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st- HE best show win-1 I dow in the city is J an ad. in this paper. * | Established 1899 '' HICKORY. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 2, 1914 IHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT rHIS is a live town. Advertise here and get busy, -o- -o-. -o- Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905 PRESIDENT IS VICTORIOUS AGAINST THE SPEAKER AND THE HOUSE FLO Washington, March-31. -The national house of representatives tmiizh r after one of the most Rneclacular legislative struggles in the history of the nation, vSt- ed to repeal the provision of _tn? canal act, exempting American vessels from the piy-. pent of tolls. Tne vote on the repeal bill was 247 to 161, a ma- jority of 85 votes, in support of the personal plea of Wo.idrow Wilson. President of the United States. Tnis verdict on the issue which has absorbed Congress for many weeks, came at the close of a stirring day, made memorable in iiSSTfura WAKES IffIPMMS Rev. Stroup to be Advanced to Priesthood on April 26: ? Bishop Will be Present. There have been many evi- dences of new lite and vigor in the Episopal Ciurnh since the beginning of the present rector- ship. Marked improvements have been made about the prem ises and a substantial new roof has been put on the church. The services on Passion Sun day were notable for the intro- duction of a vested choir, adding greatly to the beauty of the stately ritual, It i 3 now but a question of time when the forces of the parish will enable the great historic L.targy to be set forth outwardly in a manner be- fitting the strong and definite teaching for which the Cntirch of the Ascension is already con - splcious in the Diocese. An event of unusual interest is looked forward to on April 25, when the Rev. Samuel B. Stroup will be advanced to the Priest- hood and formally instituted as rector. Tne B.s'nop of Asheville will be present to confer the his- toric Apostolic gift of Holy Orders. the annals of the house by a party division, which found Speaker Champ Clark, Majority Leader Underwood and other Democra- tic eheiftains lined up in open op- position t> Ihe President on an issue whic'i the latter had declar- ed vitai to his conduct of the na- tion's foreign policy. Today's result was the first struggle within the party since Democracy took control of the government a year ago. Tomor- row the bi!! goe3 to the senate, where the fight will be renewed with all.tho vigor and determina- tion that attended it in the lower house. Honor Roll of the Graded Schools for March. NORTH SCHOOL. First Grade .Charles Poovey, Jamts Setzer, Mary Dellinger, Margaret White, Clara Baliew. Second Grade Inez Little, Louise Cline, Kathryn Setzer, Ralph Hutton, Paul Sherril!, Claud Deal, Joseph Shuford. Third Grade Josephine Lver- ley, Nellie McSwain, Alice Cilley, Nina Fry, Juanita Perkins, Ellen Stuart Menzies, Louise Burns, Katherine Cline, Isla Morton, Eliz ibsth Harris, Hazel Thomp- son, Mabel Miller, Mildred Wil- fong, Robert Boatright, James White. Fourth Grade Frankie Burns, Eva Knox, Marie Little, Sudie Sherrill, Ermonie Snerrill, Ila Starnes, Tyree Na£>ors, Robert Souford, Lester Ford. Ernest Wannemacher. ? Fifth Grade Grace v Seaboch, Lois Fry, Janie Menzies, Mary Blount Martin, Louise Cilley, Glenn Russeil, Ciifton Deal, James Whitener, Kenn?th Men- zies. Sixth Grade Edward Clem- ent. Virginia Whit*, Annie White, George Wnite, Ezra Abv-rnethy, Donald Button, Pameia Starne*, Mary MftGal- liarcK wWce Lyerl.v, Eieanore Deal. Seventh Grade Alex Mefczies Woriand Eaton, Clinton Cilley, Stirling Menzies, Aiteen Aiken, Jessie Patrick, Ina Huffman. Eighth Grade Catherine Wan- nemacher. Tenth Grade?Ethel Starnes. SOUTH SCHOOL. First Grade Andrew Ruda- sill, Hazel Bolch, James Kerr, Ernest Thompson, Wright Wil- liams, Willie Ecta Click, Mary Miller, Second Grade Grace Sigmon, Howard Fletcher, Marguerite Pollard, Arlie Bowman, Mabel Seagle, Elsie Poovey, Hilda Locke, Hazel Biven?, Otho Teague, John Bryan, Edwin Boyd, Donald Bumgarner. Third Grade Dennie Wil- liams, Paul Yount, Eubert Bost, Carl Sigmon, Estelle Bivens. Fourth Grade De Witt Mes- sick, Mary Louise Hill,Louise Fritz. Filth- Grade G?orge Waugh, Katherine Fritz, Troy Huggins, Blanche Burns, Bertha Harding, Rachel Pollard. Sixth Grade Eugenia Mclver, Vergie Sigmon, Gladys Hefner. Seventh Grade Mary Doll, Ethel Messick, Era Prop3t, Norma Stephenson, Artie Wag- ner, Moses Kennedy, Harry Mc- Comb, Gordon Messick. Mrs. McLain is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Martin. Autpmobiles. A carefully conducted canvass of automobile registration throughout the country made by "Automobile" and just made public in its latest issue, tends to indicate that the number of auto- mobiles and motor trucks regis- tered in the United States in- creased from 1,010,483 in "1912 to 1,253 875 at present, a gain of 243,392, and the output of the factories grew from 378,261 cars and trucks in 1912 to over 450, 000 in the past year. Of course New York leads with a registration of 122,411, while North Carolina is twenty- ninth with 10,000. Today there are engaged in the manufacture of automobiles about 400 com- panies and the estimate for the output in 1913 is between 500,- 000 and 600,000 cars and trucks. There is propably no industry in the country growing faster than the manufacture of automobiles and as the price gets cheaper the annual output will be corres- ponding increased to meet the demand.? Evening Chronicle. A dispatch from Brive, France, says a large section of a mountain near there has become detached by seismic -dis- turbances and is sliding down into a vailey, sleeping everything in its patn. Earthquake shocks were felt Sunday evening in Alabama, Ohio, Missouri and in Washington. BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Insures the most delicious and healthful food By the use of Royal Baking Powder a great many more articles of food may be readily made at home, all healthful, de- licious, and economical, adding