r HE best show win-1 I dow in the city is anad. in this paper. SIM) Established 1 399 STATEMENT BY ION. E. R. PRESTON CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS c„me of the Constructive Measures for Which He Stands. WANT S AJOINT DEBATE. yVill Be Glad to Meet Mr. Webb In Joint Discussion. Thiaks the Voters are Entitled to Certain Information from Mr. Webb by April 16. Tn the Democrat ic Voters of the Ninth District: , The voters have a right to know what a candidate stands for. The best method of reach ing the people is a discussion of the issues. I will therefore be K !ad to meet Mr. Webb in debate at s «ch times and places in this Strict as may be agreed upon. Several papers, notably the Re publican or near-Republican pa per. The Greensboro Daily News, through its Washington corres pondent, has ridiculed and attack ed n.y candi lacy against Mr. Webb.' whom it constantly boost ß , and I feel it only right that I should make a statement at this timc - - • Tne lenomination on Monday of Mr. Clayton of Alabama, to take his seat again next year, re moves any chance Mr, Webb might have had of becoming chairman of the Judiciary -Com mittee during this administration Mr. Webb's mere membership on this Lawyer's Committee does not benefit this District in any material way. Hundreds of Democrats inter ested in a more vigorous fight for our section have requested me to become a candidate for Congress. The following are soma of the more important measures which I will advocate: RURAL CREDITS. For some years I have beer connected with organizations fa vorable to rural credit associa 'ions, which have proved such a blessing-to the farmers of other nations. If elected I will do all in my power to carry out the plans which those who have stud ied this subject and I mysell think advisable for Federal ait to those associations; and will b( glad to give my views on this question in detail to any voter 01 organization that will communi cate with me at Charlotte. FREIGHT RATES. With many others I have beer working, since 1907, for just in terstate freight rates. If elected I will advocate a congressiona investigation of the rate making monopoly believed to exist somewhat similar to the investi gation proposed for South Caro lina rate 3 upon coal. At least one North Carolina Congressman, according to press reports, has been working for his constituents along these lines. IMMIGRATION. If elected I shall work foi stricter immigration laws, so that only the desirable foreigners maj be allowed to come upon oui shores. GOOD ROADS. This old Kings Mountain Dis trict of North Carolina, the birth placeof freedom, has received Practically nothing recently from federal appropriations and bene ttts-even the monument is in Carolina. We should not on, V net our part of the road un( * er the Sbackleford Di 7 but try to have established a system of Government road 3 to . torn Government property in western North Carolina con acting with State highways. Many well informed men believe tnat it is entirely possible to do this. PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EDU CATION. Our public school system should Oe kept pure in its devotion to American and Christian ideals. Next to the preachers our school «achers have had more to do with he making of a noble citizenship n an any other class. Practical industrial education is one of P fr ne^ s , of the South - If elect i v favor more Federal aid Kn\ co " operation alon 8 these VVe L bb states that he will stand on his record in the House. all nT him 13 questions, n ., K | j'bjch questions have been mai ai 18 ? ar l d a cop y of the m insi"? *f° h l m ' 1 respectfully 8t Ith1 th ? 1 he m ake a public atement as t o what his record Voter- I - 1914 ' 80 that the fiiri *!» ay have 30days for con . ?\ e reason 1 ™>l« Cline fn i Webb intends t0 de make any statement ur.« JHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT til just before the election and then flood the papers of the Dis trict with attempted explanations and "boosting matter." Mr. Webb state what he has done in regard to the measur - es outlined above, what speeches he has made or bills or resolutions he has introduced as to them and what part if any he has taken in the recent National questions be fore Congress, such as tariff, cur rency and Panama tolls for ex ample, except to cast a formal party vote (or be recorded not voting and paired.) • COUNTY SECRETARIES. The present long distance me thod of getting assistance from the Government Departments is "unsatisfactory, no matter how good a letter writer a Congress man and lib secretary are. If elected 1 w ill provide a small al lowance from my salary to paid to one man in each county, known as the county secretary,, whose