T? verything has a
j beginning. The I
only beginning to |
i wealth is saving. If you wish to
be rich—to have all the things
that money controls—Start saving
i today.
Pay your bills by check and
have a check on your bills.
i
A check book helps you to save. It enables
you to take instant advantage of an opportu
nity to buy without carrying a sum of mon
ey continually in your pocket—the money is
in this bank earning interest. It gives you a
v standing amongst your fellows and is the first
step on the road to fortune. jf
FOUR PER €ENT INTEREST paid on
Sayings Accounts, compounded quarterly.
Fir^t
National Bank I
HICKORY, N. C. |
Capital and Surplus, $270,000 I
J. D. ELLIOTT, President K. C. MENZIES,
Vice-Pres. and Cashier
J. L. CILLEY, Assistant Cashier 1
Money To Loan At All Times I
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Value in Clothing!
Value is not determined by the original J
cost, but by the satisfactory service. The
last six months of service is the best test of
satisfaction.
OUR CLOTHES will give entire satisfac
tion thru the last six months of wear as
well as the first.
OUR PRICES are no higher, if fact we
think we are slightly under the market.
ALL WOOL Suits, hand tailored, $l5 and
up. Other grades in all wool suits, $7.50
and up.
COME IN now, today, and select your
suit or overcoat.
Moretz-Whitener Clo. Co.
"THE QUALITY SHOP"
fHENEVEB YOU NEED
fij A GENERAL TONIC - TAKE
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j"he Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is Equally
j Valuable as a General Tonic because it Acts on. the Liver,
| Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and liuilds up
: j the Whole System. For Grown People and Children,
-'Uj '
I k>u know what you are taking when you take Grove's Tr&teless chill Tonic
s the formula is printed on every label showing that it contains the well known
■» ! onic properties of QUININE and IRON. It is as strong a& the atnmgest bitter
nnic and is in Tasteless Form. It has no equal for Malaria, Chills.and Fever,
I Veakness, general debility and loss of appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursia-.g
J Mothers and Pale, Sickly Children. Removes Biliousness without purging.
•| Relieves nervous depression and low spirits. Arouses the liver to action an ! .
1 urifies the blood. A True Tonic and Sure Appetizer. A Complete St-rngthene.-.
|; 0 f an ,,iy should be without it. Guaranteed by your IX uggiad. We it. 50c.
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fob Printing That's
l Different —Phone 31
;j 111 SOCIAL CIRCLES
The Thursday Study Club met No
! vember 20 with Mrs. Herbert Little
i Mrs. Harte gave a delightful -describe
Itionof Luzern; Mrs. Roy Abernethj
of Lake Lernan, and Mrs. Ingold tolc
11 of winter in the Engadine. Daint?
refreshments in courses were servec
Iby the hostess and the club adjourned
!to meet December 4th with Mrs.
1 Harte.
I November 20, Mrs. Chadwick en
| tertained the Tfavehers' Club. Quo
tations from Ruskin. Miss Ramsav
i opened the mett'ngwith an able
lon "The Baptistry and Ghiberti'
Then Mrs. Murphy rang with appre
I ciation the favorie folk-song of Italy
j "Santa Lucia." Miss Geitner pre
j sented the subject Giotto and th?
j Campanile," illustrating it with pic
! tures and personal reminiscences so as
jto make it of double interest. "Nina''
j written by Pergclesi over two-hun
j dred years ago was given by Misr
' Ramsay whose sweet voice brought
! out its quaint charm and palitos. At
j he close of the program copies of the
! Italian National Hymn were given &
I souvenirs, the members joining ir
singing it. Clua sandwiches with
: coffee and mints were served. Decern
ber4is the next meeting with Mrs.
.1. L. Cilley.
1 " '
The Ladies Aid Society of the Re
formed church wi.! hold their annua'
bazaar and serve lefreshments in the
Sunday School rooms of the church
Tuesday afternoon and evening. Dec
i 2. Everybody :s cordially invited.
Open at 3 o'clock.
