Established 1899
MASS MEETING CALLED
IB CONSIDER CAS PLANT j
Will Meet in Chamber of Commeroe
Rooms, Monday, February 16, at
8 O'clock, P.M.
Prospects are bright for the lo
cating of a gas plant in Hickory.
W. W. Hess, president of tin
Pennsylvania Gas Co , will be in
Hickory Monday, February 16, |
and Secretary Joy of the Cham
ber of Commerce has issued the
following call for a mas? meeting
of the citizens on that date:
"The citizens of Hickory and
the suburban towns are request
ed to attend a meeting in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms on
Monday evening, February 16, at'
8 p. m. We say suburban towns J
as will as Hickory,inasmuch as it
is a part of the proposed plan to
extend the system to our neigh
boring municipalities.
"\V. W, Hess, president of the
Pennsylvania Gas Co., visited our
city some time ago, and was im
pressed with the possibilities of
introducing a gas plant here. We
went over the proposition with
him at length, and thought it a
matter of such ! importance that
we decided to call a mass meeting
to consider it.
"In answer to a telegram, Mr.
Hess informs us that he will be
here M jniay, Febrairy -, 16.,
and we have called this meeting
so that he can be present and tell
of the benefits such a plant
would be to our city.
"Don't forget the time and
place—Monday evening, Febru
ary 1G at 8 o'clock, in Chamber
of Commerce rooms."
Grand Jury's report.
The grand jury made their re
port Wednesday evening. They
reported the County Home in
good conditions and the inmates
satisfied. Thev recommended
that the County Jail cells be
painted—also the building inside
and out.
The chaingang was reported to
be in good conditions and the pri
oners said that they were treated
well and had plenty to eit
The county offices were visited
The report insists that the books
in the register's offices be re-in
dexed and be kept in a modern
system.
The court house was receom
mended to be painted and repair
ed. Some plan to make the
court house more sanitary and
prevent careless - spitting on the
floor.
It was recommended that the
bridges on the roads be in better
repair and the roads be kept in
better condition for public
travel.—Catawba County News.
Death of Miss Raymo.
The many friends of Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Raymo of Wayne,
Mich, will be saddened to learn
of the death of Miss Gladys
Raymo who passed away quietly
and peacefully, Monday morning
January 26. She had been able
to get around in the house and
out in her wheel chair until with
in a day or two. Sunday was
her twenty fourth birthday.
Her cheerfulness and politeness
was a wonder. This bravery
with her lovely characters,
brought her the abiding affection
of many friends here who sym
pathize deeply with the family,
in this affliction.
Lutheran Lay;nen's Convention.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,of this
city, will be represented at the Luther
an Laymen's Convention at Columbia,
S. C., February 17-19. by Rev. J. H.
Wannemacher, Messrs. B. F. Camp
bell, L. D. Russell, J. A. Moretz, P.
C. Setzer and possibly others, •-]
This will be one of the greatest
gatherings of laymen ever held in the
Southern States. Thirty-one speakers
have been secured, and each one of
these shines as a brilliant star in the
galaxy of specialists.
The progiam prospectus is vnique
in its make up. The subjects selected
are of intense interest to fhe laymen
of the church. Many of the speakers
are well known throughout America
and some of them have a world-wide
reputation.
The laymen of the Lutheran Church
in and around Hickory cannot do "any
better right now than avail themselves
of this opportunity.
McKinley Sigmon Acquitted.
McKinley Sigmon, who was
tried in Newton court last vseek
on the charge of killing Terry
Shell in this city New Year's eye,
was acquitted by the jury. No
direct evidence showing chat-he
was the person who fire 3 tae
fatal shot was introduced and he
was given the benefit of the
doubt.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
ry com)
Southern Power Company's Lookout
Railroad Begun.
' Statesville, February, 9.—The
| Broods-Pkrker' Construction
Company, which has the con
tract to construct the Southern
Power Company's railroad from
Steel's siding on the Catawba
River, 10 mil&3 we3t of States
ville, to the site of the big power
plant to be erected at Lookout
! Shcals, five miles further up the
river, began the work of grading
tie rosdbed ioday.
