Newspapers / Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.) / April 30, 1914, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
c- HK best show win i dow ill the city is an a d. in this paper. WOiiLO ACT ftS • I m INTERMEDIARIES American Countries Pro pose Peace Terms Between Mexico and United States. Washington, April 25 —Pan- American diplomacy - *pni*M Jade its first attempt to s »!ve th {lex ;an crisis by peaceful ne*>- ''xrft' United States government from Argentine. Brazil and CniN I formal offer to act as intermed iaries in the present situation, 1 but pointed cut that an act o' agression by the military forces or hostile demonstration tower ' Americans might upset hopes of jmnediate peace. Coinciuentally with the accept ance of the mediation offer, ad ministration officials announced there would ban > cessation of preparations by the army and navy for future emergencies and no orde.s would be issued to the naval forces at Cruz nor the ships at sea. changing original p'ans, No futher steps, how ever, to secure reparation for the jndignitivS which gave rise to the present situation wilt be attempt ed while the effort is being mide to bring about a settlement through diplomacy. Washington. April 26,—Span-! ish Ambassador Riano announced i late tonight that he had received private ad\i:es from Mexico City stating thit Gei.eral Huerta had accepted the t-ffer of Argentina. Brazil and Chile to use their good offices to bring about an amies.- 1 ble settlement of the difficulty between the United States aid Mexico. This information though un official was accepted as authentic by the Ambassador, who expects to be prepared to place General Huerta's formal acceptance be fore the representatives of the throe South American countries tomorrow. The interests of the Huerta Government in the United States were taken over by the Spanish Embas y when Charge Algara left Washington. Ambassador Riano receivsd the offer of good offices from the three peace en voys last night. It was cabled immediately to Mexico City. When the formal acceptance from Mexico City is in hand the South American diplomats will be ready to proceed with their plan, no intimation of the nature of which as yet has been given. It generally has been understood here, however, that the peace en voys expect to deal directly with the situation created by the Tam pico incident and other offenses against the honor and dignity of the United States. Administration officials appear ed to be much gratified at the prospect at having proposals of the great South American Repub lics listened to by General Huer ta. Vera Crnz, April 26. —Vera Cruz tonight is under martial law. Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, commanding the Amer ican naval forces on shore, today issued a proclamation to tnis ef fect and the last opportunity Mexicans had for handling their own affairs in Vera Cruz under their own laws disappeared. Admiral Fletcher and his staff determined there should be no more quibbling with the Mexi can officials regarding form of government and until futher no tice residents of thi3 port will live and be judged by military W. The word has gone forth that disorder and unruliness in any form shall receive swift and severe punishment. This pro clamation makes Riar Admiral Fletcher absolute ruler ashore. Important to all Women Readers of this Paper. Thousands upon thousands of wo men have kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but k'duey trouble, or the rv.sult of kidney or bladder disease. If '.he kidneys are not in a healty condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer a great deal with pain in the back, bearing-down feel- headache and loss of ambition. Poor health maKes you nervous, ir ritable and may be despondent; it makes any one so. But hundreds of women claim that pr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restor ing I'faith to ihe kidneys, proved to uh just the remedy needed to over corn' sucli conditio/is. A good kidney medicine, possessing real heiling and curative value, should he a blessing to thousands of nervous, over worked women. Many send for a sample bolt e to see what Swamp-[loot, the great Kidney, hive: and Bladder Remedy will do for them. Every reader of this paper, who Jias not already tried it, by enclosing Jen cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y , may receive sample size bottle by Parcels Post. You can nn, rc i' a n e tlie re £ ular tifty-ceut and one-doiiar size bottles at all drugstores. [adv'.tj fflE HICKORY DEMOCRAT jy*qßMßwStoiim A B l ™±y \\Nsv= Copyright, 1914, by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. THE WORLD'S FIRST INDOOR AEROPLANE FLIGHT, PAN AMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1915. THHE world's first Indoor aeroplane flight was made by Lin coln Beachey, the American aviator, on the grounds of the Panama-Pacific