st- HE best show win-1
I dow in the city is J
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Established 1899 ''
PRESIDENT IS VICTORIOUS
AGAINST THE SPEAKER AND
THE HOUSE FLO
Washington, March-31. -The
national house of representatives
tmiizh r after one of the most
Rneclacular legislative struggles
in the history of the nation, vSt
ed to repeal the provision of _tn?
canal act, exempting
American vessels from the piy-.
pent of tolls. Tne vote on the
repeal bill was 247 to 161, a ma
jority of 85 votes, in support of
the personal plea of Wo.idrow
Wilson. President of the United
States.
Tnis verdict on the issue which
has absorbed Congress for many
weeks, came at the close of a
stirring day, made memorable in
iiSSTfura
WAKES IffIPMMS
Rev. Stroup to be Advanced to
Priesthood on April 26: — Bishop
Will be Present.
There have been many evi
dences of new lite and vigor in
the Episopal Ciurnh since the
beginning of the present rector
ship. Marked improvements
have been made about the prem
ises and a substantial new roof
has been put on the church.
The services on Passion Sun
day were notable for the intro
duction of a vested choir, adding
greatly to the beauty of the
stately ritual, It i 3 now but a
question of time when the forces
of the parish will enable the
great historic L.targy to be set
forth outwardly in a manner be
fitting the strong and definite
teaching for which the Cntirch
of the Ascension is already con -
splcious in the Diocese.
An event of unusual interest is
looked forward to on April 25,
when the Rev. Samuel B. Stroup
will be advanced to the Priest
hood and formally instituted as
rector. Tne B.s'nop of Asheville
will be present to confer the his
toric Apostolic gift of Holy
Orders.
Autpmobiles.
A carefully conducted canvass
of automobile registration
throughout the country made by
"Automobile" and just made
public in its latest issue, tends to
indicate that the number of auto
mobiles and motor trucks regis
tered in the United States in
creased from 1,010,483 in "1912 to
1,253 875 at present, a gain of
243,392, and the output of the
factories grew from 378,261 cars
and trucks in 1912 to over 450,
000 in the past year.
Of course New York leads
with a registration of 122,411,
while North Carolina is twenty
ninth with 10,000. Today there
are engaged in the manufacture
of automobiles about 400 com
panies and the estimate for the
output in 1913 is between 500,-
000 and 600,000 cars and trucks.
There is propably no industry in
the country growing faster than
the manufacture of automobiles
and as the price gets cheaper the
annual output will be corres
ponding increased to meet the
demand.— Evening Chronicle.
A dispatch from Brive, France, says
a large section of a mountain near there
has become detached by seismic -dis
turbances and is sliding down into a
vailey, sleeping everything in its
patn. Earthquake shocks were felt
Sunday evening in Alabama, Ohio,
Missouri and in Washington.
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Insures the most
delicious and healthful food
By the use of Royal Baking Powder a
great many more articles of food may be
readily made at home, all healthful, de
licious, and economical, adding much
variety and attractiveness to the 'menu.
The' * Royal Baker and Pastry Cook,**
containing five hundred practical
receipts for all kinds of baking
and cookery, free. Address Royal
Baking Powder Co., New York.
IHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
the annals of the house by a party
division, which found Speaker
Champ Clark, Majority Leader
Underwood and other Democra
tic eheiftains lined up in open op
position t> Ihe President on an
issue whic'i the latter had declar
ed vitai to his conduct of the na
tion's foreign policy.
Today's result was the first
struggle within the party since
Democracy took control of the
government a year ago. Tomor
row the bi!! goe3 to the senate,
where the fight will be renewed
with all.tho vigor and determina
tion that attended it in the lower
house.
Honor Roll of the Graded Schools
for March.
NORTH SCHOOL.
First Grade .Charles Poovey,
Jamts Setzer, Mary Dellinger,
Margaret White, Clara Baliew.
Second Grade Inez Little,
Louise Cline, Kathryn Setzer,
Ralph Hutton, Paul Sherril!,
Claud Deal, Joseph Shuford.