Acccmpanyirifl: the equipment
were 4(f colored laborers brought
from South Carolina, who begun
the work of "constructing camp
ing quarters immediately after
the arrival in; the river bottoms
where the work is to begin. A
' number of additional laborers
! p i- sed through Statesvilie today
going. to ; - the. camp, and others
will be added until a very large
force is at work. . The .company
will use only horse-drawn ma
chinery in grading the road, the
work not being sufficiently
heavy to justify the use of steam
shovels and other heavy machin
ery.
Mr. L. B, Sloop, the Southern
Power Company's right-of-way
man who has been making head
quarters in Statesvilie for several
months, will, continue to spend
time here and at the river
aricfwill have a general oversight
of the ' operations at the river.
While little "work on the-big dam
and power Dlant will be done un
til the railroad is finished, the
site will probably be Immediate
ly cleared off, prepatory to the
building operation.
Crop Improvement Committee Makes
Financial Statement.
January 1, 1913 the sum of $lO.OO
was received from the National Crop
Improvement Committee ot, Chicago
to help pay the cost of hiring a farm
demonstrator for Catawba Counfy. Mr.
H. K. Foster, a man thoroughly ac
quainted with fairm work under all con
ditions, and with the best way of mar
keting crops, was chosen to carry on
this work in Catawba county.
At the regular monthly meeting of
County Commissioners February 2,
Mr. Foster was re elected to carry on
this work another year.
Messrs. H. P. Lutz, J. W. Robin
son and yf. J. Shuford, who constitute
the Crop Improvement-Committee-for'
this county, have rendered the follow
ing statement of the expenditures lor
the past year, which shows that they
have expended a little over half ol the
sluoo in demonstration work and have
$417.27 in the treasury.to be used in
carrying on. this year's wo-k:.., T
Receip'.s from the Crop Improvement
Committee at Chicago, 111., January
Ist. 1913, -SIOQQJ)O
Expenditures:
Catawba County News $ 11.7
Newton Enterprise 1 75
Ccrpenine & Son 102.82
H. K. Foster 196 31 •
Miss Foil . 10,00
Cash, W. J. S'»utord .80 .
Rhyne Hdw. Company 4.35
v i*' v .50
Kerr's Livery Company 4.20
• " ,f 'l5-00
5 8(* -• •
W. J. Shuford . ..J2.SQ.
Telegrams . .-■•"-'.'55 * -
Ad, Progressive Fanner 1-5Q
Ad. Country Gentleman 1.50
Miss Eckard 5 OP. v .
Keeping horse July,
W. J. S. : 10.00
Telephone f .60
Stenography 1.00
Miss Eckard - 6.50
Horse and Buggy 200 00 582.73
Bal. on hand Jan. Ist, 1914, 417.27
CAN'T DENY IT
If This Had Happened Elsewhere In
stead of Hickory You Might
Doubt It.
' Th« average . man it a doubter.
! This is not surprising—the public have
; been humbugged so frequently they
: are skeptical. Proof like the following
: will stand investigation. It cannot be
disputed.
W. L. Lalone, 1413 Eighth Ave.,
I Hickory, N. C., says: "I have used
i Doan's Kidney Pills myself and also in
j the family and they 'have- always
i brought satisfactory results. I was
; suffering from severe pains through my
back and the kidney secretions were
i irregular in passage, I procured Doan's
l Kidney- Pills at Moser & Lutz's Drug
s Store and*they helped me in, eveiy
way:" . - _
When Mr. Lafone was interviewed
Oligarch 6, 1912, he said:, "I still
• reccpmmeud Doan's Kidney Pills
S whenever Ijhear anyone-.complaining of
£ kidney trouble. lam pleased to con-
V firm the public statement I gave some
In. twae
o For sale by all dealers. Price 50
e cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
3 New York, sole agents for the United
e States. "
e Remember the name—Doan'a 2nd
ake no other, ij *'; adv.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1914
1 TWO OF CATAWBA'S AGED
• CITIZENS PASS TO REST
. Capt. P. W. Carpenter of Conoyer.
