T*IE HICKORY DEMOCRATESTABLISHED 1899 <rDemocrat and Press Consolidated 19. >

METHODIST CONFERENCE :CLOSES AT REIDSVILLE

Rev. A. L. Stanford Returnedas Pallor of Fir& M. E.

Church. <i

The annual Western NorthCirolina Conference of the M.E. Church South, came to a closeat Reidsville Monday. This bodywill meet in Gastonia next 'year. .

Rev. A. L. Stanford was re-turned as pastor of the FirstChurch of this city. Rev. B. A.York", for two years pastor of ,the Hickory circuit, was super-annuated, and will be succeededb / Rev. T. J. Folger. Rev. E.0. Smithdeal, for the past yearpastor of West Hickory Church,'goes to Pilot Mountain and issucceeded by Rev. D. F. Carver.Rev. W. M. Biles of Newton goesto West A'sheville and is suc-ceeded by Rev. J. H, We3t.R=v. L, T. Mann is now presid- 1ing elder of the Charlotte dis-trict.

The following are the appoint-

ments for Statesville district:W. R. Ware, presiding elder.Alexander cir c u It, C. P.

Goode.Catawba circuit, A. G. Loftin.Cool Spring circuit. E. K.

Creel.Davidson, Ira Erwin.Granite Falls-Hudson, W. V.

Honeycutt.Hickory, First Church, A. L.

Stanford.Hickory circuit, T. J. Folger.Iredell circuit, J. C. Mock.Lenoir Station, D. M, Litaker.Lenoir circuit, J. C. Postelle,Maiden, J. A. Peeler.Mooresville Station, C. S.

Kirkpatrick.

Mooresville circuit, J. T. Rat-ledge.

Mt. Zion, J. W. Jones, Jr.,preacher; E. M. Hoyle.

Newton Station, J. H. West.North Lenoir circuit, J. W,

Hoyle.Rhodhiss, G. W. Fink.Statesville, Broad street. J,

F. Kirk.Statesville, Race street, J. W.

Williams.Statesyille circuit, D. H.

Reinhanit.Stony Point circuit. W, T, Al-

bright.Troutman circuit, J, C, KeeVer.West Hickory, D. F. Carver.President Davenport college,

J. B. Craven.Bursar Davenport college, C.

M. Campbell.Professor Davenport college,

E. J. Harbinson.Superannuated, B. A: Yorke.The following are the statis-

tics of the conference:Local preachers, 200; memberri

106,303, an increase of 6,071 overlast year.

There were 7,793 additions onprofession of faith, 4.844 of thesecoming from Sundayschools, and 5,276 by certificates.

In baptisms there were 4,057adults and 1,851 infants.

Statistical reports show 890churches, valued at $2,573,505;199 parsonages, valued at $494,-665; other property at a value of$143,387. There aie 11 districts,with 10 parsonages, worth $50,-500. The church carries an in-surance of $804,563.

The Sunday school depart-ment shows some interestingstatistics: Eighty-three schools;6.280 cfFicsrs and teachers; homedepartment, 1,687; cradle roll;272; members in all departments,87,882 an increase of 6,156 overlast year. There are 22 trainingclasses and 260 Bible classes;4,844 pupils joined the church.

In the financial statistics, thepastors were paid $190,635, thepresiding elders, $21,156, thebishops, $2,848 the superannual"reachers, $10,292, total of$224,931. Foreign missions re-ceived, $27,079; home and con-ference missions, $25,670; churchextension, $9,171; education,$12,692; expended for improve-ments and upkeep, $143,389;with many minor interests thatwillrun the] great .total to over$565,000.

Southern PowerCompany Plant

Nearly CompletedStatesville, Nov. 19.?The

Southern Power company's bighydrc-electric cower plant atLookout Shoals on the Catawbariver 12 miles west of Statesville,is nearing completion. A sectionot the big dam was closed yes-

terday and as a result so muchof the water of the river wascut off that the cotton mills ofthe Long Island Cotton Millcompany at Long Island and theTurner Mills company's mills atMonbo and East Monbo, severalmiles further down the river, |were forced to shut down for sixhours.

