Carefully Treat
Children's Colds
Negleot of children's colds often lays the
foundation of serious lung trouble. On
the other hand, it is harmful to continu
ally dose delicate little stomachs with in
ternal medicines or to keep the children
always indoors.
Plenty of fresh air in the bedroom and a
, good application of Vick's "Vap-O-Ruh
Salve over the throat and chest at the first
sign of trouble,, will keep the little chars
free from colds without iujuring their di
gestions. 25c, 50c, or SI.OO.
HE GENUINE HAS TM/S TRADE MARK
"Vapohub
lUflfTCroup and CilVf
llvlw Pneumonia ytftM u
LUTZ'S !
I
PeroxHe Cream
COOLING
REFRESHING
S _OTH NG
25c a Jar.
Lutz's Drugstore
"On the Corner"
PHONES - 17 and 317
Tirst Mtetyodist Tl)urcl)
~ftl)ilatl)fca tftotes
SUNDAY, OCT. 17 TH
There were present in the Philatbea
class-room last Sunday morning 44
members aDd three visitors.
We were indeed sorry to hear of the
illness of our reporter, Mrs. W. F. Fr
ele, who is at Dr. Long's sanitoriura at
Statesville, and we sincerely hops she
will be back in her accustomed dace
very soon.
Our interest centers just now in an
offering contest. The class is divider!
Into Reds and Blues, and each faction
has set out to build a pyramid of red
and blue bricks. There is a brick ma
son for each side, and as th 3 offerings
are handed to her she adds a prooor
tionate number of bricks to the pyra
mid. At the close of the contest the
losing side will make UD the deficit.
The Philatheas will not fail to be re
presented at the Catawba County Fair,
as we are planning a booth, the details
of which will be announced later.
Our teacher, Mr. West, has appoint
ed Misses Pritchard and Sides to take
charge of the lesson hour next Sunday,
with the privilege of conducting it in
any manner they choose.
The class will meet Sunday morning
at the regular hour—9:45 —and all vis
itors will be welcomed.!
* SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S
MAGNIFICENT NEW TRAIN
Next Sunday the Southern Railway
will inaugurate !a new train between
Augusta, Columbia, Charlotte, Salis
bury, Greensboro and intermediate
points to Washington, Baltimore, Phil
delphia and New York on the following
fast and convenient schedule:
NORTHBOUND NEW NO. 32
Leave Augusta 1:15 P, M.
Columbia 4:25 P. M.
" Charlotte 7:45 P. M.
Salisbury 9.05 P. M.
" Greensboro 10:20 P. M.
Arrive Washington 7:00 A. M.
New York 12:57 P. M.
SOUTHBOUND NEW NO, 31
Leave New York 1:08 P, M,
I' Washington 7:00 P.M.
" Greensboro 3:55 A. M.
Salisbury 5:30 A M.
*' Charlotte 7:00 A. M.
Arrive Columbia 10:05 A. M.
Augusta 1:15 P. M.
This elegant new train will consist
of all steel, electric lighted equipment
carrying through Pullman sleeping cars
between Augusta, Columbia and New
York, Asheville and New York and
Charlotte and Asheville to Washington.
Day coaches to Washington. Excellent
dining car service serving all meals en
route.
New No. 32 will connect at Salisbu
ry with Asheville Division train 12 from
Asheville Morganton, Hickory and
Statesville, and will make connection at
Greensboro for Winston-Salem, Dur
ham, Raleigh and intermediate points
R. H. DeBUTTS,
Division Passenger Agt.
Charlotte. N. C.
Married.
On last Sunday morning at the resi
dence of H. A. Adams, in Jcard town
ship, Burke county, Mr. Azor Mull
and Miss Lillie May Cook were happi"
ly married in the presence of a number
of their friends who came along to wit
ness the ceremony; after which they
retarned to their homes. H. A. Ad
ams was the officiating magistrate.
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iWUiDWORHiSnC
: BV:R EfttPANJ ITJfITION
'Believe Now That Attempt at
. Da-d.ine!l?s Will Not Be
n Abandoned.
Anlip»ri}il manife: to issued
at Pet'-rgrad character ZJS Bu'-
' garia as "the betiaysr of the
! S'av and announces thsl
Russia draws the swed agair.sl
he .
I Italy has declared war cn Bul
garia and an Italian squadron has
left Brindisi for the Near East,
presumably to participate in the
blockade of the Bulgarian coast,
on the Aegean Saa.
