ESTABLISHED 1899
Democrat and Press Consolidated IMS
HICKORY MFG. CO, VISITED
BY A DESTRUCTIVE EIRE
Big Lumber Yard and Large
Warehouse Go Up in Smoke Saturday
Night Entailing a Loss of Nearly SIOO,OOO.
Fire Discovered Shortly After 9 ■ O'clock
Entire Plant,
and Firemen Battle for Hours With Flames.
The most disastrous fire in the
history of Hickory broke out
about nine o'clock Saturday
nij?ht in the plant of the Hickory
Manufacturing Company, com
pletely gutted the large two-story
brick structure which housed the
machinery and offices, burned
over the entile block, destroying
a large amount of stored lumber
and finished mill work before it
was finally brought under con
trol by heroic work of the
Hickory Fire department and
volunteers.
The damage is estimated at
about $91,000 and was insured to
the amount of $16,000, though it
is stated that at present prices
of lumber and building material
the loss could not be restored for
less than $150,000,
The fire was discovered short
ly after 9 o'clock by Mr. James
Drum, who turned in an alarm.
When the firemen arrived on
the scene the building was a
mass of flames and in an inered
itably short time the fhmes had
spread over the entire block, en
dangering the big shops of the
Piedmont Wagon Company and
Hutton & Bourbonnais. However,
hard work and favorable wind
saved these immense plants from
destruction.
The fire spread with amazing
rapidity, the lumber being ex
ceedingly dry. and burning like
I Hickory Social 1
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Approaching Marriage.
The following invitation has
been received:
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mosteller
invites you to be present
at the marriage of their daugh
ter
Ethel May
to
Mr. Robert Lee Cocns
Wednesday morning, the twen
ty-fourth of November
at eleven o'clock
St. Andrews Lutheran Church
Hickory, North Carolina
At Home
after December the first.
Lexington, North Carolina.
The bride is one of Hickory's
most attractive and popular
young ladies and has many
friends who will be interested
in the approaching wedding.
Mr. Coons is a son of Mr. and
Mr 3, P, C. Coons of this city
and is a rising young business
man. He is manager of the
new creamery at Lexington
and has a promising career be
fore him.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cline of
Thomasville, spent the week-end
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Cline, near the county
home. Mr. Cline is editor of
The Thomasville Davidsonian,
The Travellers' Club met with
Miss Amelia McComb October 28,
Q jotations from Lamartine, poet,
historian and statesman answer
ed roll-eal'. The subject of the
day's study was the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, which Hugo has
described as a "symphony in
stone." Mrs. N. W. Clark gave
the thrilling history of the edi
fice and Miss Geitner told of its
architecture and decoration with
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
tinder: A negro in a barn on
the lot, who was apparently full
of whiskey, was taken out and
locked up after part of the
building had fallen in.
Only two small buildings, a
store house and a cottage, re
main standing on the block of
two acres, all the rest being
burned entirely over,
Donald ADplegate was pain
fuily* injured when he fell in
attempting to get on the fire
truck, the rear wheel barely
catching his left leg bruising it
considerably.
When the blaze was at its
highest point it looked as if sev
eral houses would go up in the
smoke, several of them catching
from the heat but the blazes
were promptly extinguished.
At first the Water pressure
was very weak but the pumps
were finally got going in good
shape and the fire-fighting equip
ment of the Piedmont Wagon
Company was brought into
service. Every piece of hose
available was placed into seryice.
The city fire department had
twelve streams of water playing
on the blaze besides those of the
wagon company.
The Hickory Fire department
remained on the job through the
night, being provided with lunch
and hot coffee, and it was a
tired and dirty bunch, but good
their symbolism. Mrs. K. C.
Menzies read CarJyle'a vivid nar
rative of the Enthroning of the
Goddess of Reason during the
French revolution. The beauti
ful chrysanthemums, roses and
nasturtiums deserve mention as
well as the delicious refresh
ments. The meeting was enthu
siastic and therefore enjoyable.
