dollars.
Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy, was in Raleigh for a few
days this week on business connected
with his newspaper, The News and
Observer.
W, T. McKenzie of Scotland coun
ty, who killed his wife's brother, Peter
Jones, was last week found guilty of
murder in the firstdegree. Judge Lyon
sentenced the prisoner to be electro
cuted Wednesday, October 29th.
What's in the Paper?
The paper tells of wedding bells and
bridal wreaths and damsels bushing;
of men who waste their lives in haste,
upon their foolish errands rtshing; of
politics and ringsters' tricks, of Windy
Jims with schemes unending; of griefs
aud cares and sighs and prayers, and
mothers o'er sick children bending,
ihe paper teils of prison cells where
human junk is safely herded; of
church and pew where I and you hear
helpful sermons, aptly worked; de
scribes the den where broken men
have heard the doors of hope shut,
clanging; describes the hall, where on
the wall a hundred priceless prints
are hanging. The paper speaks of
ugly leaks discovered in the nation's
coffers; of noble schemes an; rosy
dreams, and of the sneers of ribald
scoffers, of queens and kings, of all
the things that chance on earth, in
prose or verses; of plain, relief, of joy
and grief, and farewell tours in sable
hearses. We read is all - the stories
tell of native stunt and foreign capfr
—wiih brooding eye. and fiercely cry:
"Great S«:ott! There's nothing in the
paper!" WALT MASON.
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive* out
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tomo
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HICKORY'S VOLUNTEER
FIRE COM
The cltv Are alarm system has been
tested out and has proven v j ry satis
factory. Mr. H. E. Whltener chief of
the fire department, requests us to
state that persons turning in the alarm
of fire should give the ward in which
the fire occurs, thereby avoiding de
lay. The city is to t>e congratulated
on securing the services of Mr, Whlte
ner as chief of the fir 6 department,
and it might be In order to state that
the city can now boast of one among
the best volunteer tire companies in
the Slate.
con j
The Democrat appreciates all
of its correspondence but none'
quite so much as our 88 year old
correspondent who gives us the
news from his section. Just
think of it, a man 88 years old
furnishing us with the news
every week when it is impossible
to get some of the young people
to write the happenings in their
community that have plenty of
time to do so and the news would
be of interest to their many
friends in the state. We would
ba glad to hear f**om any one
who wili give us the news in
their locality. Don*t fail to read
the "Colonel" piece in this issue
%nd see what an old man
can do with his pen.
The Observer takes pleasure in en
rolling Judge Cline. He is now a
member in good standing of this pa
per's Woman on-the Board Club, of
which Chief Justice Walter Clark is
honorary president. This club is
gaining strength every day and will
have a celebration and torchlight pro
cession when it shall have succeeded
in putting a woman on every school
board in North Caiolina.-Charlotte
Observer, 7th.
Strengthen Weak Kidneys
Don't suffer longer with weak kid
neys. You can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bitters, that wonder
ful remedy praised by women every
where. Slart with a oottle to day, you
will soon feel like a new woman with
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Mr John Dowling of San Francisco,
writes: —"Gratitude for the wonderful
effect of Electric Bitters prompts me
to write. It cured ray wife when all
else failed." Good for the liver as
well. Nothing better for indigestion
or biliousness. Price, 50c. ana $1 00,
at Moser & Lutz. adv.
Granite Falls Church Dedicated.
Granite Falls, Sept. 7. —The new
Lutheran church of Granite Falls was
dedicated today by the Rev. J. P
Price, the pastor, assisted bv Rev. J.
H. Wannamacher, of Holv Trinity
church, and Rev. R. L. Fritz, presi
dent of Lenoir college. At 12 o'clock
a basket dinner in a nearby grove was
enjoyed by all.
Physicians Discuss Cause of Pellagra.
By Associated Press.
Spartanburg, S. C., Sept, 3. —Pella
gra, its agencies of dissemination and
possible preventatives formed the sub
ject of a conference of southern phy
sicians here today. Nearly two hun
dred students of the disease, coming
from practically every southern state
were present. Dr. Louis W. Sambon,
head of the school of tropical medi
cine, London, was the principal speak
er.
