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1899
fIICRORY BUYS
1 MOTOR FIRE TRUCK
Contract Made Thursday For Modern
Fire Fighting Apparatus to
Cost $5,500.00.
Last Thursday night the Mayor
d City Council accepted the
bid of the American La France
Fire Engine Co., of Elmira, N.Y.,
and made a contract with their
representative, C. B. Payne, of
Atlanta, for a motor fire truck
the price named in the con
tact being $5,500.00. Deliv
ery of the tiuck is to be mtdeby
December 15th.
This track is to be similar to
those in "• e in Wilmington, Salis
bury, Charlotte and other cities
in the State.
Mr. lngold and Miss Baker Wed.
Announcements have been re
ceived in this city of the mar
rjn.rp in Winston-Salem on Oc
toberlst., of Mr. W. H lngold to
Miss Bonnie Kate Baker.
The briJe is the charming
daughter of Mr. Calvin Baker,
of Hickory. R. 1. She has been
making her home in Winston-
Salem, where she has a position
for the past several years. She
is well known here, having for
some time been bookkeeper for
the Singer Sewing Machine Co.,
in this city.
Mr. lngold is a son of Mr. John
L lngold, a prosperous farmer
of Hickory, R- 3, and is a young
man of sterling qualities and has
a host of friends wherever he is
known. • .
Mr. and Mrs. lngold will make
their home in Hickory.
The Democrat extends con
gratulations to these _ young
people and wish them a lifetime
of unbounded happiness.
At the Reformed Church Next Sun
day.
The morning services will be the
celebration of the Holy Communion.
The services preparatory will be held
oc Saturday at 3:30. At the Saturday
services inirmt baptism and the recep
tion of members.
The evening service will be a song
and praise service. The programme
is prepared by the paster and is entit
led, The Story of the Christ ID Scrip
ture and Song. It rs a similar service
to the one 'ield last spring. Many of
the leading singers of the city wi'.l be
asked to assist.
The pastor will lecture to the Y. M.
C. A. and the Y. W. C. A, of Catawba
College next Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock.
The congregation is now having a
neatly printed programme prepared for
each service.
Mr. Ellington to Wed Virginia Lady.
Invitations reading as follows
have been received in this city:
Mr. Elislia Enos Moore
requests the honor of your presence
at tiie marriage of his daughter
Nettie Grey
to
Mr. Charles Willis Ellington
Wednesday October the fifteenth
nineteen undred and thirteen
: six o'clock
Crewe Baptist Church
Crewe, Virginia.
At home
after November first
Hickory, C.
Mr. Ellington is the genial
proprietor or the City Bakery in
this city and the marriage will
will be well awaited with in
terest by his many friends here.
New Corporation For Hickory.
Tiie Thornton Lead and Steel Cor
poration's local concern, was incorpor
ated last week with an authorized cap
ital stock of $500,000.00 with $125.
000. 00 subscribed by Col. M. E
Thornton, W. X. Reid and R. W.
Curtis. The compacy will carry on
the iriinin? of lead and iron and other
Minerals.
Col. Thornton went to Knoxville,
Tenn , last week where the company
has an extensive tract of
land on the Tennessee River which is
to be rich io deposits of lead
Cre - The company proposes to deve
f lop this property at once.
Good Paint
is cheap, and Devoe is not the only
good pairt; it is one of a dozen;, and,
y try likely, the only one in yoar town
""there are hundreds of midifcaft and
bad.
You can see what chance there U of
another good one there; perhaps one in
ten at the most.
Bad paint is dearest; middling, i*
dear: ccsts 2or 3 times as much ••
the best. . ' *
No matter about the cost s gollon
that isn't it, the cost a square foot: the
ccst a job; better yet, the cost a .yea?.
There's a whole edtjcatioa In paiat
in this advertisement.
DEVOB
F. B. Ingold sells it. adv.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
.
