ESTABLISHED 1899
Democrat mad Press Consolidated 1915
South Fork Baptist Association
Held Annual Meeting With
West Hickory Baptist Church
South Fork Baptist Association
met with West Hickory Baptist
church at 11 o'clock last Wednes
day, October 27. Rev. J, S, uon
nell preached the introductory
sermon on the text, *'o Lord, I
beseech thee, send now prosper
ity,'' Psalms 118:25. It was a
very practical and timely sermon.
After this, it will be known as
the "Annual sermon," and be
preached at night, or at a time
when more delegates will have
arrived.
Aiter the sermon, and the en
rollment of the delegates present,
the Association was organized by
electing Osborne Brown, moder
ator; I. T. Newton, vice-modera
tor; J. F, Click, clerk; and J. 0.
Alien, treasurer. After announ
cements by Pastor Cook as to
homes for delegates, the Associa
tion adjourned for dinner.
During the afternoon session,
after miscellaneous business, re
cognizing visitors, appointing
committees on program and other
objects, the report on the Biblical
Recorder was read, and was dis
cussed by Rev. W. R. Beach, the
travelling correspondent of the
Recorder. Center View, a new
church was received as a member
of the Association. The report
on Foreign Missions was read.
Pending adoption, it was discys
sed by Rev. W. C. Barrett and
Rey. J. D. Harte.
At the night session. Dr. R. T.
Vann, state secretary of the Edu
cational Board, and Dr. Living
ston Johnson, secretary of the
State Mission Board were wel
comed to seats in the association.
The report on State Missions was
read, and ably diA,hy.Jfaffi,
J. J. Beach and Dr, Johnson.
Thursday morning, the report
on the Orphanage was read. The
report was discussed by Rev. M.
L. Kestler, the general manager
of the Orphanage, and otners.
The report on Education was ably
and practically discussed by Rev.
I. T. Newton and Dr. Vann.
At the afternoon session, the
moderator appoints the fellowing
delegates: To the State Conven
tion, J. A. Hoyle, W. F. Huggins
and S. A. Stroup. To the South
ern Baptist Convention, W. C.
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"Dishea sho is a worl' of lamp starch
en blueinY' grumbled Aunt Jemimy,
bringing down her iron with a bang on
the piece of broken skillet that served
as a holder. "Don' keer what you
does you cyarn please eve'ybody."
"I membuhs 'bout a yeah ago ev
e'ybody was complainin' dat de pres'-
dent was sich a lonely widhuh-man he
couldn' fix his mind steadfas' on noth
in'. 'lt are not good fuh man to live
lonesome, not even in de White
House,' dev says. 'Who is he got to
'tend to his marketin' fuh him en see
ef'n his coffee is hot in de mawnin',
en who is gWinter tell him when to put
03 his wintuh flannels. Dar oughter
be somebody in dat White House to
look arftuh all dem things so's he
could take his mind off' uv em en put
hit on de wah in Mexico. He ain't
tendin' to his bizness dewayhe ought
er do, kase, wid all his daughters mar
ry in' en lecturin' an singin' en sich,
he's got all de housekeepin' en pre
servin' en picklin' to tend to, en seein'
ef'n de front po'ch is swep off reg'luh
en de grass is cut in de front yard.'
Yas'm, dats de way dey was talkin'
dis time las' yeah. En what is dey
sayin' today? De pres'dent have went
en engaged somebody to do all dese
things fuh him, but do it please de
people? Naw'm, you know hitdoa't.
"All de laikly widuhs is puffickly
fu ious kase dey didn' git a chance at
him, en de ole maids is growlin kase
dey ain't nevuh had a chance at no
body, en de ma'ied men ii fussin' kase
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Barrett. The reports on Sunday
Schools, the Executive Commit
tee, the B. Y. P. U., and Obitu
aries were read and adopted.
At the night session, the re
ports on Woman's Work and
South Fork Institute were read,
discussed and adopted. The teach
ers and students of South Fork
Institute were present. During
the discussion of the school, $l5O
was raised to pay incidentals,
purchased for the school.
Friday morning, the reports on
Home Missions, and Aged Minis
ters Relief were read and discus
sed by J. B. Pruett, J. D. Harte,
to. A. Adams and others. The
committee on program for next
session was appointed as follows:
W. C. Barrett, I. T. Newton and
J. S. Connell. The Association
adjourned to meet next year with
East Gastonia Church, Rev. J. D.
