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o Quality Job Print* state Lit q a t Reasonable Prices x c 300 c 0000 ooooooocoooo o Established 1899 BATTLE IN POLAND I FAVORSJE RUSSIAN Sj Russians Are Steadly Ad vane- 1 ing in Galicia; Repulse the Enemy Before Cracow. London, Nov, 23 —The battles I in the region betwpqft the Vis tula and Warthltivers in Poland appear to have turned in favor of the Russians. A special dis patch from Petrograd to Paris says the Russian army already has won a decisive victory. While this may bean exaggeration both the Russian and the German official reports suggest that Gen- i eral Von Hindenburg's second thrust at Warsaw has been check ed. Grand Duke Nicholas, com mander-in-chief of the Russian forces, for two days in succession has recorded partial successes and tonight the German general staff says the arrival of Russiaus reinforcements has postponed a decision. Both sides have ex pressed the greatest confidence in the outcome. Grand Duke Nicholas and General Von Hin denburg heretofore have been so successful in their strategy tbat their adherents look upon them as almost unbeatable. The German papers this morn ing were talking of a general Russian retirement despite the fact that the Russians have been advancing steadily in Galicia, have repulsed the Austro-German attack before Cracow, hold part of the German territory in East Prussia and oppose General Von Hindenburg's advance on War saw. It is the same at Petrograd. All the correspondents there de clare the Russian numbers must tell when the Germans have reached the ground on which Grand Dulce Nicholas has chosen to give them battle. While undertaking immense tasks in the east the Germans, according to all accounts, are preparing to launch another of fensive movement in the west. Just where this is tn be is known by the general staff alone. It is believed here they will make an other effort to genftJTOGtgfHetfee French coast and perhaps at the same time try to force the Kneof French fortresses in the Argon ne region. The Germans have been vio lently bombarding Ypres in Flan ders, Soissons, in the Aisne and Rheims, while they have been attacked in force in the Argonne region. The French claim the Argonne assaults have been re pulsed while the Germans say that they have been gaining ground steadily. Any or all of this activity may be intended to divert attention from the quarter in which the supreme attack will be made, but the allies are sure to discover soon where they must expect the next blow. To ward off the possibility of the Germans again trying to move along the coast the British fleet has been bom barding their positions from the sea, Turkey, as usual, reports vic tories over the Russians in the Caucasus and the British in Egypt, but these lack confirma tion. The English tonight issued an account of successful British operations in the Persian gulf. The same statement told of the defeat of a British force sent against German East Africa, British naval airmen, including Lieutenant Sippe, one of those who destroyed a Zeppelin shed and an airship at Dusseldorf be fore the Germans took Antwerp' have made a still more daring raid from French territory over Friedrichshafen. According to the aviator's account they drop ped bombs which damaged the Zeppelin factory at that place. One aeroplane was brought down by Germans but the others es caped damage- Praises Small Towns. Raleigh, N. C.—Deputy Insur ance Commissioner Sherwood Brockwell, the expert firefight er, just back from visitation to a number of western North Car olina towns, declares with great enthusiasm that numbers of these towns that he visited on this trip have towns of much larger proportion in other secti ons of the state "skinned a mile" on streets and other inter nal improvements. He was es pecially pleased with the exten sive street paving and other im* provements and special light ing in Hickory, Newton aad Statesville. Tonight. Tonight, if you feel doll and stupid, or billious and constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain'« Tablet* and you will fe*l all right tomorrow. For sale by Grimes Drag Co. and Moser & Luts, THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT A People Without a Country; Belgium Becomes Scene of the World's Greatest Calamity Christian Hersli The war in Europe has almost taken second place in world in terests. It may reasonably be questioned if it has not, entirely done so. for the world is threat ened by a situation among the innocent sufferers of the war that defies the telling. Do the bat tlefields men are deliberately rushing to their deaths, cheered on by a number of emotions. Hut upon the most reliable authority ic is now known that millions, actually millions cf women and children, aged people and inva lids, face death by starvation and exposure as winter comes on, be cause their homes have been de stroyed, their means of self-help taken away, and their natural providers forced to the scenes of war. In London there has been or ganized an official body, which arranges for transmitting food