FLOREKCE
(Written for the Travelers' Club by
Mrs. E. B. Cline.) '
When this topic was assigned me,
the Very first on the program, I felt
as 1 imagine the young David did
when he was given the armour of
baul, the King. But the attraction
was so great, there was so much pleas
ure in prospect, and knowing that you
would not ''be extreme to mark what
was done amiss," that I gladly agreed
to do the best I could, however far
below the demands of the subject I
may fall.
We left the Eternal City early one
morning and journeyed to Pisa, stop
ping there only long enough to visit
the Leaning Tower and to hear the
wonderful echo in the Baptistry. From
Pisa, we went directly to. Florence.
1 he Mohammedan journeys to Mecca,
the Crusaders of old made pilgrimages
i o Jerusalem, Priests and Politicians
traveled to Roiue, but we weni going
to Florence,—the cradle of the Re
in ai ssauce. —the seat of learning and
culture and art and history and love
and beauty.
Uuelph, Ghlbbeline, Medici, Cellini.
Dante, Michael Angelo, Raphael
Leonardo Da Vinci, are not these
uames to conjure with? And we were
going to them, to their home and
abiding place.
Florence as you remember, lies on
the river Arno. At first sight the
river seemed only a dirty yellow stream
and I wondered why the city was call
ed "the lily of the Arno" for the
white purity of a lily seemed to bear
no connection with the ugly, muddy
water. Then I decided in my own
way that the title "Lily" referred to
the Florentine Lily or Fleur-de-lis, on 
ttie Coat of Arms so often represented
in glowing coral, or heavenly lapis
lazuli. But we had come all the way
from Pisa with a flattened car wheel 1
and much jolting had made me cross. 
Our lodging were bespoken in advance
and when we reached the place, we
found it to be an old ducal palace
with a Concierge all graciousness, the 
building facing the river. We were
shown the "leeft" of course, but a 
beautiful stairway drew us. Ascend- '■
in# the white marble steps, we found
the n uneven and worn greatly and '■
imagination set to work at once think- 1
ing of all those whose feet had trod- I
den these same white steps so often in '
the glorious days of old. The center '
of this building was built like an in
terior court. The lobby or entrance i
extending from the ground floor en- 
tirely to the roof was tilled with white !
and pink oleanders in blossoms and
many growing palms. the bsautiful
stairway risiug on either side like 
white wings to bear one on high,
one up on high.
At night, just after sunset, when we
were refreshed and restful in our i
rooms for a time, up from the walk t
beneath our window, looking out tow- i
ards the river, came the sweet strains 
of a guitar and a young voice singing.
We Kenw no word of the soft Italian -
tongue but the melody was the same
in all languages and was one we had
heard often in our faraway American I
home and it was a balm to a v tired i
body. Flattened car wheels were for : i
gotten, johsand jars were as though i
they had never been as we strained
our ears to catch each note of the lit
tle song, "Just One Girl For Me."
The river flowing near, the small
boats plashing gently, the fading sun
set glow, courteous attention, the
lodging in the stately old palace, this
then was our welcome to 'Florence,
whose very name stands for art and
beauty as that of Rome stands for
grandeur and glorv and that of Athens
For learning and culture.
In the morning the first waking
thought was, Is it true that J am in
this wonderful city of Florence? Why
Dante once lived here and dreamed bis
dreams and saw his visions; Raphael
dipped his brush in living color and in
its glory there is no death; Michael
Angelo wrought his masterpieces, the
wonder of all mankind; the wonder of
all who work with mortal hands, and
here to it was that Savonarola glorified
the cause for which he lived and tri
umphed. It is here that the greatest
artists of all time have left their hand
iwork, painters, sculptors, men of let
ters, architect*, poets, fanatics,
dreamers have left each the autograph
of ills craft and not all succeeding ages
and the vicissitudes of fortune have
been able to erase them. And so, it
seemed as if a bouuteous fea>t was
spread before us and hungering and
tnirsting, we were bidden to partake.