duty it shall be to keep on hand all Government publications and help any citizen get any in formation and assistance from Washington that the numerous Departments afford. CONGRESS NO SIDE LINE. If elected, I will remiin in Washington and attend to my duties, maintain no law partner ship and engage in no private practice during any of the ses sions of Congress. I will also pay my clerk each month the full amount allowed him by law. Mr. Webb during the past three sessions of Congress has missed nearly one-half of his roll calls, according to estimates made. Six of our ten Representatives have had better attendance aver ages than he has. NO EXTRAS FOR MILEAGE. Twentv cents a mile allowance for traveling expenses of a Con gressman is excessive. This mat ter I understand is now before Congress. If elected I will only take actual traveling expenses, and turn over to the Agricultural Department the difference to be j U3ea for farm demonstration I work in the Ninth District. There j seems to be no diiect Guvern- I ment money spent in this District ' for that purpose (except a small amount through the General Edu cation Board), until such time as ! the law is changed. FE DER AL OFFICE HOLDERS SHOULD BE DEMOCRATS. Democrats when capable should in my judgment, hold all possible post office and other Federal pos itions. Republicans should not be allowed to hold over in these positions for an unreasonable time. If elected I will use my best efforts to prevent these long delays. MR. WEBB AND THE JUDICI ARY. What has Mr. Webb done? He is on one committee, the Judici ary, and on the subcommittee that looks after Federal proce dure practice, etc. An examina tion of reports filed by him shows that with one or two possible ex ceptions he has during his ser vice in Congress and on this committee been looking after technicalties of courts, admission of evidences, judicial, circuits and marshals' salaries, impeach ments* etc. If re-elected he will naturally continue this work which is necessary but which no citizens except lawyers under stand or care about. What sin&rle law of a general nature has he really been the author or drafts man of? I shall give him full credit for his efforts in connect ion with the passage of the re cent interstate liquor shipment bill, the purpose of which was to prevent illegal interstate liquor traffic. My record on prohibition and anti-saloon issues is, my friends think, (and they include many ardent prohibitionists) as sound as Mr. Webb's—having voted for prohibition whenever opportunity presented, and I stand for proper enforcement of the law. In doing this I have merely cast in my lot with the moral forces for good of this State and desire no special praise for it. HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN ACTUALLY SPENT IN THE DISTRICT. Appropriations mean nothing unLss we get the use of them. Mr. Webb has mailed everywhere a list of promised appropriation?. Why does he fail to tell how much money has actually spent. I was prohibited in Washington by authorities from getting full information as to amounts spent upon public buildings and public works in this District. So far as my investigations went, it ap peared that the amount is hardly equal to the salary and allowances drawn by Mr. Webb. I again insist that he make public all in formation as to his record by HICKORY, N. C. f THURSDAY. APJRIL 16, 1914 April 16, 1914. ' ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION. 1 As to anti-trust legislation, Mr. Webb is quoted as saying as to the interlocking directorates (the backbone of anti-trust law) that he believes in exempting or fa voring corporations having under a half-million dollars capital. 1 am opposed to playing favorites in this way. Mr. Webb is quot ed as saying on January 12.1914, that he is not altogether in sym pathy with other measures plan ned for anti-trust progress. Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, in The Obser ver of April 8, 1914, says that unless the House Judiciary Com mittee in which anti-trust bills are being considered, ha 3 more harmony among its members, the President will have to take the "bull by the horns." My opponent's friends seem not to have tried to tell us what he ha 3 done. They plead foroae more chance, just two more years He has had six terms— twice the average period of ser vice. The Democrats have been in power in the House for more than three years. My opponent's friends are raising such "straw issues," as "Mecklenburg for Mecklenburg," This slogan was first used by an opposition news paper and has nothing to do with the issues for which I stand, The expression has never been adopt ed by me, as my opponents in their desperation are trying to make the people