Third Grade Josephine Lver
ley, Nellie McSwain, Alice Cilley,
Nina Fry, Juanita Perkins, Ellen
Stuart Menzies, Louise Burns,
Katherine Cline, Isla Morton,
Eliz ibsth Harris, Hazel Thomp
son, Mabel Miller, Mildred Wil
fong, Robert Boatright, James
White.
Fourth Grade Frankie Burns,
Eva Knox, Marie Little, Sudie
Sherrill, Ermonie Snerrill, Ila
Starnes, Tyree Na£>ors, Robert
Souford, Lester Ford. Ernest
Wannemacher. •
Fifth Grade Grace v Seaboch,
Lois Fry, Janie Menzies, Mary
Blount Martin, Louise Cilley,
Glenn Russeil, Ciifton Deal,
James Whitener, Kenn?th Men
zies.
Sixth Grade Edward Clem
ent. Virginia Whit*, Annie
White, George Wnite, Ezra
Abv-rnethy, Donald Button,
Pameia Starne*, Mary MftGal
liarcK wWce
Lyerl.v, Eieanore Deal.
Seventh Grade Alex Mefczies
Woriand Eaton, Clinton Cilley,
Stirling Menzies, Aiteen Aiken,
Jessie Patrick, Ina Huffman.
Eighth Grade Catherine Wan
nemacher.
Tenth Grade—Ethel Starnes.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
First Grade Andrew Ruda
sill, Hazel Bolch, James Kerr,
Ernest Thompson, Wright Wil
liams, Willie Ecta Click, Mary
Miller,
Second Grade Grace Sigmon,
Howard Fletcher, Marguerite
Pollard, Arlie Bowman, Mabel
Seagle, Elsie Poovey, Hilda
Locke, Hazel Biven?, Otho
Teague, John Bryan, Edwin
Boyd, Donald Bumgarner.
Third Grade Dennie Wil
liams, Paul Yount, Eubert Bost,
Carl Sigmon, Estelle Bivens.
Fourth Grade De Witt Mes
sick, Mary Louise Hill, Louise
Fritz.
Filth- Grade G?orge Waugh,
Katherine Fritz, Troy Huggins,
Blanche Burns, Bertha Harding,
Rachel Pollard.
Sixth Grade Eugenia Mclver,
Vergie Sigmon, Gladys Hefner.
Seventh Grade Mary Doll,
Ethel Messick, Era Prop3t,
Norma Stephenson, Artie Wag
ner, Moses Kennedy, Harry Mc-
Comb, Gordon Messick.
Mrs. McLain is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. A. Martin.
HICKORY. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 2, 1914
i NEW CHURCH IN HIGHLAND.
Baptist Congregation Commence
Work on New Building.
Highland, Mar. 30. —Work has
been commenced on the Highland
Baptist church.
One of Mr. Wm, Lail's child
ren was severely burned about
the face several days ago while
carrying coals of fire on a shovel
| from one part of the house to
another. It is improving at this
writing.
Mr. Kobt. Eckard ha 3 been
quite sick for several weeks
Mr. J. H. Mingus is out again
after suffering with a severe case
of pneumonia. •
' Mr. Dick Martin and family are
i preparing to move to West Hick
lory.
Mr. Thos. Hoke, who is living
in the Wm. Ilyder house, is build
ing a nice cottage south of the
chair factory, which he will oc
cupy as soon as it is completed.
Mr. Raymond Hunt has moved
his family back to his home here
from Charlotte.
Mr. Eugene Lafon has bought
the Julius Bolick property. He
will move his family there in a
short time.
Mr. Perry Fry is on the police
force at present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Deal, of
Catfish, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Cline.
Mrs, John Fry and children
spent Sunday with her sisters,
the Misses Houck.
Mr. W. S. Robinson's family,
including all but himself, took
the mumps about the same time.
They are all recovering.
News From West Hickory.
