Cotton Market,
rharlotte, Aug. 30.-Good mid
dling S5-8c; middling, 8 3-Bc.
The Weather,
for North Carolina: Tuesday
fiif and coaler,
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J AND PERSONAL. +
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Miss Kathleen Whitener has
retu ' rne d from a visit to Le
noir.
gr. J- A. Martin has returned
{r j m ' a business trip to New
York and other northern cities.
Rev. J- T - Squires, of Lenoir,
is attending the Missionary In
stitute here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B, Menzies
an d sons have returned from a
trip to Edgemont,
 REV( j. G. Garth has returned
from a trip to Northfield,
Mass.
Miss Myra Wilson of DeLand,
Fla., and Miss Annie Mae Bryant
of Greenville, S. C., are visiting
Mrs. D. F. Messick.
Miss Carrie Steele, who spent
jweek with Mrs. D. t\ Messick,
returned to her home in Happy
Valley Saturday,
Mrs. P. W. carpenter of Con
ovor, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. D. J. Sjttlemyre, on Tenth
Avenue.
Mrs. George Killian and chil
dren Miss Annie and Master
George, have returned from a
I visit to relatives in Rock Hill,
S.C.
Mr. A. M. West has returned
from northern cities, where he
#ent to purchase his fall stock of
good?. He reports that his
stock will be more complete than
ever.
Mr. P. L. Yount was a pleas
ant caller at the Democrat office
Saturday. He presented us with
a nice sack of last year's sweet
potatoes which we appreciate
very much.
Mr. James Keever left Sunday
for Charlotte where he has ac
cepted a position with the Blake
Drug Company. We regret
very much to see Jim leave
ffickory yet we hope, him much
success in Charlotte.
The Missionary Institute of the
Presbyterian church has created
much interest. The Missionary
play to be given at Claremont
College this evening at 8 o'clock
is a drama portraying scenes
among the natives of Africa, The
actors will be dressed in native
costumes. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Tuesday evening Mrs T. L.
Henkle gave a porch party to
the members of The Embroidery
Club and a number of other
guests. The spacious porches
and moonlight completed an
ideal setting for the occasion.
At the close of the evening spent
in merry conversation, the hos
tess served ice cream, cake and
mints.
Miss Clarissa Harlowe Aber
nethy entertained about forty
young Iriends Tuesday after
noon, August 24, from 4 to 6.
The young guests were welcomed
on the spacious lawn, where they
enjoyed many pleasant game 3,
and delicious refreshments, con
sisting of cake and cream, were
served. A photograph cff the
crowd was made by Rev. E.
L)eF. Heald. Among the out-of
town guests were Misses Eliza
beth and Laurie and Master
Billy Wheeler of Washington, D.
C., and Mis 3 Lena Ramsay of
Salisbury.
At the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Bankers' Asso
ciation recently held at Hender
son, Mr. W. X. Reid, cashier of
the Hickorv. Banking & Trust
Company, wa3 elected one of
the legislative committee, Mr.
Reid has held the position aa
cashier of this bank for a number
of years and is held in high es
teem by all who know him. He
has made many warm friends in
Hickory ani surrounding coun
try. We want to congratulate
the association on the selection
of Mr. Reid, which we feel sure
will add credit to ths associa
tion.
In order to teach members of
the Djrham police forca mili
tary tactics J. L. Morhead, a
former United States cavalryman
has been elected lieutenant chief
in charge of this division of the
work.
Chautauqua Closed .
Friday Night
The Radcliffe Entertainment
Bureau, which held a three day
Chautauqua here last week under
the auspices of the Boy Scouts of
Hickory, greatly pleased at every
entertainment. While not such
a success from a financial stand
point it did unfold good in . th§*
way of furnishing good, whole"!'
some entertainment, at the same
time.teing highly educational. .
Dr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemsoi|i
College, S. C., was the director,
and made many friends during
his stay here,
A boosters meeting was held
Friday morning in the tent. Hon.
W. A, Self, candidate for attorn
ney general, Revs. J. G. Garth
and J, D. Harte, and Dr. Dan
iels, each made excellent ad
dresses. Dr. W. 11. Nicholson;
presided over the meeting.
J. D. Elliott President
Granite Falls Mill
The stockholders of the Falls
Manufacturing Company, recent
ly incorporated for the purpose of
building a cotton mil! at Granite
Falls, have elected the following
directors: D. H. Warlick, J. D.