i Capt. Phillip W. Carpenter,
i one of Conover's oldest and most
i highly respected citizens, passed
away at his home in that place
Saturday night at the advanced
age of 80 years and 1 month, Be
; sides Mrs. Carpenter, he is sur
vived by nine children, three
■ sons and six daughters. They
are Mrs, Rufus Mosteller, ol
-Charlottesville, Va , Mrs. Fannie
Corriher, of China Grove; Mrs.
I f). J. Settlemyre, of Hickory; W.
IP. Carpenter, of Mooresville; P.
O. Carpenter, of Newton; Mrs
J. P, Miller, of Charlotte; Mrs ;
Byron Shuford, of China Grove
Miss Mildred Carpenter,of Cono
ver and D. J.Carpenter.
He was a son of Jones Carpen
ter and wss.born in Lincoln coun
ty in January, 1864. At the be
ginning of the Civil War he
listed in the Confederate Army.
In July, 1862, he was made
second lieutenant and v one
year later was promoted to cap
tain and placed in command of
Company G. 57th N.C. regiment.
This position he held until near
the close of the war when he
was made a prisoner and taken
to Washington, D. C., where he
was released July 18, 1865.
• The funeral services were held
from the home in Conover Mon
day afternoon at 1 o'clock, con
ducted by his pastor, Rev.. B. L.
Stroup, of Newton, After the
funeral services, the body was
carried to Newton where it was
laid to rest in the cemetery. He
was a devoted member of the
Lutheran Church at Newton.
J. B. Lutz of Newton, R, 4.
Following a stroke of paralysis
of the brain last Friday Mr. J.
B. Lutz died Friday night at his
home about five miles east of
this city. ..Up to the time of his
death Mr. Lutz enjoyed good
health considering his advanced
age and his almost sudden death
cast a dark shadow of sorrow
over the entire community.
The funeral services were held
Sunday morning at New Jerusa
lem Lutheran Church, conducted
by Rev. B, L. Stroup, and the
body was laid to rest in the
burial ground in the church yard.
Besides a widow, Mr. Lutz
leaves a wife Snd seven children.
The children are Messrs. J. 0..
W.R.andH. P. Lutz, Mrs. L.
H, Seitz, Mrs. A. L. Baker, Mrs.
J D. Bolick andf Miss Sarah
Lutz, all of this county.
Mr. Lutz was a member of the
48th regiment North Carolina
troops in the Civil War, having
enlisted October 5, 1864,
He was a member and one of
the leading men in New Jerusa
lem Lutheran Church.
In the death of Mr. J. B. Lutz,
which occurred Friday night the
county lost one of its most pro
gressive citizens and one who
was the forerunner of farmers
organizations in the county. Mr.
Lutz was one of the first men to
introduce the American Society
of Equity and when this didn't
prove* a success he became a
staunch supporter of the Farm
ers' Union and stood by it until
his death.—Catawba County
News. ✓
Maurice G. Fulton to Lecture at Le
noir College.
Prof. Maurice G. Fulton, Ph.
D., head of the English Depart
ment of Davidson College, will
deliver a lecture on "Christianity
and the Newspapers" in the Le
noir College auditorium Sunday
" evening, February 15 at 7 o'clock.
This lecture is free and the
p üblic is most cordially invited
to hear it. Prof. Fulton is an
' able and attractive speaker and
r a large audience is desired.
i There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
j few years was supposed to be incur
-1 able. For a great many years doctors
i pronounced it a local disease and pre
s scribed local remedies, and by con
. stantly failing to cure with local treat
-5 men!, prodounced it incurable.
7 Science has proyen Catarrh to be a
i constitutional disease, and therefore
3 requires constitutional treatment.
r Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
' IP. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ofiio, is
V the only Constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in
1J doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful.