much variety and attractiveness to the 'menu. The' * Royal Baker and Pastry Cook,** containing five hundred practical receipts for all kinds of baking and cookery, free. Address Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. i NEW CHURCH IN HIGHLAND. Baptist Congregation Commence Work on New Building. Highland, Mar. 30. ?Work has been commenced on the Highland Baptist church. One of Mr. Wm, Lail's child- ren was severely burned about the face several days ago while carrying coals of fire on a shovel | from one part of the house to another. It is improving at this writing. Mr. Kobt. Eckard ha 3 been quite sick for several weeks Mr. J. H. Mingus is out again after suffering with a severe case of pneumonia. ? ' Mr. Dick Martin and family are i preparing to move to West Hick- lory. Mr. Thos. Hoke, who is living in the Wm. Ilyder house, is build- ing a nice cottage south of the chair factory, which he will oc- cupy as soon as it is completed. Mr. Raymond Hunt has moved his family back to his home here from Charlotte. Mr. Eugene Lafon has bought the Julius Bolick property. He will move his family there in a short time. Mr. Perry Fry is on the police force at present. Mr. and Mrs. John Deal, of Catfish, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cline. Mrs, John Fry and children spent Sunday with her sisters, the Misses Houck. Mr. W. S. Robinson's family, including all but himself, took the mumps about the same time. They are all recovering. News From West Hickory. West Hickory, Mar. 30. ?Since the warm weather has set in, gar- den making seems to be greatly in fashion in our town. It seem- ed as if everybody was busy dur- ing the past week - preparing their gardens and planting seeds. E. W. Humphrey has been sick with rheumatism for several days but is a little better at pres- ent. S. M. Propstand Claud Griffin resigned their positions as loom- fixers at the Ivey Mill and are going to Brookford to fix looms. C. E, Bolick anfr G. C. Wilson take their places: Miss Carrie Berry gave a birth- day party Saturday evening. A number of her friends and school mates were invited. There were about fourteen present. The graded school here closed Friday, March 27. The reports of the pupils in all the grades showed that they had done well during the term. Miss Alma Berry visited Miss- es Minnie and Carrie Berry Sat- urday. . R. W. William 3, who has been here several weeks ha? gone to Alta Vista, Va., to resume his work in the mill there. T, D. Berry, of Drexel, was here Saturday visiting his father, P. Berry, Sid Lewis and wife moved from Brookford last week and are working in the mill here. Clyde Bostian and Miss Cordia Setzer were married here Sunday evening. Q. A. Hedrick perform- ed the ceremony. The parents of both parties live in West Hickorv. Dr, J. J. Hicks bought Ed. Sherrill's house and lot in West Hickory Saturday, The consid- eration was $B5O. This property is near the State Highway and it is reported that Dr. Hicks intends to build a dental office on the lot in the near future. FINE PERCHERON HORSE. Purchased for Farmers of This Coun- ty in Ohio. For some time the farmers in Cat-! awba county have been discussing the advisability of purchasing a Percheron horse. About two weeks ago, a meet- ing was held and it was decided to send Mr. Dan T. Gray, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture at Raleigh, to Ohio and get a horse. Mr. Gray spent a week in Ohio and visited a good many different farmers, and he purchased from Brown and Ayers, Hillsboro, Ohio, the black Per- cheron, "Jokai." This is a register- ed horse, and Mr. Gray says he is pro- bably the best Percheron horse ever brought South. The day he was load- ed on the car, he weighed 1850 pounds. ihere will be a meeting of all farm- ers interested in this horse at the Far- mers' Union Warehouse, Newton, Sat- urday, April 4th, at 1 o'clock, to or- ganize a Horse iireeders' Union. Ad- vertisements in regard to this horse will appear in next week's issue of this paper. - Thirty-five horses belonging to the Parham Supply Company of Henderson were roasted to death in a fire that de- stroyed the company's stable and all contents Saturday night. CATAWBA COUNTY'S RURAL CREDIT ASMTIM It Is in Effect a Rural Building and Loan Association?Why Not Try it in Your Neighborhood? (By W.J. SHUFORD.) For some time the question of farm credits has been discussed and various plans have .been of- fered to help the farmer get money at a low rate of interest and for a long time. This ques- tion came up in Catawba County, and our farmers made study of the local building and loan Idea, and decided to form an aasocia- tion modeled along its lines. Sev- eral meetings were held in the rooms of the Chamber cf Com- merce and committees appointed to solicit shares. After several mouths, and a good many meetings, we organ- ized "The Catawba Rural Credit Association." We began busi ness with 38 shareholders sub- scribing for 200 shares, and the plan in brief may be described as follows: 1. Shares of Stock ?Each member pays an initiation fee of 50 cents per share to join, and $1 per month for each share carried par value of shares $lOO. A pay- ment of $1 per month on each share will mature $lOO in about 81 or 82 months. 2. Time of Payments. -Pay- ments may be made tnonthJv, quarterly and semi-annually to suit the convenience of the share- holder, but shareholders, espec- ially patrons of the creamery, are urged to pay monthly. 3. How Loans Are Made. The money is loaned to sharehol- ders at 6 per cent interest, and is secured by first mortgage on farm lands not to exceed two- thirds of their cash value. Loans are made to shareholders only, and each shareholder onust carry one share of stock for every $lOO borrowed. He is charged 6 per cent interest on what he borrows, and gets 6 per cent on what he pays in; the compound interest more than takes care of any ex- pense and helps to mature his share. L.oans will be' mitSeTrTrv- tation as applied for, and as money comes in. 4. Paid-up Shares,?A limit- ed number of paid up shares will be issued. These will be taken by farmers as an investment, and will pay 4 per cent, interest paid semi-annually, and will partici- pate in the profits and mature in about five years. For example, a farmer takes a paid-up share, paying $9O down on this. He re- ceives interest at the rate of 4 per cent paid semi-annually, and this share will mature him $lOO in a fraction over five years. 