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i-cr\BLISHED 1899
DEMOCRAT AND PRESS CONSOLIDATED I9W
CRERRERY ROUTES ARE
ESTABLISHED IN BURKE
As Consequence Prices Jump-
Proposed Railroad Seems to
Have Died.
Morpanton, Aug. 4. ---The Ca
tawba Creamery has established
routes throughout Burke County
and daily trips will be made for
the collection of cream, butter
and eggs. This of course, will
be a great boon to the farmers,
but the shortage of butter and
eggs on the local market is keen
ly felt and most of the farmers
who have supplied families reg
nlarly for years have notified
their customers that all their
product will be sold to the Ca
tawba company. Local prices
have jumped about one-third.
The railroad proposition which
created such a furor si few
months ago and led to an elec
tion and voting of bonds seems
to have died a natural death and
j3 seldom mentioned; in fact, any
one desiring information would
seek in vain, as it is not to be
had and the local papers have
not been a-ble to scrape up any
light on the subject.
It died so quietly and easily
that no one knows how, nor
when, and only the stakes along
the survey serve as a reminder
of what would have been a great
thing for Burke if accomplished.
J. D. Pitts of Glen Alpine
again took the lead among Burke
farmers in wheat producing,
raising nearly 2,000 bushels. He
I>d in both wheat and corn pro
duction last year and will likely
lead in both again this year.
This seems more remarkable
when it is known that, farming
is merely a sideline with him,
while the lumber business is his
real line and his farming is mere
/v to keep bis great number of
teams and men busy when not
needed around bis mills and
plants. He works more men
and teams than any man, firm or
corporation in the county.
Attractive Mountain Excursion
Tuesday, August 10, 1915.
Southern Railway will operate special
train consisting of both day coaches and
Pullman cars from Charlotte to Ashe
ville, via Salisbury Tuesday, August 10,
making exceptionally low round trip
fares as shown below:
Charlotte $3.50
Lexington. 3.50
China Grove 3.00
Winston-Salem 3.50
Concord 3.25
Morganton 1.50
Mocksville 3.00
Salisbury 3.00
Thomasville 3.50
M cores ville 2.75
Greensboro 4.25
Reidsville 4.75
Hickory 1.75
Taylorsville 2.75
Stalesville 2.50
Albemarle 3.50
Kannapolis 3.25
Newton 2.00
Asheboro... 3.50
Conover 2.00
Fares from all other points on same
basis.
Fares from all points to Black Moun
tain 50 cents less than fares as shown to
Asheville.
Exceptional opportunity to spend a
peasant vacation in Asheville and sur
rounding mountains. Now is the time
to enjoy a stay at Black Mountain and at
tend the meetings at Montreat.
Special train will leave Charlotte 8:30
a. m., Salisbury 10:20 a. m., nrrive Black
Mountain about 2:45 p. m., and Ashe
ville 3:50 p. m.
Returning tickets will be good on all
regular trains leaving Asheville and
!>laek Mountain up to and including Fri
day, August 13th, except will not be
good on main line trains-37 and 38.
Passengers from points not covered by
special train will use regular trains to
Salisbury, Barber, Statesville and other
junction points connecting with the
special train. .
For further information apply nearest
ticket agent or write,
R. H. DeBUTTS, D. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. C.
Is Sickness a Sin?
If Got, it's wicked to neglect illness
and means of relief. It's wicked to en
dure Liver Ills, Headache, Indigestion,
Constipaton, when one dose of Po-Do-
Lax gives reief. Po-Do-Lax is Podo
phhllin (May Apple) without the
gripe. It arouses the Liver, increases
the flow of bille —Nature's antiseptic in
the Bowels. Your Constipation and oth
er ills disappear over night Po-Do-Lax
has helped Nature to remove the'eause.
Get a bottle from your druggist to-day.
Cet rid of your Constipation overnight,
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
This,&r -ton Crop
4,000,000 Bales Under Last
This year's cotton crop will ap
proximate 11,970,037 equivalent
500-pound bales, compared with
16.134,930 bales for last year, ac
cording to estimates unofficially
calculated and based on crop con
ditions reports and official figures
on acreage and normal yield.
Whether the yield this year is
North Exceeds
Record in Use
s of Dixie Cotton
Northern cotton mills during
the season just ended took more
cotton from the south than ever
before in history. Official sta
tistics given to the trade put
northern takings at 2,883,208
bales, compared with 2,561,570
last season and 2,485,574 two
years aero.
