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fHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT. Publishe-' Kverv Thurwlsy E. V. MORTON. - Editor and Proprietor ; g»"- ; TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Cash In Advance f 1-°° j Six Months, " 5C rhree Mouths " " 5 Advertising Rates on Application . Bntere- at the To?t Ofiice at Hickory second cla*? matter. /THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 1913 j For many years there has; been a tendency among Ameri-; can people to congregate in the cities. This has been cariied iO such an extent that the voca tions of citv life have been over crowded. For every situation there are a dozen applicants, j and it is hard for a stranger toj get a foothold. One of the mos' j gerious problGms thst the economic world today is I Mow to keep the young men on the farm 1 ?. But with the so vent of the telephone, free rural delivery and that good roads are being built in most sections o the country, and many of the ad vantages of town life can be se cured on the farm, one of which is the longer public school term, it is probable the pend 'urn will swing in the other direct. >n, and that many from the overcrowd ed cities will seek homes on the farm. The agricultural colleges are powerful factors in int young men in farm iiie, and proving to them what may be accomplished when farming is undertaken in a scientific way and not in the haphazard method of former days. The success of the parcels post has more tnan verified the pre dictions of the few who so earn estly labored to have it estab lished in the United States. It has only been in operation smce last Januor;;, but recently pub lished statistics show a profit for the government of eighteen mil lions of dollars. These figures are almost incredible, yet thf friends of the parcels post had argued that its estabhshment would wipe out the postal deficit, and that the government reve nues would be increased by more than a hundred rvHions of dol lars mnua'ly. It " vr! ! 1 r.r.v n fact that the postal department has for a long time been run at a very great loss, and as Uncle Sam realized some steps must be taken to remedy this deficit this new system was tried to see-if it would accomplish as much as its friends in this and other coun tries had predicted it would When it is generally realized what a saving is effected by this cheaper transportation it will enter even more into the domestic, commercial and indus trial economics of the Uniteo States and will carry biiiions o dollars of values annually. On people are only beginning to an preciate the wonderful saving to them. The enormous profit ? the great express compann have been making hereto tor will now be turned into th United States treasury, and the} will receive only a legitimau profit. They made a long anc bitter fight against the estab lishment of the parcels post, a i they saw that the outcome woule inevitably be. THANKSGIVING. When the world was vounge: and times were harder, peopl. had better appreciation of the good things that came to them Progress, modern inyention, and better enlightenment along cer tain lines have increased th number of bright days and short ened those of suffering, but good times in the old days were not taken so much as a matter of fact and people at certain times made it a practice to render thanks for the good things that came their way. Then it was no mere per functory observance. Thanks giving was a term that had real significance. As is usual, certain games, cei t.ain annual hunting parties, and certain other plans for pleasure not to omit the hapless turkey havo been long looked forwaic to in keen anticipation by tens of thousands of us in connection with this date, but how man\ will remember the real signifi cance of the institution of thanks giving? How many of us have preserved the original spirit that prompts the observance and how many of us are prepared to make real expressing of thanks on Thanksgiving day? The usual pleasures are natu ral results of a year of prosperity, but that is not all. Every man who has prospered and is con scientious in his intentiens to properly observe the occasion can't well do so without expres »ion of svmpathy for the unfor tunatej and numberless needy., These classes are found under i many circumstances and, this year of all years, when prosper ity has been almost rampant, they ought to receive a much in creased material support. . No cause is more appealing and it is to be hoped that more peo ple will mingle a little of the spirit of giving with the spirit of thanksgiving and make Thanks giving worthy of its name. Being Ready. In the private papers of a cer tain prominent engineer who was killed in an accident was found a memoranda, signed and dated by him, which told whoevei