fHE HICKORY DEMOCRA'i
Published Every Thursd? y
R. V. MORTON, - Editor and Proprietci
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Six Months, " " 5«-
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Kntereti at the Post Office at Hickory
second class matter.
ft THURSDAY. JftNE; 8:-1914.
The Durham Sun was ahxiou -
for Gen. Julian to be ?
candidate for Governor, but. J'
seems he has decided not to en.te
the race. General -Garr has many
sincere friends and' warm sup '
porters all over North "Catioliri
who are inspired with a sincen
desire to see him Governor of
this good state, but after hit
long and excellent record in th
commercial and industrial wor!«
it would be a pity for him to mi:
in politics, and thus render him
self liable to the many false ac
cusations from which almoin
every candidate for public offic*
has had to suffer, ; . r
We greatly deptore the'sad or -
currence of Wednesday night,
December 31,1913 v when about
two hundred boys of Hickory
met on Union Square;, afid pro
ceeded to celebrate the out-going
of the Old Year, and to welcome
in the New Year of 1914.. As is
so often done in such cases the
spirit of the occasfon gerttfte bet
ter of their judgment, a.nd in the
reckless use of firearms one of
their number was seriously in
juied by a load of shot from s
shot gun in the hands of another
from the effects of which he died
at the Richard Baker hospital on
Friday night. Such asad endim
for the year of 191-3! This should
serve as a warning in th& 'fuCure
that any violation >f the law
should be attended-to at onceajno
not to wait till it hSs developed
into such a serious matter as th
ending of a promising young
life. Surely the lessorlearned
on this occasion will , never b*
forgotten by the boys who parti
cipated in this sad affsir.; x
The good year 1913 has passed
into history with air its jdys- -and
sorrows, with the good tieeds we
have done as well ad the Mistakes
we have made. Let lis hope the
good resolutions .-we made on
New Years Day will -be kepi
throughout, the year of 1914, and
when this year shall Have passed
we shall each feel that we • have
done our dutv more faithfully
than ever before,
Our little city has greatlirpros
pered in material things in the
past year, for which we :are truly
grateful. Many of our' merchant*
have told us that it was the : most
prosperous year in the history of
their business, and.ev.ery line, of
business seems to be: going - for
ward. Hii: 7,:->
Good crops and good prices for
them have made more plen
tiful than ever before all aver the
United States. Peace pros
perity have abounded"through
out the country, and in the light
of what has been.. ''accomplished
within the past year, let us take
courage and endeavor to. do our
duty as we see it in this year of
1914.
To all of our readers we hope
this may be a year of peace and
prosperity.
BRONCHITIS CONQUERED
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Rpyersford, Pa., Man-Tells How.
At this season of year, witl* such
Hidden changes, it is so easy to take
cold, and almost before one is aware
there la Inflammation in the bronchia)
tab**—a hard cough' and unless
checked in time chronic pulmonary
troublea may result. -. .»:
Townsend Young pf...Royersford,
Pa., says: "A. severe bronchial trou
ble contracted caused me niuch-. diffi
culty about breathing! My chest felt
dossed up and there "vraa consider
able soreness. I, tried .rem
•dies without help; but I. juorvglad to
•ay that Vinei cured my bronchial
trouble which had lasted for three
aumths. My breathing is all right
•ad the soreness entirely gone from
mj chest."
▼lnol contains the curatlye. healing
principle* of fresh cods' Uyers .([wjfh.-
••* oil) and tonic iron. guaran
tee it to be delicious in. taste and to
satisfy you with its medicinal effects.
P. S. If you have any skin trouble
try Saxo Salve. We }t.
—Moser & Lutz, Hickory,N. C.
Por Weakness and Loss of ' Appetite
general strengthe*rrijj' tonid,
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Statesville District.
Christian Advocate.
At the district stewards' meet
ing of the Statesville District,
'h|fd at Broad Street church on
Wednesday, December 17, the
C'esiding elder. Rev. L T. Mann
troduced a new feature into
ftis kind of meeting by submit
ting a full report of the work ac
complished within the bounds ot
Ike district for the past year
The main features of this report
are worth reproducing for pub
lication. for the information of
the brethern of the district and
tf the Conference.
"" The report showed that the
district ranks among the verv
strongest of the Conference. It
is first among all the districts in
'the matter of church member
ship. second in aggregate of as
sessments for salaries, and third
in rank of amount assessed for
the benevolent causes. The re
ports submitted to the Confer
ence at Charlotte show that
there were more than 1,800 pro
fessions of faith during the year
within the bounds of the district
the reports from Mooresville Sta
tion and Mooresville Circuit being
especially notable, over 700 coi
versions being reported from
these two charges.