Exports for the season made a
more favorable showing than ex
pected, year-end returns raising
them to 8,541,908 bales.
Predictions from some of the
largest local exporters a year
ago, when cotton trading was
suspended, were that the total
outward movement of the crop
could not exceed 1,000,000 bales
owing to the demoaalization
caused by war.
The average gross weight of
bales from last year's crop was
515.27 pounds.
In the preceding crop the
grown weight was 514.34 pounds
while bales in the crop before
that weighed 517.99 pounds.
Some Don'ts.
(Contributed.) '
Don't claim to be a member of
a Church or Sunday School, and
then, because it is hot weather
or something else not half as
bad, you fail to be present at the
services. You are needed.
Don't fail to contribute your
services as well as your money,
to the Church and Sunday School.
It takes both.
Don't trade with a merchant
who doesn't give you a square
deal for your money. He is a
cheat.
Don't trade with a merchant
who tries to make you think that
it is he, and not you, that knows
what you want. He's after your
money.
Don't trade with a merchant
who is net courteous. He doesn't
deserve your trade.
Keep your eye on the man who
drives an automobile, wagon,
buggy, motorcycle or bicycle,
who doesn't turn to the right
when you meet him and divide
the road with you; for such peo
ple think the roads belong to
them and they aim to have it.
They take that which doesn't be
long to them.
Don't patronize a Moving Pic
ture Show, that doesn't adver
tise the subjects, the number of
reels to show and the price of ad
mission. They think they will
get you anyhow.
Don't give man the credit for
growing the great crops this
year, when you know he has only
contributed his part. God gives
the season and man the wisdom
and strength. Thank God for
the season and your health and
! wisdom.
Don't use slighting remarks
about people, for they may hear
of it, and brand you.
Don't tell a man, that he is ca
pable of learning more in hot
weather than when it is cold. It
isn't, so.
Don't use profane language. It
lowers your influence with men,
and causes you to become a crim
inal, and in the end the devil
will get you.
.tie Quinlno That Doas Not Affect The Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA
TIVK BROMO QuININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for U»t signature of B. W, GROVE. He,
greater or less than the estimate
depends on growing condition
from now until picking time.
The condition of the growing
crop on July 25 was 75 3 per cer.t
of normal, the department of
agriculture announced. The con
dition by states follows: Virgin
ia 79; North Carolina, 78; South
Carolina, 72.
Tlrst 3Zletl)o6lst £l)urcl)
~pl)ilatl)ea 3totes
We were glad to welcome two
new members to our class last
Sunday, They were Misses Geor
gia Johnson and Olivia Short.
We also had five visitors.
The class received two post
cards from absent ones last
week, and both of th« girls ex
pressed the wish to be with us
next Sunday.
We are sorry indeed to report
that two of our members, Mrs.
Shoemaker ana Miss Annie
Downum are quite sick. We sin
cerely wish for each a speedy re
covery.
Miss Jo Moore left for Coving
ton, Ky., last week to be gone
about two months. We certain
ly will miss her, she being our
Flower Captain.
Miss Marjorie Whitener is in
Culpepper, Va., and will also
visit Philadelphia and Atlantic
City while away.
Miss Rachel Pugh is in Reids
ville, where she will stay until
school begins.
Miss Ethel Frazier leaves this
week for points North where
she will be gone some time.
Miss Enroll Bolch left Thurs
day to visit her brother ih Marsh
"vltle.
Miss Alice Witherspoon re
turned home last Monday from
her vacation, which she spent at
'Jastonia and Lincolnton.
We miss all of our girls that
are visiting end hope to have
them with us soon.
Monday night, July 26, the
Baracas and Philatheas held
their regular business and social
meeting at the Church. The
Junior Philatheas were also pres
ent as guests of honor. The
Philatheas had the largest at
tendance in their history and one
marked feature of the business
session was the fact that every
officer was present with a writ
ten report of the work done du
ring the month.