5. Management.?-Theaffairs of the association are managed by a Board of eight directors elected for one year, and this Board elects a President, Vice- President, Secretary and Treas- urer; also elects a loan CDmmittee from each township in which the Association works. The Board of Directors (with the exception of one or two) are all farmers. The directors meet monthly for the making of loans and the transaction of other business. 6. Local Direction,?Three shareholders from each township constitute a loan committee, and they examine all proper- ty offered to the Association as security for a loan; and make a written report to the directors on forms furnished them. 7. Fines.?Anv shareholder neglecting to pay his dues when the time comes shall the sum of 10 cent per share for every month the dues remain unpaid. 8. New Shares.?A new ser- ies of shares will he opened up every quarter. This in brief is the plan we are doing business under, and we be- lieve it is going to help our far- mers. As we grow, changes will probably be made, and the work strengthened. Will we get funds enough to meet the demands that will be made upon us? That re- mains to be seen, but we believe that we will as soon as our far- mers get their attention called to the fact that they can individual- ly help each other buy a farm, improve what they have; or buy more livestock, etc., for the farm. Our association starts out un- der the most favorable circum- stances. Our President is afsuc- cessful farmer, our Vice Presi- dent is president of the First Building and Loan of Hickory, and has been for years. This Association has $350,000 loaned in Hickory, and never lost a dol- lar. Our Secretary is Secretary of the above Association, and has volunteered his services for a year at no cost to the Association. With no rents, etc., to pay, our expenses will be very snail. MASS MEETING APRIL 8. Progressive Democrats to Gather in Raleigh on Thti Date. Wednesday. April Bth, .is the day tor the Progressive Demo- cratic mass meeting in ltileigh; William J. Bryan and Joseph us Daniels are coming in addition to State leaders, and a thorough going State-wide primary is ex- pected to be the dominant issue. So announced Chairman Clar- ence Poe, who yesterday re- ceived a telegram from Washing- ton giving the Bryan date and also a letter from President Wilson expressing further in- terest in the North Carolina pri- mary light and especial satisfac- tion with the New Jer&ty pri- mary law, which was. put through while he was Governor. Vw" ? /?' V Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, jRev, J. H. WannemacheK pastor. HOLY WEEK SERVICES* ?? Palm Sunday Services, April 5. 11:00, Our Hosannas. By the Pastor. 7:30 p. m;, Christ Trial Before Pilate. Monday Evening. PeterV De- nial. By the Pastor. / 'V' Tuesday Evening. Christ or Barabbas. Rev L.L. Lohr.; Wednesday Evening. Behold the Men. Rev. R. L. Fritz, Thursday Evening., The - Two Malefactors. Rev. Grover Mor- gan. V.- Friday Morning 10:3Q. Special Good Friday Services. ?; Friday Evening. It is Finish- ed, Rev. M. L. Stirewair. . EASTER DAY,; \ 11 a. m. Our Easter Message, Communion. 7:30 p. m. Easter Program, consisting of music and recita- tions. V V' The public is cordially invited to attend all these services. Gastonia Guarciisman Dies on Duty. Gastonia, March 30.?Bert Gilbert, a member of the local Military company, died suddenly late this afternoon while the company was undergoing in- spection at the hands of- the Fed- eral and State authorities. The Company was drawn up in the Armory at the time and Captain Russell Langdcn. detailed to this State by the United States Army ann Colonel Stringfield of the State Guard were giving instruc- tion. It is supposed some affec- tion of the heart was the cause of the Guardsman's death. Mr. Gilbert was about 35 years old and leaves a family. He had not been well for several days. Dr. Brown and his Bungalow. Dr. R. Wood Brown and lady are domociied at the Marshall Hotel where they will remain un- til their bungalow is ready for occupancy. While their new resi- dence will not be very large it will be modern in every ..respect, being huilt for comfort instead of display. The doctor says the house and out buidings will be spacious enough for his wife and self, the canary, "Toots", the pony, "Dolly" and his thorough- bred chickens. St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Regular services Sunday morn- ing with Confirmation. The Passion History of our Lord will be read during Holy Week begin- ning with Sunday evening and continuing up to Saturday. All are cordially invited. Car Load of Cream Separators. The Empire Cream Separator Com- pany, of Bloomfield, N. J., will distri- bute separators in North Carolina from Hickory. The Hickory Seed Com- pany has just received a car load o( these famous separators. Advertisements of these machines and prices will appear in next week's issue. We will operate in Catawba, Alexander, Burke and Caldwell counties, and serve the farmers. It is just a little over two months since we organized, and we are now ready to make our first loans amolinting to about $1,500, April & ,Any system of rural credits that may be worked out must re- cognize the building and loan to some extent. It affords a splen- j did opportunity ftfr monthly saving. Tf Is mutual, all members sharing alike. It is operated economically. No new laws are necessary to put it into operation. Why not try it in, your com- munity? Think of it?abdut 80 months from January 1 we will distribute $20,000 in cancelled mortgages and cash among the farmers that carry their shares to maturity. SECOND ANNUAL