believe. My friends feel that while Mr. Webb's technical legal training on the Judiciary Committee has probably made him a better Fed eral court lawyer, the year's I have devoted to co-operative and development work in this section better qualify me for advocating these constructive measures which our District needs. The primary has been called at such an early date as to prevent my seeing and addressing ail voters, therefore, I take this means of reaching them and appealing to all interested in the measures outlined to help us in this contest. Democrats have never considered j a seat in Congress as a lifetime position, but an honor and op- ; portunity for service to one's District and State. ' E. R. PRESTON. Charlotte N. C., April 9, 1914. Advertisement, School Closes at Sweetwater. The school at Sweetwater came to a close last Thursday with appropriate exercises, con sisting of songs, recitations and dialogues by the pupils which were excetionally well rendered. A short talk was made by Mr. J. W. Mouser on the United Farm Women movement, urging the women of the district to organize a club to augment the work of the Farmers' Union Local which is doing such a good work for the men of the com munity. The school this year was in charge of Mr, J. W. Mouser and Miss Olive Ingold, and was very successful in every way. A number of Hick ory people attended the exer cises, among them being Misses Bessie and Arabella Johnson, and Ellen White. Paint Now If you ought to have painted last year and waited, how much do you think you made? You'll buy an extra gallon this year. There's $5 or $6 for paint and labor. You think you won't, but you will; you can't stretch paint. It is always so: the longer you wait, the more paint and wages. Besides what paint is for, What is it for? DEVOE adv. F. B. Ingold sells it. Have you ever seen a copy of the Cortright Metal Shingle Ad vocate, that little magazine is sued by the Cortright Metal Roofing Co,, of Philadelphia? If not you ought to send them your name and address. It is full of interesting information about roofing, and has a lot of other data that is well worth reading. Just tell them that you saw this notice in The Dem ocrat. Check Your April Cough. Thawing frost and April rains chill you to the very marrow, you catch cold—Head and lungs stuffed—You are feverish—Cough continually and feel miserable —You need Dr. King's New Discovery. It soothes inflamed and irritated throat and lungs, stoos cough, your head clears up, fever leaves, and you feel fine. Mr. J. T. Davis, of Stickney Corner, Me , ' Was cured of a dreadful caugh after doctor's treatment and all other remedies failed. Relief or money back. Pleasant — Children like it. Get a bottle to day. soc and SI.OO, at your Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all Sorei. IHISS ENCIE, SUFFK LEADER. VISITS MMf Makes Short Talk on Equal Suffrage at Meeting of The Travelers' Club Thursday. Miss Lavinia Engle, of Mary land, one of the official SDeakers and organizers of the National Suffrage Association, has been spending some months in the South, lecturing, speaking, and assisting in the organization of local and state leagues. Enthu siastic press notices throughout the South attest not only the cleverness and knowledge of this young organizer, but also her personal charm and woman liness. Herself a southern wo man, she understands the con ditions and the ideas of the South, and is in entire agree ment with its suffrage policies. Miss Engle knows her subject thoroughly, and presents it lu'cid ly. Miss Engle has just made her visit to Hickory and while here was the guest of Judge and Mrs. E. B. Cline. She made many friends amongst our people by her delightful personality and only the Lenten services pre vented her from making many more. While here, she made a short talk on the causes for Equal Suffrage at the Traveler's Club and while no league was organized a committee was ap pointed to keep in touch with the work. Miss Mary Campbell Shuford was made chairman and Mrs. E. B. Cline, secretary and treasurer and any one interested is invited to communicate with this committee. Genealogical History of Jacob Yoder. (ByG. M.YODER.) Jacob Yoder was born Decem ber 13,1767 and was 8 years old when the Declaration of Inde pandence was declared on the 20th of May, 1775, and was 13 years old when the Tory battle at Kings' Mountain was fought in 1780. He was raised on a farm and received a common practical education, both in Ger man and English, that enabled him to transact his every day business. Between 1790 and ! 