Harte to preach the Annual ser
mon.
This was a harmonious session.
Out of 57 churches, 54 were pres
ent with letters and delegates.
There were labout 160 delegates
and visitors present. And Rev.
W. N. Cook and his church and
friends entertained them nicely.
Several letters did not haye a
report of their Sunday schools,
yet those reporting show that
there are 6395 enrolled in the
schools. The letters show 608
baptisms during the year, 82 less
than last year. The membership
of the Association is about 7517.
a gain of about 395.
For benevolent objects, the let
ters show the following: State
Missions, $1,491.08; Home Mis
sion. $881.83; Foreign Missions,
&L352J1; Orpbanage, $1,510.22;
Christian Education, $740.86;
Aged Ministers Relief, $108.89;
Total, $6,086.79,
While this does not include
Sunday School Missions, and
shows a loss on Home Missions,
Education and Ministers' Relief,
yet the aggregate gain over last
year is $481.51.
The good citizans of Hickory
were glad to have the Association
with them and invite its clever
moderator and its members to
come again, your coming will do
our city good.
Catawba County Hog
Club to Meet Here
The next meeting of the Ca
tawba County Hog Club, of
which John S. Hildebrand is
president, and R. C. Perry, sec
retary, will be held in Hickory
at the Catawba Creamery, Sat
urday, November 27.
This club is intended for the
betterment of hog raisers and
the community in general, There
is no admission fee to pay and
all persons interested are cor
dially invited to attend the
meeting and see what the club is
trying to do.
dey 'lows he dunno when he's well off,
en de bacheluhs is sore kase dey didn'
think uv dat rich widuh fust, en dar
you is.
"I is yet to heah anybody 'low dat de
pres'dent is done de riorht thing.
"Bekase he's pres'dent, look laik
dey specs him to be diffunt f'om ev'y
uthuh man on uth, jes laik you specs
prsachuhs to be betten 'n eve'ybody
else. But I kin tell you dis, chile:
Men is jes alaik wharevuh yo fin's era,
don' keer whethuh hits in de pulpit or
de White House. Dar ain't a speck
uv diffance betwixt era. White, black,
rich or po\ high or low, dey is human
to de ve'y backbone, en when you's
said dat you's said all." —Callv Rvland.
Cotton Report.
The bureau of the census an
nounces the number of bales of
cotton ginned in Catiwba county
'up to October 25 to bs 923,
against 1,782 for the same
period last year. Totals for the
state are: 1915, 264,935;
301,103.
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1915
News Notes.
The Serbian fortress of Pirot,
described as the key to Nish, has
fallen into the hands of the Bul
garians. %
William M. Ham was instantly
killed late Saturday night when
an automobile driven by H. H.
Ham turned turtle on the Golds
bore road south of Wilson.
Charles M. Walters, chief of
police of Raleigh, died Sunday
while serving his last day which
he chose two months ago as the
termination of his police du
ties.
Jack Hughes, a white man 30
years old, was taken from jail at
Columbus, Miss., Sunday by a
party of masked men and hang
ed to a tree a short distance out
side the city limits. Hughes
was under arrest in connection
with the murder of Larue Hol
loway.
Ex Governor John M, Slaton,
whose commitment of Leo
Frank's sentence to life impris
onment caused such a row in
Atlanta, has returned to his
home in Georgia after being
warned not to return. There
has as yet been no demon
stration against the ex-govern
or.
Practically doubled federal ap
propriation for state militia and
opening of the proposed conti
nental army to any organization
of the National Guard desiring
to enter and free to do so, are
contemplated in the array side of
administration's national defense
programme.
Common Sense In Trenches.
What would happen if the war
were left to the men who are
fighting it, instead of to the
kings and diplomats, is indicated
in this story, told by an Euglish
officer:
The day before the big British
attack near Loos, in Northern
France, the British soldiers in
the first trench saw a board
shoved up by the Germans in
the trench opposite. It bore the
inscription—
"The English Are Fools."
Nobody took the trouble even
to shoot at it. Soon the board
was lowered, then raised again
with this addition —
"The French Are Fools."
The English soldiers ignored
that, too. But they besran to
wake up when the. board was
lowered again and hoisted with
the legend—
"We Are Fools."