The monthly business and
social meeting of the Presby
terian Pnilathea class will be held
with Miss Berty Hateh, at Mrs,
j Ppte Fennell's residenoe, 1205
12th Ave., Tuesday evening,
December 2, a! 7:20 o'clock. Ail
I members are to be present.
Mr. John F. Setzer, who has a
position in L»ncolnton, spent
Sunday here wi h his famiiy.
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§ BUSINESS LOCALS £
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CALVES WANTED-1
am still buyirg calves and pay
highest market ;)rice all the time.
J. L. Miller. Hickory, N. C.
Phone 122 L.
; EVERYTHING in bed covering
at J. A. Bowles
WANTED—VesI calves "weigh
ing from 75 ti 200 pounds on
| foot. Will Day octs. per pound.
H. W. Harris.
i
I
I KOR SALE—Carriage and auto
mobile cheap. Apply to this
o3ice.
i WANTED—Bricklayer's to work
on new pos. office building.
| Fifty cents an hour.
REMEMBER that you can get
things worth giving for Christ
mas presents at J. A. Bowles..
FOR S&LE—Grtfpe vine sprouts,
Concord variety. 5c each. T,
Y. Yates, Hickory, R-4 2t pd
WANTED—A female goat, two
or three months old. Call at
'Democrat office.
LARGE residence lot for sale on
East 12th Avenue. Apply to
Mrs. George A. Link, 802 9th
Avenue.
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SEE the new front lacing corsets
at J. A. Bovvbs,
FOR excellent Rooms or Board.
Close in, modern conveniences.
Apply to Mrs, H. L. A., Phone
72, 1403 12th Avenue,
TWO cottages and lot on Bth.
street, lot 100x300 feet. Cot
tage on each end of this lot
Will sell cheap to quick buyer
Call at the Democrat Office anc
get particulars.
WANTED —For Horseford Creel
and Brookford Bridges abou'
15.0C0 ft. 3 incl. Oak Plank, 1(
ft. or 13 feet lor.g, 6 inches to 1
inches wide. S?e G. 11. Geitner
_ Chairman. 2t
WANTED—You to know tha
The Democrat Job Office wii
do that job of printing for you oi
| short notice. Satisfaction guar
( anted.
GET your Ch-istmas ribbon
from J. A. Bowles
! YOU will need laces in makinj
up your Christmas presents
! Get th m from J. A. Bowles.
• FOR RENT Four furnishe
, rooms and bath with all moder
! ''onveniences. Apply to 803 14t
: S'rppf-, .ltp
I SALE CHEAP—If you ar
boking tor a small farm nea
Hickorv, here is your chance t
_ | buy. 16 acres of erood land cheai
Apply to 1028 Bth Avenue. t
I FOR RENT—six room housi
m\ city water, bath and electr
f v lights. Close in. Apply to ,
JF. Miller. 2
7s££l RoOFIKir
/Strictly flral quality—not seconds aor .r:!! cads.
The same roofingsokl through jobbcr3, drum- \
mera and retailers under well known factory
brand at one-third more. We sell direct to user.
You pay bat one small profit over factory cost.
SPOTLESS RUBBER ROOFING. 108 tn.feet to roll, j
with Nails aad Cemeat. Guaranteed Satisfactory, r
-1-Ply, Weight 35 Pounds. Rail 78c. ;
2-Ply. Weight4s Pounds, Roll Sl-08 j
3-PJr, Weight 65 Pounds. Roll Si-34
Shipped quick from Richmond; little freight.
j Free Samples and New Catalog quotine money- f
| saving p-iceson WOO Articles for Home, Fi.-ldand i
j Shop. Every Southern Farmer needs thij book. ,
THE SPOTLESS COMPANY •
The South's Mail Order House"
A Christmas I
Gift
Within Your Reach jj
A Gunn Sectional Book
case can be started with one j
section and added to as re
•j quired. Four sections malie
• a complete bookcase. Then
; you can buy one Desk Sec
h tion and you have a Book
p case and Desk combined.
- You want the best, and the
| ; ! best are the Gunn Sectional
: i Bookcases.
|j Corne in and let us show you
| uvV;/ the;/ excel•
I BOWLES
FURNITURE CO. f
North Carolina » v Notice of Lot
Catawba County. > Sale.
