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St THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT Ossl '». ' ' FSTABLISHF.D 1899 DEMOCRAT AND PRESS CONSOLIDATED 1905 State Happenings in and About the City Shuford's Demonstration. In appreciation of the aid ar.d encouragement the 1 ewopapers have given the creamery inter ests, Shuford, the Hickory pion eer, and from whose success the creamery "industry has had its greatest inspiration, was at the meeting of the editors at Mon treat with a lay-out of butter milk, cheese and butter, to all of which the newspaper men were i nvited to help themselves. The buttermilk was soft and ropy as strained honey, the butter, put up in neat packages of oiled pa ty?r, was yellow as gold and 100 D2r cent pure, while the cheese was of a quality that would hold its own against any that ever was or ever will be imported into North Carolina, These three creamery products were intend ed to impress upon the editors of the State the possibilities of dairy ing in North Carolina, and to show the progress that has been already made in the development of that industry, for it is coming to the point when the county in western North Carolina that does not have access to a cream ery is regarded as a poor sort of a county. Mr. Shuford's "ar gument" was ons of a pleasur ably convincing sort.—Charlotte Observer. Order of Services for Reformed Church Next Sunday. School at, 9:45, B. B. Elackwe'der, Supt. Holy Communion at, 11:C0 o'clock with a sermon. Evening service at, 8;00 p. m. Subject of the evening discourse; *'Shall we desecrate the Sabbath man, or shall we crucify man for the Sabbath?" The services preparatory to the Holy Communion will be held Saturday at, 4:00 o'clock. The Junior choir will sing at the .evening service. Shuford Reunion August 14. The Shuford Reunion will be held Saturday, August 14 at 10 o'clock on the plantation of Mr R. L. Shuford on the Sruth Fork River, this county. All those of the name and those related are cordially invited to attend. A most interesting programme will be given at this time by some of our be3t speakers. All are asked to bring well filled baskets. Jones-Moser. A telephone message from Miss Ruth*Moser Saturday night to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Moser, told of her marriage that day in Charlotte to Mr. W. M. Jones, a popular traveling salesman. The announcement came as quite a surprise to her numerous acquaintances hers who wish them much happiness throughout their married life. Tomlinson-Townsend. The fourth of July was cele brated last Sunday evening at the home of H. A. Adams, by the marriage of Mr. P. W. Tomlin sdh and Miss Ida Townsend, both of Connelly Springs, The marri age was well attended by friends of the bride and groom. H. A. Adams was the officiating magis trate. Marvin Smith Selected. Lenoir, July 6. —At the regu lar meeting of the County Board of Education Monday, Marvin Smith of North Catawba Town sh:p was elected county superin tendent of the public schools to succeed Y. D. Moore, who has been at the head of the schools in Caldwell for the last 14 years. . — 1 Long Re-elected. County Superintendent of Edu cation, Rev. Geo. E. Long, has been re-elected for another term. Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drive® out Malaria.enriches the blc.d.andbuilds up the eye ieta. A .rue tome, i'ur ..u-.U and ctutdrcft. 50c SEES onwc TIDE Of DEMAND Purchasing Power of Masses of People Double What It Was Year Ago. The Washington Post sees good times ahead. It says: "Another week of unexampled activity in the industrial districts of the country has just closed and from the transactions report ed it is very evident that the coming weeks of the summer, the coming months of the au tumn and the winter, will wit ness business at the highest flood tide that has ever been reached in this republic. 4 'The Post at this time beleives tbat it is due its readers to cite items, facts, transactions, so that they may know how absolutely correct are its statements as to the improvements in the many lines of trade throughout the country. "During the week we note the following in the Pittsburg indust rial district: "The W. J. Rainey Coke Com pany, which employs several thousand men in its works, an nounced that on July lthe wages of the employes v/ould be re stored to the higher rates pre valent before January 1 last. 