International Exi>osition In San Francisco. Starting at one end of the Palace of Machinery, which Is the largest wooden frame structure in the world, being almost 1,000 feet in length, Beachey attained a terrific momentum and rose Into the air to a height of fifty feet, actually flying for a distance of 300 feet At the opposite end of the building barriers of cloth were held by assistants to lessen the impact-of the aeroplane. The machine, however, provided with a hundred horsepower engine, enslly tore through the cloth, and the aviator received a severe shaking up. The difficulties of the flight were increased by the fact that the interior arrangement of the build* lng consists of three longitudinal aisles each seventy-five reet In width, and Beachey flew down the center aisle, having to keep a straight course in order to prevent tbe aeroplane from striking tbe great columns of the aisle. JOHN ELLIOTT WINS MEDAL John L. Elliott, representing the Marion Graded Schools, won the medal for the best declama tion in the inter-high school de clamation contest at Lenoir Col lege Friday night Mr. Elliott's subject was "The Raven." Tne Hickory High School was represented by Bonner Knox, son of ear townsman, Mr, R. M. Knox. His subject was "The Traitor's Deathbed," an oration on the passing of Benedict Ar nold, Eight young men were on the program and each declamation was worthy of a medal but, un fortunately, only one was to be given. Owing to an unfortunate con flict of dates with the closing ex ercises of the City Graded School the audience was not quite as large as it should have been. ? The folic wing is a full list of tne speakers and their subjects together with the school they represented: "The Raven."—John L.Elliott, Marion Graded School. "The Traitor's Deathbed."—' William Bonner Knox, Hickory Hich School. "Lions in the Way."—Wise man Kendall, Shelby High School. "Lessons From the Past."— Buford W. Blackwelder, Concord High School. "A Eulogy on Vance."—Ernest R. Warren, Gastonia High School "The New South,"—Jay Sud dreth, Lincolnton Graded School. "The Mothers of Men."—For rest C. Feezor, Churchland High School of Davidson County. "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death."—Walter C. Feimster,Jr., Newton Graded School. Next year the contest will be held the first Friday in March i and in addition a recitation con -1 test for girls, field day events, track meet, etc., will be held. The extent to which liquor is being shipped into North Caro lina is a shame and calls loudly for the passage by the next Leg islature of an act cutting it out entirely. The Lexington Dis patch gives the following start ling figures: "Two hundred and thirty gallons of liquor unbaded at Whitnev, Stanly county where the immense construction work of the Southern Aluminum Company is in progress—in 24 hours is the record made by one train into that place, according to latements made by theconduct o . Conti; n'ng he stated that this u no unusual occurrence, that it is an ordinary thing for a shipment of from 50 to 100 gal lons to be unloaded from a sin gle train. The whiskev is bear ing fruit in the frequent shooting affrays and homicides.—Webster Weekly. A healthy man is a king in his own right; an unhealthy man an unhappy slave. For impure blood and slugg «h liver, use Burdock Blood Bitten. On the market*3s yean. SI.OO a bottle. adv t. HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 30..1914 WEST HICKORY HAS TWO TICKETS West Hickory. April 27 —At the town primary held in West Hickory Saturday evening, April 18, G. T. Barker was nominated for mayor, W. A. Hoover, A. J. Drum and T, J. Leonard for aldermen, and J. W. Moose, S. G. Parker and J. R. Pierce for school trustees. On Tuesday night, April 21, Drimary was held and H. H. Abee was nominated for mavor. P. Buff, H. T. Fry and Doc. Yount for a?dermen, and Dr. J. J. Hicks, J. W. Muose and L. P. Miller for school trustees. We now have two full tickets in the field to be voted on and it see ms there is going to be more interest taken in the town election than there has been for several years. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baird died here Friday of pneumonia. The bereeved family have the sympa thy of all their friends in this their sad bereavement. Cliff Bright and family moved here from Brookford one day l&st week, J. W. Phillips, a candidate for Sheriff, was in town one day last week shaking hands with his friends. Misses Bertha and Lottie Richards, of Lenoir, were here several days last week on a visit to their cousin, Miss Julia Rich ards. Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Wallace, of Rutherford ton, are here visit ing Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Melton. E. W. Humphries is very sick at present. Nona Abernethy, of Oak grove, La., spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ahernethy last week. B. D. Abernethy went to Kings Mountain last Saturday to visit his sister, Mrs. Chas. Mc- Ginnis. The plant of the Southern Desk Company is being enlarged by building a large addition to the present one. Thjp company seems to be on the boom all the time. Clears Complexion —Removes Skin Blemishes. Why go through life embarrassed and disfigured with pimples, eruptions, blackheads, red rough skin, or suffer ing the tortures of Eczema, itch, tetter, salt rhewa. Just ask your Druggist for Dr. Hob son's Eczema Ointment. Follow the simple sug gestions and your skin worries are over. Mild, soothing, effective. Ex cellent for babies and delicate, tender skin. Stops chapping. Always helps Relief or money back. 50c., at your Druggist. 1 g d y 1 Mrs. Frank Devane and daugh ter, Josephine, and Mrs. Charlie Cook and three children, of Bre vard, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Setzer. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels, will lead to chronic constipa tion. Doan's Regulcti operate easily. 35c a box at all stores. *dv t, LAURA PENDLETON IS i DECLARED HOT GUILTY Clyde C. Clement, However, Was Convicted of Murder of the Baby. - Spartanburg* S. C., April 27. After having bp£n out less than two hours the jury in the case of Clyde C. Clemei t and Miss Laura PentU*t n, who have been on trial heie during the past week for tHe drowning of a baby, tonight ftund Clement guilty of murder &nd Miss Pen dleton not guiTty. Clement was recommended to mercy, which means South Carolina pr - cedure, that he uilLae sentenced to life imprisonment The baby aliegfdto have been the daughter of the two defend ants WPS found in a mill pond January 31. Each of the de fendants accused the other of having thrown tbe child into the pond the nißht before from a bridge. They admitted having gone to the bridge together with the baby, but each professed ig norance of the intention of the other. , Miss Percleton*B testimony differed sr mew hat from alleged confession mar'e by her after her arrest, in which she was quoted as saying she unwillingly con sented to the death of the baby after Clement had promised to marry ber if she acquiesced and threatened to abandon her if she thwarted his design. CATAWBA COUNTY — NORTH CAROLINA (By EDWARD L. SHUFORD.) Catawba County is located in the Western. part of North Caro lina in what is known as the Piedmont section. It is in the heart of a rich agricultural and daiiyin? center, Newton is the county seat Catawba has an area of 440 sq. miles, with 35000 population. This county was a part of Lin coln, which was originally Tryon. The name, Catawba, is of Indian origin -4H»d the mean ings of the word is not dennite* ly known. This County was set tled by representatives of the sturdy German race, whose de scendants retain to this day the industry, thrift, and skill, for which this people is noted. The soil is a sandy loam with a subsoil of rich clay, well water ed and equally as well drained. There is als a vein of cecil clay running through it which makes an exceptionally strong soil suit able for grasses and grains, . Along the streams are extensive | bottoms which, when drained, produce splendid crops of corn and hay.. . The count} has various mineral resources including gold, lime, pottery, brick, clay and other minerals. Timber is also found in a large variety, which helps to supply the demand of Catawba's great number of wood working plants. There jure extensive forests of Oak, Hickory, and al so some Pine. Agriculture is the chief occu pation, in which rapid progress has been made in the last few years. There are 2311 farms in the county that are cultivated by the owners themselves. The chief crops- grown in Ca tawba are corn, oats, wheat, peanuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, hay and forage. The live stock and dairying industries have of late years become very success ful. The county did not make great progress in the breeding of live stock until recent years. Thorough-bred sires have been introduced which is the essential point of good live stock breeding, and Catawba soon will iank with the leading counties of th 3 State in this line. There are 4891 dairy cows, 2952 horses, 2080 mules in Catawba. The majority of these were raised outside of the county, but Catawba intends to raise her own live stock in the coming years. Dairying is car ried on with great success in this county. In fact, she is noted for her dairying and for her co operative.creamerv. This cream ery was organized June Ist, 1910. and was incorporated Aug. 1912. So remarkably successful has this association been, that numbers of people from all parte of the country have visited this plant to inspect it, and to see how the work is carried on. It turns out now 16000 lb?, of but ter a month. All cows from which the cream comes that is used by the creamery are tested for tuberculosis. After the be- 1 1 ginning of this work it