1 It acts directly on the blood and
mucous snrfaces of the system. They
' offer one hundred dollars for anv case
>f it fails to cure. Send for circulars and
- .testimonials. .
- Address: F. J. CHENEY &. CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
0- Take Hall's JPamily Pills for consti
,* pation. adv.
i
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Julius
d Ramsay, of York ville, S. C„ a
'.[fine girl.
| in SOCIAL CIRCLES
On last Monday night the
Philathea classes of the Metho
dist Churcp entertained the
Baraca boys at - their regular
monthly social meeting. Quota
tions on the Bible were read at
roll-call, ans after a short pro
gram, consisting of readings by
Vlisses Mamie Sue Johnson, and
Mabel Hight, a solo by Miss
Jlara Bowles, and a piano num
ber by Miss Marjorie Whitener,
refreshments were served, and a
merry hour spent in chatting.
The many friends of the con
tracting parties will be interest
ed in the following announce
ment of the marriage of one of
Hickory's mo3t popular young
ladies:
Mr. and Mrs. Amidas Crawford Link
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Annie Moore
to
Mr. Robert Sinclair Booth
on Thursday, the fifth of February
nineteen hundred and fourteen
Hickory, North Carolina.
The Round Dozen Book Club
met February 4, with Mrs. J. W.
Blackwelder. "Laddie" was given
prominence in the discussion of
books, the hostess giving a criti
cism of the book and an inter
esting sketch of the author, Gene
Stratton Porter, She also read
a story which was much enjoy
ed. Items of news were dis
cussed and the club adjourned to
meet on the 18th, with Mrs. J.
L. Murphy, Dainty and appe
tizing refreshments were served.
The Thursday Study Club was
most pleasantly entertained
February 5 by Mrs. Worth Elliott
Items of news were given at
roll-call and the readings were
given by Mrs. Roy Abernethy,
Mrs. C. C. Bost and Mrs, F. B.
Ingold, Miss Bertha Bradshaw
gave much pleasure by reciting
several pieces; Miss Beatrice
Bulla, of Davenport College, also
added to the -entertainment by
playing beautiful selections on
the violin, Mtt. Harte accom
panying her on tne piano. A de
licious supper in four courses was
served in the dining room. The
next meeting will be with Mrs.
F. B. Ingold.
February 4 Mrs. H. C. Men
zies entertained the Hickory
Book Club. Mrs. Geo. W. Pat
terson of Castine, Maine, a class
mate of Mrs. ohadwick's at
Wellesley College was a wel
comed guest. In allusion to the
special book of the day "A
Dream of Blue Roses" two "Blue
Ruses", the young daughters of
the hostess with Miss Clarissa
Abernethy greeted the guests at
the door of this hospitable home.
Mrs. Menzies gave a very inter
esting account of her book and
the lifs of the author, Mrs. Hu
bert Barclay, a talented English
writer. A "Dream of Pink
Roses'' gave their greeting in the
dining-room. Place-cards were
hand-painted pictures character
istic of the different books. Co
nundrums added their spice to
the course-dinner. Rose bon
bon boxes with birds filled with
4 'goodies" were souyenirs of
thi3 delightful occasion. The
meeting of February 18 will be
with Mrs. K, C, Menzies.
During the past week Mrs.
Chadwick has had the pleasure
of a visit from a friend, and class
mate at Wellesley College, Mrs.
Geo. W. Patterson, of Castine,
Maine, Mrs. Chadwick gen
erously shared this pleasure with
her friends. Mrs. Royster and
Mrs. Martin were invited to dine
with Mrs. Patterson on Tuesday.