The following charges paid all
assessments in full: Alexander,
Cool Spring, Catawba. First
Church Hickory, Iredel!, Moores
ville Circuit, Mooresville Station,
Newton, Broad Street Statesville
Stony Point and Troutman. The
last two paid a surplus on pas
tor's salary. The following five
paid a surplus on both salary and
missions: Alexander, Catawba,
Iredell, Mooresville Circuit and
Newton.
The following summaries by
counties are interesting: each
charge in Alexander county paid
all claims in full with a good sur
Farmers' Demonstration Work
By H. K. FOSTER, Coiinly Commissioner of Agricultnre
The School House farm Deinonstrc
tion Plats.
Five of the ten farm demon
stration plats, started in a nu.n
ber of school districts in thf
county last winter, have surviv
ed and work on them will be car
ried on another year. Two ot
these plats brought between s4o
and SSO each, above all expense
to go towards the improvemetii
"of the schools where they art
located/ Many farmers do n_>l
appreciate the value of thts
demonstration plats. Becau.-e
they do not need the demonstra
tion of improved farming them
selves, they conclude that it is ol
no value to others. There is not
■a school district in the county in
which the general farm practices
are-so good that they cannot bt
verv much improved by actual
demonstration of what can bt
done in soil and crop improve
ment. In every school district
some farmers are doing mucT
better farming than others.
These farmers ars the ones wh>»
should aid in farm demonstration
work at the school house, whtr
the results obtained can be seen
t}y all, including those who ue.o
the demonstration most.
Mistakes in Farm Practice.
The writer has watched farm
practice? pretty closely for the
Fast year all over the county and
cari say without any hesitatio:
that one of the greatest mistake.-
made by farmers is undertaking
to grow a greater acr of crop
than they have mea is to *nit
vate and handle properly. To
farmer is always bihinu, wi:i
the result that he do s things i
a hurry and does not tike tim
to do the work well. There ar»
farmers in this county who hav
grown more cotton, corn aru>
others crops on one acre thai
their neighbors have on fiv,
acres. ; When the attention of th
farmor is called to this fact, h.
generally replies that he is too
hard up, that he cannot afford to
put po and expense on
one or two acres ot land. This
same farmer will put out moi e
crop than he can handle properly
ana go to even more expense for
utilizer for the iarger acreage,
will-be rushed with work and
u_ijind all season, and will enu
up the year by hiving thrown
away a larae part of his tim*
and" money in a vain effort to grei
more munev. It costs no moi>
in time and labor to grow 2000
pounds of seed cotton per acre
than it does to grow 1000 pounds,
and the farmer has the surplu
time and labor to dtyote to tin
care of live stock or some othe
protitabie>crop.
Care of Farm Machinery.
. Plows, mowing machines, cul
tivators, hav rakes, etc., con
money to keep in repair, and to
replace when worn out. Why no*
them just as long as pussi
:ble?\ Too much farm machinery
lies exposed to the weather when
not in use. Rust wiil soon ruin
any piece of machinery, no mat
ter how well constructed. Why
not take care of it? A sheo
which will'hold all the machinery
l-of the farm, can be built at a
[ very small cost, and will :ave its
Uostin a very short time. Now
plus on missions. The seven
charges in Citawba county, vvith
one exception, paid ail claims on
salary, and ot the twenty-seven
churches in this couuty, on y two
tailed to pay salaries in full. *The
presiding elder reports that he
is especially proud of the year's
record made oy Methodism in
Iredell. For many years deficits
seem to have been the rule, and
those paying in full the excep
tion, but during the past year
every rural charge in the county
paid every claim in full, and only
one charge in the county failed
to come up to this higher ideal.
During the past two years the
average pastor's salary in the
Statesvuie District has been in
creased from SBOI.OO to $904.00,
this increased average .having
been brought about bv the in
creased salaries on circuits almost
entirely, little increase having
been made in this time by sta
tions.
At the beginning of the year
there was an indebtedness for
church buildings and impiove
ments of more than $20,000.00
on the following charges: Broad
Street and Ra«*e Street, States
ville; Mooresville; Newton and
Taylorsville. During the year
over $10,600 was paid on these
debts, and the balance of the
above seeured in good subscrip
tions to be paid later.
From the above, it may be
seen that Brother Mann has not
only been abundant in labors
he reports that he has travelled
more tnan 12.000 miles in his
work during the year —but that
he has sufficient achievement to
his credit to merit this account
of his work. John F. Kirk.
Statesville, N. C.
The most completely lost of all
days is the one in which we have
not laughed.—Chamfort,
is a good time to buiid one. Make
the farm tools last longer and
cut down expenses for repairs,
Free Course in Agriculture.
The North Carolina A. & M.