A good way to obtain an idea of a
strange city is first to drive over it and
get the general lay of the land, the
situations of the buildings and such
topographical information. Cabs are
cheap in Europe and trams are almost
useless. The cab driver will of course
take you the longest way to every
place but you are not unwilling for of
ten the information gained is worth
far more t ban the few centimes extra
fare. And so we will drive together
awhile and if I take you through dev
ious paths and maybe lose you alto
gether. do not oe surprised.
\t first I missed the trees for on
neither bank of the river are there any
growing The buildings face the riv
er of course and the sidewalks are well
paved and most of the entrances have
awnings, but from the Ponte Vecchio
westward al l through this long thor
oughfare of Liing'Arno there are no
trees. There are many elsewhere in
Florence but not here.
Before we, give ourselves up to the
mystery and beauty of the city we will
harken to the call of blood which is
still strong within us and we wiU visit
the resting place of Mrs- Browning l i
the little English cemetery, fhe
simplicity Of the grave.tf f**
ing; the stone bearing only the letters
•'E B. B." I know it matters not at
1 all, but standing there by the spot
where she lies alone my heart-throb
[ bed with regret that he whom she so
, dearly loved in life, should sleep so
far away in death and I wondered if
she would not rather be near him un
i der arey English skies than alone even
r under the golden Italian sun in the
Florence she loved so tenderly.
The heart and center of most Iral
k' ian cities is the Duorao or Cathedral
; and'the Piazza on which these edifice
are erected. The Florentine Cathed
. ral with its lovely Campanile, rising
. like a tall amyrtlUs seekinfthe blue
heaven, is another verification of this.
Afwe slowly drive by won
. derlng eyes look on nils great sacred
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER-9.1913
structure, on the bronze doors of the
Baptestry which Michael Angelo de
clared beautiful enough to be the gates
to Paradise, we think of all the great
events that have centered here, and of
all those who have been actors in the
great drama; we think of the men
whose divine girts made possible the
construction of these magnificent
churches; of others whose deeds made
the history of both church and State;
of those whose interpretation of theo
logy. politics, law and letters caused
both war and peace and the thought
overwhelms one; how small we, how
crude, how infiultesimal is the work
of our puny hands. And how priceless
the heritage which Florence has so
dearly bought.
In easy reach is the old convent of
San Marco and if once you enter, leav
ing seem 9 a tragedy. If we stop for a
few moments rest, a kind monk clad
in the robes of his order, will talce us
through the ceils and corr'dors,
through the chapel and choir, showing
us immortal frescos by Fra Angelico
and finally at the end of a stone corri
dor we are shown the cell, tlte desk,
the Rosary of Savonarola,—quietly,
reverently, one looks on th is sanctuary
and remembers the wondrous story of
this wondrous reformer and one feels
almost as if he heard the words, "Re
move thy shees, for the place whereon
thou standeth is holy ground." Near
the Palazzo Vecchio or City Hall a
small marker in the pavement tells
the seouel to his story and shows
where this great Priest offered his fi
nal supreme sacriQce and one stands
there as at a shrine with bowed head,
thinking of the splendor of the life of
this monk which stands like a beacon
light to guide the world forevermore.
We reach the Palazzo Vecchio and
here we move slowly, feast our long
ing eyes and allow our minds to revel
in the beauty and glorious association
of this historic spot. The spell of en
chantment is becoming more and more
absorbing and even this first passing
glimpse of Florence is infatuating. On
one side of this famous Palazzo is the
celebrated Loggia, a covered portico
whose proportions and adornment are
gast all description. Perseus and the
ape of the Sabines are the two pieces
of statuary that I remember best, al
though the entire Loggia is embellish
ed by groups superb in their workman
ship. One other I remember quite
well but I forget the name. It is a
statue of Accliilles bearing away a
beautiful girl over the dead body of
her brother and the beseeching pro
testing form of her mother. Standing
before this group; words do not come,
for words do not express such perfec
tion. I remembered the old art criti
cism that in any group of statuary a
line dropped vertically should divide
four figures, I remembered another
—and another—'but all were as noth
ing. The grace and beauty of the half
veiled curves of this young girl's body
are a poem in marble.