stuffs into Belgium; it is known as the American Commission for Relief in Belgium. That com mission has been asked by King Albert of Belgium to appeal to the American people on behalf of Belgium's famine-threatened women and children. "It i 3 a great comfort to me," he wrote, "'in this hour of sorrow and mis fortune to feel that a great hearted. disinterested people is Mr. S. P. Hall, of Charlotte to Open Drug Store at Hamlet The Hall Drug Company, with an authorized capital stock of SIO,OOO, has been granted a char ter by the secretary of state, a copy of it having been filed today in the office of the secretary of state. The incorporators are Messrs. S. P. Hall, M. M, Mur phy and T. J. Smith, all of this city. The Issuing of the charter thfl oDeninz of a nag drug. store in Hamlet, which will be operated by Mr. Samuel P. Hall of this city. He has been con nected with the Burwell & Dunn Drug Company of this city for five years and is a very exper ienced druggist. He has orga nized the company and will be its manager at Hamlet, where the store will be conviently located on Main street. The enterprise will be known as the Hall Drug Company. Mr. Hall is a son of the late Major J. G. Hall of Lenoir and has hosts of friends in that vi cinity and here. He will leave in a few days for Hamlet to take up his new business.—Char lotte News. Short News Items. General Funston's infantry and marines, numbering 60C0 men, hauled down the Stars and Strip es which had been flying over Vera Cruz since last April, and evacuted the Mexican port in obedience to orders from Presi dent Wilson. A cash cor tribution of $1,538 was realized at a mass meeting of Raleigh citizens Sunday after noon to be applied for the relief of suffering Belgians. It is said t w e North Carolina General Assembly will be asked to issue bonds direct and at the beginning of its next session be fore it makes appropriation from tunning expenses for permanent improvements. While cleaning a gun at his home in Guilford county Sunday morning Robert Smith waa struck full in the stomach by the dis charge of the gun and died with in a few hours. Vera Cruz, Nov. 20.—Traffic was interrupted today on both the railroads leading from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. Mexican railway officials said the Constitutionalists had taken all rolling stock on that road be tween Mexico City and Esperan za for moxement of troops. Col. Edmundo Martinez, representa tive of General Gandido Aguilar, intimated that another reason for sufbension was to prevent entrance to Vera Cruz of pas sengers who might turn out to be followers of General Villa. The Inter-Oceanic, the other line to Mexico City, is being operated only by sections. A stretch beyond San Marcos is un der control of the ex-Federal General Higm r o Aguilar. Piles Cared la 6 to 14 Days Y«/nr dmn(t will refund money if PAZO (OINTMENT {mil* to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles la 6 to 14 day*. Ibefim f"c« im m 4 Reft, Wc. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914 directing its efforts to relieving the distress of the civilian population of my coun try. Despite all that can be done the suffering in the coming winter will be terrible, but the burden we must bear will be lightened if my people can be spared the pangs of hunger with | its consequences of disease and violence." lienor ts frcm members of this commis ion who visited Belgium state lhat there are still some seven million people in that country. "In many centers," the report says, "people, are re ceiving an allowance of little more than three ounces of flour per capita dailv. This is a ques tion of feeding an entire popula- I tion. The situation affects the wealthy as well as the poor. It touches every home in Belgium. Our experts calculate that in or der to avoid actual starvation, Belgium must have every month a minimum of 60,000 tens of wheat, 15,000 tons of corn, 5,000 tons of peas or beans and a limi ted amount of bacon or lard." Suph a bill of fare, merger to the point of privation as it is, will cost between four and five mil lion dollars monthly, and there is no money in Belgium and no credit, and eighty per cent, of the people are unemployed. What Tuberculosis Day Should Mean to North Carolinians. Raleigh* Nov. 22. —Broadly speaking Tuberculosis Day is a national movement having for its aim the prevention of tuber culosis, but more directly speak ing, it is a personal responsibili ty. To U3 of North Carojina it comes as a grave responsibility, imposed by the 6000 needless deaths annually in our state from this disease. jyhile j;he plan of Tuberculosis I)ay is an educational campaign against tuberculosis, its ultimate aim is prevention, for knowledge ' is power. With this in view the preachers and the churches have been called on to present to their congregations the nature and methods of prevention of tuber culosis, or some feature pertain ing thereto. The movement is undenominational and nonsectar ian. Its aim is to reach Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic. Futhermore it