SCHOOL DEB A TING CON7ES7 A J LEAOIR COL 24 The second annual high school and a statement from the prinei* debating class for a gold medal pal of his school that be is a will be held in the Lenoir College BONE FIDE student, shall be in auditorium Friday evening, the hands of the secretary of the April 24. * faculty of Lenoir College not These exercises are conducted later than April 20. Schools in* in order to encourage the prac- tending to send a representative tice of declamation in our high should inform the undersigned schools as an exercise 01 high once, cultural value and as necessary The places of declaimers on foundation for success in the the program in the contest shall study and practice of public be determined by lot. speaking. In case there are more than The following are the condi- eitfht contestants, a preliminary tions under which the contest contest shall be held at the Col will be conducted: lege, Friday afternoon, April State High Schools, City High 24,1914. - Schools, or other schools of the No declamation shall contain same rank, in counties of North more than 1000 words (600 to Carolina west of the Yadkin 1000 words is a good range,) River, or in Davidson County, A gold medal shall be awarded shall be entitled to one repre- by a competent committee to sentative in the contest that declaimer whom they shall - The name of each contestant, judge to have won in the con- the subject of his declamation, test. Has No Objections to Progressive Meeting. WASHINGTON, Mar. 30.?Senator Simmons when questioned upon his re- turn here today regarding the progress- ive convention to be held at Raleigh, stated that if some gentleman in the state wished to call a convention to discuss progressive policies and plan j progressive legislation tfley were en- tirely within their rights and that he would make no objection and place no obstacles in their way. The senator returned today after an absence of about two weeks which he spent in recuperating at his home in Newbern. He explained that be re turned earlier than he intended because of the statement made by Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the committee on interoceanic canals, that he would not call the committee to consider the bill to repeal the canal tolls provision because of the absence of Senators Simmons and Shields. Student Gamblers Exposed. A correspondent writing from Chap el Hill to the Raleigh News and Ob- server and the Greensboro News says the betrayal of confidence between pro- fessed gamblers, growing oat of the re- fusal of the one to redeem a check tor $2O passed in a "crap" game, led to an exposure between some students of the University and citizens of the vil- lage. The names given are Jack Sparrow, W. J. Patterson, N J. Cartmell and Floyd Booker, citizens; J. D. Kernoo- die of Graham, G. B. Crowell of Liu- colnton, J. E. Ware of Charlotte, Jul- ius Johnson, Jr., of Yanceyville and F. C. Jones of Plymouth, students, the two latter members of the law class; Ralph Andrews, pharmacy student and M. B. Warren, automobile chauffeur. The persons implicated were placed under bonds of $l5 and $25 each to appear in court. When the papers publishing the s*ory reached Chapel Hill the persons implicated in the gambling and their friends were very wroth and the cor- respondent of the papers was assaulted. Thus the State University, through some of the folks allowed there, con- tinues to make a reputation for itself. A little more than a year ago a student was killed while being haz~d. Now it is a gambling crowd and those involved resort to mob law when exposed. The University, it should be remembered, is supported by the money of the tax- payers; and it is fast becoming a dis- grace to the State.?The Landmark. "Mr. William Harris, of Le- noir, was in the city Monday. ARMVEBSAIIt EIERCSES AT LEAOIR CILLER Eumenesa snd Philsletheso Literary Societies to Reader s Splendid Program. The fourth Anniversary of the Fu* menean and Philalethean Literary So- cieties of Lenoir College will hold their fourth Anniversary in the college audi- torium Monday evening, April 6, at 8:15 o'clock. The program is as follows: PART I. Piano Duet, Spanish Dance No. 3.... Meazkewski Misses Christman and Hooker Essay, The North American Indian... Annie Powlas Chorus, (a) De Coppah M00n...... Kowe Shelley (b) Don't You Mind The Sorrows... .Eugene Cdwles Ten Years Hence, by Members of the Societies Piaso Solo, Shadow Dance Op. 35... Edward McDowell Miss Bryte Beam . , PART 11. . - . Drama, Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This program is very interesting and the people of the city are cordially in- vited to come and hear it. » " , - | j_ How Advertising Rolled in the Money. The Fourth Estate tells the fol- lowing story: - F. Irving Fletcher, advertising manager of Saks& Co., New York, at a Sphinx Club dinner in New York, told a thrilling advertising story. . ". "Ionce made a bet with a dry- goods dealer," said Mr. Fletcher, that he couldn't spend in a year on advertising all he made in that year. The man took me up and sailed in. "But he lost his bet Though his advertising bills grew bigger and bigger, he lost For the more he advertised, the more he sold, and in the end, after starting eight branch stores, he gave in and paid me my money." Notice to Confederate Veterans. All Confederate Veterans intending to go to the Reunion at Jacksonville. Fla., will please give me their names, company and regiment. S. E. KILLIAN, Sec. Camp 162. Subscribe for The Democrat -V, *S* t " ?" - -H*j aflL» jKj |v .J9BSSH&' "My kingdom for a horse/' proffered a de- feated monarch. But the modern man gets an infinitely better means of transportation ?at lowest cost ?when he buys a sturdy Ford. The economical Ford has made the i horse an extravagance at any price. 'Five hundred dollars is the price of the Ford runabout; l - the touring car is five fifty; the town car seven fifty?-f. «. o. b. Detroit, complete wjlh equipment. Get catalog and particulars from » >* Hickory Garage Company, Hickory. - N. C. #