The following will give you an
iiea of what we are doing:
The Guest Registrar reported
26 visitors during July—l6l, this
year. Our Flower Captain has
furnished 31 boquets for class
rooms and Church. The Social
Committee had planned two
social meetings, invited seven to
join our class and appointed six
Glad Hand Committees. The
Charity Committee had made ten
calls on the sick, carried nine
bouquets of flowers and one bas
ket of fruit to them and made
five visits to the aged of our com
munity. The Secretary reported
no net loss in membership du
ring this hot weather, with an
average attendance of 45. The
Reporter has contributed six ar
ticles in the local paper and Ba r
raca-Philathea Herald. The Mem
bership Committee reported quite
a number of prospective mem
bers and calls made on absent
ees, and our Treasurer delighted
us with the news that we have a
little surplus in the Treasury.
Our Librarian says we should
read more of our good books and
lam sure some who have taken
advantage of this pleasure will
do so. Our Secret Service Com
mittee meets regularly every two
weeks and has very interesting
and helpful services.
After the business sessions of
both classes, they assembled in
the main'auditorium where a
short literary and musical pro
gram was rendered alter which
HICKORY, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915
TEUTONS CLAIM TO HOLD
Estimated They Have Captured
8,000 Guns and 3,000
Machine Guns.
The German war ministry fur
nishes in connnection with the
first anniversary of the war in
teresting figures relating to the
successes of the Central powers,
says the Overseas News Agency.
The statement follows:
Germany and Austria-Hungary
occupy 29,000 square kilometers
in Belgium, 21,000 in France,
130,000 in Russia, and 10,000 in
French Alsace.
"Prisoners of war taken in
Galicia now in German camps
and in hospitals or employed as
workers, total 938,869; men cap
tured in the campaign last week
and on their way to camp num
ber 121,000; prisoners in Austria-
Hungary 636,543, making a grand
total of 1,695,412.
"Prisoners taken in Russia and
now in Germany total 5,600 offi
cers and 720,000 non-commission
officers and privates; in Austria
3,190 officers and 610,000 non
commissioned officers anb pri
vates; total 8,790 officers and 1,-
330,000 men.
German collecting stations re
ceived up to the middle of JOB*
5,843 captured field guns and 1,-
556 machine guns. Many field
pieces were not delivered to these
stations but were kept with the
troops and are being used against
their former owners. While exact
figures are not available it is es
timated that nearly 8,000 guns
and 3,000 machine guns have
been captured.
West Hickory Items.
Weet Hickory, -Aug. 4.—The
Ivey Mill Company is having all
the dwelling houses belonging to
the company repainted. When
the work is completed it will add
greatly to the appearance of the
town. Messrs. John Setzer and
Alvin Seitz have the contract to
do the painting.
Miss Sarah Abee of Drexel.
was here Saturday and Sunday
visiting her cousin, Miss Katie
Abee,
Mr. W. C, Laney of Yorkville,
S. C., was here several days last
week visiting Mr. Make McKen
zie.
Miss Mary Bolick gave a birth
day party Saturday evening.
Several of her little girl friends
were present and all enjoyed a
pleasant time.
Mi. and Mrs. J.W. Byers have
returned from Rhodhiss. We
give them a hearty welcome.
Miss Katie Milton is visiting
friends at Marion this week.
Mr. E.W. Humphries is spend
ing this week with relatives at
Gaffney, S. C.
Misses Gertie and Lula Wink
ler gave a party Monday night
in honor of their guest, Miss
Mary Lutz of Valmead.
Mrs. Fred Fry of Charlotte, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Drum.
Miss Katie McNeely of Drexel,
was here Saturday and Sunday
visiting her cousin. Misses Min
nie and Carrie Berry.
Mrs. M. J. Lackey and son,
Frank, spent several days last
week with relatives at Morgan
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Elmore
of Granite Falls, were here Sat
urday and Sunday visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Fred Locke.
Miss Minnie Berry and Mr.
and Mrs. P. K. Baker spent Sun
day at Blowing Kock.
Mr. Bill Sparks of Morganton,
and Miss Maime Hudson of Con
nelly Springs were here the past
week visiting the family of Mr.
P. Berry.
cream and cake was served by
several of the girls and boys and
all enjoyed a delightful social
hour. About eighty were pres
ent and we are hoping to have at
least ope hundred next month.
3,000, 0N PRISONERS
Resolution Denouncing
U. S. Gov't Considered
San Francisco. Aug. 2. —Hope
that had been expressed by many
of the delegates to the German-
American alliance which conven
ed today that the convention
would take no formal declaration
of attitude toward the American
controversy with Germany was
diminished today, it was said, as
a result of an attack on the
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Willard, a fine son.