Elliott, G. H. Geitner, G. L. Ly
erly, L. T. Sharpe, J. W. Hoke
and W. D. Hickman. The di
rectors elected the following offi
cers: J. D. Elliott, president, L.
T. Sharpe, vice president; D. H.'
Warlick. secretary and treasurer.
A committee has been appointed
to pick out a suitable location and
to buy the machinery.
Erecting Warehouses
For Cotton Crop
The A. A. Shuford Mill Com
pany of this city, is preparing to
take care of as much surplus cot
ton in the future as possible, and
to this end they are erecting two
brick warehouses at their mill in
Highland, one of them Leing
50x100 feet and the other 50x200
feet.
This will more than double
their present warehouse capacity.
Wprk has already been started
and will rapidly be pushed to
completion.
New Textile Mill
in Highland
The Highland Cordage Com
pany, we understand, will com
mence work in a few days on the
ere'ction of their mill building in
Highland opposite the A. A. Shu
ford Mill. The building will be
two stories, 75x100 feet, Thev
will manufacture cotton twine,
clothes lines, sash weight cords,
etc. This will be the first mill of
its kind in Catawba county, and
was incorporated several months
ago.
Catawba Creamery to
Provide Hitching Lot
The Catawba Creamery Com
pany has purchased a plot of
ground in the rear of their plant
which wiil be used for the pres
ent for a bitching place for stock
belonging to patrons of the cream
ery when they come to town.
It is contemplated by the man
agement of the company to build
at a later date a shed and quart
ers for use of the patrons on this
property. ,
Negro Excursionist
Gets Four Months
Joe Belchor, a South Carolina
negro, who has been working at
Kannapolis. was among the negro
excursionists here Friday. In
some manner he attached himself
to a handbag belonging to Mabel
Evans, also an excursionist, as a
result of which he was given four
months on the roads in recorder's
court.
Conference Date an Error.
The Concordia District Synod
will convene at Mt, Zion Church
near the County Home Septem
ber Ito 7 inclusive. The date,
| September 15. given in our Con
! over, Route 1, correspondence
last week, was an error, and our.
readers will remember that the
synod meets September 1.
Invigorating to the Pule and S/ckl>
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
AroVE'S TAS'I'ELKSo chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria.enriches the blood,and
tsok A iras twm:. hvt t-duiU and cli.ldreß. 50c
FIRMS INSTITUTE
I I AT LENOIR COLLECT
m
Woman's Institute Will Also b€
Held in Connection Sat
\ urday, Sept. 18.
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A Farmers' Institute will b(
held at Lenoir Collgee Saturday,
beginning at 1(
under the auspi
cies of the Stats Department of
; &g.ricijlture in co-aperation with
county.
The institute will include dis
cussions on farm operations,
soil?, crops, live stock, market
ing, etc., byT. B. Parker, direc
ts of farmers' institutes; Dan
*T,, T Gray, animal husbandman,
North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion, our county demonstrator
others.. Special emphasis
be given to diversification of
crop 3, live stock, etc.
I.At the ,sarae time and place
there will be held a women's in
stitute, will be conducted bv Mrs.
John W. Robinson cf the county,
to which women are invited to
come and join in the discussion
of subjects pertaining to house
hold economics, home conven
iences, health in the home, the
education of our children and
either topics of interest to moth
ers and home makers.
Everyone is invited to bring
lunch and come prepared to
spend the day, and help to make
this'the best farmers' institute
ever held in the county. Bring
a notebook and pencil with you
down and particu
lar information in regard to
questions in which you are par
ticularly interested. A question
■box will be opened and the ques
tions answered in a roundtabie
discussion in the afternoon.
We wish to uree upon each
and everyone the importance of
this meeting. Everybody come
out and make it a grand, big
day, a day of jolly good fellow
ship and inspiration as well as
education.
Big Shipment of Gold Has Arrived j
in Safety.
New Ycrk, Aug. 29.-Nearly
$20,000,000 iri kold, and securi
ties worth $25,000,000, the sec
ond largest shipment sent from
London tc strengthen British
credit in this country, arrived
here early today on a special
train, guarded by 38 armed men.