When I came home, I was asked to
name the one most beautiful thing I
saw. I could not name one. but I did
name three, the Colonades, the Bridg
es and the Fountain?. Nowuere in the
world are there such colonades, as in
llome and I think that there can no
such bridges elsewhere than these
Italian wonders. On the right of our
lodging, scarcely more than a block or
two away, was the Ponte Vecchio and
the first time I passed over it, I was
not at all sure that life WAS real and
that I was awake in this day and gen
eration, Gav little shops deccorate
the sides of this bridge just as they
liave done for ages and ages and hang
right out over the water. The wares
of gold and silversmitlis, curios, beads,
ail are sold here and the three beauti
ful arches stand just as they did when
Tito made the fatal leap from one of
them to meet a worse fate tlian drown
ing. Perhaps he stood just where I
was standing, who knows? Of one
thidg I am sure, that the color, viva
clous movement and picturesque spec
tacle could dot have been more im
pressive in his day than in mine. On
our left was another bridge but in
no way like the Ponte Vecchio. It is
x studendons structure of beauteous
curves and span, a bridge for traffic
and service, imposing ana splendid In
its spaciousness.
I cannot forbear telling you of a
short trip to Fiesole, a village on the
mountain outskirts of Florence. We
went by tram and it is a charming
ride, up and up and up, the road beimr
laid in what we were told was the
dried bed of a torrent. The road
winds beside flowering gardens, and
there are many dwellings of the rich
Florentine nobility along its way.
Mountain and plaiu are covered with
luxuriant olive and lemon orchard?,
the silver gray of the olive foliage
giving the scene and the look of moon
light. One of the palaces of Lorenzo
the Magnificent was built near the
foot of the hill. As we ascend, above
the tall dark cypress trees we begin to
see glimpses of the beloved Valle d'
Arno This beautiful valley is about
25 miles long and five or six broad,
aa elliptical basin garlanded by the
Appenines stretching majestically
around. We can trace the bed of the
river down the valley until Jt disap
pears at the foot of the Appenines
which mingle in the distance with
the mountains of Carara. We rested
a little while at the top and a kindly
young monk showed us the chapel, the
fadeless frescos by Fra Phillipo Llppi
and then went with us to show us the
best view. Think of standing on the
selfsame spot on the top of Fiesole
Where Galilee was wont to make his
evening observations,! the square
tower of the church bolng pointed
out as the spot. It is the climax to
one's feeling of humility and humble
nesa
Perhaps those who visit this place
frequently may be accustomed to all
that we saw, perhaps no . Winding
over hill and valley, now obscured by
trees, now as clear as a silver ribbon,
ran the Arno, the city and the plain
spread at our feet. Presently we saw
a cloud gather across the face of the
sun, then we could see the distant
shower, the sunshine again, and over
the Tuscan meadows and plains we
watched f .he sun and rain play hide
and seek, c».me and go, until the last
golden drops reached us and fell at our
feet.- Jujt then the sweet Vesper bell
begun ringing and in my heart surged
a desire that I might answer the call
to prayer, and that I might be includ
ed in the invitation intdnded for the
faithful ones who abode on the moun
tain height.
It was on the excursion that we met
the young English woman whh spoke
to us forsome reason Ido not reoalf
SHOE MANUFACTURER
PREDICTS CATTLE FAMINE
I. Harry Selz of Chioago Says
United States Must Have
More Cattle at Once.
Considerable interest and alarm i§ mani
fest all through the United State# oyer the
cattle situation. Those who have heea
making a study ef this and are in posi
tion to accurately forecast the conditioa
in this country take a reiy serious view
of the matter.