West Hickory, Mar. 30. —Since
the warm weather has set in, gar
den making seems to be greatly
in fashion in our town. It seem
ed as if everybody was busy dur
ing the past week - preparing
their gardens and planting seeds.
E. W. Humphrey has been
sick with rheumatism for several
days but is a little better at pres
ent.
S. M. Propstand Claud Griffin
resigned their positions as loom
fixers at the Ivey Mill and are
going to Brookford to fix looms.
C. E, Bolick anfr G. C. Wilson
take their places:
Miss Carrie Berry gave a birth
day party Saturday evening. A
number of her friends and school
mates were invited. There were
about fourteen present.
The graded school here closed
Friday, March 27. The reports
of the pupils in all the grades
showed that they had done well
during the term.
Miss Alma Berry visited Miss
es Minnie and Carrie Berry Sat
urday. .
R. W. William 3, who has been
here several weeks ha? gone to
Alta Vista, Va., to resume his
work in the mill there.
T, D. Berry, of Drexel, was
here Saturday visiting his father,
P. Berry,
Sid Lewis and wife moved
from Brookford last week and
are working in the mill here.
Clyde Bostian and Miss Cordia
Setzer were married here Sunday
evening. Q. A. Hedrick perform
ed the ceremony. The parents
of both parties live in West
Hickorv.
Dr, J. J. Hicks bought Ed.
Sherrill's house and lot in West
Hickory Saturday, The consid
eration was $B5O. This property
is near the State Highway and it
is reported that Dr. Hicks intends
to build a dental office on the lot
in the near future.
FINE PERCHERON HORSE.
Purchased for Farmers of This Coun
ty in Ohio.
For some time the farmers in Cat-!
awba county have been discussing the
advisability of purchasing a Percheron
horse. About two weeks ago, a meet
ing was held and it was decided to
send Mr. Dan T. Gray, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Raleigh, to
Ohio and get a horse.
Mr. Gray spent a week in Ohio and
visited a good many different farmers,
and he purchased from Brown and
Ayers, Hillsboro, Ohio, the black Per
cheron, "Jokai." This is a register
ed horse, and Mr. Gray says he is pro
bably the best Percheron horse ever
brought South. The day he was load
ed on the car, he weighed 1850
pounds.
ihere will be a meeting of all farm
ers interested in this horse at the Far
mers' Union Warehouse, Newton, Sat
urday, April 4th, at 1 o'clock, to or
ganize a Horse iireeders' Union. Ad
vertisements in regard to this horse
will appear in next week's issue of this
paper. -
Thirty-five horses belonging to the
Parham Supply Company of Henderson
were roasted to death in a fire that de
stroyed the company's stable and all
contents Saturday night.
CATAWBA COUNTY'S RURAL
CREDIT ASMTIM
It Is in Effect a Rural Building
and Loan Association—Why
Not Try it in Your
Neighborhood?
(By W.J. SHUFORD.)
For some time the question of
farm credits has been discussed
and various plans have .been of
fered to help the farmer get
money at a low rate of interest
and for a long time. This ques
tion came up in Catawba County,
and our farmers made study of
the local building and loan Idea,
and decided to form an aasocia
tion modeled along its lines. Sev
eral meetings were held in the
rooms of the Chamber cf Com
merce and committees appointed
to solicit shares.
After several mouths, and a
good many meetings, we organ
ized "The Catawba Rural Credit
Association." We began busi
ness with 38 shareholders sub
scribing for 200 shares, and the
plan in brief may be described
as follows:
1. Shares of Stock —Each
member pays an initiation fee of
50 cents per share to join, and $1
per month for each share carried
par value of shares $lOO. A pay
ment of $1 per month on each
share will mature $lOO in about
81 or 82 months.
2. Time of Payments. -Pay
ments may be made tnonthJv,
quarterly and semi-annually to
suit the convenience of the share
holder, but shareholders, espec
ially patrons of the creamery, are
urged to pay monthly.