aims through the church, through its message and presentation, to reach lodges, schools and various social and civic bodies of the country. At the State Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis where there is space for only sixty patients, but where ninety or more are crowded in and hun dreds are waiting for entrance, is a most crying need that should have a neart-appeal to the vari ous lodges, orders, clubs, organi zations and individuals of our State. Here is afforded them an opportunity by which they could take care of the tubercular sick of their own members or those within their midst. Here is a means by which they could len der humanity an invaluable ser vice and the way by which they could help the State protect and save her unfortu: at;s and con trol the scourge ot tuberculosis. The responsibility i 3 upon them. One of the Echool days should be observed bv the schools as Tubeiculosis Day. Tiie pupils on this day s lot Id study or become informed as to the cause, nature and prevention of tuberculosis. Perhaps for the first time some child will know that it is posi tively preventable and possibly curably. . ? Individuals have a jespmsibili ty. Besides being thi ir brot ler's keeper they must also be kejpers of themselves," the first liwo| hea th as well as nature. Mexico City, Nov. 20.—The military has taken co nplete com mand of all roads out of tin cap ital and troops- in the suburbs facing Zapata supporters have been strongly reinforced. It is believed General Lucio Bianco will remain to protect inhabi tants from a raid by Zapita ad herents. A meeting of all generals jn the city was held today to dis cuss the general situation. Cause of Insomnia. The Most comrncn cause of insom nia is disorders of the stomach and constipation. Chamberlain's 1 ablets correct these disorders and enables yon to sleep. For sale by Grimes Drug Co. and Mozer & Lutz, BANK ORGAN ZED FOR LATIN TRADE Merchants of the South and West Lay Plans For a Lar ger Business. Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 20. Preliminary to an extensive campaign for the trade of Latin- America, merchants of seventeen Southern and Western States to day authorized the organization of a banking corporation to pro mote an exchange of credits be tween the United States and South and Central America and the establishment of a co-opera tive trading company for the exchange of commodities. Other action, taken at the final session of the first International Trade Conference of the Miss issippi Valley and Central West, included the framing of an ap peal to the Federal reserve board to empower regional banks to establish branches in the Latin-American republics; urg ing the establishment of modern terminals at all important trad ing points along the Mississippi River and other inland water ways; the enactment by Con gress Df legislation to encourage the building of an American merchant marine and an appeal for more liberal Federal appli cants for the improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries. Details of the plans will be worked out by committees to be appointed by the chairman of the conference, Edward E. Gore of Chicago. The proposed banking corpora tion will be financed by the merchants and manufacturers of the Southern and Western States and its energies will be devoted entirely to South and Central America and the West Indies. The amount of capital required will be determined by the ex ecutive committee whk!\ Mr. Gore announced would be ap pointed within ten days. No provision was made for an other meeting of tbe conference, the resolutions adapted empower ing the executive committee, which will be composed of seven members, to carry out the plans adopted by the conference. Railroad Committee Organized. Raleigh, Nov. 20.—H, P. Ed wards general superintendent of the Atlantic and Western Rail road company, who is chairman of the special committee of the officers of the short line railroads in North Carolina to make a fisjht in the approaching session of the legislature for the repeal of the "long and short haul clause" of the Justice intrastrate freight rate act, says he has fujly -organized his committee and that the members of the senate and the lower house of legislature are having the con ditions as they exist so ruinous ly for the business of the short lines, laid before them. He says the expressions being obtained from the law makers elect indi cate that there will be little trou ble in getting the repeal of this feature of the act so that the short lines can resume their busi ness of handling large volumes of freight in long competitive hauls jointly with their connec tions that constituted a most pro fitable feature of their business before the Justice act went in ef feet. Frost Proof Cabbage Plants. Please tell me about the so railed frost-proof cabbage. What kind of seed are they and where secured? When should they be planted to pull in February and March? Will stable manure be a good fertil zer? Name the best varieties." The frost-proof plants that are advertised are simply the Early