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Established 1899 ''

HICKORY. N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 2, 1914

IHE HICKORY DEMOCRAT rHIS is a live town.Advertise here and

get busy, -o- -o-. -o-

Democrat and Press, Consolidated i905

PRESIDENT IS VICTORIOUSAGAINST THE SPEAKER AND

THE HOUSE FLO

Washington, March-31. -Thenational house of representatives

tmiizh r after one of the most

Rneclacular legislative struggles

in the history of the nation, vSt-

ed to repeal the provision of _tn?canal act, exempting

American vessels from the piy-.

pent of tolls. Tne vote on therepeal bill was 247 to 161, a ma-jorityof 85 votes, in support of

the personal plea of Wo.idrowWilson. President of the UnitedStates.

Tnis verdict on the issue whichhas absorbed Congress for manyweeks, came at the close of astirring day, made memorable in

iiSSTfuraWAKES IffIPMMS

Rev. Stroup to be Advanced to

Priesthood on April 26: ? Bishop

Will be Present.

There have been many evi-dences of new lite and vigor inthe Episopal Ciurnh since thebeginning of the present rector-ship. Marked improvementshave been made about the premises and a substantial new roofhas been put on the church.

The services on Passion Sunday were notable for the intro-duction of a vested choir, addinggreatly to the beauty of thestately ritual, It i 3 now but aquestion of time when the forcesof the parish will enable thegreat historic L.targy to be setforth outwardly in a manner be-fitting the strong and definiteteaching for which the Cntirchof the Ascension is already con -

splcious in the Diocese.An event of unusual interest is

looked forward to on April 25,when the Rev. Samuel B. Stroupwill be advanced to the Priest-hood and formally instituted asrector. Tne B.s'nop of Ashevillewill be present to confer the his-toric Apostolic gift of HolyOrders.

the annals of the house by a partydivision, which found SpeakerChamp Clark, Majority LeaderUnderwood and other Democra-tic eheiftains lined up in open op-position t> Ihe President on anissue whic'i the latter had declar-ed vitai to his conduct of the na-tion's foreign policy.

Today's result was the firststruggle within the party sinceDemocracy took control of thegovernment a year ago. Tomor-row the bi!! goe3 to the senate,where the fight will be renewedwith all.tho vigor and determina-tion that attended it in the lowerhouse.

Honor Roll of the Graded Schoolsfor March.

NORTH SCHOOL.First Grade .Charles Poovey,

Jamts Setzer, Mary Dellinger,Margaret White, Clara Baliew.

Second Grade Inez Little,Louise Cline, Kathryn Setzer,Ralph Hutton, Paul Sherril!,Claud Deal, Joseph Shuford.

Third Grade Josephine Lver-ley, Nellie McSwain, Alice Cilley,Nina Fry, Juanita Perkins, EllenStuart Menzies, Louise Burns,Katherine Cline, Isla Morton,Eliz ibsth Harris, Hazel Thomp-son, Mabel Miller, Mildred Wil-fong, Robert Boatright, JamesWhite.

Fourth Grade Frankie Burns,Eva Knox, Marie Little, SudieSherrill, Ermonie Snerrill, IlaStarnes, Tyree Na£>ors, RobertSouford, Lester Ford. ErnestWannemacher. ?

Fifth Grade Grace v Seaboch,Lois Fry, Janie Menzies, MaryBlount Martin, Louise Cilley,Glenn Russeil, Ciifton Deal,James Whitener, Kenn?th Men-zies.

Sixth Grade Edward Clem-ent. Virginia Whit*, AnnieWhite, George Wnite, EzraAbv-rnethy, Donald Button,Pameia Starne*, Mary MftGal-liarcK wWceLyerl.v, Eieanore Deal.

Seventh Grade Alex MefcziesWoriand Eaton, Clinton Cilley,Stirling Menzies, Aiteen Aiken,Jessie Patrick, Ina Huffman.

Eighth Grade Catherine Wan-nemacher.

Tenth Grade?Ethel Starnes.SOUTH SCHOOL.

First Grade Andrew Ruda-sill,Hazel Bolch, James Kerr,Ernest Thompson, Wright Wil-liams, Willie Ecta Click, MaryMiller,

Second Grade Grace Sigmon,Howard Fletcher, MargueritePollard, Arlie Bowman, MabelSeagle, Elsie Poovey, HildaLocke, Hazel Biven?, OthoTeague, John Bryan, EdwinBoyd, Donald Bumgarner.

Third Grade Dennie Wil-liams, Paul Yount, Eubert Bost,Carl Sigmon, Estelle Bivens.

Fourth Grade De Witt Mes-sick, Mary Louise Hill,LouiseFritz.

Filth- Grade G?orge Waugh,Katherine Fritz, Troy Huggins,Blanche Burns, Bertha Harding,Rachel Pollard.

Sixth Grade Eugenia Mclver,Vergie Sigmon, Gladys Hefner.

Seventh Grade Mary Doll,Ethel Messick, Era Prop3t,Norma Stephenson, Artie Wag-ner, Moses Kennedy, Harry Mc-Comb, Gordon Messick.

Mrs. McLain is visiting hersister, Mrs. J. A. Martin.

Autpmobiles.

A carefully conducted canvassof automobile registrationthroughout the country made by"Automobile" and just madepublic in its latest issue, tends toindicate that the number of auto-mobiles and motor trucks regis-tered in the United States in-creased from 1,010,483 in "1912 to1,253 875 at present, a gain of243,392, and the output of thefactories grew from 378,261 carsand trucks in 1912 to over 450,000 in the past year.

Of course New York leadswith a registration of 122,411,while North Carolina is twenty-ninth with 10,000. Today thereare engaged in the manufactureof automobiles about 400 com-panies and the estimate for theoutput in 1913 is between 500,-000 and 600,000 cars and trucks.There is propably no industry inthe country growing faster thanthe manufacture of automobilesand as the price gets cheaper theannual output will be corres-ponding increased to meet thedemand.? Evening Chronicle.