J. Harry Selz, president of Selz, Scbwafc
A Co., large shoe manufacturers of Chi
cago, who are probably among'the largest
buyers aad users of iiae leather, ia an in
terview yesterday stated that the short
age of oattle was the greatest menace this
country has t« face. "The real impor
tance of this," said Mr. Selz, "caa hardly
be perceived by the average person at the
prssent time, and they will only realise
what it means with relation to the high
eost of living when it is toe late te re
lieve the situation and the mischief has
been done. Meat will be higher, and, of
course, that affects the prjee of leather
and likewise the price of shoe*. If the
population continues to increase for the
next six years in the same proportion that
it has in the last six years and the cattle
supply keeps on diminishing in the same
proportion, there will be only four head
of cattle to every ten people. This is just
one-half the number of cattle in propor
tion to the number of people that there
were twelve years ago.
"If this question were thoroughly under
stood by the rural community and imme
diate action were taken towards more cat
tle raising, the situation would be some
what relieved. We are slaughtering our
cattle, and especially the ruthlessly,
without giving any thought to the future.
Every farmer is this country ought to be
encouraged to double, treble sr quadruple
his supply. In my opinion esttle raising
will not enly prove profitable in the next
few years, but almost a nation-wide neces
sity. I am speaking not only from the
hide end of it, but from the food supply.
"If the government would pay more
attention to th* conservstion of cattle
and less in biekering about things that
don't concern them, it would be a great
help to the country in the end. It may
sound foolish to sense people if the gov
ernment would pay a bounty on every
Hsad of eattle raised, but it would be bet
ter expended then for a lot of public build
ings in out-of-the-way places.
"They talk about turning te Sewth
America for their supply and even Ar
gentina, when only a few short years
ago the cry went out that America eould'
feed the world. South America cannot
supply us with good csttln. They don't
take care of them down there. Argentina
has its hands full supplying other eows
tries. The only other large cattle rai»
ing section is Australia. England and be*
solonies consume this product."
During our pleasant conversation she
told us that she was the wife of a
German army officer stationed in
Egypt, and she, with the maid who
was with her was returning home
with the two children aged about 6
and 8. She told us how hard it was to
leave her husband and then patheti
cally addad that the educatiod of the
children made it imperative. She
said she never knew in what language
they were going to address her for
they spoke all and none purely. They
spoke German to their father, English
to her, German to their uurse and
French to the neighbors of that
nationality. They could converse
easily with any of their Egyptian
playfellows and half tearfully, she
concluded, "they will answer you in
anv language you speak to them." so
•he was going home. A young girl
also joined us. She was going to
Dresden and was but just arrived that
day from Jerusalem. A relative was
waiting for her. enroute, but to pass
Florence was impossible! Before we
separated on the homeward trip, we
had agreed to meet on our bridge,
Trlnlta, I think, at six the next morn
ing for a walk to San Miniato, the
church on a commanding eminence
overlooking Florence and the river
from the South.
Is it any wonder the Italians are
such masters of sculpture and art in
all its forms? The very air is per
meated with beauty in its complete
ness and is absorbed as one breathes.
The air, the sound of the water, the
piazzas, the galleries, the loggias, in
toxicate a stranger with their per
fection and satarite his very soul
with their all-pervading beauty.