P. A. Setzer and O. G. Wolfe
are spending some time on Wil
son creek fishing.
Mrs. G. C. Yoder returned
home Monday from an extended
visit to her parents in Wilming
ton.
Miss Bertha Cooper of States
ville, is spending some time with
her sister, Mrs. P. A. Setzer, at
their home at 916-Tenth Avenue.
Mr. Belton C. Shu ford, who
had his leg broken some time ago
and who has been at the Richard
Baker Hospital since, was taken
home Tuesday. We are glad to
say he is getting on fine and will
soon be able to be at hi 3 post of
duty.
"The Golden Coin of Kindness."
Sometimes, when the wheels
of life are not running very
smoothly, and the weather is as
hot as blazes, and you have the
blue-devils or the brown mi
crobes, and life is juct one con
founded thing after another, and
you are beginning to feel flabby
and ugiy and all run-down-at-the
heel, and begin, to wonder if
working twelve or fburteen hours
a day for that elusive thing call
ed success, is what it's cracked
up to be, did you ever meet a
man who slapped vou on the
back and said: "Old Sport! That
last Diece of work of yours was
all to the good!" Or did you,
just at this time of spiritual de
generation, pick up your phone
to answer a call, and have some
one say: "I want to thank you
for those good words of yours—
or that deed of yours—or that*
letter of yours—it has helped
me!"
When you leave that friend, or
put down that phone, or maybe
read a few words in a letter from
an unexpected source, which
says: '*Your efforts are count
ing and I want to thank you"—
it does not make any difference
who you are, what your vocation
in life may be, the spiritual sloth
slips from your shoulders like a
garment, and it matters not how
hot it may be, or how hard the
day's task, something seems to
have lifted, life looks brighter,
the task seems more worth while
and easier, and there comes a
new zest in the business of liv
ing.
It is not because the work is
really any easier than it was be
fore, or that the hours are any
shorter or the results any more
worth while but something with
in that had slackened, braces and
becomes resilient again, and re
sponds to the urge of life, from
within and without.
It may be childish, it may be a
by-product of weakness, or it
may be the tacit acknowledge
ment of a soul's need of the ton
ic of appreciation. But what
ever it is, we are all alike in this
—that the kindly wor.d, the cor
dial message, the friendly hand
clasp, are real helps on the way
- -stimulating us to further and
better effort.
There is nothing more dis
gusting than fulsome flattery.
There is nothing that is better
tonic for the soul than the word
of appreciation in season.
We all like it. It is no use to
pretend that we do not, and
when it can help so much to
make living pleasanter and eas
ier and finer, it is a wonder that
American government made in
the address of the president, Dr.
C. J. Hexamer.of Philadelphia.
Delegates favoring a strong
stand by the convention asserted
that Dr. Hexamer's denounction
of the United States government
for permitting the shipment of
war supplies to the allies would
pave the way to a resolution to
the same affect.
Opening of the
Graded Schools
Thursday, September 2, 1915,
is the date fixed for the opening
of the graded schools of Hickory.
On Thursday pupils will be en
rolled, new pupils assigned to
their grades, and book lists given
out. On Friday lessons in the
different subjects will be assign
ed and everything made ready
for the regular schedule of work.
Pupils who have tests or exami
nations to stand for classification
or promotion will do so on these
two days. The school regulations
require that all children shall
present a certificate of vaccina
tion before they can be admitted
to the schools.
An Appeal.
To the Editors:
At the Reunion of Veterans at
Newton August 12, I wish to call
the attention of every true Con
federate male or female, to Prof.
G. W. Hahn's book. It is our
duty to see that this book is
placed in every home in Cataw
ba County. Under the circum
stances, the book is a marvel.
We, the people of Catawba Coun
ty, are to blame for the defects;
for we should have assisted Prof.
Hahn in securing the data need
ed for such a book. Now come
forward and purchase a book,
and help to cancel the debt.
MILES 0. SHERRILL,
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 3,1915.
Board of Education Meets.
The County Board of Educa
tion was in special session yes
terday. The West Hickory dis
trict school house will be en
larged by adding two rooms. The
Clonninger District will have an
addition. A new house will be
built at Rocky Springs District.
A new house in district No. 8
that recently voted a special tax
—Catawba County News.
Ford Cars Reduced.