A dispatch from Brive, France, saysa large section of a mountain near therehas become detached by seismic -dis-turbances and is sliding down into availey, sleeping everything in itspatn. Earthquake shocks were feltSunday evening in Alabama, Ohio,Missouri and in Washington.

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By the use of Royal Baking Powder agreat many more articles of food may bereadily made at home, all healthful, de-licious, and economical, adding muchvariety and attractiveness to the 'menu.

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i NEW CHURCH IN HIGHLAND.

Baptist Congregation CommenceWork on New Building.

Highland, Mar. 30. ?Work hasbeen commenced on the HighlandBaptist church.

One of Mr. Wm, Lail's child-ren was severely burned aboutthe face several days ago whilecarrying coals of fire on a shovel

| from one part of the house toanother. It is improving at thiswriting.

Mr. Kobt. Eckard ha 3 beenquite sick for several weeks

Mr. J. H. Mingus is out againafter suffering with a severe caseof pneumonia. ?

' Mr. Dick Martin and family arei preparing to move to West Hick-lory.

Mr. Thos. Hoke, who is livingin the Wm. Ilyder house, is build-ing a nice cottage south of thechair factory, which he will oc-cupy as soon as it is completed.

Mr. Raymond Hunt has movedhis family back to his home herefrom Charlotte.

Mr. Eugene Lafon has boughtthe Julius Bolick property. Hewill move his family there in ashort time.

Mr. Perry Fry is on the policeforce at present.

Mr. and Mrs. John Deal, ofCatfish, spent Saturday night andSunday with Mr. and Mrs. LeonCline.

Mrs, John Fry and childrenspent Sunday with her sisters,the Misses Houck.

Mr. W. S. Robinson's family,including all but himself, tookthe mumps about the same time.They are all recovering.

News From West Hickory.

West Hickory, Mar. 30. ?Sincethe warm weather has set in, gar-den making seems to be greatlyin fashion in our town. It seem-ed as ifeverybody was busy dur-ing the past week - preparingtheir gardens and planting seeds.

E. W. Humphrey has beensick with rheumatism for severaldays but is a little better at pres-ent.

S. M. Propstand Claud Griffinresigned their positions as loom-fixers at the Ivey Mill and aregoing to Brookford to fix looms.C. E, Bolick anfr G. C. Wilsontake their places:

Miss Carrie Berry gave a birth-day party Saturday evening. Anumber of her friends and schoolmates were invited. There wereabout fourteen present.

The graded school here closedFriday, March 27. The reportsof the pupils in all the gradesshowed that they had done wellduring the term.

Miss Alma Berry visited Miss-es Minnie and Carrie Berry Sat-urday. .

R. W. William 3, who has beenhere several weeks ha? gone toAlta Vista, Va., to resume hiswork in the mill there.

T, D. Berry, of Drexel, washere Saturday visiting his father,P. Berry,

Sid Lewis and wife movedfrom Brookford last week andare working in the mill here.

Clyde Bostian and Miss CordiaSetzer were married here Sundayevening. Q. A. Hedrick perform-ed the ceremony. The parents

of both parties live in WestHickorv.

Dr, J. J. Hicks bought Ed.Sherrill's house and lot in WestHickory Saturday, The consid-eration was $B5O. This propertyis near the State Highway and itis reported that Dr. Hicks intendsto build a dental office on the lotin the near future.

FINE PERCHERON HORSE.

Purchased for Farmers of This Coun-ty in Ohio.

For some time the farmers in Cat-!awba county have been discussing theadvisability of purchasing a Percheronhorse. About two weeks ago, a meet-ing was held and it was decided tosend Mr. Dan T. Gray, of the Depart-ment of Agriculture at Raleigh, toOhio and get a horse.

Mr. Gray spent a week in Ohio andvisited a good many different farmers,and he purchased from Brown andAyers, Hillsboro, Ohio, the black Per-

cheron, "Jokai." This is a register-ed horse, and Mr. Gray says he is pro-bably the best Percheron horse everbrought South. The day he was load-ed on the car, he weighed 1850pounds.

ihere will be a meeting of all farm-ers interested in this horse at the Far-mers' Union Warehouse, Newton, Sat-urday, April 4th, at 1 o'clock, to or-ganize a Horse iireeders' Union. Ad-vertisements in regard to this horsewill appear in next week's issue of thispaper. -

Thirty-five horses belonging to theParham Supply Company of Hendersonwere roasted to death in a fire that de-stroyed the company's stable and allcontents Saturday night.

CATAWBA COUNTY'S RURALCREDIT ASMTIM

It Is in Effect a Rural Buildingand Loan Association?Why

Not Try it in YourNeighborhood?

(By W.J. SHUFORD.)For some time the question of

farm credits has been discussedand various plans have .been of-fered to help the farmer getmoney at a low rate of interestand for a long time. This ques-tion came up in Catawba County,and our farmers made study ofthe local building and loan Idea,and decided to form an aasocia-tion modeled along its lines. Sev-eral meetings were held in therooms of the Chamber cf Com-merce and committees appointedto solicit shares.

After several mouths, and agood many meetings, we organ-ized "The Catawba Rural CreditAssociation." We began business with 38 shareholders sub-scribing for 200 shares, and theplan in brief may be describedas follows:

1. Shares of Stock ?Eachmember pays an initiation fee of50 cents per share to join, and $1per month for each share carriedpar value of shares $lOO. A pay-ment of $1 per month on eachshare will mature $lOO in about81 or 82 months.

2. Time of Payments. -Pay-ments may be made tnonthJv,quarterly and semi-annually tosuit the convenience of the share-holder, but shareholders, espec-ially patrons of the creamery, areurged to pay monthly.