Notice is nerebv given to the public
that the undersigned executor of the
last will and testament of Amanda
Pope, deceased, under and by virtue
of an order of the Superior Court of
Catawba county, in a certain special
proceeding, entitled, Clias. Pope exe
cutor. vs Clarence Pope. Lee Pope and
others, for the purpose of securing as
sets with which to pay debts, and
which order and decree was signed by
the clerk of the Superior Court of Ca
tiwba county, on the 29th day of Sep
tember, 1013, authorizing the sale of
the said premises for the purposes set
out in the complaint*.
Therefore in per.-uance to said order
1, Chas. Pope, executor, will on the
27th day of December, 1913, in front
of the Post Office in t lie city of Hick
ory, at two o'clock, p. 111.. sell at pub
lic outcry to the highest bidder for
cash the following described real estat."
containing a nice modern residence:
It being a certain tract or parcel of
land situate* in the city of Hickory,
Catawba county, North Carolina, ad
joining the lands of J. D. Elliott, P.
A. Setzer, and Huffman heirs, (part of
Max Cline estate) and others, bounded
and described as follows, viz: Lying
on the westsideofanewstreat, known
as Shell street, beginning at a stone in
the middle of said street, and running
south i l /i west 102 feet to a stone:
Thence north west 335?- : j feet to
a stone; Thence, north 3% east 102 5
feet to a stone in Huffman's lin
Thence south 86 east 335% feet to tl
beginning, containing % acres, mo
or less.
This to be final sale of the premi
above named property tir*t sale • s"
Nov. Bth having been left open 20
da.\s for bid to be raised.
This the 27th day of November, 1913.
CHAS. PO» E, Commissioner.
D. L. Russell, Atty.
Articles of incomoration have!
been filed in the office of the Sec- i
retary of State by the Connelly
Sorings Knitting Company, ol
Connelly Springs, to build, equip
and operate a hosiery mill. The
capital stock authorized is $lOO,-
000, of which $11,600 ha« been
subscribed by Messrs. D. B. Mull,
R. I. Hudson, D. P. Hudson, J.
E. Hudson, McGalliard, and
others.
Saved His Foot
H. D. Ely, of Bantam, 0., suffered
from horrible ulcer on his foot for four
years. Doctor advised amputation, but
he refused and reluctantly trier Suck
len's Arnica Salve as a last resc . He
then wrote: "I used your salv;* and
my foot was soon completely tusd"
Best remedy for burns, cuts, b- ises
and eczema. Get a box to-day. Only
25c. All druggists or by mail. H.
E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louis. adv.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Children Gry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
The Hunting Season Is
Now In Full Blast
Our Stock of Guns and Ammunition is
complete and prices to please
all.
L. C. Smith Hammerless, 12 gauge $30.00
Baker Gun Co., 16 guage . . 25.00
Ithica, 12 guage .... 20.00
Ithica, 20 guage .... 20.00
Utica, 12 guage .... 17.50
Stevens, 12 guage . *. . 17.50
Springfield 12 guage Hanimerless 15.00
Double Hammer Guns at $lO, $l2, $l4
a'nd $17,50.
Winchester 12 ga. Auto Shotgun $30.00
Winchester 20 ga. Pump Gun 25.00
25 Single Guns . . . , . 4.00
Nitro Hunter Single guns, 12. 16, 20 7,00
. 22 Rifles . . . $1.50 to $15.00
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50,000 Shells
U. M. C., Winchester, Western
and Peters High Gun Shells.
Abernethy Hardware Co.
. HICKORY, N. C.
FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE!
Three houses and five lots on paved street
two blocks from depot
V/. B. YODER
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i t ? I ''lHii'l tTTiT—————
New Goods!
Our new goods are now arriving and will soon be
on display.
We will have the largest and most complete assort
ment we have ever shown in
Solid Gold, Diamond,
Jewelry, Watches, Silverware, Fine
Hand-Painted China, Cut Glass, &c.
Many designs this season that are esoeciallv
attractive. H
that w* l *
Geo. E. Bisanar
Jeweier and Optometrist Hickory, N. C.