SOCIAUTEMSNovember 18 Mrs. W. L. Aber-

nethy entertained the Travellers'Club. Mrs. W. JL Flowe and Mrs.,M. L. Mitchell were guests andDr. J. H, Shuford also for a shorttime. Miss Geitner gave a briefsketch of Corneille, from whosewritings the day's quotations atroll-call were chosen. This au-thor with Racine bears the titleof French Shakespeare. Mrs, J.H. Patrick opened the programwith an article on "Scientific Pro-gress in France." It was re-markable how much valuable andinteresting information wasconveyed in so concise a form,

about the nation which has giventhe world some of the greatestdiscoveries and inventions of theage in every department. Mrs.J. L. Cilley then gave pleasureby playing the "Scarf-Dance" of

Cecile Chaminade, a French wo-man who enjoys the reputationpf being the greatest womancomposer. Mrs. E. B. Menziesread an interesting account of"Louis Pasteur and Male. Curie,"the one the apostle of steriliza-tion, the other the discoyerer ofradium. Mrs: Chadwick. Mrs.W, L, Abernethy and Mrs. J. L.Cilley sang a trio, "Amaryllie,"a gavotte composed by Louis XIIIin 1620. Mrs. J. H. Shuford readin closing a selection from Mar-tin's "Stones of Paris" on

"Quartier Latin," bringing intoprominence Gringorrie and Fran-cis Villon, The beautiful chry-

santhemums and roses from thegarden deserve mention, Aftercurrent events, delicious refresh-ments brought this profitablypleasant evening to a close.

Use for Obsolete Guns.

Many unmilitary things aremade of obsolete gua3, and inEngland especially are to bafound a number of objects otinterest in this line savs theMarine Journal. The VictoriaCross, for instance, haa alwaysbeen manufactured firmthegunscaptured at Sebastopol. Manythings in the British Isles are

named for Waterloo in conse-quence of the great victory thatwas won there over Napoleon on

June 18. 1815, one in particularbeing the Waterloo Bridge, the

gas brackets on which werefashioned many years ago from

cannon used at Waterloo. Anoth-er instance is the ornamentalcapital of the monument toNelson, the hero of Trafalgar,

which was made from old can-non, and at Aldershot there isan effigy of Wellington and hischarger Copenhagen, also madefrom worn out guns. In thecrypt of St. Paul's there is thefuneral car which bore the re-mains of Wellington to his lastresting place, made entirely ofenemy guns.

Killed by Auto Saturday.

Salisbury, Nov. 20. DavidLentz, 40 years old and a prom-

inent farmer of the Organ

church neighborhood of Rowancounty, was killed this afternoonwhen his automobile took to aditch while Mr, Lentz and his

son were on their way home.Mr. Lentz, junior, was driving

the car at the time of the acrri.dent that cost his father his lifeThe son escaped unhurt.

HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915

Local and PersonalItems of Interest!

Today is Thanksgiving Day.Remember the orphan?.

The City Council have increas-ed tie salary of PolicemanEugene Sigmon to $55 a month,

Mr. Harry Little, a former!Hickory boy, who is travellingbaggage inspector for the South-ern Railway, was a Hickory visi-tor last week.

Mrs. John M. Stephens, whohas been spending some timevisiting in Atlanta and Char-lotte, returned home Thursdaynight.- The directors of the CatawbaCounty Rural credit associationmet Saturday afternoon at theFirst Building & Loan office.The annual meeting of the stock-holders of this institution will beheld in January.

Mr, C. M. Sherrill, formerly ofthis city now of Louisville, Ky.,has accepted a position a3 mana-ger of the Chicago office of theFulton Company and will enterhis new work December 1. Mr,Sherrill has manyclo3e friends inHickory, he having spent manyyears here.

The' Bethel church congrega-

tion and the Aid Society willjhold their annual Thanksgivingsale at Bethel fchurch Thanks-giving day. There will bepreaching at eleven o'clock iu

| the morning and the sale at oneo'clock P. M. Every body is cor-dially invited t" come.