These ships also mignt be util-
I iz3d in assisting the British and
French in covering the landing
1 of "more troops at Enos and possi
bly in reducing the Bulgarian
port of Dedeaghatch.
| Whether the Allies who landed
at Enos are intended to enter the
Serbian campaign or will combat
any attempts by the Turks to
move westward into the new zone
of fighting or whether they will
be started eastward to menace
the head of the Gallipoli Penin
sula or the road to Constantino
ple has not been permitted to be
come known,
Despite the fact that the Bui
gars have cut at Vranya the rail
road running north from Saloniki
to Nish which necessarily will
impede the movement of Allied
forces by that route, Anglo-
French troops are still landing at
Saloniki to go to the aid of the
Serbians and Greece has been
officially notified by the Allied
Powers that there will be no ces
sation in the debarkation of men
there.
So great a number of Allied
troops has been put ashore at the
Greek port that it has been im
possible to send the men prompt
ly by rail across the Serbian fron
tier and some are proceeding b>
forced marches into the theatre
of the war.
Besides cutting the railway at
Vranya the Bulgarians farther
north are operating westward
across their border toward th«?
fortress of Pirot which com
mands the Orient Express Rai'-
way line between Nish and Soiia.
Up in the North and Northwest
the Germans and Austrians am
slowly gaining ground over the
Serbs.
A big offensive movement by
the Germans to the east of Rheims
on a front or six miles, which
was preceded by a heavy bom
bardment and the use of asphyx
iating shells and clouds of chlo
r ne gas was successful in gaining
for the Teutons some of the
French first line trenches, Count
er-attacks, however, resulted in
the Germans being forced back
to their former positions with
heavy losses, according to Paris.
A further gain for the Germans
to the soufeti of Riga and the re
pulse of a Russian attack north
west of Jacobstadt are the only
engagements of note in the East
ern theater mentioned in the lat
est German official communic-i
tion.
4 Sizzlingest Wire of the Piedmont
Belt."
The following items are taken
from the Troutman correspon
dence of the Statesville Land
mark:
"Mr. J. B. Lippard, one of the
best citizens of this place, moved
his family to Hickory last week,
where they will spend the win
ter and a longer time. His two
30ns, Messrs, Leopold and Clyde,
remained here to operate the
farm.
"Mr. John Little of Hickory
spent a day here last week, He
speaks of business conditions be
ing better in Hickory than ever
before in the history of the
town. Every little manufactur
ing concern in the city is work
ing full time and many of them
says Mr. Little, run day gnd
night. The chief exporrs are
'taters, cream and mantel shelves,
but besides these :they make
and shiD out about 99 other arti
cles, That's where she sbines.
Variety and diversification with
a tendency on the part of the
citizenship to hang together, has
made of little old Hickory one of
the sizzlingest wires on the
Piedmont Belt."
Invigorating to the Palo and Sickly
ffigQMStandard eeneral strengthening tonic
GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds up the sys
ton. A trut •"•» * flit its etui children, s^c
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MAIN BUILDING OF LENOIR COLLEGE
The canvass for a §100,000.00 endowment fund for this well-known institution was re-launched a few weeks a-o. Doctor Fritz and Mrs. R. A. Yodcr are conducting
the canvass, which deserves to meet with the greatest of success.
Decisive Defeat
For Jersey Women
ludications late Tuesday were
that woman would be
defeated in New Jersey by from
fifty to sixty thousand majori
ty;
Farm Life School Becins November 1.
The second session of the Ca
tawba Farm-life School at Star
town will begin promptly at 8:45
on the morning of the first Mon
day of November. AH students
are earnestly requested to be
present on the first day. We ask
the patrons of the school, those
living in the Startown district
and those out of ihe district, to
center their thoughts toward the
first Monday, and to co-operate
with us now by making prepara
tions to be present with us; and
further, to assure us of their co
operation by having their girls
•nd boys enter school on the first
day. Well orgsn'z id plans are
on foot for betternient and im
provement along practical and
educational line , bnt we must
have the hearty cu- operation of
oar patrons and friends before
any great results can be achiev
ed.
For the benefit cf those stu
dents who desire to attend the
Catawba County Fair at Hickory,
we are prepared to r.ay that the
second fair day, November 4, will
be given as a holiday.
D. L, SECKINGER,
Principal.
Ivfly Dots.
West Hickory, Oct r 10. —Capt.
ii. W. Warner had the grounds
ground the Mill mowed and
nice'y raked during the past
•.veek which makes the grounds
look a great deal better.