'The Bessemer Coke Company also restored the wages of its operators to the higher scale be ginning July 1. The H. C. Frick Company ordered that 400 more coke ovens be blown into opera tion at its plant to supply steel corporation furnaces at Connells-j ville, Pa. "The Carnegie Company ordered its work at Sharon, Pa„ which have been idle for 18 months, to be operated again, and SQO men have gone to work in them. "The Wheeling (W. Va.J _Ste_el. and Iron Company stockholders have authorized a $5,000,000 bond issue, half of which will be used to construct a new sheet, bar and skelp mill and to enlarge the tin plate mills owned by the com pany. "The Standard T.nplate Com pany, of Cannonsburg, has start ed work on a new, 22-mill plant, which will cost $1,500,000. "From the Mississippi to the Atlantic coast the industrial sit urtion is of the very best, with more plants running full time than at any other period of the nation's history, with more em ployes upon the pay rolls as a to tal than ever before ard greater sums of money beinjr disbursed for their labor. "That investments are doing pretty well may be inferred from the declaration of an extra 50 per cent dividend by the Dela ware. Lackawanna and Western Coal Company, in addition to the regular 2* per cent quarterly di vidend. "The fact that this coal com pany p,ii 125 per cent dividtn s to its stock holders since its or ganization in 1909—6 years—or an average of more than 20 per cent per year, is very good evi dence of steady profits in the an thracite coal trade. ' That the automobile manu facturers have a most profitable industry has been demonstrated bv the remarkable success of the Ford Company, the Overland Company and numerous other companies, and the fact that at this very time the shops and fac tories of the automobile com panies are running at their ut most capacity must go far as proof of the prosperity of the country. "The Chanler Motor Company, of Cleveland, Ohio., has just de clared a cash dividend of 77£ per cent on its common stock and the usual quarterly dividend of 13-4 per cent on the preferred." This makes 100 per cent dividend paid on the common stock durinir the past 12 months. "With the potteries and the glass works of the country under full headway, supplying not only our home markets but shipping largely to foreign countries; with our shipyards crowded with or ders and with men in large num bers busy upon construction; with shoa factories, driven to the limit of capacity and woolen and cotton mills turning out great outputs and piling up good pro fits, surely the merchants of the country must prepare themselves for the greatest distributing trade they have ever been called upon to supply. "The purchasing power of the masses of the people of the Unit ed States is fully double today what it was but one year ago. ' The merchants first, and the manufacturers next, will feel the force of the on-coming tide of de mand." Another Fly Preventive. Another safe and eSective weapon against the typhoid or bouse fly is now being advocated by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculrure. This time it is of powdered hellebore which is readily obtainable and has proved to be an ef fective larvicide. It is claimed by them that powdered hellebore mixed with water and sprinkled over the manure, will destroy the fly larvae as soon as they are hatched from the eggs. Hellebore is especially recommended for this purpose in that it does not less en the value of manure or injure vege tation, regardless of the amount used. It is said that this chemical decomposes in the fermentation of the manure and does not harm except to the larvae it is intended to destroy. This is not true of almost all other chemicals used as larvicides. Borax, which is just as efiective as hellebore in killing fly lar vae and which is less expensive, will most likely work some damage when more than 15 tons of the Borax-treated manure are used to the acra. Tfie importance of cleanliness and the early removal'of all manure is not to be lost sight of. Thebest resuits ob tainable are where premises are kept clean, where flies are kill:d or trap ped and where either hellebore or bo rax is applied daily according to direc tions. The directions issued with the ie:om mendation of hellebore as a larvicide are these: "One-half pound of powdered hell ebore mixed with 10 gallons of water is sufficient to kill the larvae in 8 bush- 1 els or 10 cubic feet, of manure. The mixture should be spiinkled carefully over the pile, especial attention being paid to the outer edges." In other words not quite a pound is necessary for one horse a week. The New York market quotes the price ot hellebore to be from 28 to 30 cents per pound in wholesale lots and borax to be 10 to 12 cents per pound. The relative value of each based on the cost can thus be readily obtained. Detecting Tuberculosis Early. 