1792 he married Catherine Del linger, a daughter of John and Barbara Dellinger, who was a daughter of the old pioneer, Henry Whitener. By some means he did not like Dellinger and made a warrantly deed on May 10, 1796 for all that land that lay west of the Hickory Road, to the children born, which were Henry. Catherine, Joseph, John and Barbara, which amounted to nearly five hun dred acres. Afterwards two more sons were born and these were cut entirely out of their shares. Then when they ar rived of age these lands were divided and Jacob Yoder built on his wife's portion of land where they lived for a number of years until four children were bom. They then took a foolish notion and sold all this valuable land to gether with about 70 acres, that he got from his father's estate, at a nominal price and left North Carolina. He first went to Ken tucky, but did not like the coun try, and then went to Indiana and located in Monroe county where he lived and died. Prof. Albert H. Yoder, teacher in the State Normal School of Wiscon sin, located at Whitewater, who recently made a visit to G. M. Yoder, was a sop of Henry Yoder who was born in Lincoln county before his father left this state, about 95 years ago. Henry was the son of Jacob Yoder who was tht son of the old pioneer, Conrad Yoder, who came from Switzerland 4n 1751, Meets Death in Big Dredge. Newark, N. J.-Capt. John Hanson, master of a stone barge, was knocked into Newark Bay and drawn into a Government sand sucking dredge half a mile away, then cast through a four teen-inch pipe 2,000 feet long out into the Newark meadows. In passing through the dredge the body was cut into four pieces. An hour after he had fallen from the barge men work ing in the meadows were sur prised to see parts of a man's body shoot out of the pipe with the flood of sand and water. The sections formed a com plete man's body. In a pocket papers were found identifying the body as that of Captain Hanson. - A healthy man is a king in his own right; an unhealthy man an unhappy slave. For impure blood and sluggish liver, use Burdock Blood Bitters. On the market 35 years. SI.OO a bottle. ~' adv't, APPOMATTOX. Village Dwindling Into Ruins and Fast Disappearing. The village of Appomattox, the place of Lee's surrender 49 years ago on April 9, has fallen into ruin and has nearly disappeared. Three houses have survived fire, storm and neglect, but even these are warped and sagging, and the promise is that they, too. will soon rot, and that weeds, follow ed by scrub pine, will overrun their site. Two of these houses have been long abandoned, but that one is occupied by the large family of a small farmer, stranger to that part of Virginia and un familiar with, and indifferent to, the great memories that cluster around that tragic ground. At the time of the surrender the village was the seat of Appo matox County. It was tnen, after four years of war, H seedy, ramshackle cross-roads hamlet. A cluster of dwellings, most.y, of wood, a few lawyers' offices, a couple of doctors' tfficep,, a tav ern. a smithy, a hiring stable and a store or two leaned around the sleepy court house square. The court building was burned down 20 years ago, and today the deso late court house square is cum bered with ashes, charred plaster, shattered bricks and bits of heat distorted glass. . .. In a particularly dark patch of a gloomly stretch of pines the visitor comes upon the North Carolina monument. The inscrip tion on this monument which gives North Carolina, has caused tense and bitter controversy in the South. The inscription fol lows: "LAST AT APPOMATTOX, "At this place the North Caro lina brigade of Brigadier General W. R. Cox, of Grimes' division, fired the last volley April 9,1865, "Major General yanUnmes, of North Carolina, planned the last battle fought oy the Army of Northern Virginia and command ed the infantry engaged therein, the greater part of whom were North Carolinians. "This stone is erected by the authority of tha General Assem bly of North Carolina in grateful and perpetual memory oi the va lor, endurance and patriotism of her sons, who followed with un shaken fidelity the fortunes of the Confederacy to this closing scene faithful to the end. "Erected April 9, 1905. "North Carolina Appomattox Commission: H. A. London, chairman; E. J. Holt, W. T. Jen kins, Cyrus S. Watson. A. D. McGill." On the opposite side of the monument is this inscription: 4 'North Carolina. First at Beth el Farthest to the front at Gettys burg and Chickamauga. Last at Appomatox.'Pniladelphia Re cord, President Wilson in Fayor Local Option. President Wilson is in favor of local option on the liquor ques tion, and does not believe pro hibition should be made a part of a party program. Since the order of Secretary Daniels was issued prohibiting the use of liquor by officers in the navv, persons in a position to obtain the President's views have learned that he still