November 4 Mrs. J. L. Cilley
was hostess of the Travellers'
Club. The quotations were large
ly from Sainte-Beuve, of whom
Miss Geitner, the Dresident, gave
a brief sketch. Mrs. Rayster
and Mrs. Gwaltney were gladly
welcomed home. Mrs. E, B. Men
zies read selections on "St. Cha
pelle and Louis IX.'' Miss Geit
ner read Mrs. W. L. Abernethy's
article on Hugo. This was fol
lowed by Mrs. W. B. Ramsay's
piano number, "Les Precieus
es," by Colomer, a French com
poser. Mrs. J. L. Riddle gave
an interesting reading on "Ro
man Remains and Cluny Mu
seum." "The Quaitier Latin,"
was spoken of as a whole by Mrs.
Chadwick. Little Miss Mary Cil
ley assisted charmingly in serving
refreshments. The club meets
today with Mrs, 0. M. Royster,
November 3 the Hickorv Bo6k
Club held the second meeting of
the year with Mrs. H. C, Men
zies. All were glad to have Mrs.
Royster back. Only two mem
bers were absent. The nostess
gave a talk on her book, "The
Harbor," and read a letter from
the author, Ernest Poole, telling
of the main points in his life and
also of his other works. The
living rooms were decorated with
drapings of autumn leaves and
Storm-King chrysanthemums,
while yellow ones beautified the
dining-room, casting their gold
ed glow over the daintily ap
pointed table. This enjoyable
meeting was adjourned to mget
November 17 with Mrs. J. A.
Ramsay,
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915
natured, who greeted the dawn
ing of Sunday morning, when
bleak brick walls and smoulder
ing ruins were all that remained
of a flourishing business enter
prise of the day before,
All the valuable books and
papers of the company were
saved from the burning building
and some finished mill work was
carried to safety. On the siding
were a number of box cars. These
were rolled out of danger by
willing hands.
A score of persons kept the
roofs of Hutton & Bourbonnais'
plant soaked in water and al
though a narrow street was all
that separated this plant from
the scene of theconflagation, the
fire was kept from spreading
to it.
The fire was a most spectacu
lar and the blaze was viewed by
thousands for miles around. It
was the largest fire in the his
tory of Hickory and it seemed
that the whole population of the
city gathered near the seething
mass of flames.
The Hickory shops was one of
the oldest manufacturing enter
prises in Hickory, They had a
yearly output of nearly SBO,OOO
woth of finished lumber, sash,
doors, blinds, etc., and employed
about 60 workmen, who were
thrown out of work by the fire.
Messrs. W. B. Menzies, K. C,
Menzies, J, G. Carrier, Charlie
Cline and others are stock
holders.
It is not known if the plant
will be rebuilt at its former loca
tion or not, as a meeting of the
stockholders had not been held
at this writing, but it is proba
ble tftat if rebuilt at all
it will be at some other
place.
Leg Broken When Motorcycle and
Auto Collide.
Robert Bostain, aged 23, of
Newton, sustained a fractured
leg last Thursday night when a
motorcycle. on which he was
coming to Hickory collided with
an automobile driven by Cicero
Shore, colored, at Oyama on the
Newton road, Mr. Bostain was
brought to the Richard Baker
hospital here and his leg was
plated by Dr. Shuford.
Both machines were badly
wrecked and it is a wonder that
Mr. Bostain was not killed out
right. The accident happened
in sight of the scene of a similar
accident which occured a few
months ago when Rome Blanton
lost his life.
Both machines met on a curve
and in attempting to pass the
automobile Mr. Bostain didn't
get quite far enough out to clear
the larger machine and struck it
with terrific force.
Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
Rev, E. J. Sox, Pastor.
Sunday, November 14.
Sunday School.at 10:00 a, m.
Chief Service at 11:00 a. m,
The sermon will be a study of
the Great Loving, Pitying, Com
forting Master. After the ser
mon the Holy Communion of the
Body and Blood of the Lord will
be celebrated. There will be a
preparatory service on Saturday,
November 13. at 12:30 P. M.
Get Rid of Those Poisons in
Your System!
You will find Dr. King's New Life
Pills a most satisfactory laxative in re
leasing the poisons from your system.
Accumulated waste and poisons cause
manifold ailments unless released.
Dizziness, spcts before the eyes,
blackness and a miserable feeling
generally are indications that you need
Dr. King's New Life Pills. Take a
dose tonight and you will experience
grateful relief by morning. 25c.