That drew loud and prolonged
applause. Tne next time the
board disappeared the British
waited eagerly for its reap
pearance, and burst int) an
uproar of applause when they
read
"Why Not All Go Home?"
For once, in one little segment
of two thousand miles of trench
es, common sense reigned. The
next day they ran bayonets
through each other's ribs.—
Asheville Gazette News.
Reformation Service.
Rev. W. Hupps, D. D., pastor
of the Church of the Ascension,
Savannah, 'Ja,, preached the an
nual Reformation sermon, in
commemoration of the three
hundred and ninety-eighth anni
versary of Martin Luther's re
futing by God's word the erron
eous teachings of the Roman
Church, at Lanoir College Sun
day night. He gave a practical
talk on the life and teachings of
Luther. A splendid song service
was rendered by a selected choir.
There was no service at Holy
Trinity Church Sunday night, the
congregation joining it the ser
vices at the college.
New Theatre.
The magnificent new motion
picture theatre, recently fitted
up in the old Shuford building
next door to the express office,
was formally opened Saturday
night, showing "Coral," a splen
did production by the Univer
sal Picture Corporation. Univer
sal pictures will be shown at this
theatre and . consequently a
good daily progra nme is assur-
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Mrs. George Yoder has return
ed home from Wilmington.
Mr. S. C. Cornwel! went to
Charlotte Saturday.
Mrs. John Murphy and baby
have returned from a visit to
relatives at Henrietta.
Mrs. J. A. Sellers is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Fund
erburk, at Cheraw, S. C.
Miss Julia Wheeler has re
turned from a trip to Washing
ton, D. C.. and Atlantic City.
Mrs. A. Bourbonnais spent
last week with Mrs. W. H,
Craddock at Lenoir.
Miss Mary Harte of Woodleaf, |
is the guest of Mis 3 Louise |
Peeler.
Mrs. T. M. Johnson, Miss
Adelaide Johnson and Mrs. W.
J. Shuford visited Mrs, Self in
Lenoir Friday.
Mrs. Will G. Kirkman, who
ha 3 been visiting in Bennetts
ville, S. C., has joined her hus
band here.
Mr, James Lazos has returned
from Morristown, Tenn., where
he has been .to look after his
fruit store.
Mr. Geo. W. Ready, a con
tractor who has been living in
Hickory for some months, has
cone to Atlanta, Ga.
Mesdames J. D. Elliott, W. S.
Martin, Frank Henderson, C. M.
Sherrill and G. R, S. Sanders, of
New York, motored to Gastonia
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Shuford
and guests, Mrs. W. T. Blalock
and Mrs. W. P. Exum, Jr., went
to Charlotte Saturday to see
Twin Beds.
Mrs. Geo. B. Hannah fmd Miss
Sallie Alexander of Charlotte
are the guests of tbeir sister,
Mrs. J. L. Springs, and will at
tend the fair while here.
M/. Gienn H. Abernethy, re
turned home Friday afternoon
after spending some time travel
1i n g i u the New England
States.
Raiph Brown and Ben Hensley
were acquitted in Rutherford
Superior court last week on the
charge of murdering Dave Wil
son.
Dr. Fred T. Ford has reported
two cases of smallpox, one in a
Story family and one in a Waters
family. They are reported to
be mild cases, but to be safe, be
vaccinated.
The fine weather the past two
weeks has given the farmers a
spendid opportunity to finish up
their fall work, the weather be
ing unusually good for the time
of year.
The Democrat is indebted to
Esq. S. E. Killian for some sam
ples of his fine apples grown in
his orchard at Blowing Rock.
These apples are finding ready
sale here and are of unusually
good quality.
The firm of Houck & Prevette,
frhich recently went into bank
ruptcy, has settled the case by
paying 20 cents on the dollar,
and are now back in business.
The liabilities of the firm were
about $2,440,
For making the highest gain
in membership in the State the
past year the Hickory Merchants
Association received a check for
, sls as a prize, this being given
by the North Carolina Mer
chants Association. The mem
, bership increased from 15 to 62
. in one year.
The Bruce Fry Plow Company,
manufacturers of a patented re
versible turning plcw and sub
soiler, has commenced business
in its factory recently completed
at Twenty-first and Ninth
streets. R. Bruce Fry is proprie
tor of the new concern and also
inventor of the plow, Tne fac
tory is well equipped for the
business, having a foundry to
make the castings and other
necessary machinery together
with a paint and wood-working
epaitment
Campaign Lies and Suckers.