3. How Loans Are Made.
The money is loaned to sharehol
ders at 6 per cent interest, and is
secured by first mortgage on
farm lands not to exceed two
thirds of their cash value. Loans
are made to shareholders only,
and each shareholder onust carry
one share of stock for every $lOO
borrowed. He is charged 6 per
cent interest on what he borrows,
and gets 6 per cent on what he
pays in; the compound interest
more than takes care of any ex
pense and helps to mature his
share. L.oans will be' mitSeTrTrv
tation as applied for, and as
money comes in.
4. Paid-up Shares,—A limit
ed number of paid up shares will
be issued. These will be taken
by farmers as an investment, and
will pay 4 per cent, interest paid
semi-annually, and will partici
pate in the profits and mature in
about five years. For example,
a farmer takes a paid-up share,
paying $9O down on this. He re
ceives interest at the rate of 4
per cent paid semi-annually, and
this share will mature him $lOO
in a fraction over five years.
5. Management.—-Theaffairs
of the association are managed
by a Board of eight directors
elected for one year, and this
Board elects a President, Vice-
President, Secretary and Treas
urer; also elects a loan CDmmittee
from each township in which the
Association works. The Board
of Directors (with the exception
of one or two) are all farmers.
The directors meet monthly for
the making of loans and the
transaction of other business.
6. Local Direction,—Three
shareholders from each township
constitute a loan committee,
and they examine all proper
ty offered to the Association as
security for a loan; and make a
written report to the directors on
forms furnished them.
7. Fines.—Anv shareholder
neglecting to pay his dues when
the time comes shall the
sum of 10 cent per share for every
month the dues remain unpaid.
8. New Shares.—A new ser
ies of shares will he opened up
every quarter.
This in brief is the plan we are
doing business under, and we be
lieve it is going to help our far
mers. As we grow, changes will
probably be made, and the work
strengthened. Will we get funds
enough to meet the demands that
will be made upon us? That re
mains to be seen, but we believe
that we will as soon as our far
mers get their attention called to
the fact that they can individual
ly help each other buy a farm,
improve what they have; or buy
more livestock, etc., for the farm.
Our association starts out un
der the most favorable circum
stances. Our President is afsuc
cessful farmer, our Vice Presi
dent is president of the First
Building and Loan of Hickory,
and has been for years. This
Association has $350,000 loaned
in Hickory, and never lost a dol
lar. Our Secretary is Secretary
of the above Association, and has
volunteered his services for a
year at no cost to the Association.
With no rents, etc., to pay, our
expenses will be very snail.
MASS MEETING APRIL 8.
Progressive Democrats to Gather in
Raleigh on Thti Date.
Wednesday. April Bth, .is the
day tor the Progressive Demo
cratic mass meeting in ltileigh;
William J. Bryan and Joseph us
Daniels are coming in addition
to State leaders, and a thorough
going State-wide primary is ex
pected to be the dominant issue.
So announced Chairman Clar
ence Poe, who yesterday re
ceived a telegram from Washing
ton giving the Bryan date and
also a letter from President
Wilson expressing further in
terest in the North Carolina pri
mary light and especial satisfac
tion with the New Jer&ty pri
mary law, which was. put
through while he was Governor.
Vw" • /•' V
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
j Rev, J. H. WannemacheK pastor.
HOLY WEEK SERVICES* ••
Palm Sunday Services, April
5. 11:00, Our Hosannas. By the
Pastor. 7:30 p. m;, Christ Trial
Before Pilate.
Monday Evening. PeterV De
nial. By the Pastor. / 'V'
Tuesday Evening. Christ or
Barabbas. Rev L.L. Lohr.;
Wednesday Evening. Behold
the Men. Rev. R. L. Fritz,
Thursday Evening., The - Two
Malefactors. Rev. Grover Mor
gan. V.-
Friday Morning 10:3 Q. Special
Good Friday Services. •;
Friday Evening. It is Finish
ed, Rev. M. L. Stirewair. .
EASTER DAY,; \
11 a. m. Our Easter Message,
Communion.
7:30 p. m. Easter Program,
consisting of music and recita
tions. V V'
The public is cordially invited
to attend all these services.