develop led that the farmers wished to ' sell their eggs through this as sociation, which is now being ■■ i ' AIRSHIPS WILL RACE .AROUND THE GLOBE FROM SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915. » 1 • . ' • \V AERONAUTS from all tba civilized nations of the globe With every standard typfc pf air craft driven by motors will participate in i on aerial race around-the world, which will be a feature of the sporting events to WT; held during tbe Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition at Ban, Fratajlaco in 1915. The race will start from tije grounds of the Exposition in May, 1915, and will end there. Three hundred thousaud dollars has been hung up in prizes for thto stupendous world girdling contest. A number of tbe world's greatest a,?la ton have signified their Intention of entering the races. The recent fllgHjof Stoeffler, ending at Mulhausen, Ger many, in which he covered J,375 miles, convinces aviators that long flights are a matter of adequate supply stations. The above photograph •hows tbe route around, the w£rld and the various supply staUoua. DAVENPORT COMMENCEMENT ■■ ■■ • i • y i i. , The following invitation hts been received: The Class of Nineteen hundred and fourteen Davenport College for Women requests the honor / of . your presence' at the 7 Commencement Exercises May eighteenth to twentieth Lenoir North Carolina : . f;'. •' • V The following is the program: May 18, 3:00 p.m.. Ajrt Reception 8:00 p. m„ Musical Contest May 19,11:00 a.m., Annual Ser mon by Rev. F. Stuart French, D. D., Nashville, Tennessee. 8:00 p.m., Final 3oncert. May 20, 9:30 a.m.. Graduating Exercises. ' V 10:30 a.m., Address to Graduat ing Class by Rev. S. A- Steel, D.D., Columbia.SouthCarolina. Graduates in Regular Course— Annie Florence Heafner, Annie Olivia Kent, Mary Hendry New laud, Charity Eleanor Nipper, Mary Parks Shell, Janie TSittle, Ellen David West «kl Beulah Mae Williamson. ..«$ ~. Graduate in Pianos-Elizabeth Sinclair Miller. V Graduate in Expression- Marion Stephenson Lobg. Graduate in Art—fcrioxie Vir ginia Kiser and Ethel Lester Montsinger. y' done with much success and to the great satisfaction of the farmers, and patrons as weil. The paid-in capital of this enter prise is $50,000. The stockhold ers realize an annual dividend of fi npr PPTit V.V" The Southern and C. & N, W. Railways are the chiet means of transportation in Catawba coun tv. There is a very progressive spiritinthe movement for good roads. Newton and Hickory are linked by an excellent sand clay road, and there has been a bond issue of SIOO,OOO for building good roads in Newton and Hick orv townships. # Educational advantages in Ca tawba county are unusually good. 1 There are well equipped j graded schools in the towns, and good schools in the .. county dis-1 tricts. The following colleges al so are in the county; Claremont College and Lenoir College, Hickory; Catawba College New tort, Concordia College, Conover; South Fork Institute, Maiden; St. James College, Startown. Hickory, with an estimated population of 8000, is the largest town in the County. This enter prising little city has more im proved streets, beautiful homes, and handsome church buildings than any other town of its size in North Carolina. There is also a large numberof manufacturing plants here. Some of these are:- Piedmont Wagon Company, Hickory Novelty Shops, Hickory Mfg. Co., Moss Wood Working Plant, Hutton & Bourbonnias, Hickory Chair Company, Hick ory Seed Co., Citayrba Milling Co., Martin Furniture Co., Hick* ory Furniture Co., Picker-Stick Factory« BrookforcJ Cotton Mills, Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905 CARNEGIE PITIES OLD MEXICO Sadly, as a man who has seen a life-long dream wither at the touch of facts. Andrew Carnegie spoke to The Tribune yesterday of Mexico. He gazed mourn fully cut of his study window, whispering softly to himself :•'lt is too sad, too ssd, too sad to think of. I can't talk of it at all, at least not till something hap pens—some decisive event which will change the situation and bring about peace. And oh! I pity, pity Mexico.'* "Do you think the President j ustified in his course of action?'' asked the reporter. 44 Don't ask me that," he plead ed, turning his chair a little more toward his questioner. "I do not want to say. i can scarce ly believe that the chief Ameri can Republic, which has a larger population than all other Ameri can Republics together, is to be come involved in war with little Mexico, of only fourteen millions of people. Mexico is to be pitied; deeply sympathized with ever since Madero lost his control." He closed his eyes and shook his head slowly from side to side. 4, 1 can't help pitying Mexico and wishing that our monster Republic had kept its hands off. The foreign Governments of Europe felt it their duty to recog nize Huerta; we alone refused, which meant that we embar rassed ourselves in Mexican af fairs and put ourselves in op position to all other countries. "No. no, we had no right to interfere with the internal con ditions of Mexico, and all our troubles spring from doing so. When we found that all other Nations recognized Huerta as the proper President of Mexico, there was every reason why we should have quietly concurred and kept our hands off. We should have followed other Gov ernments in getting on with him as peaceably as we could and 1 giving him a fair trial. When ,we left other Nations and took .up a different position, a grave I mistake was committed, as is inow clearly shown."