should read the paper, the exact condition of his financial affairs and left no doubt but that he had been prepared for the end oi his earth'y lift, r.o matter when the summons came. Lincoln, about a year before his untimely death, said to Hay, one of his secretaries; "I don't know when my hou» to end worK here will come, but I have tried to live day by day so that if anything should happen, neither the nation nor my family should suffer. When the papers of Bismarck, the great chancellor of the Ger man Empire, were examined it was found that for over fifty years he had kept everything so arranged that it was possible for tiis successors to know what had been done and what was yet to oe accomplished. He left no doubt in their minds as to the nature of his work and his pur poses. A railway engineer driving one of the fastest railway trains ii» th- 1 United States was asked by iiis diviMon superintendent why he always stood up when on duty. His reply *as: 44 When I stand up I feel that I am ready for any emergency. 1 can act ten times as quicklv at when I sit down. I want to be ready if there is any danger ahead." This being ready for all kinds of situations is a splendid habit to acquire. To let matters drift with temptation until a crisis comes to be unprepared and un rit for the right kind of action demanded. The body who has a regular place for his books or his clothes, who is ready to engagements'on the t-'O hour, who hesitates about his word unless he esn K-t pit, is one of the "all-?- .«•>" boys. He is not going to uu very much blundering in his life's work. It is just as fooiish not to pre pare for hard places as it would ibe fur a railway company to ; send out a powerful locomotive oil a long run without the proper supply of coal, waier and oil. The locomotive would cease to run within a veiy short time just as the character of any one goes to pieces who has net striven day by d y to k» ep reaoy Tor the demands ot friendship, home, work and God. —Ex. Former Cashier is Convicted in Rowan. Salisbury, Nov. 19. — Most of ' I*uctd : iy and Wednesday in Ro- I wan Superior court were tanen :up wiin the ense against A. W ' Hick.--, former cashier of tlu ! Spencer branch of the Vvachovin i rfank and Trust company, tlu j charge being false entry. Tht j .-vise was given to the jury latt ioday at id a verdict or guilty returned. N » sentence wa> but Mr. Hicks' bond wa nrreused from $2,000 to $5,000 r; Judge Long at.er hao id j Mirned for the day. An ap peal will be taken. Mr. tiicks is editor of the Spen cer Cresent and a well knowr. newspaper correspondent. He is quite popular and has man\ friends who Were hoping fun verdict of not guilty. Thecharg. _ij.:ainst him grew out of the tan «r!ed conditions of books at th* Spencer branch ot the Wachovi* hanit while he was cashier in 1911. Parcel Post Terminal Washington, D. C.,*Noy. 19. — Contracts were signed today oy which the government is to main tain a parcel post terminal sta tion at Salisbury. Three othei places in the State, Raleigh, Charlotte and Greensboro, se> m mostly likely to be design; ted as termina's also, A VfILUABLEJJGGESIION IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE It is now conceded by physicians that die kidnejs should have more atten tion as they control tiie other organs to a remarkable decree and do a tre mendous amount of work in removing the poisons and waste rnaiter from the system by filtering the blood. During the winter months especial ly, when we live an indoor life, the kidneys should receive some assistance when needed, as we take less exercise drink less water and often eat more rich heavy food, thereby forcing the kidneys to do more work than Mature Intended. Evidence of kidney trou ble such as laine back, annoying blad der troubles, smarting or" burning, brick-dust or sediment, sallow com plexion, rheumatism, may be weak oi irregular heart action, wains you that your kidneys require help immediate ly to avoid more serious trouble. Many physicians claim that an herbal medicine containing no minerals or opiates has the most healing influence An ideal herbal compound thai has I had most remarkable success as a kid ! ney and bladder remedy is Dr. Kilmci's Swamp-Root. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham ton, N Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention the Hickory Democrat. adv't When you know an item of news i call 37. Present Your Claims Promptly. Mr. W. K. Kearsley, auditor of the C. & N -W. Rfc iway Com pany, sends us the i-.llowing as information to our r» >ders: "The In erstate Commerce Commission has re ently ruled that Carriers may • ot lawfully waive any provision >f their tar iffs or bills o' lading, aid especial ly refer to Section 3 of Uniform Billof Lading, which ::rovides that no claim for loss, da lage or de lay will be i aid unle presented within four months. 