DR. MURPHY'S TWENTY
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
Interesting Services Rendered
at the Reformed Church
Sunday.
I A unique service was the cele
bration of the twentv-fifth anni
versary of the pastorate of Dr,
J. L. Murphy, held sunday, No
vember 7, A congregational re
ception was held Friday night,
November 5, and this was the
most brilliant affair ever held
within the history of ths church.
Sunday morning Dr. Murphy
preached an anniyersary sermon
reviewing the progress made in
Hickory for the last twenty-five
years and giving an outline of
the work done in bis congrega
tion during this periodi In the'
afternoon at 3:30 a special ser
vice was held conducted by the
pastors of the town. Rev. J. G.
Garth presided and talks were
made by Rev. W. W, Rowe of
Newton, Rev. J. D. Harte and
Rev. A. L. Stanford of Hickory,
President J. D. Andrew of
Catawba College, and A. Nixon
of Lincolnton.
Prof. W. H. Little bore the
greetings of Lenoir College to
Dr. Murphy and his congrega
tion. Many letters of congratu
lations were announced and
some read. Two which were
highly prized, were letters from
Mr. Holbrook of Brookford, ex
pressing ihe warm cofigratula
tions of the people of tbat com
munity, and the other was a let
ter from the Zion (colored) con
gregation of Hickory.
Rev. Messrs. J. D. Andrew,
W. W. Rowe, W. H. McNairy,
J. C. Peeler, A. S. Peeler, J, A.
Koons and M. A. Huffman of the
Reformed church were present
and Revs. A. L. Stanford, J. D.
Harte, W. H. Little and J. p.
Garth of the Hickory ministers
were present.
Sunday night a Brotherhood
meeting was held and this was
largely attended. The meeting
was in the hands of the men of
the congregation and the differ
ent talks were most interesting.
There were many out of town
visitors.
The occasion was a memorable
one in many ways in the history
of the Reformed church of Hick
ory.
Will Not Countenance British Inter
ference.
Washington. Nov. 7.—The
United States in its latest note
to Great Britain, made public
here today, covering'exhaustive
ly British inteiferance with
American trade since the begin
ning of the European war, de
clares that the so-called blockade
instituted by the allies against
enemy countries on March 11 is
"ineffective, illegal and indefen
sible." Notice is served that
the American government "can
not submit to the curtailment of
its neutral rights," and it can
not "with complacence suffer
further subordination of its rights
and interests."
Orders for Southern-Built Pumps.
Recent contracts received by
the Latta-Martin Pump Co.,
Hickory, N. C., include the dis
placement pumping equipment
for the United States War De
partment to use on certain im
provements at dam No, 11 on the
Ohio River and several foreign
orders. The latter include pumps
for use in connection with filter
presses for handling cane juice
in the Sandwich Islands and
pumps to be operated from a
central power station and deliver
water from considerable distan
ces for irrigation purposes in the
Canary Islands in Africa.—Man
ufacturers Record.
To Drive Out Malsriu
And Build Up' The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as tlie formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cent?
Any fool of a man can die, but
it takes a smart man to live.
Pretty Home Wed
ding At Albemarle
Last Thursday
The wedding of Mr. Joseph F.
Hoffman of this city and Miss
Lilly Carter of Albemarle, occur
red at the home of the bride' 3
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter,
in Albemarle Thursday after
noon. Concerning the wedding,
which is of state-wide interest,
the Albemarle correspondent of
the Greensboro News, under date
of November 4, has the following
! to say:
"This afternoon at 4:30 the!
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter |
was the scene of one of the most 1
beautiful home weddings solem
nized in this section for many
years, when her daughter, Miss
Lilly Carter, became the bride of
Joseph Filson Hoffman, of Hick
ory.
"Mrs. J. R. Price in her usual
sweet voice sang 'At Dawning'
just before the bridal party en
tered the parlor.
"At the strains of Mendels
sohn's wedding march played by
Mrs, R. E. Brooks, niece of the
bride, little Miss Johnnie Mabry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, R. G.