3. How Loans Are Made.The money is loaned to sharehol-ders at 6 per cent interest, and issecured by first mortgage onfarm lands not to exceed two-thirds of their cash value. Loansare made to shareholders only,and each shareholder onust carryone share of stock for every $lOOborrowed. He is charged 6 percent interest on what he borrows,and gets 6 per cent on what hepays in; the compound interestmore than takes care of any ex-pense and helps to mature hisshare. L.oans will be' mitSeTrTrv-tation as applied for, and asmoney comes in.

4. Paid-up Shares,?A limit-ed number of paid up shares willbe issued. These will be takenby farmers as an investment, andwillpay 4 per cent, interest paidsemi-annually, and will partici-pate in the profits and mature inabout five years. For example,a farmer takes a paid-up share,paying $9O down on this. He re-ceives interest at the rate of 4per cent paid semi-annually, andthis share will mature him $lOOin a fraction over five years.

5. Management.?-Theaffairsof the association are managedby a Board of eight directorselected for one year, and thisBoard elects a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treas-urer; also elects a loan CDmmitteefrom each township in which theAssociation works. The Boardof Directors (with the exceptionof one or two) are all farmers.The directors meet monthly forthe making of loans and thetransaction of other business.

6. Local Direction,?Threeshareholders from each townshipconstitute a loan committee,and they examine all proper-ty offered to the Association assecurity for a loan; and make awritten report to the directors onforms furnished them.

7. Fines.?Anv shareholderneglecting to pay his dues whenthe time comes shall thesum of 10 cent per share for everymonth the dues remain unpaid.

8. New Shares.?A new ser-ies of shares will he opened upevery quarter.

This in brief is the plan we aredoing business under, and we be-lieve it is going to help our far-mers. As we grow, changes willprobably be made, and the workstrengthened. Will we get fundsenough to meet the demands thatwill be made upon us? That re-mains to be seen, but we believethat we will as soon as our far-mers get their attention called tothe fact that they can individual-ly help each other buy a farm,

improve what they have; or buymore livestock, etc., for the farm.

Our association starts out un-der the most favorable circum-stances. Our President is afsuc-cessful farmer, our Vice Presi-dent is president of the FirstBuilding and Loan of Hickory,and has been for years. ThisAssociation has $350,000 loanedin Hickory, and never lost a dol-lar. Our Secretary is Secretaryof the above Association, and hasvolunteered his services for ayear at no cost to the Association.With no rents, etc., to pay, ourexpenses will be very snail.

MASS MEETING APRIL 8.

Progressive Democrats to Gather inRaleigh on Thti Date.

Wednesday. April Bth, .is theday tor the Progressive Demo-cratic mass meeting in ltileigh;William J. Bryan and Joseph usDaniels are coming in additionto State leaders, and a thoroughgoing State-wide primary is ex-pected to be the dominant issue.

So announced Chairman Clar-ence Poe, who yesterday re-ceived a telegram from Washing-ton giving the Bryan date andalso a letter from PresidentWilson expressing further in-terest in the North Carolina pri-mary light and especial satisfac-tion with the New Jer&ty pri-mary law, which was. putthrough while he was Governor.

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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,jRev, J. H. WannemacheK pastor.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES* ??

Palm Sunday Services, April5. 11:00, Our Hosannas. By thePastor. 7:30 p. m;, Christ TrialBefore Pilate.

Monday Evening. PeterV De-nial. By the Pastor. / 'V'

Tuesday Evening. Christ orBarabbas. Rev L.L. Lohr.;

Wednesday Evening. Beholdthe Men. Rev. R. L. Fritz,

Thursday Evening., The - TwoMalefactors. Rev. Grover Mor-gan. V.-

Friday Morning 10:3Q. SpecialGood Friday Services. ?;

Friday Evening. It is Finish-ed, Rev. M. L. Stirewair. .

EASTER DAY,; \

11 a. m. Our Easter Message,Communion.

7:30 p. m. Easter Program,consisting of music and recita-tions. V V'

The public is cordially invitedto attend all these services.

Gastonia Guarciisman Dies on Duty.Gastonia, March 30.?Bert

Gilbert, a member of the localMilitarycompany, died suddenlylate this afternoon while thecompany was undergoing in-spection at the hands of- the Fed-eral and State authorities. TheCompany was drawn up in theArmory at the time and CaptainRussell Langdcn. detailed to thisState by the United States Armyann Colonel Stringfield of theState Guard were giving instruc-tion. It is supposed some affec-tion of the heart was the causeof the Guardsman's death.

Mr. Gilbert was about 35 yearsold and leaves a family. Hehad not been well for severaldays.

Dr. Brown and his Bungalow.Dr. R. Wood Brown and lady

are domociied at the MarshallHotel where they willremain un-til their bungalow is ready foroccupancy. While their new resi-dence will not be very large itwill be modern in every ..respect,being huilt for comfort insteadof display. The doctor says thehouse and out buidings will bespacious enough for his wife andself, the canary, "Toots", thepony, "Dolly" and his thorough-bred chickens.

St. Andrew's Evangelical LutheranChurch.

Regular services Sunday morn-ing with Confirmation. ThePassion History of our Lord willbe read during Holy Week begin-ning with Sunday evening andcontinuing up to Saturday. Allare cordially invited.

Car Load of Cream Separators.The Empire Cream Separator Com-

pany, of Bloomfield, N. J., will distri-bute separators in North Carolina fromHickory. The Hickory Seed Com-pany has just received a car load o(

these famous separators.Advertisements of these machines

and prices will appear in next week'sissue.