The_stupment came direct by
raU-:frofß Halifax. N. S., to
which port it was taken on a
British warship, convoyed by
smaller craft. On the way to
New York the train was pre
ceded by. a pilot engine and
car.-
The gold and securities were
consigned to J. P. Morgan and
company, for account of the
British government.
The first large shipment of
gold and securities arrived here
--August 12, including about $19.-
500jO00 in gold and $30,000,000
in securities.
fine idea was that recently \
inaugurated and put in force by
County Demonstration Agent 1
Graeber, of Mecklenburg County. \
He got up a plan for taking a
great crowd of Mecklenburg far
mers over into the neighboring
county'of Catawba to see the
development of livestock and
dairy interests there. The idea
"took", farmers who had auto
mobiles aereed to go and take j
their neighbors, business men !
did;likewise, and the result was
that 200 wide-awake farmers
went along and visited the dairy
fanus of R. L. Shuford and the
Lutz Brothers, and the now fam
ous 1 cODperrtive creamery at Hick
ory. And they will all be more
interested in dairying and live
stock forever after.—Progressive
Farmer. '
f Defness Cannot be Cured.
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is onlv one way to cure deafness,
and that'is by constitutional remedies.
De if neSs/is caused by an in/lamed con
ditio ot the mucous lining of the I
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en
tirety cfoSfed; Deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever, nine cases out of ten
are.caufc'ad by Catarrh, which is noth
ing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces. * ' ' ' ' •
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for anv case of Deafness (caused by
Caurr.i) that cannot be cured by
nail's Catarrh Cure. Send for ciicu
lars. free,
F. U. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
£o!ct by Druggists, 75c.
New Parcel Post
Insurance Rates
By order of the Postmaster
General, the following amended
table of fees for the insurance of
parcel post matter becomes ef
fective September 1, 1915:
Value up to $5 Fee 3 cents
" " " $25 " 5 "
•• " "$100.... "25 "
Effective same date, postmas
ter at mailing office will'give the
sender of ordinary (not insured)
parcels a receipt therefor on pay
ment of one cent. A postage
stamp to cover the charge for
the receipt will be affixed there
to. The name and address of
the addressee of the parcel shall
he written in the receipt by the
sender.
Another Strike Imminent at Reming
ton Arms Plant.
Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 29.
Fifteen labor leaders conferred
here today on the Bridgeport
industtial situation, and while
no statement was issued, it was
intimated another strike would
be called tomorrow at the Rem
ington arms plant unless the
polishers are granted cbnces
sions.
The polishers; working on bay
onets and gun barrels, claim
their wages were reduced in
stead of advanced at tnetimeof
the settlement of the original
strike. Four men refused to ac
cept the reduction and were dis
charged. While only 42 polish
ers are affected; labor leaders
say that if they strike there
will be a general walk out of
metal trade workers.
Cost of Right Living Low.
The monthly health letter of the Life
Extension Institute gives much sound
advice on what we should eat and what
we should spend in order to be
nourished and not pampered. It main
tains that the cost of the real necessi
ties of life is not increased to a point that
should cause hardship, privation or un
dernutrition evan among small wage
earners. For instance, air, the fifet re
quirement of life costs nothing.
"Food, the next requirement of life,
ccst little, if what the body really
needs is considered. 10.6 cents a day
will provide plain, simple, palatable
food (hot pork and beans, or to cook
it), sufficient to nourish a person of av
erage weight and activity. When the
cost of food prepared in the home rises
above 50 cents per day per indiv.dual,
there is certainly either waste or lux
ury.
"The greatest satisfaction in eating
is provided by sound health and a nat
ural appetite, not by the titillation of
the palate of the gastronome, who pas
ses from one indulgence to another
until appetite, digestion and health are
mere memories,
"Within reasonable limits, food
should be prepared aad seived in an
appetizing way. But it is more impor
tant to create appetite by bodily con
ditions than by fcod conditions,
"To a healthy, hungry man, nothing
can taste better than plain bread abutter
and milk. The trouble with most peo
ple is that they are overfed rather than
underfed.*'
FOR RENT—Four nice rooms
over the Hickory Harness
Company, electric lights and
water, suitable for office or bed
rooms. Elliott Building Com
pany, • 2t,
I Banking by Mail I
TWO ADVANTAGES of banking by mail are saving of
time and convenience.
OUR BANK Jexerciscs the greatest care in handling your
business with exactness and {dispatch, acknowledging all
remittances on the day that they are received by us.