Friday night thieves enteredthe store of Aahcraft & Lock-hart and took $l2 in change.Nothing else was missed. Therobber entered through a rearwindow. Mr. D. P. Bowman'sstore was also entered Thursdaynight and made off with about$3, several sweaters, shoes, andother small articles.

Sophia 19th, of Hood Farm,Lowell, Mass., is the world'schampion Jersey cow, with arecord of 17,557 pounds, 12ounces milk, and 1,175 pounds,7 ounces butter, one year authe-nticated test. Wonder if wehaven't some cows in Catawbathat will compare favorably withthe above record?

Mr. S. C. Cornwell returnedSaturday from Dayton, Oltfo,where he sttended the annualconvention of City Managers. H.M. Waite of Dayton, was electedpresident, J. G. Barnwell ofRock Hill, vice-president, and|O. E. Carr of Cadillac, Mich.,secretary-treasurer, The con-vention will meet next year withthe National Municipal Leagueat a time and place to be chosenlater.

The Revival services at thefirst Baptist Church, whichwere conducted for a week byRev, J. T. Riddick of Durham,closed last Thursday night, andRey. Mr. Riddick left for hishome Friday. There were 25additions to the church andmuch renewed spiritual interestas a result of the meeting, Rev.Mr. Riddick is a splendid preach-er, and greatly endeared him-self in the hearts of Hickory citi-zens during his stay here,

Mrs. Bettie Rainieand littlegrandson, Rainie Smith, ofMilton, spent the week end herewith Mr, and Mrs. E. V. Morton,

Mrs. Rainie has many warmfriendsjin H'ckory who look for-ward with much pleasure to hervisits to Hickory. They leftSunday eveninar, accompanied byMiss Lelia Walters of Blanch,who has been spending sometime here with her cousin, MissFrancis Lentz, for Bartow, Fla.,where they will spend the win-ter. Mrs. Rainie will visit herdaughter, and Miss Walters hersister.

Notice!All day turkey rolling at

Stroup's Park, Thursday, No-vember 25. E/erybody invited.Special - rolling ground forladies. Automobile service, carsstart from front of Busy BeeCafe. Lunch on grounds,

JOHN E. HAITHCOCKANSWERS LAST SUMMONS

Death Came Thursday Night.Was 65 Years of Age..

Funeral Saturday.

Mr. John E. Haithcock, formany years a resident of Hickory

and one of our most highly re-spected citizans. passed away lastThursday night at an hour un-

known, he having been founddead in bed Friday morning

about 11 o'clock, death havingapparently overtaken him duringthe night.

The funeral services were con-ducted from the, First Presbyter-ian Church Saturday afternoon at2:30 o'clock, conducted by hispastor, Rev. J. G. Garth. Pallbearers were Messrs. Geo. W.Hall, C. C- Bost, D. M. McComb.C. M. Shuford, W. B. Menziesand Dr. W. B. Ramsay. The in-terment was in Oakwood ceme-tery.

The deceased was 65 years. 5months and three days of age.He was born at Williamsboro, N.C., and grew up there as a boy.

December 3,1863, he was happi-ly married to Miss Annie ElizaVashon of Richmond, Va. Tothis union were born three child-ren, Geo. E. Haithcock, who nowlives in Gastonia, Miss MarthaH, Haithcock of Hickory, andJohn Vashon Haithcock, whodied in 1891 at the age of 6 years.With his family and parents

he moved to Hickory December31, 1887.

Mr. Haithcock was formerly inthe furniture business in H:ck-ory but retired from this about10 years ago, going into insur-ance and real estate businesswhich he has been connected iwith ever since, For the past !five years he has been in very jfeeble health and Miss Mattie, jhis daughter, ever faithful, at-tended to her father's businessaffairs. Mrs. Haithcock diedApril 6,1910.

In the death of this good manHickory keenly feels her loss.His industry, uprightness, cour-tesy and sympathy won for himthe esteem and trust of all andmany recognized him as a bene-factor and leader. He was anelder in the Presbyterian Church.The bereaved son and daughterhave the heartfelt sympathy of

all our people.