We will operate in Catawba,Alexander, Burke and Caldwellcounties, and serve the farmers.It is just a little over two monthssince we organized, and we arenow ready to make our first loansamolinting to about $1,500, April&

,Any system of rural creditsthat may be worked out must re-cognize the building and loan tosome extent. It affords a splen- jdid opportunity ftfrmonthly saving. Tf Is mutual,all members sharing alike. It isoperated economically. No newlaws are necessary to put it intooperation.

Why not try it in, your com-munity? Think of it?abdut 80months from January 1 we willdistribute $20,000 in cancelledmortgages and cash among thefarmers that carry their sharesto maturity.

SECOND ANNUALSCHOOL DEBA TING CON7ES7

A J LEAOIR COL24The second annual high school and a statement from the prinei*

debating class for a gold medal pal of his school that be is awill be held in the Lenoir College BONE FIDE student, shall be inauditorium Friday evening, the hands of the secretary of theApril 24. * faculty of Lenoir College not

These exercises are conducted later than April 20. Schools in*in order to encourage the prac- tending to send a representativetice of declamation in our high should inform the undersignedschools as an exercise 01 high once,cultural value and as necessary The places of declaimers onfoundation for success in the the program in the contest shallstudy and practice of public be determined by lot.speaking. In case there are more than

The following are the condi- eitfht contestants, a preliminarytions under which the contest contest shall be held at the Colwill be conducted: lege, Friday afternoon, April

State High Schools, City High 24,1914. -

Schools, or other schools of the No declamation shall containsame rank, in counties of North more than 1000 words (600 toCarolina west of the Yadkin 1000 words is a good range,)River, or in Davidson County, A gold medal shall be awardedshall be entitled to one repre- by a competent committee tosentative in the contest that declaimer whom they shall -

The name of each contestant, judge to have won in the con-the subject of his declamation, test.

Has No Objections to ProgressiveMeeting.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 30.?SenatorSimmons when questioned upon his re-turn here today regarding the progress-ive convention to be held at Raleigh,stated that if some gentleman in thestate wished to call a convention todiscuss progressive policies and plan jprogressive legislation tfley were en-tirelywithin their rights and that hewould make no objection and place noobstacles in their way.

The senator returned today after anabsence of about two weeks which hespent in recuperating at his home inNewbern. He explained that be returned earlier than he intended becauseof the statement made by SenatorO'Gorman, chairman of the committeeon interoceanic canals, that he wouldnot call the committee to consider thebill to repeal the canal tolls provisionbecause of the absence of SenatorsSimmons and Shields.

Student Gamblers Exposed.

A correspondent writing from Chapel Hill to the Raleigh News and Ob-server and the Greensboro News saysthe betrayal of confidence between pro-fessed gamblers, growing oat of the re-fusal of the one to redeem a check tor$2O passed in a "crap" game, led toan exposure between some students ofthe University and citizens of the vil-lage.

The names given are Jack Sparrow,W. J. Patterson, N J. Cartmell andFloyd Booker, citizens; J. D. Kernoo-die of Graham, G. B. Crowell of Liu-colnton, J. E. Ware of Charlotte, Jul-ius Johnson, Jr., of Yanceyville and F.C. Jones of Plymouth, students, thetwo latter members of the law class;Ralph Andrews, pharmacy student andM. B. Warren, automobile chauffeur.The persons implicated were placedunder bonds of $l5 and $25 each toappear in court.

When the papers publishing thes*ory reached Chapel Hill the personsimplicated in the gambling and theirfriends were very wroth and the cor-respondent of the papers was assaulted.

Thus the State University, throughsome of the folks allowed there, con-tinues to make a reputation for itself.A little more than a year ago a studentwas killed while being haz~d. Now itis a gambling crowd and those involvedresort to mob law when exposed. TheUniversity, it should be remembered,is supported by the money of the tax-

payers; and it is fast becoming a dis-grace to the State.?The Landmark.

"Mr. William Harris, of Le-noir, was in the city Monday.

ARMVEBSAIIt EIERCSESAT LEAOIR CILLER

Eumenesa snd Philsletheso LiterarySocieties to Reader s SplendidProgram.

The fourth Anniversary of the Fu*menean and Philalethean Literary So-cieties of Lenoir College willhold theirfourth Anniversary in the college audi-torium Monday evening, April 6, at8:15 o'clock.

The program is as follows:PART I.

Piano Duet, Spanish Dance No. 3....Meazkewski

Misses Christman and HookerEssay, The North American Indian...

Annie PowlasChorus, (a) De Coppah M00n......

Kowe Shelley(b) Don't You Mind The Sorrows...

.Eugene CdwlesTen Years Hence, by Members of the

SocietiesPiaso Solo, Shadow Dance Op. 35...

Edward McDowellMiss Bryte Beam .

, PART 11..

- .Drama, Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThis program is very interesting and

the people of the city are cordially in-vited to come and hear it.» " , - | j_

How Advertising Rolled in the Money.The Fourth Estate tells the fol-

lowing story: -

F. Irving Fletcher, advertisingmanager of Saks& Co., New York,at a Sphinx Club dinner in NewYork, told a thrilling advertisingstory. . ".

"Ionce made a bet with a dry-goods dealer," said Mr. Fletcher,that he couldn't spend in a year

on advertising all he made in thatyear. The man took me up andsailed in.

"But he lost his bet Thoughhis advertising bills grew biggerand bigger, he lost For the morehe advertised, the more he sold,and in the end, after startingeight branch stores, he gave inand paid me my money."

Notice to Confederate Veterans.All Confederate Veterans intending

to go to the Reunion at Jacksonville.Fla., will please give me their names,company and regiment.

S. E. KILLIAN,Sec. Camp 162.

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