stands by his letter written in May, 1911, while governor of New Jersey, to the Rev. Thomas B. Shannon, of Newark, N. J., in which he said: "I am m favor of local option. I am a thorough believer in local self-government, and believe that every self-governoring com munity which constitutes a social unit should have the right to control the matter of the regula tion cr the withholding of liceases." Strengthens Weak and Tired Women. "I was under a great strain nursing a relative through three months*" sick ness," writes Mrs. J. C. Van De Sande, of Kirk land, 111., and "Elec tric Bitters kept me from breaking down. I will never be without it." Do you feel tired and worn out? No appe tite and food won't digest? It isn't the spring weather. You need Electric Bitters. Start a month's treatment to day; nothing better for -stomach, liver and kidneys. The great spring tonic. Relief or money back. 50c. and SI.OO at your Druggist. adv't To Cure a Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stop* the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if It Mis to core. JR. W. GROVB'S signature on each box. 25c. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels, will lead to chronic constipa tlon. Doan's Regulcts operate easily. 25c a box at all More*. / . adv t, Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905 STATE HOSPITAL AFFAIRS. Officers Elected—Pressure for More Room. State ville, April 9.—RufusK Clark has returned from Morgan ton, where he attended the regu lar annual meeting of the board of directors of the State hospital yesterday. For the first time in several years every member of the board was present. It being the regular time forjthe election of officers. Mr. Davis, of Mor ganton, was re-elected president of the board, and Mr. C>ark, of Statesville, was re-elected secre tary. Messrs. Davis, Clark and A. E. Tate, of High Point, were continued as the executive com mittee. F. M. Scroggs was re elected steward of the hospital and his salary was increased from $1,500 to SI,BOO, and Miss Cilia Summers was elected ma tron to succeed Mrs. C.A. Marsh. Mrs. Marsh, who has been ma tron since the institution opened, has been in feeble health for some years and recently her mind has failed. She is now a patient in the hospital. The report of Superintendent McCampball for the four months ending with March 31 showed that there are 1,302 patients on the rolls. During the four months 56 were admitted, two discharged and 17 died; and for the same period 54 applicants had to be denied admission to the hospital for lack of roon^ The pressure for room con tinues and the directors decided to push the work of construction of the receiving building . for women, now under way, arid in addition to this a dormitory to accommodate 75 men will be erected. It is hoped to have both buildings ready for occu pancy next fall. For the Weekly And Semi-Weekly Papers. Arthur Brisbane, of the Hearst syndicate of papeps, the world's greatest editor, has for the past several years been pay ing some fine compliments to the country press—the weeklies and semi-weeklies outside of the big cities. The country editor he styles the "national policeman, the man who fights for political and industrial trial honesty in his corner of the republic." Speaking further, Editor Bris bane says, "Every man who spends a thousand dollars with a country newspaper contributes a thousand dollars to the cause of good government." The country editors of the United States should appreciate the great work that Mr, Bris bane has done for them. By his editorials in behalf o£ the coun try editor he has transferred myriads of money from the cof fers of the big national advertis er into the small till of the coun try publisher. The words quoted above were spoken by Mr. Brisbane before a body of 250 representatives of the national advertising agen cies, whose expenditures into the channels of publicity run up into the hundreds of millions an nually. Without a reasonable prosper itv, no country editor 2an be the effective and independent national policeman "in his cor ner of the republic," about whom Mr. Brisbane has had so I many kind words to say. Brisbane says that every coun try editor should be as well re warded for his services as any other leader of the community, whereas in many instances he is the most poorly rewarded.