Jersey Wakefiell plants that have been sown in the fall and wintered outdoors. There is no such variety of cabbage as the frost-proof, but the plants are Wakefield, and the seed can be had from any seedsman. Sow the seed in the middle of Sep tember and transplant in No vember or late October. Stable manure used heavily is as good as anything for them. Run out open furrows east and west and set the plants in the furrows deep enough to cover the entire stem, as that is the tender part They will usually winter well in the open furrows, as the furrows will protect them Throw all the fnrrows to the south side so that there will be ridge enough to shelter the plants from the morning sun when frozen, for the sun shining on them then will do more damage than the cold, -The Progressive Farmer. Waste stot Vour Hours O, weary women, with few hours of ease Whose time is taken up with clubs and teas— Waste not your hour! Learn wis dom in the fields From birds and rosea and the murmuring trees. O, weary men, whose business lets you find Small leisure for the masters of the mind Waste not your hour! Pause now and then to dream; Let up a little on your steady grind. Go back, my friend, to your fore fathers' days; Revive their calm, serene, un troubled way*, Waste not your hour! The gods look pitying down WhHe humane hearts grow cold and faith decays. Waste not your hour! Turn from the noisy street, And hand in hand with little children sweet. Find God again among the forest shades, By river shores and fields of waving wheat. The follies of the time the soul devour; God calls to you in every lovely flower; O, heed His voice ere yet it be too late — Drink deep at nature's fount; waste not your hour. —John Russell Hayes. Diet and Woman's Beauty. One of the most important matters in connection v/ith health and beauty is the diet question; What to eat, how much and how often? To mas ter this problem will not only of itself insure beauty, but as I have explained above, only when the dietary conditions are right will there be good clean blood. Without it there can be no beau ty. After about two decades of careful study regarding foods and feeding, I have come to the conclusion that the best rules of diet can be embraced in the two words, moderation and simplic ity. Simple food taken in mod erate quantities at long intervals, and eaten only at times when the mind is free from anything like haste or disturbance will give the best conditions for good, clean blood. If I were asked in detail to de scribe a model dietary, I should suggestone like the following: For breakfast; cereal with milk or cream, fresh fruit, a glass of milk, either with or without a beaten egg. This is rather a heavy meal; and, should person al preference or requirements seem to indicate it, I would sug gest leaving off the egg or the glass of milk, or the cereal. In many cases the fruit alone is quite sufficient for a wholesome and body-building v break fast. For the second meal I would suggest peas or beans, baked potato, salad, bread and butter, fruit. While allowing meat in small quantities, I am inclined to think that it is not one of the foods which conduces to beauty or health. Certainly no one who eats much meat can be perma nently healthy or beautiful. I may mention that I speak quite without prejudice since I myself am not a vegetarian. The salad referred to may con sist of any of the fresh, green leaves that grow in the sunlight —celery, lettuce, chicory, rc maine escarole, or water cress. It is sometimes a good plan to combine two or more of these leaves. The salad should be dressed with a small quantity of olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice. The meals should be separated by an interval of at least seven hours. To fully digest a meal and prepare for another requires five or six hours, and perhaps few habits of civilized life are more destructive than the com mon practice of crowding three mealß into ten hours. It is, per haps, unnecessary to warn beau ty seekers against all kinds of fancy foods, "made dishes," sauces and condiments, Sugar, Democrat and Press Consolidated 1905 salt and butter may be allowed but should be taken in small quantities. Mustard, pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire, Tobas co and the many highly flavored relishes so much in vogue at i the present time—all these are directly destructive of health, and therefcre, of beauty. Condi ments seem to have an especially destructive effect upon the skin. Why this should be so is a long story; but I have noted the fact many times.—Dr. W. R. C. Lat son, in the Outing Magazine. What Is Left For Cotton Farmers to Do. The following program seems to us sound and timely: 1. Hold your cotton—in the seed if you can, as this plan is said to help thelquality of lint, and it will keep down ginning re ceipts. 2. If you must get some mon ey on cotton, gin it and try to borrow from a bank. The bank will frequently lend direct to the farmer for half the cost of get ting the money through a lawyer or professional money lender. 