4 'Any body can diagnose consump* tion in the late stages." says Dr. I.aw rence Brown of Saranac T-ake,' New York, who is one of the country's best diagnosticians for tuberculosis. "After the disease has progressed to the point where there is frequent coughing, much sputum, fever, sweat and a flushed face, even a careless doctor will know it, but a diagnosis at that stage is not worth much to the sick man." It is Dr. Brown's opinion tha'. com sumption should be diagnosed not only before there are bacilli in the sputum, but also before the physicians can find aiy signs in the chest. He holds whatever person who has been exposed to tuberculosis infection particularly in childhood, and who later passes through any debilitating experiences and then develops 2 little fever, has a little cough, tires easily, loses color and loses a little weight, a diagnosis of propable tuberculosis should be made, even through a phys ical axamination shows no signs of consumption in the lungs and there are no bacilli ia the sputum, if there is any sputum. This, probability is increased if, the person is ten pounds below the average weight for height and age, and if he has a pulse that is a few beats, say ten, faster than the average. In other words, he puts the history and a general sizing ■p of the situation above all other fac tors in making a diagnosis of verv early stage consumption. He certainly puts it ahead of bacilli in the sputum as a sign, for that sign comes very late. He says symptoms are a better and more accurate guide to activity than physical signs. HICKORY, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915 g Baraca-Philathea Notes § g FIRST METHODtST CHURCH g § Furnished by the Class Reporters X Philathea Class. Our pastor has asked our class to hold an open meeting the third Sunday eyening of this month, we have already begun work on our programme, which, we hops wiil prove a. success. A cordial invitation is extended to all. It was voted that we order a I new pennant for our room, which will add to its beauty very much. Theconteft £itwsen the recs and blues is growing more inter esting, as .the reds were ten miles ahead of the blues. We are en joying the trip to to Exposition very much, as we atop and ex pect to stop at all the large and noted towns on the way.' Our , trains are not as heavily loaded as we would like to have them, S3 join our class and the con ductors will see that you are put on the right train. Our class received another post card from Miss Hanna this week. We enjoy them so much. vVe like to keep in touch with our absent ones, and hope to hear from more of our members, who are away. The following of outclass went to Statesville Monday to the cele bration of the 4th: Misses Alice Withetspoon, Sadie Peeler and Annie and Jennie Reinhardt. Miss Miuta Abernethy went to Salisbury for the 4th. Miss May Biggerstaff and Miss Geneva Miller are visiting at Newton, Route 3, this *eek. We had several vacant chairs today that should have Deen fill ed by someone. Now, you that do not belong to any Sunday School, and to the ones that were absent, we would be so glad to have you come next Sunday. Wants Trash Wagons Covered. To the Editor of the Democrat: Just a few lines, please, to call the attention of the Citv Fathers to a much needed city ordinance, or if, indeed, there is already such an ordinance then to the enforcement of same. It is in the matter of the re moval of the waste and refuse material collected bv the city. It seems that such matter should be carried away in closed wagons having some covering that will hide the contents of the same. This would be not only a protec tion to health, but also it would relieve the present unsightliness. The present manner cf ing away the refuse through the streets is altogether foreign and inimical to our ideas of civic pride. In all other well governed cities this matter has received the attention of those in author ity and consequently there has been provided some means for the relief in question. Then, too, let it be suggested that the hours for the collection of said material be when there are the least number of the citi zens on the streets. It seems that this might be easily done and would save the majority of the citizens from being forcibly i reminded of the fact that this work is being done. A CITIZEN. Beside His Graye. I went and knelt beside his grave And placed some flowers there; And from my heart there rose a little prayer. Tears filled my eyes and bending down 1 pressed my lips unto the ground; And then I came away. A. B. Ardmore, Pa. An Easy, Pleasant Laxative One or two Dr. Kings New Life Pills with a tumbler of water at night. No bad, nauseating taste; no belching gas. Go to right to bed. Wake up in the morning, enjoy a free, easy bowel movement, and feel fine all day. Dr Kings New Life Pills are bold by all dauggists. 