Wednesday Mrs. Patterson was
guest of honor at the Book Olub
meeting with Mrs, Chas. Men
zies. On Thursday afternoon
about 40 guests were invited to
meet Mrs. Patterson at the home
of Mrs. Chad wiok, Mrs .Patterson
has made two visits to Palestine
and Egypt, and she told of these
countries in a most interesting
and enlightening way, illustra
ting with maps and pictures, also
costumes of the identical fashion
! of the time of Joseph and|the
coat of many colors. She made
clear to us that while the actual
! earth that Christ trod upon
| while in Jerusalem is buried 50
or 100 feet beneath the present
streets of Jerusalem, the same
[ type of people are there—
{ wretched, dirty, wicked—the
multitude on which He had com
> passion, and it seems to bring
closer to us His inexaustible pity
. and power to save to the utmost.
. She told us especially of the
women andghildren, who are al
s ways -interesting. Cakes and
i punch and conversation ended
the afternoon.
I SAD STORY OF THE
I MURDER AN INEANT
j _____
Spartanburg, S. C., Feb. 3.
i Developments in the case of the
■ two-month-old baby found
• drowned in Whites millpond
t near Spartanburg Saturday
came to a starteing climax when
r the alleged parents were arrest
I ed almost simultaneously—the
i mother, in a boarding house as
she was arranging to take a train
, for Charleston, the father at
i Chesnee, S. C., as he was prepar
ing to leave for San Francisco.
She is Miss F1 eta Pendleton, 19
years old, daughter of a shoe
salesman of Durham, N. C., He
is Clyde Caldwell Clement, aj?ed
J 23, of Sandy Springs, N. C , son
; of Robert Clement, a merchant.
The arrest of Miss Pendleton
was dramatic in- t.'ie extreme.
Mrs. W. W. Ho ge3 of Green
ville, had come to opartanburg
and indentified the baby as that
of a young woman who lived in
her boarding house as "Mrs
Caldwell" last month.
Taking Mrs. Hodges with them
officers went to the house.
When Mrs. Hodges laid her
eyes on the girl she burst into a
flood of tears and said: "Oh,
God, Mrs. Caldwell! Why did
you kill that dear little baby?"
Miss Pendleton collapsed.
When she had been partly recomr
posed she told this story:
She became intimate with Cle
ment last year when he was a
student at Wofford and she was
taking a course in telegraphy at
a local business school. Clement
paid her frequent visits. When
her condition became alarming
she went to Charlotte, living for
awhile in a boarding house there
and later going to the Presbyter
ian Hospital, where the baby was
born December 6.
j
After various vicissitudes Cle
ment took her to Greenville on
January 13 and they obtained a
room at the home of Mrs. Hod
ges, Clement did not stay there,
but frequently visited the girl.
Clement, the girl said, con
stantly importuned her to get
rid of the baby, saying he did
not love "the d- n brat" and
would not marry her while she
had it.
Miss Pendleton said she called
at the Salvation Army Rescue
Home in Greenville and asked
the matron, Mrs. Mary E. Be
bout, to take the infant and give
it to somebody who wanted a
baby. Mrs. Bebout informed
her that it was contrary to the
rules of the institution to take
babies while they were still nurs
ing.
Mrs. Hodges in the meanwhile
suspected that things were not
as they should be, and on mak
ing inquiries learned the real
indentity of the couple. They
decided to leave Greenville.
They took a train last Friday
night and came to Spartanburg.
They had decided, the girl said,
to put the baby out of the way.
They engaged a hack at the
station, drove to the outskirts of
the city and than dismissed the
hack. They then walked to the
bridge over Lawsons Fork Creek.
Miss Pendleton faltered, she
said, when it came to the crucial
test, but Clement repeated to
her that unless they made way
with the child he would not mar
! ry her.
The mother could not stand it.
She turned and fled, Clement,
she said, dropped the baby from
i the bridge into the cold black
' water below and coolly rejoined
her. They returned to the city
and he engaged a room for her
. at the boarding house where she
t was found.
When the hue and cry became
, hot Clement, she said, decided
it would be well for both of
| them to leave this vicinity.
\ The only tangible clue present
. Ed to the officers when the_ baby's
, body was found was the laundry
, mark on her undergarment.
; which it has been since learned,
[ was the mark of a Charlotte
, laundry.