4 *The Rail-oads h{ /e no desire to escape payment >f any just claim under this ruli and urge aii patrons *. o file - heir claims within four months rom date of delivery of * hipmem as, unless such action s taken -.o claim can be lawfully ;)aid," District Lutl er Leagu 3 Organized. At a meet ng of d egates from a number >f Luth r Leagues, held in St John'. Lutheran church in S atesvilh last Thurs day, a district Luthe - League to embrace all of we tern North Carolina wa a organi 2d with the following oficers: ; Ir. M, F. P. Troutman (f Scat* ville presi dent, Miss Mary Rb des of Lin colton vice-president, Mr. Leßoy Deaton of H ckory r cording sec retary, Mr. J. E. Fr z Df Hick ory correspc iding st retary. Miss Ida McAHiser of D; ;as, Gaston county, tretsurer. A. constitu tion was adi pted an •. other busi ness transacted duri g the after noon. At n ght asi ->cial sermon was preached by Re . J. H. Wan nemacher, of Hi*ko) /, following which a LuiherLeai le reception was held at the hom of Mr. and Mrs. M. L, Troutmfc t. Just Whitew hed, "A colored Baptis was exhort ing. 'Now breddere andsistern, come up to the altar and hab yo' sins washed away.' All came but one ? ran. 'Why Bruider Jor cs, don' yo' want yo' sirs washe ; away?' 'I done had my ins washed away.' 'Yo' has. Where yo' had yo' sins washed away?' 'Oberatthe Methi :ist Church.' 'Ah, Brudder Jon 'S, yo' ain't been washed, yo' jet been dry cleaned.' " —Lippin ott's Maga zine. Uncle Sam Working F r Volunteers For the Arr:;y. A circular sentuu 1 ; by the war department states t ; it a member of the recruiting pa y from the army recruiting stai on at Ashe ville will be in Hick >ry Novem ber 24 to 3?. They -gree to ex amine men and th >e qualified will receive free tra vporation to Asheviile for en'istuent. THREE WOMEN TESTIFY To the Merit of LydiaE.Pink ham's Vegetable Com pound during Change of Life. Streator, 111. " I shp'l always praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- P9 un - 1 wherever I i|§3 go. It has done me so nrnch good at 11 mf Change of Life, and plfe it hai: also helped my 11:1(7 PrPi daughter. It is one llLs. Jr " of K randest millliN. medicines for wo men that can be SBfePCffl I shall try 'ln W ' n ' nce others to 'I £y I ill'l I try it. "-Mrs. J. H. CAMI -lELL, 206 N. Second St., W. S., Strea-.or, Illinois. Philadelphia, Pa. "It was at the ' Change of Life' that 11 urned to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, using it as a tonic to bu ':d up my sys tem, with beneficial re ilts."—Mrs. SARA HAYWARD, 1825 W Venango St., (Tioga) Phila., Pa. San Francisco, Cal.—' I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's V -'.stable Com pound for many years whenever I would feel bad. I have through the Change of Life witho't any troubles and thank the Compound tor it. I rec ommend it to young girls nnd to women of all ages."—Mrs. C. 3ARRIE, 3052 25th St., San Francisco, jal. The success of Lydia 3. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, mi !e from roots and herbs, is unparalellec. If you want special a "vice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Y«,ar letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. | Are You a Waman ? | | The Woman's Tonic I | FOR SALE AT ALL BASSISTS I North Carolina, 7 NOT , CR Catawba Countv, The undersigned having been ap po'nted and duly qualified as admin istratrix of the estate ot John Rine hardt, deceased, all persons haying claims against the estate are notified to exhibit the same before the said administratrix or her attorney on 01 before the 30th day of October, 1914, or this notice will be pleaded in bar ot their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make imme diate payment. _ This the 30th dav of October. 1913. JULIA RINEHARDT, Admr'x of the Estate of John Rinehardt, deceased. D. L. RUSSELL, Atty. PHICHESTER S PILLS W VJL TIIK I'IAMOM» BBANIK A Ladles I A»u job" l>ruf K.»t for fx\ £i( GJSft Chl-chM-ter a Diamond llrnnd//\\ (&&&KKt'iK# SSTy I C DIAWINn ItRAND PILLS, for «5 \ u years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE if h\a pi kj \o\ /W New Double Daily Service VIA Piedmont & Northern Lines AND Carolina & North-Western Railway Companv. Lv. HICKORY Ar 7.47 a.m. 11.45 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 5.35 p. m Ar. GASTONIA Lv. iO.OO a.m. 9.30 a. m. 4.40 p.m. 3.10 p.m. Between Gastonia and Charlotte. Effective Sunday Sept. 28th 1913. Lv. Gastonia Ar. Gastonia ] No. 2 7.00 a. m. No. 1. 7.55 a. m. j " 4 8.15 44 " 3 9-15 " j 44 6 9.30 " " 5 i 0.15 * 4 | " 8 10.20 " " 7 11.50 " 44 10 11.55 44 " 9 12.45 p.m. 44 i 2 12.50 p.m. 14 11 1.55 44 j 44 16 2.o> 44 41 15 2.55 44 j • 4 18 3.10 14 "17 4.40 44 44 20 5-00 14 44 19 5.35 41 44 22 6.45 44 "21 745 14 44 2 4 9. 