36 in the original packags. for 25c, Get a bottle to-day—enjoy this easy, j.leasant 1 native. The Editor. Consider the editor. He wear eth purple and fine linen. Bi3 abode is amongst the mansions of the rich. His wife hath her limousine and his firs t-born sporteth a racing car that can hit her up in forty fiat. Lo! All the people breaketh their necks to hand nim money. A child is born unto the wife of merchant in the bazaar. The physician cretteth twenty golden plunks. The editor writeth a stick and a half and telieth the multitude that the child tippeth the beam at nine pounds- Yea, he lieth even as a centurion. And the proud father giveth him a cremo. Behold, the young one groweth up and graduateth. And the editor putteth into his paper a swell notice. Yea, a peach of a notice. He telieth of the wisdom of the young woman, and of her exceeding comeliness. Like un to the roses of Sharon is she and her gown is played up to beat the band. And the dressmaker get teth two score and four iron men. And the editor getteth a note of thanks from the S. G. G. The daughter goeth on a journ ey. And the editor throweth himself on the story of the fare well party. It runneth a column solid. And the fair one remem berth him from afar with a pic ture post card that cometh six for a jitney. Behold, she returneth and the youth of the city fall down and worship. She picketh one, and 10, she picketh a lemon. But the editor calleth him one of our most promising young men and getteth away it. And they send unto him a bid to the wedding feast and behold the bids for fashioned by Muntgummery Hay buck, in a far city. Flowery and ltmg is the wed ding notice which the editor prin teth. The minister geteth ten bones. The groom standeth the editor off for a twelve month ' subscription. All flesh is grass and in time the wife is gathered into the silo. Tne minister getteth his bit. The editor printeth a death notice, two columns of obituary, three lodge notices, a cubit of poetry 1 and a card of thanks. And he forgetteth to read the proof on the head and the darned thing cometh out "Gone to her Last Roasting Place." And all that are akin to the de ceased jumpeth on the editor with exceeding great jumps. And they pulleth out their ads and cancelleth their subscriptions and they swing the hammer unto the third and fourth generations. Canst thou beat it?—Reidsville Review. 0 Alvarez-Keeman. i Mr. Philip Alverez, a Cuban, and Miss Belle Keeman of Col umbia, S. C., were married at Self & Bagby's office here Tues day evening by J. F. Joy, J, P. Alvarez, who is a baseball player with the Lenoir team this year, met Miss Keeman here and after procuring license from Newton they were quietly married. He was a member of the Cuban team which came to this country last spring. He played for Asheville a while and then went to Lenoir. He and his bride left after the marriage for Lenoir. Deeds Filed for Record. D. L. Russell to J. S. Setzer for $350, lots 18 and 19, T. S. Green plot, Hickory. F. J. Marlow to John Sherman Sigman for $1,400, an acre and 11 poles in southeast Hickory. S. A. Whitener to Jacob R. Heavner for $2,000, tract of 90 acres adjoining Hosea Jarrett. Amanda Salines to Henry Smyre, for SSO, lot in Snow Hill, Newton. Whenever Vou Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chiU Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives ont Malaria, Enriche3 the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. CAPTAIN DIES TO " SAVE HIS VESSEL British Steamer Escapes From Submarine By Bravery of Father and Son. With nine dead sailors stretch ed on her deck, eight men lying wounded below, and her sides riddled with shot and shell, the British steamship Anglo-Califor nian steamed into Qeenstown harbor after having withstood the attack of a German subma rine for four hours. The ship's escape from destruction was ac complished with no other means of defence than the indomitable spirit of her captain and crew, combined with masterly seaman ship, which enabled her to frus trate the efforts of her assailant to torpedo her. The story of how Capt. Pars low stood on the bridge of the Anglo-Californian amidst a rain of shot and calmly directed the movements of his ship until he was killed by a shell, and how his place was taken by his son until British destroyers appeared and compelled the submarine to flee, was told by the survivors. The Anglo-Californian left Montreal for the British Isles on June 24. The submarine was sightad at 8 o'clock last Sunday morning. Capt. Parslow ordered fuil steam ahead and wireless calls for assistance were sent out. The submarine on the surface proved to be a far speedier craft than the steamer and rapidly overhauled her, meanwhile delu ging her with shells. One shot put the wireless apparatus on the Anglo-Californian out of action. Finding he could not escape by running for it, Capt. Parslow de voted all his attention to maneu vering his ship so as to prevent the submarine from using tor pedoes effectively. "Our captain was a brave man," said one of the narrators. '"He kept at his post on the bridge, cooly giving orders as the submarine circled around us vain ly seeking to get a position from which it could give us a death blow with torpedoes. All the while the underwater boat con tinued to rain shot and shell up on us and at times was so close tbat she was able to employ rifle hre effectively. At least one shell blew the captain off the bridge killing him outright and terribly mutilating him. Just before that