We are expecting to see more
Ford cars in the future than
ever before as the price has been
reduced so that almost every one
can buy a Ford. The price of the
Ford runabout is now $390,00;
Ford touring car, $440.00; Ford
town car, $640.00. Mr. G. S.
Watson will be glad to show you
the cor if you will call at the
Hickory Garage Co. Be sure to
see his ad in this issue of the
Democrat.
County Receipts for Jul..
During Julv Clerk of Court, of
J. T. Setzsr collected $143.90,
and Register of Deeds, Eugene
Sigmon $207.04. County Court
figures show $34.80 county costs;
$9 10 town costs; $12.00 solici
tor's fees and $17.50 fines. Civil
costs were $9.25 —total $82.65.
Deeds Filed for Record.
The following deed was filed
with the Registrar of Deeds last
week:
S, D. Campbell to Hutton &
Bourbonnais. for $4,100, about
21 acies in Longview.
Dr. R. L. Fritz at Holy Trinity.
Dr. R. L. Fritz, president of
Lenoir College, preach at
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Sunday, August 8, at 11 o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
we do not oftener use the "gold
en coin of kindness," in our
daily business of living,—Pen
sacola Journal.
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New Series Vol. I, No. 22
CAPITAL OF POLAND
STILL HOLDING OUT
Germans and Austrians Make
Further Advances Along
£astern Bank of Vistula.
Great Britain's reply to the
American notes concerning the
detention of neutral commerce
and declining to ba bound by
British orders in council have
been made public. With regard
to neutral commerce Great Brit
✓ >
ain refuses to accept the conten
tions of the United States and
justifies the British orders in
council as being wholly within
international law.
Great Britain, it is declared,
will continue to apply the orders
in council, out with every effort
to avoid embarrassment to neu
trals.
It is denied that international
law is violated by the blockading
of neutral ports to cut off an
enemy's commerce with foreign
countries and Great Britain de
clines to allow the free passage
of goods originating in Germany
and territory under German con
trol.
Although the Germans and
Austrians along the great battle
front in Poland are declared by
Berlin to be continuing their
maneuvers having in view the
envelopment of Warsaw, the
governor-general of the Polish
capital was at his post as recent-
Ily as Sunday last and military
circles there were of the belief
that if the Russian line held a
week longer the city would never
be evacuated.
Further advances for the Gar
mans and Austrians along the
westernibank of the Vistula in the
Ivangorod and Nowko Alexandria
section and the Chelm Lubin re
gion to the southeast are record
ed at Berlin, A large number of
prisoners and numerous cannon
have been taken by the Teutons.
In France and Belgium there
have been severe infantry at
tacks, hand grenade fighting and
sapping operations. Berlin as
serts that in the Argonne, French
trenches were captured and in
the Champagne the borders of
craters caused by mine explo
sions were occupied by the Ger
mans. Paris asserts that the
mine explosions did no damage
to the French trenches.
: ' Bad weather is hindering oper
ations on the Austro-Italian
fronts. Unofficial Italian advices
are to the effect that the Italians
continue to make progress near
Rovereto, in the Arsa valley and
on the Carso plateau.
In the Carso region it is assert
ed that an Austrian regiment
i was wiped out in an at
; tempt to retake captured posi
i tions from the Italian?.
In the fighting on the Gallipoli
peninsula the Australian and
s New Zealand troops, according
i to General lan Hamilton, attack
( and captured a network of Turk
ish trenches which gaye them
the crest of a hill which mater
ially improves the the allied posi
■ tion in this sector of the line.
On the other hand the Turks
' report that an allied attack near
t Ari Brunu was put down with
; heavy casualties.
I Your Cough Can be Stopped
Taking care to avoid draughts, expo
sure, sudden changes, and taking a
treatment of Dr. Kings New Discovery,
\ will positively relieve, and in time wilt
£ surely rid you of your Cough. The
first dose soothes the irritation, checks
the Cough, which stops in a short time.
1 Dr. King's New Discovery has been
t used successfully for 40 years and is
guaranteed to cure you. Money back
if it fails, get a bottle from your Drug
gist; it costs only a little and will help
you so much.
t A Military Ball.
"Did you ever go to a military
■ ball?" asked a lisping maid of an
* army veteran.
"No, my dear." growled the
old soldier. "In those days I once
~ had a military ball come to me.
. (ami what do you think? It took
my leg off.*'