Dr. Sambon who is chief exponent
of the insect theory of dissemination,
declared that pellagra is rapidly be
coming a subject of world wide con
cern. Fifty three cases, he said, had
been discovered in the British isles.
Hundreds of others, he added, prob
ably existed but bad been unidenti
fied because of the general ignorance
of physicians in regard to the dis
ease.
Although extensive research work
had convinced him, Dr. Sambon said
that pellagra is transmitted by an in
sect, he has reached no definite con
clusion as to the identity of the trans
mitting agent. He suggested that the
Buffalo gnat seemed a likely suspect,
drawing his inference from the fact that
the disease spreads most rapidly along
flowing streams
Dr. Sambon urged thorough and im
mediate investigation of the whole pel
lagra prcblem, whose magnitude, he
said, has not been generally recogniz
ed. He declared that many cases of
insanity, in his opinion, have had their
origin in pellagra infection.
Today's conference was held under
the auspices of the Thompson McFad
den pellagra commission of the New
j York post graduate school of medicine
1 and the local medical society.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tb« KM You Han Always Bought
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Signature of
Clin wiih
STEALING BICYCLE
Jordan Shook was arrested Saturday
and given a preliminary hearing be
fore the Recorder here Monday on the
charge of stealing a bicycle from the
Moser & Lutz Drug Company more
than a year ago. He was bound over
to the next term of Catawba Superior
court in the sum of S3OO.
When the officers went to search the
Shook home they found another bicy
cle which is said to have been stolen
from Mr. C. L. Whitener's son last
January.
South Fork Valley Items.
All is quiet in this vicinity, no
important news of any kind.
Every one is attending to his
own business, The farmers are
plowing some, fodder pulling will
soon be on hand. Cotton is open
ing seme. This is fine weather
for the potato crop. The chil
dren of Col. G. M. Yoder cele
brated his 87th, birthday a few
days ago. Taere wen? 59 pres
ent t among them being 32 grand
children and 11 great-grand-chil
dren, ",7 grandchildren absent,
and 4 great-grand-children. The
day was very much enjoyed by'
all present. The table was load
ed with ail kinds of good eatables.
We received a letter a few dayb
UKO from a relative in Missouri
who left Catawba county in Sep
tember, 1850, and is living near
Farmington. She said a severe
drouth had cut their corn crop
very short, but wheat crops are
good. Tne health is generally
pretty fair in this vicinity, ex
cept a few aged persons. Mrs.
Henry Eiackburn is in a very
critical condition with a cancer,
and we fear she cannot live many
weeks. The school . committee
in the Yoder school district hav;
employed Gordon Whltener as
principal, and Mi s Winnie Leon
ard as assistant to teach thu
school this winter. The Wesley
Chapel campmeeting will open
on next Friday. C. M. Yoder
took sof his children to Lenoir
College last week. Henry C.
Yoder also entered Lenoir Co!
lege. Fred R. Yoder will leave
in a few days for Garland,
Sampson county, where he wil
teach in th,e graded school. Miss
Bertha Reinhardt's school wii
soon close. The widow of Jacob
Johnson of Bandy's township,
died a few days ago at the agv
ol 78. S >me of the farmer's are
cutting off their upland corn and
shocking it.
To All Farmers of the County,
NEWTON, N. C.
Aug. 1, 1913.
Dear Sir:
Your 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 thecounty who wish
es his advice and assistance in any
thing concerning the and
proper handling of his soils, crops,
stock, etc. Wlnle 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 rtaleigh.
Therefore all the bulletins and other
sources of informal ion sent out by
these Departments are available fo
the use of the man employed by the
county. Every farmer in the county
is urged to take advantage of tin
County Commissioner of Agriculture
and call upon him at his office in tIK
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. SHU FORD
JOHN W. ROBINSON
H. P. LUTZ
Agricultural Committee.
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 by
Moser & Lutz. adv.
Executrix's Notice.
Having qualified as executrix
of the estate of the late Dr. W.