he had given orders to launch the boats, but this was verv dif ficult under the shell fire. Sev eral men were struck down while working at the davits. Ultimate ly four boats were got overboard and we rowed away until picked up." The son of Captain Parslow, serying as second mate, was standing by his father's side when the latter was killed. The son was knocked down by the violence of the explosion. Spring ing to his i feet he seized the wheel and as ably as his father had done, continued dodging the submarine. Another shell burst alongside him shattering one of the;spokes of the wheel, but young Parslow remained at his post. The wireless S. O. S. calls that had been sent out at the first alarm had reached those able to give more than passive assistance however and British destroyers appeared. On their appearance the submarine abandoned the at tack and submerged. Young Parslow was still at the wheel when the destroyers came up. A Good Household Salve Ordinary ailments and injuries are cot of themselves serious, but infect-- ion or low vitality may make them dangerous. Don't neglect a cut, sore, bruise or hurt because its small. Blood Poison has resulted from a pin-prick or scratch. For all such ailments Bucb len'b Arnica Salve is excellent, It pro" tects and heals and prevents danger ous complications. Good for all Skin Blemishes, Pimples, Salt Rheum, Ec -1 zema. Get an original 2-ounce_2sc. box from your DruggUt, _ IWU'H New Series Vol. I, No. 14 Both Lose Heavily In The Dardanelles The total Turkish casualties in the Dardanelles operations be tween June 28 and July 2 were 5,150 men killed and 15,000 wounded, according to announce ment by the British official bu reau. The Constantinople correspon dent of the Zsitung Am Mittag reports that the British lost 10,- 000 men in the last twelve days fighting around Seddul Bahr on Galiipoii peninsula. He states that he saw thousands of wound ed transported to hospital ships while the dead were left un buried. The dispatch continues: "The climax in this awful car nage was reached on the morn ing of July 1, after a three-day offiensive that failed utterly. Boats traveled to and from the transports for hours with the wounded. The Turks learn that Alexan dria, Cairo, and the islands oc cupied bv the British are literal ly choked with wounded. "The Turkish losses were measurably less and lighter; half the injured already back in the fight." Meeting of Commissioners. . The court house was full of men yesterday attending the commissioner's meeting, the meeting of the pension board and board of education. But for rain there might have been a still larger crowd here. There was lengthy debate on the assessment of SIOO,OOO placed on the Lookout dam of theSout' - em Power Company by Assessor W. W. Ervin of Catawba town ship, Mr. N. A. Cocke, reprt senting the company, address ing the board, with the com pany's local counsel, W. C. Feim ster, Esq. The conclusion of the discussion was that Chairman Browne, County Assessor C. C. Bost, Assessor Ervin, County At torney A. A. Whitener and Mr. Cocke meet at a date not named, at the dam and canvass the mat ter again. C. H. Lester was ordered no tified that the bridge over Terra pin creek was finished and asked to complete the approaches at once. Rock Steele, a woman, was dismissed from the county home because she is able-bodied and can work. A shower bath was ordered placed in the jail at a cost not to exceed S3O, to im prove the sanitary conditions,. The funeral of R. V. Taylor, Con federate soldier, was ordered paid, sls. On account of error R.C. Mann was relieved of 89 cents tax; Z. V. Brittian and Geo. Hubbard of Hickory were relieyed of poll tax on account of afflictions. J. P. Gibson of Hickory, was relieved of $3.47 of tax, error* and the Southern Express Cr, was relieved of $1.96 penalty im posed because the ex sheriff fai'- ed to furnish information in time It was ordered that th 6 county, surveyor make a survey of a public road in Mt. Creek near T. E. Lipparri's on lands of L. A. White, to get a grade not exceed ing 3 1-2 per cent, The commissioners set July 19, for the purpose of meeting with the county assessor, Mr. C. C. Bost, and equalizing valuations. The tax-listers and assessors were paid off yesterday, as fol lows, the first name being that of the lister, second that of the assessor: E. J. Speagle, list-taker Ban dy's township. $8632; S. L. Le fevor, $21.25; Jacobs Fork, Go rdon Wilfong,. $46.6fc; J. A. White ner, $23 75; Catawba, W. \V. Ervin, $75, J. W. Lowrance, $25; Hickory, B. F. Campbell, $57.- 50; Mt. Creek, J.A. Gabriel, $83.- 50; A.P. Hicks, $17.50; CaldweU. $37.40: Newton. C. O. Smith, $106.62; P. E. Fry, $35. With the exception of Caldwell town ship, which cost more this year, the other townships named above cost less to list than they did four years ago by sums varying from sl3 to ssl. Caldwell cost sl2 more this time,—Enterprise