After years of residence under that
golden sun and blue sky surrounded
with story and song, it is not strange
that Browning wrote, "Open my heart
and you will see Graven on it, ltalv". r
for this Lotus-land weaves a spell of
enchantment and the homeland and
Its call seen very far away. Florence
is not a city of ruins as are so many
other Italian places. Rat her, it has
the air of a grand dame who has been,
born to the purple, and who.appre-*
ciates her peerless position. All her
lire she has had riches and she ha»
them still. One such Cathedral aa
hers, one such man of preeminent
freatness, one such collection of mar
ie dreams as hers would be riches
uncalculated for another city but to
Florence has fallen treasures unnum
bered in each department. To a
stranger, Florence is not only a city
that "has been", but a city that "is"
and even though this be true, and no
matter under what disabilities you
enter her gates, enchantment follows
and falls "iike music down from the
blissful skies, as gently as tired eye
lids upon tired eyes". And if one
would heartily enjoy his visit, let him
surrender at once and without cap
italuation to her sorcery. There is
no tower, nor bridge, nor street which
is not connected with some stirring
association. In the Via San Felice
Raphael used to paint when a boy;
Near the Ponta Santa Trinita stands
Michael Angelos' house as he left it
near three hundred years ago. On
the South side of the Arno is the
house of Galileo and _on an old, we
thought unoccupied house diligent
searon revealed a marble tablet bear
ing this inscription, "In this house of
unum mm
Mr. H. L. Hallman went to
Charlotte last week.
Mr. A. A. Shuford went to
Charlotte on business Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bost spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gee.
F. Bost
Mr. E. C. Johnson was a busi
ness visitor to Charlotte last
week.
Mr. J. A. Morton of Greens
bora, visited his brother, Mr. E.
V. Morton Friday.
L Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Leach and
children went to Mocksville Fri-
to visit relatives.
Edna Tuttle of Franklin.
N. C., visited her aunt, Mrs. W.
B. Menzies last week.
Mrs. E. Hamilton of Charlotte
is visiting ber mother, Mrs. D.
Moose.
Mr. Macey Hight, who ha 3 a
position in Thomasville, spent
Sunday here with his parents.
Misses Lottie and Edith Suttle
myre returned Monday, night
from a visit to Mooresvilie.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Elliott
have returned from a ten days'
trip to New York City.
Mrs. S.J. Knott, of Crawfords
ville, Ark., visited the family of
Mr. J. W. Blackwelder last week.
Mrs. L. E. Foil of Mount Pleas
ant, was the guest of Miss Mar
garet Bost last week.
Mr. Junius Huffman has open
ed up a tin shop in the base
ment of the Southern Express
Company building.
The Zerden Underselling Store
will be closed Saturday, the 11th,
until 6p. m., at which time it
will be opened.
Revs. C. A. Munroe, J. G.
Garth and Mr. G. W. Hall attend
ed Synod in Greensboro this
week. -
Mrs. Dr. T. F. Stevenson has
returned home after spending
some time with friends in Hun
ters ville.
• Mrs. Will Whiting and children
have returned to their home in
Ashevtlle after a visit to Mrs.
Whiting's parents, Mr, and Mrs.
A. C. Link.
Mr. A. O. Mitchell of Fairfield,
lowa, has accepted a position
with the Catawba Creamery. We
gladly welcome Mr. Mitchell and
family to our city.
Mr. L. E. Zerden left Saturday
for Baltimore where he went to
buy an addition to his fall stock.
Mr. Zerden will be in Baltimore
about ten days.
Mrs. George Spencer and
daughter, Miss- Marjorie, of
Greensboro, spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brad
shaw this week.
Mrs. L. W. Ebeltoft and daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth, have return
ed to their home in Shelby after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Hall
and Mrs. J. L. Springs.
Knox 5 and 10c. Store ia the
name of the new enterprise to be
opened soon in Lenoir. It will
occupy the new room adjoining
the Lenoir Drug Store and will
be in charge of Mr. B. F. Camp
bell of Hickory, who was former
ly in business here. It is expect
ed now that this new store will
be open for business by or before
the 10th of this month.—Lenoir
Topic.
the Alighieri was born the Divine
Poet." It was the house where Dante
was born, and we forget all about his
long exile unbroken even at death, in
looking on the house where first he
lived.
The day Is far spent and we return
in the soft and smoothing twilight.
•'Sweet, sweet Italy, lean feel now
how the soul may cling to thee, since
thou canst thus gratify its insatiable
thirst for the beautiful. Even thy
talaitest scene is clothed in hues that
: seem borrowed frgm heaven. In the
twilight, more radiant than light, and
the stillness more eloquent than
music, winch sink down over the
sunny beauty of thy hills, there is a
silent, intense poetry, tliat stirs the
soul through all itf impassioned
depths.