L. Abernethy of the City of
Hickory, Catawba county, N. C.,
I hereby notify all persons in
debted to said estate to make
prompt settlement to me, or to
C. M. Shuford, my agent, and
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to
me duly authenticated on or be
fore the 28th day of August,
1914, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery.
This August 28th, 1913.,
MRS. PHERIBEE I. ABERNE
THY.,
Executrix, estate of Dr. W. L.
Abernethy, deceased, Hickory,
N. C.
i Cares Old Sorts, Other Remedies Wsn't Cert
I The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
! Porter'* Antiseptic Healing OU-
Democrat and Press, Consolidat^cJ/1905
HENRY L. HARRIS ~ i
♦ CLAIMED BY DEATH
The entire city was shocked
this morning to learn of the death
of Henry L. Harris, gen* ral j
superintendent of
ern Gas & Electric company,
which occured shortly before
noon today at his home, 1124
State Street.
Mr. Harris had beei sick only
about a week, his ailment be
lieved to have been a general
nervous breakdown, and his con
dition was not thought to have
been serious.
Mr. Harris came to Texarkana
two years ago with his family
from Dallas, where he was super-1
intendent of the traction com
pany, and accepted the position
as general superintendent with
the Southwestern Gas & Electric
company. During his stay here
he made a wide circle of friends
who were grieved to learn of his
untimely death.
As a superintendent of a street
railway system he has a wide
I reputation, having been with the
traction company at New Orleans
for about twelve years prior to
locating at Dallas. While super
intendent at New Orleans, Mr.
Harris had more than six hun
dred cars working under his
orders, which is considered one
of the largest street car systems
in the south.
The deceased is survived by
the bereaved wife and two ehil
idren, and a brother at Dallas,
I who has been notified.
The deceased was a member
of the New Orleans camp No.
843, of the Druids and was also
a member, of the Texarkana,
Arkansas, lodge of th
Knights of Pythias. He was v
member of the First Congrega
tional church and this congrega
tion will keenly feel his death.
He was considered one of the
most efficient employes of the
Southwestern Gas & Electric
company.
Mr. Harris was 40 years old.
and was in the best of health
prior to the fatal attach and new;-
of his death created quite a sur
prise on the streets.
The funeral services will be
conducted tomorrow at 11 o'clock
at the parlors of the East Un
dertaking company on Vint
itree*-, Rev, F. E. Maddox. pas
tor of the First Congregationa
church, officiating.
The Knights of Pythias are
making arrangements to hav
charge of the services and a
large number of that order wil
attend the funeral services.
The remains will be shipped
tomorrow afternoon by the East
Undertaking company to New
Orleans, the former home of the
deceased, where the interment
will take place. Mrs, Harrir
and the children wili acc mpany
the remains to New Orleans. —
The Daily Texarkanian, Arkan
sas-Texas, August 29.
Mr, Harris was a son of Mr.
S. A. Harris, of near this city,
and has a host of friends in this
county who will regret to learn
of his death.—The Democrat.
Don't Let Baby Suffer With
Eczema And Skin Eruptions
Babies need a perfect skin-cover
ing. Skin eruptions cause them not
onlv intense suffering, but hinder their
growth. DR. HOBSQN'S ECZEMA
OINTMENT can be relied on for re
lief and permanent cure of suffering
babies whose skin eruptions have
rr.ade their life miserable. "Our baby
was afflicted with breaking out of the
skin all over the face and scalp
Doctors and skin specialists failed to
help. We tried Dr. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment and were overjoyed to see
baby completely cuted before one
aox was used" writes Mrs. Strubler,
Dubuque, lowa. All druggists, or bv
mail, 50c. Moser & and Lutz. adv,
PFEIFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY
St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa,
Married,
Mr. Ersel 0. Sigmon and Miss
Delia Myolie Pruett of Catawba
County were married last week
at the residence of Esq. Q. A.
Hedrick, who officiated at this
ceremony.
Mr. Monroe Adams of Cald
jvell county, and Miss Lillian
Poovey of Catawba county were
married last week by Esq. Q. A.