Lincoln County News.
List fall about this time of
year Republican spellbinders
were handing out campaign dope
in an attempt to get votes, and
one of the campaign lies used
was that the Democrats' were
responsible for the 6-cent cotton
last year, while now since war
conditions are more settled, and
cotton is selling at a good price
and the war is given as the cause
for better prices, Republican
politicians would have the people
believe that low cotton was
caused by Democratic legislation
while high cotton prices are the
result of the war. Some people
actually believed wnat was hand
ed out last year and failed to
plant any cotton at all this year.
They of course now see that Re
publican campaign lies of last
year were misleading. The peo
ple shouldremember these fellows
and when they come around next
year less dependence should be
put in what Republican spellbin
ders say. The Charlotte Obser
ver along this line says:
"The Republican spellbinders
last year got a good many of
their constituency to believe
their chatter about the Demo
cratic party being responsible for
the lew Drice of cotton, and
further, that as long as the» Dem
ocrats were in power cotton
would never go to six cen*s.
This was particularly the case
in Catawba County where there
are some republicans who have
long been in need of boring for
the hollow horn. The Newton
Enterprise this week tells the
sevuel, "The sickest Republicans
in Catawba," says the paper,
"are those who declined to
plant an> cotton last spring be
cause they still believed in the
Republican claptrap of the pre
ceding Fall, that the Democratic
Administration caused the low
price of cotton and it would be
low again this ar." A Demo
crat who has a.-eady ginned 10
bales, half of which is adorning
his front yard and will be sold
next Spring, tells The Enterprise
that 4 'four of his Republican
neighbors who usually are good
cotton farmers, did not plant a
row this year because thev be
lieved it would sell again at six
cents." These farmers are said
to have confessed how they
were imposed upon and one of
them "is free to say he will
never again listen to politicians
who say that politics has any
thing to do with the price of cot
ton." This particular farmer is
not meaning to make a rash
statement, but that is just what
he is doing, all the same. In
the very next campaign the Re
publican stumpers will have the
usual sugar-coated pill for the
unsuspecting farmer, who will
be made to believe that it was
the war that made cotton healthy
and saved the country, and that
everything is going pellmel to
the bow-wows if the Republican
party is not given chartre again
next year. The Republican cam
paign lie is going to be in full j
flower on the next go-round and
it will be attended by the usual
catch of suckers."
Death of Child.
Boyd, the 3-year-old son ot Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Reese, died at the
home of his parents near Foard
& Whisnant's store Saturday,
October 30, fallowing an illness
of short duration: The funeral
and burial took place at Grace
Church Sunday, services being
conducted by Rev. Lohr. The
bereaved parents have the sym
pathy of many friends.
May Open New Street.
A moyement is on foot in
Hickory to improve and open up
a street for the use of the public
on the railroad property be
tween the passenger depot and
the Huffry Hotel, the city coun
cil having been petitioned to
that effect. We hope this will
be done as this property in its
present condition is very un
' sightly,
Twenty School Children
Are Lost in a Fire Which
Destroys School Building
Twenty children, mo3t of them
girls ranging in age from 7to
17 years, lost their liyes at Pea
body, Mass., Thursday in a fire
which destroyed St. John's
Parochial school. Another girl
has injuries regarded as probably
fatal, while others were less
severely hurt
The 600 children hai just en
tered their class rooms when the
fire discovered and although a
majority were guided to safety
by sisters of the order of Notre
Dame, who were their teachers,
panic seized a large number as
they neared the front door, and
in their rush to escape they lost
their footing and their boiie3
blocked the exit.
All of the sisters escaped, but
Mother Superior Marie Carmelita
was seriously burned. It was
said that her injuries probably
were not fatal, although she is
prostrated by the disaster and
the suffering of ,her charges.
How the fire started may
never belknown. An early the
ory that a boiler explosion
caused it haying been dismissed,
state police officials were of the
opinion that a store room in the
basement, where a gas meter
was located, was its sou»*ce.
The first word of the fire is be
lieved to have come from a tardy
pupil who smelled smoke and re
ported it to the mother superior.
The children had just finished
morning prayer, when the gong
sounded for fire drill. *
Mother Marie hurried to tell
the sisters of the actual danger,
and the movements of the fire
drill were quickly started. The
building would have been emp
tied in the opinion of the Rev.