Col'ege West Raleigh, N. C..
offers a four weeks course in
general agriculture beginning
January 9 and ending February
6, 1914, The winter course in
agriculture is a practical course
in farming given by practical
men for practical farmers. It is
open to all who are engaged in
or interested in farming and is
designed to aid the man who
wishes to farm in a modern and
business way, who wants larger
and better returns for his labor
and who wants to make a better
and more comfortable home on
his farm. No tuition is charged
for the Winter Course. The Col
lege cannot offer rooms to stud
ents entering this course but will
furnish meals at the dining hall
at $2.75 per week, Rooms may
be rented either in WtSt Raleigh
or in Raleigh at from $2 50 per
week up. No examinutiens are
required for entering the Winter
C )urse and any person over 13
years of age may enter with full
privileges. The regular work of
the Winter Course begins Janu
ary 9th at 8:15 a. m.; and all
students should arrive the day
before so as to arrange for board
and room. For further informa
tion write the Professsor of
Agriculture, West Raleigh, N. C.
I would like to get at least five
farmers in th;s county to take
this Winter Course and can as
sure them that the benefit they
will get out of the course will b
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—For sn]- in Hickory by C. M. Shu
loid and druggists everywhere.
worth many times its cost to I
them. I will be glad to furnish
any farmer or farmers son in the
county full information in regard
to the course.
Plowing.
Too many farmers have been
and vv ill try to get all their plow
ins: done during the fore part of
the winter. This is often a great
mistake, caused partly by the
farmers undertaking to farm
more land than he has horses,
help and implements to take care
of property. If one has clover
or other sod land to plow it is
wise and good practice to do it
jnow, but as a general rule unless
such is the case, land in cotton
stalks or stubble of any kind, is
much better left unbroken until
later. Land lacking in humus or
organic matter will suffer a great
loss bv lying all winter freshly
plowed exposed to the winter
rains etc. Land in such condi
tion is bound to wash conaider
ablv, even terraced. Do not gtt
in a hurry or undertake too much
Better five acres in cotton or
corn properly handled than ten
acres half done.
Bovs' Corn Clubs.
Washington, December 21. —Com-
menting on the statement issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture, showing the results attained
by the boys and girls who won prises
iin the Boys' Corn Clubi and Girls*
Canning Clubs in their respective
states in the season of President
Harrison, of Southern Railway Com
paLy, said today:
"While the work done by the boys
and girls in all of the states was re
markable, it is very gratifying to me
to note that first honors, both in the
Boys' Corn Clubs and the Girli' ear
ning Clubs, went to states traversed by
the lines of the Sout hern Railway sys
tem. Tne wonderful record made by
Jerry Moore, of South Carolina, who
grew 228.75 bushels of corn on a
single acre in 1910, directed atten
tion to the great advantages of the
Southeastern States as a corn-growing
locality. Now comes Walker Lee
Dunson, of Alabama, with a record of
232.7 bushels on a single acre, set
ting a new mark for the members of
the Boys' Corn Clubs throughout the
United States. The superiority of
the Southeast for corn production is
demonstiated not only by Walker
Dunson's remarkable lecord but also
by the fact that the yields obtained by
the prize winning boys in each of the
states of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Tennessee exceeded the highest yield
obtained by any boy in a Northern or
Western state.
"No le?s remarkable than the record
made by Walker Dunso nin the corn
elub work was that made by Miss
Clyde Sullivan, of Georgia, who grew
5,354 pounds of tomatoes on a tenth
of an acre, surpassing by 1,374 pounds
, the higest reoord made by any girl in
i the North or West. Other South
eastern girls did remarkably well, nota
j bly Miss Lizzie Kelley, of South Caro
lina, with a record of 4,375 pound* on
a tenth of an acre.
"Taken of A whole, the records of
the Southeastern boys and girls de
monstrate. the superior agricultural and
horticultural advantages of tha Soath
eastern States, not only for pjreiy
Southern crops, such as cotton and
early fruits and vegetables, bat alio
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; Read!
A Good Resolution
For the New Year
"RESOLVED, That I will no longer postpone the Opening
of that Bank Account which I have so long contemplated,
although the fir& amount to be deposited may not be so
large as t had always intended."
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest On Time Deposits
Deposits made|before January Bth draw Interest from the Ist
in our savings depattmeot.
Hickory Banking & Trust Co.
Hickory, : : : North Carolina
Suffered with
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Lucky Day Almanac for 1914
■ "i ■ maam aa«»
for crcpE which are usually associatee
in the public mind with the North am
West. They demonstrate that thf
states south of the Ohio and Potomai
Rivers and east of the Mississippi offer
unsurpassed advantages for th ? mar
seeking to ensrag* in profitable diver
sified agriculture."
Death of First Wonan Lawyer.
Miss Phoebe Housens, whi wa*
the the first woman lawyer in
the United States, the firsc wo
man to hold the office of U nite
States Marshal and the firs twn
man to be a graduate from
Washington University, was
buried at St Loais Monday.
With her was lowered into; the
grave her most prizesed pof *esp
ion—the United State's marthal's
badge of silver presented by
President Clpveland to her. Mite
Cousens died in poverty.
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ie no reason why a girl si ould
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