Mrs. Wm, Whisnant and Mrs.
L. E. Burns of Route 1, were
here Saturday visiting thefam
iiy of T. J. Leonard.
Mis 3 Donnie Mace of Morgan
ton, was here last week visit
ing her sister, Mrs, M. J.
Lackey.
Mis 3 Eva Tea*ue of Rhodhiss,
is here at present, visiting Miss
Margaret Miltor.
Mis3es Alice Williams and
Flossie Yancy of Newton, spent
Thursday and Friday here.
Mrs, Fred Fry has been quite
sick for several weeks.
Mr. E. W. Humohries is quite
sick at present, We wish him a
speedy recoyery.
Mr. J. W. Byers ha 3 a light at
tack of typhoid fever. His
many friends will be glad to
know he is improving.
The Civic Improvement League
met Wednesday with Mrs. Char
lie Kale.
v Mr. Eli Childers and family
moved to Rhodhiss last week.
Mr. Thomas Cook spent seyer
al day 3 with friends in the coun
try last week.
Mrs. M.J. Lackey spent the
week end with relatives at
Morganton.
Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blooi Bitters is splendid
for purifying the bleed , clearing the
skin, restoring sound digestion. All
druggists sell it- ! Price SI.OO, adv't
The Origin of The Thimble.
"Isn't it funny, Aunt Marga
ret, how I thought, such a little
while ago, that I never could
learn to use this thimble, and
now I wouldn't like to be obliged
to sew without it?" asked a little
srirl as she toyed with the thim
ble her aunt had given her and
taugh her to use.
"That is the way with many
things in this world, dear," was
the quiet reply, ''and it ought to
teach us not to rebel at using
whatever may prove a help to us.
as you did over trying that
thimble."
"Wasn't I foolish, auntie?"
said the girl with heightened
color. J, But I'd like to know who
invented the first one.\
"I have read that it was a
goldsmith named Nicholas Ben
schoten, who lived in Amsterdam
in the year 1684. So you see,
dear, that girls for hundreds of
years have had to learn to use it,
just as you did. Well," contined
she, "this man made a thimble
which he sent as a birthday gift
to a lady friend, and he sent
along with it this message; *To
my Frau Van Ranselaer: This
little object which I have invent
ed and executed a3 a protective
covering for her industrious fin
gers. "
4 1 hope she didn't h?.ve as hard
hard a time learning to use it as
I did, and no one to show her
how, either," laughed Alecia.
"The article I read did not say
whether she had difficulty in
learning to use it; but she must
have persevered, anyhow, for the
invention proved such a success
that all who saw it tried to ob
tain similar ones, and the gold
smitn had enough to do to sup
ply them. An Englishman was
said to have takene on specimen
home with him and copied it by
the thousand,"
"I imagine that they co3t more
than they do now," observed the
girl, who was again using her
thimble.
"Yes, the first one 3 were rath
er costly, and only well-to-do
people couly afford them; and
—what do you think, Alecia?—
i t was originally worn on the
thumb to parry the thrust of the
needle pointing through the ma
terial and not- as at presenfyto
impel it."
"How funny that seems!"
cried the little girl as sne tried
using hers on the thumb instead
of the second finger. "Why, I
couldn't sew at all that way,
auntiel"
"Of course not child, because
you are not accustomed to it; but
our way is much better anyhow.
When it was used on the thumb
it was called a thumb bell, and
from that it was changed to the
name we now call it. Fashion
in thimbles is said to be very
luxurious in the East. Wealthy
Chinese ladies have thimbles
carved out of mother-of-pearl,
and sometimes the top is a single
precious stone. Thimbles with
an agate or onyx mounted i.
gold are often seen, as well as
some incrusted with rubies. The
queen of Siam possesses a thim
in the form of a lotus bud,
with her name exquisitely work
Ed in tiny diamonds around the
margin."
"If I had one like that I'm
afraid my sewing would suffer,
for I'd want to look at it all the
time," said Alecia with a
merry laugh. —Laura E. Hutch
inson.
Another Dairy Cattle Judging
School.
Dear Bnvs and Girls:
The Dairy Cattle Judging
School at the Dutch Dairy Farm
was so successful and beneficial
to the large number attending
that we are planning to have
another school at Mr. R. L,
Shuford's October 30. This is
just before the fair and will
mean much to those trying for
the S2O, sl2, and $8 prizes
offered.