Nicholas J. Murphy, pastor of
St. John's Roman Catholic
church, but for the falling. of a
child believed to be a cripple, in
Dr. Randolph's
Residence Burns
The following from Saturday's
Greensboro News will be of in
terest to readers of The Demo
crat, Mrs. Randolph being a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Huffman of this city*.
,4 S. A. Caviness, returned to
Greensboro last night from Elon
College, brought news to this
city of a costly fire at Elon yes
terday afternoon, when the
handsome residence of Dr. E. E
Randolph, of the college faculty,
was completely destroyed, togeth
er with all its furnishing. There
was no one at home when the
blaze started, and when it was
discovered the flames had
gained such headway that
nothing could be done to check
them, The fire started about 5
o'clock in the afternoon and at 7
the handsome home was a pile
of glowing embers.
"With the house and its fur
nishing there were also destroy
ed the library and scientific ma
terial belonging to Dr. Randolph
and his brother, Dr. E. 0. Ran
dolph. The house was valued
at about $5,000, although there
is no estimate given on the value
furnishings and other valuables.
It is stated that very little in
surance of any kind was car
ried.
Presbyterian Synod Meets in Salis
bury Next Year.
Gastonia, Oct. 29.—The North
Carolina Presbyterian synod, in
annual session here this week,
adjourned today to meet next
year in Salisbury, This is the
last meeting of the synod a 6 at
present constituted as a consid
erable portion of the present
synod,' including all of the
Asheville prenbytsry, has been
transferred to the new appala
2hian synod which will hold its
first session at Bristol, Tenn.,
'next week.
New Series Vol. I. No. 39
the front vestibule. Over her
body child after child, fearful of
the flames, and pressed on by
the crowd behind, stumbled and
fell. Tne opening was choked
and fire escape stopped.
The jamming of the rear door
also impeded the movement of
the children through the build
ing. This exit was reopened,
howeyer, and many children es
caped through it.
The classes of pupils had filed
through the corridors and start
ed down trie stairs in orderly
procession, notwithstanding cur
ling plumes of smoke, until the
blockade occured at the doors.
Then with cries from those be
low in their ears, the children in
the rear of lines scattered to the
rooms on all three floors of the
building.
Those on the lower floor drop
ped sately to the ground. From
the second floor most of the
children; supervised by the sis
ters, jumped into the coats of
firemen and bystanders which
were held out to catch them.
Many of tnose who went to the
windows of the upper story were
warned against risking the long
jump, and escaped from windows
below. Some of the braver and
more resourceful slid down {wa
ter spouts, among them a boy of
14 years old, who assisted anoth
er boy with only one leg over a
shaking spout. Two girls who
were dropped to the ground sus
tained serious injuries, one dying
at a hospital.
The sister teachers controlled
the situation until the mishap at
the front door. Mother Superior
Marie Carmelita said* during the
fire that she had made certain
that all the children had left the
upper floors before she did. No
bodies were found above the
first floor.
Democrat and
Republican Galls for
Meetings Issued
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Chairmen of both the Demo
cratic and Republican national
committees have issued calls for
meetings in Washington to select
cities for the coming National
conventions. The Democrats will
meet on December 7, and the
Republicans December 14.
In additionlto issuing his call,
Chairman Charles D. Hilles, of
the Republican national commit
tee, set forth the probable line
of campaign to be followed by
his party. It will include:
An attack on the Democratic
tariff.
Criticism of the administra
tion's handlingjof the affairs in.
Europe and Mexico.
Charges that Democracy has
failed to keep its promise of an
economical administration and
has failed to keep its 1912 plat
form pledges, including the de
claration in favor of a single
term for the President,
Attcks on the administration's
government ship bill and other
administration measures.
H. J. Holbrook Permament Re
ceiver.
At a meeting of the creditors
of the Brookford Mill company
held here last week H. J, Hol
brook was named permament
receiver by Referee Pearson, to
which the minority stockholders,
through their attorneys, filed ex
ception. The minority stock
holders were represented by
Messrs. Bascom Blackwelder,
Self & Bagby and W. B. Council.
The Julliard interests were rep
resented by Mr. C. W. Tillett cf
Charlotte, and Messrs. K. C.
Menzies and E. Lyerly, the bal
ance of the creditors. Mr. A.
A. Whitener apppeared as attor*
ney for the mill.