With warm blissful tears filling the
eyes and a heart overflowing with its
own bright fancies. I wander in the
solitude and calm of such a time and
love thee as if I were a child of thy
soil.
Chronic Dyspepsia.
The following unsolicited testimon
ial should certainly be sufficient to
give hope and courage to persons af
flicted with chrcnic dyspepsia: "I
have been a chronic dyspeptic for years,
and of all the medicine I have taken,
Chamberlain's Tablets have done me
more good than anything else," says
W. G. Mattison, No. 7 Sherman St.,
Hornellsville, N. Y. For tale by
Grimes Drug Co. and Moeer & Lutz,
adv.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
WON CITIZENS
UP II ARMS ACAINST MM
I Morganton, Oct s—All Mor
ganton is up in arms against the
proposed invasion of the grounds
of the State Hospital for the In
sane by a public highway, which
is the purpose of a bill recently
introduced into the Legislature.
Friends of the institution —and
the whole of this section is unit
ed in pride of its history—insist
that to do away with the privacy
of the 1,500 inmates by speeding
vehicles on a much-traveled
roads is to utterly subvert the
methods of treatment of the
patients and to set at naught the
work of years.
In addition, it is pointed out
the park and grounds, the most
beautiful in the whole of west
ern North Carolina, would
reparably injured by being cut
into by a highway along which
would be scattered the marks of
travel.
To the people here who are ac
quainted with the conditions tht
I bill came as a surprise, and it is
earnestly hoped by the entin
town that nothing will be done tc
mar the beauty of the splendid
park and grounds surrounding
the hospital. Aside from mar
ring the beauty of the grounds,
the vital questation of destroying
the privacy of the institution
presents itself, as in an institu
tion of this kind privacy is a
great factor.
KEPT UP BY INMATES.
The grounds are kept up large
ly by the work of the patient?
and this outdoor recreation has
effected much good in the treat
ment of patients, who take a
pride in thei* environs. This
method of treating patients,along
with colonies established where
they can carry on such pursuits
as farming, raising chickens,
bees, cattle, or whatever they
choose, has been the most suc
cessful treatment discovered and
it was this idea that made the
late Doctor Murphy famous
throughout America.
Doctor McCambell has carried
out the idea and extended it,
creating new colonies and beau
tifying the grounds—where the
patients can go about their work
in privacy on various sections ot
the park.
To put a public highway
through and to destroy this pri
vacy and divide groups of pa
tients with a public road filled
with speeding automobiles is a
serious problem and one which
is causing great concern to the
people responsible for the treat
ment and welfare of the 1,500
patients intrusted to their care.
OF BENEFIT TO FEW.
While the road would perhaps
benefit a few people to some ex
tent, yet this, it is claimed, could
never counterbalance the loss of
the seclusion, which is so neces
sary to this institution.
But aside from this great in
vestment by the State and the
years of constant and tireless
energy of men who have spent
years to make this the greatest
institution of its kind in the
country, the invasion of the
grounds by a public highway
would destroy to a large extent
the idea of treatment which has
so successfully been carried out,
so the damage to property caused
by a road would be insignificant
in comparison with the great de
triment the publicity would be t
i the treatment of patients.
IN ML CIRCLES
Mrs. D. M. Boyd entertained the
Embroidery Club, Oct. 2i.d with twelve
members present. Mrs. Hatfield was
gladly welcomed as a new member.
Mrs. Ivey gave the reading for the
afternoon while the others were busy
with fancy work. The hostess assisted
by Miss Adalaide Johnson served a
delicious two course luncheon. The
next meeting will be with Mrs. Ben
Gaddy, Wednesday Oct. 15th.
John Young Dead.