— Shelby Highlander. Federal Control of Radium .Bearing Lands Proposed. Debate in the Senate on the bill for the Government control of the radium-bearing lands of the West was opened by Chair man Walsh of Com mittee. Emphasizing the im portance of the measure, Sena tor Walsh said radium-bearing ores not only were found in Col orado and Utah, but in Montana, and probably would be found is other States. The committe's report upon the curative properties of the radium, Senator Walsh assured the Senate, would be discussed fully before the bill was taken up in detail. Senator Gallinger and Senator Works insisted that this was not the most important' part of the subject, the latter de claring that a distressful condi tion would result if Congress vouched in effect for a cancer cure that later might prove a failure. Accidents will happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil for such emergencies. Two ze? 25 and 50c at all stores, adv't r HIS is a live town. Advertise here and get busy, -o- -o- -o- CITY SCHOOLS TO JCLOSE APRIL 24 Present Term Very Successful-20 Per Gent Increase in Enrollment Oyer Last Year. The schools of Hickory will close April 24, after a term of eight months. The year's work has been very successful, despite the prevalence of mumps and other contagious diseases. In the South school there have been enrolled 344 pupils; in the primary and grammar grades of the North school, 330 pupils; and in the high school grades, 122 pupils. The total enrollment in the white schools is 796, and in the colored school, 256. The in crease in the white schools over last year is 131, or 20 per cent. At this rate the enrollment will double every five years. An increase of 131 pupils in one year means that mora teach ers will hive to te employed. And it is a question of only a snort time before another build ing will have to be .erected. One room in the South building has not been in use this year, and that is the only vacant xoom. The pupils have made very satisfactory progress, and in some of the grades unusually good work has been done. In some of the rooms the average each month for the entire grade in spelling has been above 95. In most of the grades there has been marked improvement in writing, a subject which is apt to be neglected if the teacher doe 3 not fullv realize its impor tance. In school work those subjects should be emphasized which are most important in life. Good reading, correct spelling, legible writing, correct use of the English language, and ac curate work in arithmetic are essential to success in life; and so these subjects are stressed in the primary and grammar grades. In the high school grades sub jects that wilt develop and broaden the intellectual faculties are taught along , with subjects | that are of direct practical value. Those things which will aid pupils to make a success of life should not be neglected. It is proposed to add to the work in the high school a brief course in domestic science for the benefit of the girls. The be ginning will be in a small way, and no extended course will be introduced at first. Probably one afternoon a week will be de voted by the girls in the high school grades to a study of sub jects connected with domestic science and household economics. This work in school is not in tended to take the place of the mote practical.work done in the homes, but to make a closer con nection between the school and the home. The boys study physics in the schools because this subject has a direct bearing on their work in life. Why should the girls not study in school the subject which has the closest connection with their work in life? It is believed that the school and the home can work together in full accord in preparing girls to become good housekeepers. Mrs. S. F. Watson has return ed home after teaching a term of school in Clinton, S. C. The graduating recital of Misses Stelia Wessinger and Yoder will be held at Lenoir Col lege, Monday evening, April 20, in piano and expression respect ively. Everybody cordially in vited. Miss Mollie Fetzer, of Reids ville, spent the week-end with Mr 9. L. R. Whitener., Recently several towns and cities in the State passed ordi nances requiring the bread sent out by bakeries to be wrapped in sanitary paper in order that it will g) to the consumers in a clean and wholesome condition. In this connection it is worthy of note that the City Bakery here, over a year ago, commenced wrapping their bread and this without any town legislation re quiring it The City Bakery is always to the front in serving their patrons and deserves the trade of every home in the city that uses bakery bread. Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser. » Flu?h out the accumulated waste and poisons of the winter months; cleans your stomach, liver and kidneys of all impurities. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills; nothing better for purifying the blood. Mild, non-grip ing laxative. Cures constipation, makes you feel fine. Take no other. 25c, at your Druggist. ' Bucklen's Arnica Salve for All Hurt», adv't

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