When Mrs. Hodges learned of
r the case she at once surmised
, that the drowned baby was the
t infant of the woman she had
{ known as "Mrs, Caldwell" Ser
, geant Thompson notified Sheriff
5 W. J. White, who arranged that
[ Mrs. Hodftes should come to the
t city to indentify the baby. In
) the meanwhile Mr. Miller re
l turned to Greenville, questioned
i Mrs. Hodges and learned who
- the couple were who lived at
3 her house. Through telephone
- messages Clement was located at
? the home of his father at Sandv
f Springs in Polk county, N. C.,
Accompanied by Sergeant
e Thompson, Mrs, Hodges came to
- the city today, looked at the
j baby and at once recognized it.
i She was then taken to the board
ing house where Miss Pendleton
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
| was arrested as told.
I After visiting Miss Pendletoi
Clement engaged an automobile
and started back to his home.
Sheriff White and Moss Hayes, a
detective, on their way to Sandy
Springs encountered Clement at
I Chesnee and arrested him at al
most exactly the same time that
the warrant was being served on !
Miss Pendleton.
| Both were placed in cells and
held without bond on a charge of
murder. The girl bagged to see J
her little daughter and arrange- 1
ments were made to carry the
tiny corpse to the jail.
Clement was perfectly calm. J
He declined to make any state- '
ment except this: He is 23 years '
old and has known Miss Pendle
ton since she was 13 years old. 1
They lived near each other in
Polk county for a number of
years.
Solicitor Hill said: "This is one ]
of the most cold-blooded, pre- 1
meditated murders in my experi- 
ence.
Miss Pendleton made a com- s
plete confession to the Solicitor
in the jail. She begged to see
Clement. When he was brought '
from his cell she reached her
hands through the bars and '
clasped his, with many expres- 1
sions of love and devotion.
Tear 3 streamed down her face as
she chokingly murmured her
love for the man, and she would
not release her feverish hold on
his hands. Clement did not ut
ter a word. She begged the
Solicitor to let Clement remain
with ber, but he would not con
sent.
County Commissioners Meet.
The Board of Commissioners metr
Monday, R. E. Gabriel, S. L. White
ner, C. M. Setzer and C. M. Yoder
present. In the absence of Chairman
E. L. Little, C, M. Yoder was elected
chairman for the meeting.
Sidney Pearson was relieved of poll
tax for 1913, Mis, A. G. Bost was re
lieved of $1.98 tax. Eli Sigman of poll
tax, M. M. Harrison of county license
tax, R. W. Abernethy of tax on $5OO,
W. A, Loftin of 90 cents special school
tax, Charlie Crouse of poll tax, J, B.
Hoke of poll tax.
Ordered that a survey be made from
Lincoln county line, by Bost's school
house to Lee Ledford's
W. F. Mull was oppointed road
supervisor of Bandy's township, in
place of Dr. Foard, resigned.
Misses Polly and Teeny Asherbran
ner were allowed $1.50 a month for
support, A. F, Wood to draw the
money.
H. K. Foster was employed county
agriculturist for another year.
D. A. Miller was allowed $l.OO a
month for suppprt.
Miss Gertrude Hall was elected sten
ographer for the court.
J. H. Aderholt was relieved of bond
to work road through his place.
A survey was ordered to be made
from Claremont to Roseman's bridge
by of John Hoke's to Gene Mo- ,
ser s.
Nancy Blaylock was sent to county
home.
George Lefevers was allowed $1.50
a month for support, the money to be
drawn by P. Q. Carpenter,
M. C. Setzer was appointed to have
the courthouse roof painted.
John Gabriel, Jr„ was elected road
supervisor for Mountain Creek township
in place of Dr. Wilson, resigned.
A survey of road from the Simpson
bridge to Charlie Hoover's was order
ed. —Enterprise.
Horrible Blotches of Eczema.