Gastonia Guarciisman Dies on Duty.
Gastonia, March 30.—Bert
Gilbert, a member of the local
Military company, died suddenly
late this afternoon while the
company was undergoing in
spection at the hands of- the Fed
eral and State authorities. The
Company was drawn up in the
Armory at the time and Captain
Russell Langdcn. detailed to this
State by the United States Army
ann Colonel Stringfield of the
State Guard were giving instruc
tion. It is supposed some affec
tion of the heart was the cause
of the Guardsman's death.
Mr. Gilbert was about 35 years
old and leaves a family. He
had not been well for several
days.
Dr. Brown and his Bungalow.
Dr. R. Wood Brown and lady
are domociied at the Marshall
Hotel where they will remain un
til their bungalow is ready for
occupancy. While their new resi
dence will not be very large it
will be modern in every ..respect,
being huilt for comfort instead
of display. The doctor says the
house and out buidings will be
spacious enough for his wife and
self, the canary, "Toots", the
pony, "Dolly" and his thorough
bred chickens.
St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Regular services Sunday morn
ing with Confirmation. The
Passion History of our Lord will
be read during Holy Week begin
ning with Sunday evening and
continuing up to Saturday. All
are cordially invited.
Car Load of Cream Separators.
The Empire Cream Separator Com
pany, of Bloomfield, N. J., will distri
bute separators in North Carolina from
Hickory. The Hickory Seed Com
pany has just received a car load o(
these famous separators.
Advertisements of these machines
and prices will appear in next week's
issue.
We will operate in Catawba,
Alexander, Burke and Caldwell
counties, and serve the farmers.
It is just a little over two months
since we organized, and we are
now ready to make our first loans
amolinting to about $1,500, April
&
,Any system of rural credits
that may be worked out must re
cognize the building and loan to
some extent. It affords a splen- j
did opportunity ftfr
monthly saving. Tf Is mutual,
all members sharing alike. It is
operated economically. No new
laws are necessary to put it into
operation.
Why not try it in, your com
munity? Think of it—abdut 80
months from January 1 we will
distribute $20,000 in cancelled
mortgages and cash among the
farmers that carry their shares
to maturity.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
SECOND ANNUAL
SCHOOL DEB A TING CON7ES7
A J LEAOIR COL 24
The second annual high school and a statement from the prinei*
debating class for a gold medal pal of his school that be is a
will be held in the Lenoir College BONE FIDE student, shall be in
auditorium Friday evening, the hands of the secretary of the
April 24. * faculty of Lenoir College not
These exercises are conducted later than April 20. Schools in*
in order to encourage the prac- tending to send a representative
tice of declamation in our high should inform the undersigned
schools as an exercise 01 high once,
cultural value and as necessary The places of declaimers on
foundation for success in the the program in the contest shall
study and practice of public be determined by lot.
speaking. In case there are more than
The following are the condi- eitfht contestants, a preliminary
tions under which the contest contest shall be held at the Col
will be conducted: lege, Friday afternoon, April
State High Schools, City High 24,1914. -
Schools, or other schools of the No declamation shall contain
same rank, in counties of North more than 1000 words (600 to
Carolina west of the Yadkin 1000 words is a good range,)
River, or in Davidson County, A gold medal shall be awarded
shall be entitled to one repre- by a competent committee to
sentative in the contest that declaimer whom they shall -
The name of each contestant, judge to have won in the con
the subject of his declamation, test.
Has No Objections to Progressive
Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 30.—Senator
Simmons when questioned upon his re
turn here today regarding the progress
ive convention to be held at Raleigh,
stated that if some gentleman in the
state wished to call a convention to
discuss progressive policies and plan j
progressive legislation tfley were en
tirely within their rights and that he
would make no objection and place no
obstacles in their way.
The senator returned today after an
absence of about two weeks which he
spent in recuperating at his home in
Newbern. He explained that be re
turned earlier than he intended because
of the statement made by Senator
O'Gorman, chairman of the committee
on interoceanic canals, that he would
not call the committee to consider the
bill to repeal the canal tolls provision
because of the absence of Senators
Simmons and Shields.