Mabry, Jn., entered bearing the
wedding ring on a silver tray on
which was engraved the wedding
inyitation. From the dining room
came the groom with his brother,
P. S. Hoffman, of High Point.
The bride entered from the re
ception hall on the arm of her
sister, Mrs. John H. Hawley of
Goldsboro. They were met at
the altar by Rev. R. G. Tuttle,
pastor of Central Methodist
church, who performed the cere
mony.
"During the ceremony Mrs.
Brooks softjy played 'To a Wild
Rose.' by Mclsowell. Lohengrin's
wedding march was used as the
recessional.
"The bride never looked more
charming. She wore a traveling
suit of midnight blue with hat
and gloves to match and carried
bride's roses.
"Mr. Hoffman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Hoffman, of High
Point, and is now a&sociated as
pharmacist for the Lutz's drug
store', of Hickory. He was edu
cated at the state university and
while there was captain of the
'varsity track team, The bride
is the accomplished daughter of
the late Capt. Robert Carter and
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter.
"The wedding gifts were num
erous and beautiful. Mr. and
Mrs. Hoffman left immeaiately
after the ceremony on No. 22 for
an extended trip south and will
be at home in Hickory after No
vember 20.
"The out-of-town guests pres
ent to witness the ceremony
were: Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hoff
man, High Point; Mr. Dewey,
Miss Frances and P. S. Hoffman,
of High Point; J. F. Hoffman, Sr.,
of High Point; Mrs. L. N. Elliott,
of Thomasville; Mr. S. R. Mor
rison, of Hickory; C. C, Freeman,
of Hickory; Mrs. John H. Haw
ley and son, John Hawley. Jr., of
Goldsboro; Mrs. Elizabeth Tuck
er, of Whitney; Miss Essie Hahn,
of Mt. Pleasant."
Superior Court Cases.
The following criminal cases
were disposed of atNewton court
last week:
Bud Lippard, retailing; mis
trial.
Eugene, Burns, forgery; guilty.
Marshall Dellinger, assault
with deadly weapon; guilty.
Lon Archer, retailing; guilty.
Jim Lail, retailing; called and
failed.
Santord Buff; called and failed,
judgment nisi, sci fa and
capias.
James Marlowe plead guilty
to failing to list for taxation;
fined $5 and costs.
Will Morrison and Everett
Horton, false pretence; nol pros.
Mack Setzer, larceny; plead
guilty,
Pat Thornbury and Frank
Travis, breaking into Farmers'
Union warehouse; not guilty.
Hub Corpening, speeeing; mis
trial.
The case of State vs. Douglas
McDuffy, the negro preacher, re
sulted in a mistrial.
'Seventh Annual Fair Draws
RecorcUßreaking Crowds;
Best Fair Ever Held Here
The seventh annual Catawba
County Fair held here Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday of
last week was one of the best
in the history of the association.
The weather was ideal for a
fair and record-breaking crowds
attended, the attendance on the
second day being estimated at
from 15,000 to 20,000.
The parade the first day was
mentioned in last week's issue
( of The Democrat. In this Mr.
i Clyde Lutz was awarded first
prize of $lO for the best decora
ted country auto, and Miss Adele
Kirkpatrickthe $lO prize for the
best decorated city auto. The
Hickory fire department won the
second prize for Hickory. Mr.
L. B. Deaton, of this city,
won the saddle for the best
mount in the parade and Mr. J;
W. Hawn captured the bridle
for the second best mount. The
prize of $5 offered by Mr. James
Villas for the best clown went to
Mr. Albert Lutz and Miss Doris
Hutton was awarded a prize of
$lO, offered by Mr. Robert Ran
som, for the prettiest girl in the
parade.
The second day of the fair
was by far the best of all. Fif
teen hundred school children and
students of .Lenoir College took
part in a great educational pa
rade, Schools represented were
Grand View, Windy City, High
land, West Hickory, the two
city graded schools and Lenoir
College, The girls of the first
grade of the North school drew
much favorable comment. They
were wearing Hallowe'en caps,
The girl students of Lenoir Col
lege also were beautiful, ribbons
of the college colors being pinned
from shoulder to shoulder. The
educational parade formed at the
First Baptist Church and dis
banded at the post office.
The live-stock parade schedu
led for the last day was called
off by mutual consent, as there
were so many entries it would
have been a hard matter to find
enough men and boys to lead
them through the streets.