—New York Times. Shaford Cotton Mill, Ivey Cot ton Mill, Elliott Hosiery Mill, Hickory Hosiery Mill, Ice Plant, Piedmont Foundry, Latta-Mar tin Pump Co., Hickory Overall Co., besides many other minor plants. There are in Hickory many large mercantile establishments, wholesale and retail. The First National Bank and the Hickory Banking & Trust Company pro vide adequate banking facilities. The two Building & Loan As sociations offer excellent oppor- I tunity for people to build their ! own homes. The new Govern ment building in Hickory will soon be completed at a cost of $75,000. -Hence, with all this vast amount of diversified variety in minerals, timber products, grain crops, live stock and manufac- rrflS is a lr£e town. Advertise nere and get busy, -o- $o- -o- PRESS OF WORLD • - TALKS SITUATION Spanish Newspapers Friendly in Attitude But Say go After The Rebels too Madrid, April 23.-Leading Spanish newspapers have adopt' ed a well balanced and even friendly attitude toward the United States in commenting on the Mexican situation. Eli Liberal expresses the be lief that Mexican independence will be respected by the United States, 4 'although Gen. Huerta brought intervention upon him self." It says: "It would be well for the United States to intervene also in the Mexican provincea where Carranza and Villa exerciae authority." El Imparcial says: "The Mon roe doctrine is now being modifi-. Ed to mean 'America, for the North Americans.' The war will end in the adoption of an imperialistic policy by the United States. English Press is Commending Wilson. London, April 21.—The English press generally upholds the course of President Wilson. The Standard says his action has the full acquiescence of this govern ment The Times declares "the justification for forcible interfer ence" is far stronger than ap pears on the surface. The Daily Mail describes the British at titude toward Wilson as "one of admiration." France Reticent. . Paris, April 21.—The French foreign cffice, although no official announcement has been made, is , believed to regard the action of > the United States with relief. : German Paner Bitter. Berlin, April 21.—The German press as a rule is sparing in its comment on the Mexican crisis. The Post, editorial as follows. "Germany has no reason to de • sire an American victory. The " American colossus would there by grow still more gigantic and [ become more dangerous to us economically than it already is." t Japanese Papers Reserved. Tokio, April 23.—Moat of the leading newspapers of Japan are . moderate and reserved in their i attitude regarding the Mexican I situation. One or two of the less . responsible journals, hpwever, . today suggests that advantage r should be taken of the present . embarrassment of Washington . to press the issues outstanding j I between Japan and the United 3 States. Married at Claremont. Mr. Albert Huffman of this city was married Sunday eve ning at 6 o'clock to Miss Sadie Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Pope, at their residence in Claremont, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. Mennen, the bride's pastor. The bride is one of Clare raont's most popular young ladies and is well known here by many who will gladly welcome her to our city. Mr. Huffman is employed by the firm of Setzer & Russell and is a splendid young man who is highly respected by all who know him. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Huffman of near this city. They will be at home in this city on Tenth Avenue about May 10. 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, stooa cough, your head clears up, fever leaves, and you feel fine, Mr. J. T. Davis, of Stickney Corner, Me., ' Was cured of a dreadful cough 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 Sores. Mr. John P. Hunsucker has been appointed postmaster at Canover. turinjf industries, we feei sure that we have one of the fore most counties in the State, and one of which we shall be proud er and irouder as the years go ' by. Since she has now learned to walk, she will advance by ; leapß and bounds in these dif i ferent lines, and will finally > stand on the top round of auc • cess.
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 30, 1914, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75