Student Gamblers Exposed.
A correspondent writing from Chap
el Hill to the Raleigh News and Ob
server and the Greensboro News says
the betrayal of confidence between pro
fessed gamblers, growing oat of the re
fusal of the one to redeem a check tor
$2O passed in a "crap" game, led to
an exposure between some students of
the University and citizens of the vil
lage.
The names given are Jack Sparrow,
W. J. Patterson, N J. Cartmell and
Floyd Booker, citizens; J. D. Kernoo
die of Graham, G. B. Crowell of Liu
colnton, J. E. Ware of Charlotte, Jul
ius Johnson, Jr., of Yanceyville and F.
C. Jones of Plymouth, students, the
two latter members of the law class;
Ralph Andrews, pharmacy student and
M. B. Warren, automobile chauffeur.
The persons implicated were placed
under bonds of $l5 and $25 each to
appear in court.
When the papers publishing the
s*ory reached Chapel Hill the persons
implicated in the gambling and their
friends were very wroth and the cor
respondent of the papers was assaulted.
Thus the State University, through
some of the folks allowed there, con
tinues to make a reputation for itself.
A little more than a year ago a student
was killed while being haz~d. Now it
is a gambling crowd and those involved
resort to mob law when exposed. The
University, it should be remembered,
is supported by the money of the tax
payers; and it is fast becoming a dis
grace to the State.—The Landmark.
"Mr. William Harris, of Le
noir, was in the city Monday.
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—" - -H*j
aflL» jKj |v
.J9BSSH&'
"My kingdom for a horse/' proffered a de
feated monarch. But the modern man gets
an infinitely better means of transportation
—at lowest cost —when he buys a sturdy
Ford. The economical Ford has made the
i horse an extravagance at any price.
'Five hundred dollars is the price of the Ford runabout; l -
the touring car is five fifty; the town car seven fifty—-f.
«. o. b. Detroit, complete wjlh equipment. Get catalog
and particulars from
» >*
Hickory Garage
Company,
Hickory. - N. C.
#
rHIS is a live town.
Advertise here and
get busy, -o- -o-. -o-
ARMVEBSAIIt EIERCSES
AT LEAOIR CILLER
Eumenesa snd Philsletheso Literary
Societies to Reader s Splendid
Program.
The fourth Anniversary of the Fu*
menean and Philalethean Literary So
cieties of Lenoir College will hold their
fourth Anniversary in the college audi
torium Monday evening, April 6, at
8:15 o'clock.
The program is as follows:
PART I.
Piano Duet, Spanish Dance No. 3....
Meazkewski
Misses Christman and Hooker
Essay, The North American Indian...
Annie Powlas
Chorus, (a) De Coppah M00n......
Kowe Shelley
(b) Don't You Mind The Sorrows...
.Eugene Cdwles
Ten Years Hence, by Members of the
Societies
Piaso Solo, Shadow Dance Op. 35...
Edward McDowell
Miss Bryte Beam .
, PART 11. . - .
Drama, Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This program is very interesting and
the people of the city are cordially in
vited to come and hear it.
» " , - | j _
How Advertising Rolled in the Money.
The Fourth Estate tells the fol
lowing story: -
F. Irving Fletcher, advertising
manager of Saks& Co., New York,
at a Sphinx Club dinner in New
York, told a thrilling advertising
story. . ".
"I once made a bet with a dry
goods dealer," said Mr. Fletcher,
that he couldn't spend in a year
on advertising all he made in that
year. The man took me up and
sailed in.
"But he lost his bet Though
his advertising bills grew bigger
and bigger, he lost For the more
he advertised, the more he sold,
and in the end, after starting
eight branch stores, he gave in
and paid me my money."
Notice to Confederate Veterans.
All Confederate Veterans intending
to go to the Reunion at Jacksonville.
Fla., will please give me their names,
company and regiment.
S. E. KILLIAN,
Sec. Camp 162.
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