Quickly cured by Dr. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment. C. P. Caldwell, of
New Orleans, La., states: ''My doctor
advised me to try 'Dr. Hobson's Ec
zema Salve.' I used -three boxes of
, Ointment and three cakes of Dr. Hob- 
son's Derma Zema Soap. To day I
, have not a spot anywhere on my body
and can say lam cured." It will do
* the same for you. Its soothidg, heal-
ing, antiseptic action will rid you of all .
skin humors, blackheads, pimples,
. Eczema blotehes, red unsightly sores,
' nd leaves your skin clean ani healthy
Get a box to-day. Guaranteed. All
Druggists, 50c., or by mail,
| Pfeiffer Chemical Co, Philadelphia &
St. Louis, adv.
J. Y. Joyner to be at Lenoir College.
Hon. J. Y. Joyner, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction,
• will visit Lenoir College and de
: liver an address early in March.
[ Twenty new students have en
' tered the college since Christmas
and the work in all departments
| is moving on quite successfully.
| The Best Cough Medicine,
i "I have used Chamberlain's Cough
t Remedy ever since I have been keep
-7 ing house," says L. C. Hames, of
Marbury, Ala. "I consider it one of
t the best remedies I ever used. My
) child en have all taken it and it works
3 like ach rm. For colds and wboop
'• ping cough it is excellent." For sale
-| by Grimes Drug Co. and Moser &
n I iutz. *dv.
HANDSOME RESIDENCE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Late Monday afternoon an
alarm of firi was turned in to the
fire department. The building
on fire proved to be the hand
some dwelling of Atty. D. L,
Russell, near the graded school
building. How the fire origina
ted is not known, as the interior
of the house and the roof was in
a blaze when first discovered.
The fire department turned out
as soon as possible, but all they
could do was to confine the fire
to the main part of the house
and the kitchen and dining room
was saved, although considerably
damaged.
Every piece of hose available
was pressed into service, a line
being laid from the hydrant near
the graded school, and one from
the corner at J. A. Bowles' resi
dence.
Some of the furniture down
stairs was saved, although badly
damaged, but none of the house
hold goods upstairs were gotten
out.
The damage to the house and
contents is estimated at $4,500.00,
with $2,350.00 insurance.
The citizens of the city deeply
sympathize with Mr. and Mrs.
Russell in the loss of their home.
Card of Thanks.
We, the undersigned, do here
by express our sincere thanks to
the good people of Hickory for
the aid and assistance and words
of cheer and comfort so gener
ously bestowed upon us in our
recent ealamity, in the loss of
our home by fire. Man is, in
deed, the "Noblest Handiwork of
God,"
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. D. L, Russell.
A Newspaper Under Difticuities.
A western newspaper started
on its career under peculiar cir
cumstances. The editor of the
Rocky Mountain Cyclone thus
opened the first article of the
first issue of his paper: "We be
gin the publication of the Rocqy
Mountain Cyclone with some
phew diphwuities in the way.
The type phounder phrom whom
we bought the outphit phor this
printing ophis phailed to supply
any ephs or cays, and it will be
phour or phive weeques bephore
we can get any. We have order
ed the missing letters, and will
have to wait until they come. We
don't lique the looques ov this
variety ov spelling any better
than our readers, but mistax
will happen in the best regula
ted ov phamilies. and iph the
cees and exes and ques hold out
we shall ceep (sound the c hard)
the Cyclone whirling aphter a
phashion till the sorts arrive. It
is no joque to us, it is a serious
aphair." —Masonic Journal, Port
land, Me., May, 1895.
Rev. Patterson at Holy Trinity
Sunday.
Rev. R, S. Patterson, of Char
lotte, general secretary of the
Board of Home Missions of the
United Synod of the Lutheran
Church, will preach in Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church in this
city next Sunday morning and
evening.
He will present the conditions
of the home field and the suc
cessful work which is being ac
complished in the south. A full
attendance of the membership of
the church is desired, and others
are cordially invited. Rev. Pat
terson is an excellent speaker
and a pleasant conversationalist,
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