Women in Mexico.The dress of the women of

the peons is generally sombre jhued and modest. No scarletblanket covers them, but a bluereboso, or shawl, which is gen-

erally placed over the headin lieu of a hat.

The women of the poorerclass accept with what to theforeign seems almost a patheticresignation, the style of dresswhich custom has dictated totheir class. There is no aping

of the wealthy in their attire.Whether itbe the fine lace man-

tilla or the Parisian hat whichthe far-distant-from-her senoritawears; as in temple or plaza shetakes her dainty way, or thepretty frock or delicate shoes,the poor woman of the peon, orthe mujur of the pretty shop-keeper, casts no envious glance.

Mrs, Lucretia Roberts is con-stable and deputy sheriff ofSanta Cruz county, Ariz. She isa widow and i 3 interested incattle. Mrs. Roberts has aranch of 160 acres and has ar.rested a Mexican horse thiefwith the aid of deputies, whowere men. Mrs. Roberts evenhas had a tussle with wolves.She is a young woman withblond hair and a very winningsmile for an offlcar of the law,She is bitter on "bootleggers"

and says that any man whomshe orders must come to her as-

sistance against malefactors.

President Wilson was greatlyagitated when his automobilecame near to running down a

; small boy. Alone in his class,[byjinks!

HICKORY CITIZENS. AND LENOiR COLLEGE

Mass Meeting Held in Interestof the $lOO,OOO Endow-

ment Fund.

An enthusiastic mass-meetingin the interest of the additionalsloo*ooo endowment fund forLenoir College, now being raised,was held in the Hub Theatrelast Friday night. Mayor J. W.Shuford presided as chairman,and short talks were made byMr. John J. George, PresidentR, L. Fritz, Dr. W, A. Deaton,Mr. D. W. Aderholdt, Prof. C.M. Si.aley. Rev. J. D, Harte,Rev. J. L. Murphy, D. D., Rev.Longaker, Mr. A. K. Joy, Mr.Bascom Blackwelder and RJr. D.L. Russell, Hickory's part tobe raised for the endowment isp!aced Nat $25,000, and consider-ing the financial benefit derivedthrough having the college inHickory, this is considered a fairassessment.

The campaign to raise thisendowment will be vigorouslyprosecuted from now on untilthe amount is raised. It willmean a bigger and better LenoirCollege which at the same timewill be a part of greater Hickory.The priviledge of contributingto this worthy cause is onewhich those having the meanscannot afford to overlook. It isthe hope of this paper that Doc-tor Fritz will experience notrouble whatever in raising theendowment, the interest accru-ing from which will mean somuch for the college in ad-vancing the cause of Christianeducation.

A large number of college

students attended the mass-meet-ing and enlivened the occasionwith their yells and cheers. Themeeting was very enthusias-tic notwithstanding the smallattendance.

The Print Shop Towel.Everything.

The printing office towel isbcrn with the complexion of thelily and the freshness of therose ?it is hung in pristine puri-ty from a roller that seldom re-yolves?it shakes hand with bestfellows and the wisest of men-it comes to, be populated byenough germs to entitle it toprotection by the society withthe long name ?it loses its com-plexion and chaste purpose?a

residum of lye from the yellow-est of soap eats out conscienceand its hope?its flexibilityvanishes like tne editor's scissorsand the foreman's pipe?it maybe rolled up like a carpet andwill stand in the corner like anumbrella, but it is dear to theheart of every printer, for itsdamp acquaintance is the lantrite that marks to his depar-ture to the realm of food andlikker.

Prohibition Bills Passed.

Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 18.?Threeprohibition bills passed at thespecial session of the Georgiastate legislature have been sign-ed by Governor Nat. E. Harris.Two of the measures were sign-ed today and the other last night.All become effective May 1,1916.