30 44 "23 10.30 44 "26 11.00 44 44 25 11.59 44 The above schedule, figures and connection pub lished only as information and are not guaranteed. C. V. PALMER. Gen. Pas. Agent. Charlotte, N. C. E. 0. JENNINGS, Com. Agent. Gastonia, N. C. I NOTICE! Sale of Valuable Real Estate in the City of Hickory. WHEREAS on the 16th dayof April, 1909, lv. A. Price and Pessie F. Price, his wife, executed that certain deed of trust to G. R. Wootten, Trustee, registered in Hook 77, page 486, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Ca tawba County, to secure tha pay men 1 of Ihe principal and interest of a cer tain bond or note that day given by said parties to the First Building & Loan Association of Hickory: AN l> WHEREAS on the 30th day of November, 19?2. K. A. Price Res sie Price, his wife, executed that cer tain deed of trust to G. R. Wootten, trustee, registered in Book 96, page 575, in the office of the Register ot Deeds for Catawba County, to secure the payment of the principal and in terest of a certain bond or note that day given by said parties to the First Building Building & Loan Association of Hickory; AND YVIIEREAS default has been made in the payment of the weekly in terest for the space of thirty days, and in keeping various other stipulations contained in said two deeds of trust: NOW. THEREFORE, theundersign ed trustee, by virtue of jhe powers contained in the deeds of trust here tofore described, will sell at public auci ion for cash at the steps of The First National Bank of Hickory, the olace designated bv the trustee,"on SATURDAY THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1913, •it twelva o'clock, noon, the following described property, to-wit: Situate near the center of tlic City >f Hickory on the North side of Elev enth Avenue, adjoining the Baptist Parsonage property. Dr. J. H. Moore md others,—beginning at a stake in the Northern inargiu of said Avenue, which was formerly Atwood Street, it the Southeast corner of the Old lot, which is now the Baptist Parsonage property, and runs North with the Old Clinard line 200 feet to a -take; thence East jOu feet to the old line, which is now the property of Dr. J. 11. Moore: thence South with said line 200 feet, to Elev enth Avenue; thence West with the Northern margin of said Avenue let) feet to the point Of beginning. Being what is commonly known as the Old Presbyterian Manse property. This the 11th day of November, 1913. G. R. WOOTTEN, Trustee. Bagby & Blackwelder, Attorneys. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing and doing business under the firm name of Morrison & Smith hasthisday been dissolved by rrutual consent, H. S. Smith withdrawing frcm the firm and R. Morrison wi 1 hereafter have 'ull charge of the business. This the 28th dav of October, 1913 11. S. SMITH 10-30-41. S. R. MORRISON Cost of Living Re duced by j TOLEDO SCALES When buying groceries and meats i look on the scales for tlese signs ! "Toledo," "No Springs" "Honest Weight." I i Write for illustrated catalogue, free. TOLEDO SCALE CO. Makers of Honest Scales. Toledo, Ohio L,. L. Moss, Cabinet Shop I can furuish building material for any kind of a job all first class work and will save you money. See L. L. Moss before you close your bids. Phone Y73 L. 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ALL DEALERS 50 CENTS ATTACHED F Theseare the kind of Rubber Hec ou get when we put them on, and we put 'em on to stay, too. We have them in black and tan rubber. All work called for and delivered. F. M. Thompson Phone 106 C ON CK> ? THERE IS NEWS IN AD- o 5 VERTISING COLUMNS O X THAT BUYERS ARE LOOK- 2 | ING FOR C JHCHSOOCH>CH>CH>CW* u^>CKrKI-oW>o-f>-Ow Low FARES! Homeseekers tickets are sold at greatly reduced fares on the 1 stand 3rdTuesday3 of each month; stopovers free and 25 days time, via Cotton Belt Route, —to Arkansas and Texas Winter tourist tickets (round trip) from southeast points to many points in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico, will be on sale daily Nov. Ist. 1913 to April 30, 1914; with exceedingly long return limit of June Ist, 1914. Stopovers. All year tourist tickets on sale daily to certain points in Texas —9O day limit. The Cotton Belt Route is the direct line from Memphis toTexaa, through Arkansas—two splendid trains daily, with electric lighted equipment of through sleepers, parlorcars and dining cars.Trains from all parts of Southeast make direct connection at Memphis with Cotton Belt Route trains I to the Southwest. \ For full information about Heme- I seekers Fares, Winter Tourist Far^a I or All Year Tourist Tickets, address i si the undersigned. Books about farm- | II ingr in Southwest, sent free. Write! (| H.H. SUTTON, District Pass'r Agent j M. B. HOLTSFORD, Passenger Agent : mfl 109 W. 9tli St., Chattanooga, Tenn.