Two flights were made each
day by an avaitor in a Curtiss I
biplane. This with free motion
pictures at the Hub daily and the
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Messrs. Thomas P. Pruitt of
this city, and George Andrew
Warlick of Newton, were sworn
in as attorneys at Newton court
last week.
The case of Marsh all vs, the
City of Hickory was compromis
ed at Newton court last week,
the plaintiff getting about SIOO
damages.
Tne city council has awarded
the contract for grading High
land ayenue from Ninth avenue
to Fifth street to G. A, Huggins
at 18 cents per cubic yard? The
city will top-soil the street.
The grand jury at the present
term of court reported the jail,
county home and offices of the
court house in good condition
and that magistrates had re
turned all fines for the school
fund.
An exhibit in the poultry de
partment at the fair that attrac
ed considerable attention by
reason of its novelty was a pair
of Japanese chickens which were
the property of Dr. Flowers of
Longview.
Mr. A. W. Sanborn of Bake rs
Mountain, was in the city dur
ing the fair exhibiting three
large Persian long-haired cats.
He stated to a representative of
this paper that he had a stand
ing offer of SSO for his large gray
cat. The other two were white
and were very beautiful fe
lines,
New Series Vol. I. No. 40
ferris wheel, merry-go-round
and trip to Mars at the fair
grounds, furnished plenty of •
amusement for the immense
crowds. The crowds this year
were exceptionally good natured,
very little drinking and very
few arrests.
It is hoped by everybody that
the fair association will be able
to hold the fair next year upon
its own grounds, the manage
ment this year using the St.
Paul's seminary property for
this purpose.
Ihe departments of school
work, fancy work, pantry sup
plies, horticulture, field and gar
den crops and manufacturers'
and dealers' displays were housed
in the seminary building, while
two large tents housed the live
stock and poultry, The exhibits
of the schools were of an excep- ,
| tionally high order, the work of
the school children eliciting much
praise. All other exhibits were
splendid.
The cattle show was pronounc
ed by many to be the best they
ever saw. surpassing many state
fairs. Nearly a hundred head
were on exhibition, most of
them being fine jerseys, but
beef cattle were not lacking. In
the horse department were many
fine roadsters, draft horses and
young stock of the very best to
be found anywhere.
The poultry show was very
| gratifying to the fair manage
ment, birds of every breed and
the very finest specimens being
shown.
- With an attendance of 93 in
the parade Thursday Windy
City won first pfiZS* *fOr --having
the largest number in the pro
cession of any rural school.
Grand View came second with
43 in the parade. The sixth and
second grades of the North city
school and the second and third
grades of the South school were
awarded prizes for having the
largest percentage of enrollment
in the parade. Out of 48 enrolled
the sixth grade of the North
school had 48 in the parade: sec
ond grade North school, 37 en
rolled, 36 present; second grade
South school, 44 enrolled, 43 in
line; third grade South school, 43
enrolled, 42 in line.
Nine Thousand
Dollars Damages
The case in which parents of
Messrs, J. W. Biggs and E, C.
Bridges, the two young men who
were fatally injured at Conover
last summer when their auto was
struck by a Southern Railway
engine, were suing the railroad
for damages, was compromised
in Newton court last week, the
company agreeing to pay
the sum of $4,500 to each of the
families.
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Ships Two Calves.
Friday Mr. H. P. Lutz shipped
two fine Jersey calves to Mr. A.
H. Litaker at Concord. They
had been sold previous to the
fair but Mr. Mr. Lutz wished to
enter them at the fair before
shipping. One of them won sec
ond prize in calf class and also
second in young herd class.
Feimster-Abernethy.
Mr. Mark Feimster of Ruther
ford College, and Miss Erma
Abernethy were quitely married
at the Methodist parsonage at
Granite Falls last Wednesday
afternoon. The wedding waer
attended by N onJy a few friends
and the ceremony was performed
by Rev. W. V. Honeycutt
Rev. Biles' Last Year,
j Rev. W. M. Biles, for four
years pastor of the Methodist
i church at Newton, is closing his
final year, as a rule of the Metho
dist Church limits a pastor to
four years with any one church,