Mr. Shuford has soma of the
best cows to be found in the
•itate, and our spending a day
with them, fixed in our minds
the ideal dairy type, will enable
us to be a real good judge of a
dairy cow.
Ido not know of anything
1 Ashcraft & Lockhart I
We are Offering Extra Specials
I This Week and Next
2000 Yds. Yard Wide Bleach Domestic at . . . 4c
1000 Yds. Yard Wide Sheeting, worth 7c, at . . 5c
1000 Yds. 10c Outing at 8c
2000 Yds, Blue Chambray at . . . . . 5c
1000 Yds. Apron Ginghams . . . 5c
Men's quality double sole Brogan shoes, any size $1.75
2 cases Women's Patent Leather Shoes, worth $2.00, while
I they for $1.48
2 fcases Women's Gunmetal Button Shoes, worth $2.00,
yours while they la& for $1.48
2 cases Women's Button Patent Leather cloth top, medium
heel shoes, worth $2.50, yours for . . $1.98
A large lot of odds and ends and sample shoes in men's,
women's and children's sizes at co& price.
18 Only Ladies' Shepherd Check Rain Coats, worth SB.OO,
yours while they la£ for $3.98
" Your Money Back If You Want It."
Ashcraft & Lockhart
LOWE & CO'S OLD STAND
more encouraging and inspiring
than to see a large number of
farmer boys and girls studying
to improve their judgment
along livestock lines. We all
like to see good, well bred live
stock, and there is no beetter
way to see crood more
abundant than by encouraging
the young Deople to become
good judges of livestock- They
are to be the future farmers.
Mr. Reed of Raleigh, Prof.
Proffitt of Catawba county Farm
Life School, the County Demon
strator, and others will aid
in conducting the school.
Let everybody come and come
prepared to work, Bring a pen
cil with you, for you will need it
in connection with your score
card,
I am looking to see all of
you on October 30th at Mr. Shu
ford's,
Your friend,
H. H. B. Mask,
County Agent.
Newton, 0 t. 20, 1915.
Mis 3 Frances Lentz is visiting
in Morganton and Asheville.
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j Want Ads. I
. >CH>OHaoec«>w>Rr'T^ H >r>c>oo °
FOR SAI.E —Eleven rha rf;
Cataw ba Creamery stock : !
ertv of the late J. R. L U ' Z ,p n
prices see J. O, or Sarah 0 IJ r
Admr?.. Newton. N. C, R. 4 !•
FOR SALE—Six room hoiisT/
7th, ave. No. 1015. for ? u
information write. C P v ■
Catawba. N. (J. ' 2;
FOR PENT—A large stor*
Union Square, one of the hf?
locations in Hickory, well
for any line of mercn.„£
This is a j.ood stand for a H»t
ware store, no bett.r anvwh!
Address 13. K. care
Hickory, K.' (;
FOR SALE —A good gentlehwse
c ieap. Apply to Pen e ; p nl
Bottling Co.
FOR RENT—Two nice furnished
rooms two blocks from squire
App yat Democrat office. [f
FOR SALE-Pure-bred Berhfe
I pig*. Address G. H. Sheri'r
j Hickory, N. C.
Frostproof Cabbage Plants
, P A r ° e n Jerse y Wake
fi3ld, Charleston Wakefield awd
Succession, 1000 for SI.OO post
paid. 100 for 15c postpaid E
O. Parks, Ulah, N. C. ex-dec 9
WANTED A corn crusher.
Write P. B. Whitener, Lenoir,
HIGH-GRADE standard pianos
for sale on monthly payment
plan or cash. Direct from facto
ry to customer. Also used pi
anos and organs for sale at at
tractive prices. Address F. 0.
Day is, Gen. Delivery, Hickorv,
N. C. it
Quarterly Conference at Fair Grove
The fourth Quarterly Conference cf
the Hickory Circuit, M. E. Church,
South, will be held at Fair Grove
Church Saturday and Sunday,
23 and 24. Preaching at 11 o'clock,
A. M., both days by the Presiding
Elder, Rev. L. T. Mann. The sacra
ment of the Lord's Supper will be ad
ministered at the Sunday service.
Pastor B. A- Yorkeasks us to state
that a full attendance of the stewards
and members is desired, ?s this is the
last meeting before the Annual Con
ference.
Mr. Fisher and daughter, Mrs.
McCombs, spent Monday at
Claremont College the guestsor'
Mrs. McComb's daughter, Miss
Ila, who is a student there.