The many iriends of John H. Young,
who formerly lived in this city with bis
sister, ; Mrs. Raymond Huggins, will be
pained to hoar of his sudden death in
Greensboro Saturday ni&ht. The fun
eral. was conducted from the home of
Mr. B. C. Royal in Greensboro Mon
day morning and the body was taken
to Statesville for interment. John was
an intelligent young fellow, and his
caking away while he had such a bright
future before him is indeed sad.
Hi* sister, Mrs. Huggins, and a
young brother who lives here attended
the funeral services.
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SIGNS NEW TARIFF HU
Washington, Oct. 3.—Sur
rounded by leaders of a united
Democracy, President Wilson at
9:09 o'clock tonight signed the
Underwood-Simmons tariff bill at
the White House. Simultaneous
ly telegrams were sent to cus
toms collectors throughout the
country by the Treasury Depart
ment, putting into actual opera
tion the first Democratic tariff
revision since 1894.
A happy group of legislators,
members of the Cabinet ana
friends encircled the President
as he smilingly sat down and
slowly affixed his signature with
two gold pens.
He presented the pen that had
written the word "Woodrow" to
Representative Underwood and
the one that completed his name
to Senator Simmons, both of
whom bowed their appreciation.
SIMMS DECEIVES
MUCH MEMOI
Washington, Oct. s.—Senator Sim
mons has been overwhelmed by con
gratulatory telegrams, letters and mes
sages since the signing of the Under*
wood-Simmons tariff bill. Among
others were three telegrams from North
Carolina that especially pleased the
senior senator. They were from Dur
ham, Raleigh and Newberu, and as
follows:
"Durham, N. C., Oct. 4, 1913.
"Hon, F. M. Simmons, United States
Senate, Washington, D. C.
"Dear Senator: —I acknowledge my
inability to suitably express my congrat
ulations and my admiration for your
patriotic, unselfish ai\d faithful per
formance of your aiduous duties ip
connection with the successful enact-
ment of the wise tariff measure. The
great Democratic party which you and
I love and serve this morning stands
redeemed in the eyes of the world*
due largely to you. Thanks. The
long suffering American public, I am
confident, will accord you just praise.
I find a hard task to express my admir
ation for your fine ability and great
success. God bless you and strength
en you to continue the good work.
Now pass the currency bill and the
country will be prosperous and happy
and this administration Witf-go down in
history the best ever. > v
"Sincerely your friend and admirer,
(Signed.) "JULIAN S. CARR."
"Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 4. 1913.
' 'Senator F. M. Simmons. Washington,
4 D.C.
"Permit me to join thousands of
North Carolinians in extending con
gratulations. I share the freely ex
pressed opinion that no other could
have won such a brilliant and decisive
victory Numerous friends hereabout
are overflowing with happiness. God
bless you and spare you many years for
the pride and glory of the "Old North
State."
(Signed.) "J. P. COOK."
"New Bern, N. C., Oct. 4, 1913.
"Hon. F. M. Simmons, Washington,
D.C.
"Congratulations on only Democra
tic tariff since Civil War by a Demo
cratic senate, organized the first time
in history by you. Wire when you
will arrive home.
(Signed.) L. G. DANIELS,
E. M. GREEN.
BIBLE AND FLAG PRESENTEB
10 NEW GRADED SCHOOL
The local council of the Junior
Order United American Mechan
ics presented a bible and flag to
the new graded school building
in South Hickory Saturday aftei
noon.
The exercises were opened by
the singing of " Carolina" by the
school children. Rev. J. D.
Harte, pastor of the Baptist
church, presented the bible and
flag to the school in behalf of the
order. In presenting the bible
he expressed the desire that it
would be read in the school either
by the principal or the teachers.
Hon. W. C. Feimster, of New
ton, was the principal speaker of
the afternoon. His addresswas
delivered in his usual forceful
style. He dwelt at length onitbe
principals of the order and made
an earnest plea on behalf of the
schools of our county.
After this the flag, a beautiful
banner, was raised over the
building.
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