I YOU RECEIVE a statement of your receipts and expenditures
whenever you ask for it, as this Bank docs your FINAN
CIAL bookkeeping free of charge.
COMMUNICATE with us and'we will be glad to talk this
Hickory Banking & Co. I
HICKORY, N. C.
We are offering special this week all odds and ends of Sum- !
mer goods at special low prices to clean up. We are going to
sell out every dollars worth of summer stock at some price, jj
All 10c Dress Ginghams 8c SI.OO Overalls 78c
12 l-2c Percale 9c 50c Work Shirts ... 33c
10c Hickory Shirting 8 l-3c 50c Dress Shirts_ 37c
20c Bed Ticking 14c SI.OO Dress Shirts 73c
7c Unbleached Domestic.. ....... 5c SI.OO Muslin Gowns 50c
25c Shepherd Checks 15c SI.OO Princess Slips ___soc
10c Cotton Bats ._6c 50c Corset Covers 25c
12 l-2c Cannon cloth 10c 25c Corset Covers 13c
15c Galatea Cloth 10c 1 lot nice Kimonas 13c
25c Table Oil Cloth 18c 20c Curtain Swiss 10c
e
50c Mercerized Table Damask _3Bc 12 l-2c Curtain Swiss 9c
.12 l-2c Towels 8c $1.25 Black Petticoats _..88c ji
20c Towels 14c 75c Black Petticoats 48c
8c Towels 5c $1.50 White Counterpanes 98c
10c Ladies' Hose 5c $2.00 White Counterpanes $1.38
Ladies' Low Cut Shoes Big Lot of Sample Shoes ~
2 1-2 to 4 at 50c to SI.OO Less
AT YOUR OWN PRICE THAN REGULAR PRICE
Your Money Back Freely on any Purchase You are not
Satisfed With.
Ashcraft & Lockhart
LOWE & COMPANY'S OLD STAND
CHICHESTER S FILLS
TIIK DIAMOND iSRAXJ). x
Loillc*! Auk yonr Druggist for/i\
£ lK» Chl-clies-leWM Diamond lSr«nil/>V\
I'llU in Kcil 3rd Hold nirta]|lc.\\jr*/
*U. "Nfa jj boxes, sealed with Blue RiMxm. W
Tvi Wi Take no other. Buy of your *
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I C 1y DIAMOND I!RAN» I'ILI.S. for 2i
V "O* JQ years known as Best, Safest. Always KeliaV.e
F SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
D. F. CLINE'S
Palace Barber Shop
and Pressing Club
—Phone 96 —
ALL FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN
HOT AND COLD BATHS
We Arc Prepared to Do Your Tonsorial
Woik and Make Your Clothes Lcok
New. Club Membership Tickets 4
Suits SI.OO. All Work Guaranteed.
When we fill your prescriptions
you can depend upon securing
the results intended by your
physician. Only the purest and
best drugs and chemicals aic
used and all prescriptions are
compounded by an expert in
this branch. You can also de
pend upon having them filled
promptly and at reasonable cost.
Lutz's Drug Store
"On the Corner."
Phones - 17 and 317
The Object for Which
Mofl of Us Strive
is a comfortable living for the present, to accumulate a sufficient
sum to provide the comforts and little luxuries we need for our
selves and family when we have passed the age for hard work,
and to leave our children better piepared to fight the battles of
life.
In accomplishing this object a check account at a conser
vative, well managed bank is of material assistance.
Why not open an account at THIS bank? It will help you in
many ways and your money will be here and ready for you when
wanted.
On Savings Accounts we pay FOUR PER CENT Interest
Compounded Quarterly:
£
FirSt National Bank,
Hickory, N. C.
Capital and Surplus $290,000.00
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gasse-Votan Coffee
SANITARY CAN
UNDER THE LID A THIN COVERING
0F TIN ' STRENGTH AND AROMA
RETAIXED.
jj j SOLD BY US EXCLUSIVELY
NEWTON & HAMRICK
[Coffins and Caskets]
[Bowles Furniture Co.j
Claremont College, Hickory, N. c.
FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 7, 1915 .
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City Water and all modern conveniences.
Teachers who are specialists in their Departments; non-sectarian, but
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and Preparatory. A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER AT A
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CLAREMONT COLLEGE. - HICKORY, N. C.