3. If you must sell outright, pool your cotton with that of other neighbors who must sell; see that it is properly and work together to see that you get full market prices for both lint and seed. 4. Face the fact that we must cut our cotton acreage 50 per cent next year. Make plans to raise all the feedstuff needed on your own farm; and make plans, too, cooperate with your neigh bors in growing, grading, ship ping, and sailing the excess pro ducts which you must grow on the acreage you take from cot ton-production. 5. Finally, demand that your State Agricultural Department, Agricultural College, etc.,. ar range to give next year, the same effective aid in crop-marketing through institutes, bulletin?, per sonal assistance, and demonstra tions—that they hive heretofore given in crop-making.—The Pro gressive Farmer. ■ ' f -/X See Lowe & Co's window for specials in men's hats. —adv. Arss Old Sires, otmt tomtits Wis't c#* The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relicts Vain and Heals at the same time. Sc. 60c, f 1.01, ~Look for the fine display of Men's Hafs in Lowe & Co's win dow.—adv. The Quinine That Dots Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic arid laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BKOMO QuININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look (or the signature of B. W. GROVB. 23c, The Democrat Leads in News & Circulation COM RUKS JIIIIXEIICO Villa is Still Advancing But Move of Obregon is Not Understood * I Tim *rwn Washington, D. C., Nov 20. Official advices to the American government today from its agents in Mexico pictured the situation as more confused than it has been in msny months.*"The offi cial telegrams summarised events as follows: General . Gutierrez se lected provisional president by the Aguas Calientes convention has decided to continue Genetal Villa in command of all the troops controlled by the conven tion. Villa has advanced to Ira puato without resistance and American consular agents say be will continue to Queretaro and the vicinity of Mexico Citv With out difficulty. Geseyal Obregon, in the Meti* can capital, loyal to Carranza, has formally declared war on Villa, but his troops have been evacuating Mexico City today. The purpose of the move is un explained. General Obregon will leave the capital on Saturday. One mes sage said he would go to Salina Cruz, on the west coast, from which point it was thought he would move north to Guadalajara and attempt to get into the rear of the Villa forces. Another tele gram spoke of his probable de parture for Vera Cruz, where it is supposed he will join Carranza next Monday to take possession of the city when the American forces depart. AH the public offices in Mexico City have been vacated. Ameri can agents there do not know whether the Carranza-Obregon faction will leave the place un defended, or leave a small garri son there while General Pablo Gonzalez end other Carranza forces move north to meet the Villa advance. Railroad communication north of Mexico City is interrupted and either Z&pta followers or ex- Federals have cot the In* from Mexicu City to Vera Cruz at San Marcos. : There are are rumors at Villa's headquarters, according to one consular dispatch, that Puebla has been occupied by Zapata. Russian Police Find Secret Plot Petrograd, Nov. 22.—The po lice have discovered a revolution ary plot in which several Duma members are inculpated, and a number of arrests have been made. A semi-official announ cement says: "At the beginning of the war, most of the Russian people were unanimous in assisting the auth orities in the task incurred by war. An altogether . different attitude was observed by some members of the social democrat id associations who continued an activity aiming at the downfall of Russian's military power by means of an anti-war agitation, the distributing of secret procla mations and the conducting of propaganda by word of mouth. 'The government in October learned of a plan to convoke a secret conference of social demo cratic organization to discuss measures aiming at the ruin of the Russian state, aud speedy realization of revolutionary plans. "On November 17th, the po lice discovered that a meeting of the said confeience was to be held in a house eight miles from Petrograd- A detachment of po lice found there eleven persons, including the following members of the Duma; Petrovisk, Baday stff, Mouranoff, Samiloff, and Chagoff. "There being no doubt as to the anti-arovernment object of the conference, the members of the meeting were arrested with the exception of the members of the Duma, who were released. An examining magistrate, hav ing examined documents seized in the rail, drafted an indict ment against all the members of the conference and issued war rants for their arrest." ' For dyspepsia, our national ailment, use Burdock Blood Bitters. Recom mended tor strengthening digestion, purifying the blood. At all drug stores. SI.OO per bottle. [adv*t.j A Special Bargain Sale of Men's Hats at Lowe & Co., Sat urday. See their window.—adv. 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