Hedrick at his residence.
Medicine Man in the City.
A. E Hamilton, representing Geo.
H Mayr, was in the city Monday and
arranged with the C. M. Shuford Drug
Company for the handling of Mayr,s
Wonderful Stomach remedies, whose
advertisement together with testimon
ials of it users in this vicinity will ap
pear in this paper every week.
R. L. Hoke of Catawba was in
.the city Saturday ou business.
OLD mm SIGNS
ANDOMENS
For the Hickory Democrat.
These old German people were
superstitious in their notions and
oninions of signs and omens.
They handed these superstitious
ideas down from generation to
generation to the present enlight
ened day. They brought them
with them when they came to
America, and taught them to
their children. When these
ha r dy old Pennsylvanians came
south their beliefs came with
them. We will bring some of
them to the notice of the readers
of The Hickory Democrat, for
their consideration. If it is
cloudy on the day with rain when
the season sets in, it wculd be a
wet season, but clear and no
rain, it would be a dry quarter.
Another sign, if it rained on whit
Sunday, it would rain seven Sun
days in succession. If it rain
ed on the day when Virgin Mary
takes her trip it would be wet all
che t! ne shfe was gone. If it was
dry it would remain dry until
she lei irned. The signs of the
wheat e p were, if the hick
ory le.jvos reign yellow and
beautiful in the fall a good
wheat crop would follow the next -
year. Another was if the first
three days of March were clear
and beautiful, the wheat, crop
would be good, but if it was
cloudy and rainy the crop would
be a bad one. A good crop was
supposed to foliow a dry cool
May. If a wet and rainy May a
oad crop would be the result.
They held that to plant corn
when the little moon was turned
up the corn would grow tall and
aot ear well, but if planted whe'i
the little moon was turned down
ward the corn would remain low
and would ear better. Thej-o
old Dutch people wouJd never
cover any buildings when the
little moon was turned upwards,
out waited till it was turned
downwards. They would not
iay a fence worm when the little
moon was turned downwards,
out always when it was turned
jp. They would not plant corn
or work in it on the Ascension
day. They claimed it would make
a sorry crop. They held another
peculiar idea, that if they did
not have any swim cakes on
Shrove Tuesday their flax crop
would be a bad one. Another
sign that the best time to plant
Irish potatoes was on the scales,
near the full moon, then they
would be large and smooth.
Another peculiar idea was that
if a young man married on a bad
rainy day he would get a slouchy
housekeeper. It* married on a
windy and stormy day there
would be stormy times in the
family at times, but if married
m a nice warm calm day there
would be calm and peace in the
family. Another peculiar sign
was that if a man eloped with
another woman and left his wife,
the rule they adopted to bring
him back was to boil the last
shirt he wore before leaving
home in milk and make it 7
times hotter than it was wont to
he. This was in order to scald
him well so that he would have
no rest until he came back again.
We know of an instance where
a man had left his wife* and the
ooiling was performed to hurry
him, and sure enough in two
years he returned and lived with
his wife until her death. We do
not know whether the boiling of
the shirt had anything to do
with the matter, but we assure
you he came back again, for we
saw him often after that occasion.
"COL."
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the Season.
From September 25th to Oc
tober 10th inclusive, the Mis
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rates to the West and Northwest.
Through coaches, chair cars and
tourist sleeping cars. It will
pay you to write at once for leaf
let containing full information.
Address, E. R. Jennings, Travel
ing Passenger Agent, Room 420,
James Building, Chattanooga,
Tenn. adv.
Mother of Eighteen Children.
"I ara the mother of eighteen child- '
ren and have the praise of doing more
work than any young woman in my
town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin,
Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for five
years with stomach trouble and could
not eat as much as a biscuit without
suffering. I have taken three bottles
of Chamberlain's Tablets and am now
a well woman and weigh 168 pounds.
I can eat anything I want to, and as
much as I want and feel better than I
have at any time in ten years I refer
to any one in Boone Mill or vicinity
and they will vouch for what I say."
Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by
Moser & LuU and Grime* Prug Co,