One of the bills prohibits themanufacture or sale within thestate of any beverage containingmore than one-half of one percent of alcohol. Another forbidsthe advertisement of intoxicatingliquors in newspapers, periodi-cals, on billboards or by any oth-er means. The third providesthat shipments of liquor into thestate for personal use shall belimited to two quarts of whisky,forty-eight pints of beer and onegallon of wine to any one personwithin any thirty-day period.

Speak scftly to mother. Talkgently to father. Be considerateof the brother or sister. It willmake a man of you, and in af-ter life you will be kind, gentle

and considerate to all people,

an honor to your community, and| a bright spot in the lives of yourfellow beings.

New Series Vol. I. No. 42

NEWS OF THE WEEKFROM WEST HICROSr

Local and Personal Items ofThat Hulling Town and

Community. *

West Hickory, Nov.J. M. Freeman is getting Srong

fine with his night school. Hehas about 25 pupils enrolled andthey all seem to betaking a greatinterest in the work.

Mr, Calvin Lail is quitesick at present. He has pneu-monia.

Miss Lillian Abernethy spentlast week in Asheville with hersister. Miss Vida Abernethy,

Miss Emma Lewis is sick atpresent. Her many friends wishfor her a speedy recovery.

Mr. H. A. Burch has returnedafter spending several days atMorganton'and Table Rock.

Miss Fannie Smith and hermother have moved to theirhome in Lenoir.

Miss Maude Reinhardt of Pla-teau, was here Saturday and*Sunday visiting the family ofMr. H. A. Heavener.

Mrs. Barbara Hawn spent Sat-urday and Sunday with relativesat Oyama.

Mr. Cicero Williams of AltaVista, Va., has been here severaldays visiting the family of Mr.R. W, Williams.

Mr. W. P. Austin spent Sun-day with his father near Le-noir.

Slinging the Slush.

A Washingtod dispatch reads:?'Mrs, McAdoo, wife of thesecretary of the treasury and adaughter of President Wilson,appeared on the street todaywith a cane. It was an ebony

hued cane with a crooked handleinlaid with silver. Now andthen she hooked it over herarm."

How interesting! And what adisplay of journalistic ingenuityin ferreting out and dishing upto a staid world the really im-portant events of the day.But this Solomon of the pressneglected to tell us the length

of its size ani weight,

the store from which it was pur-chased and the angle at which itwas carried. Such omissions arereprehensible in modern jour-nalism,

Success.He has achieved who has

lived well, laughed often, andloved much; who has*gained therespect of intelligent men, andthe love of little children; whohas filled his niche and accom-plished his task, wno has leftthe world better than he foundit, whether by an improved pop-py, a perfect Doem, or a rescuedsoul; who has never lacked ap-preciation of earth's beauty, orfailed to express it; who has al-ways looked for the best inothers and given the best he had;whose life was an inspiration;whose memory a benediction. ?

Bessie A. Stanley.

Paved to Depot*

It will be good news to manypeople to learn that the work ofpaving Green street to the depothas been completed and theusual mud on that street will bea thing of the past. The townauthorities are to be congratu-

lated on this work?for rushingit through before the winterrains, sleet and snow. It willprove a blessing to the travellingpublic in general.?MorgantonNews-Herald.

Value Newspaper Ads*The railroads of the United

States demonstrated their faith

lin newspaper advertisements byspending ten million for news-

i paper advertisements duringthe fiscal year, according to anaddress before the Chicago ad-vertising agency by GarrettFoul, general passenger agent ofthe Union Pacific,

A. good man never has toothers of it)

Making Effort toSecure Civilian

Training GampHickory is making an effort to

secure the civilian military campwhich will be established in theSouth next summer, mention ofwhich was made in last week'sDemocrat. Secretary Joy hasreceived a letter from GeneralLeonard Wood in regard to thematter, who states that it willprobably be established fartherSouth, but we understand thatmore details will be furnishedihe war department and that theeffort to bring the camp here willnot be given up. Howard A.

I Banks, former editor of thisl Daper, has interested himself inthe matter and has written Gen-eral Wood urging him to giveHickory fair consideration.

Remember The Orphans.

The proposition has been madeby the North Carolina Orphan-age Association that on Thanks-giving Day everyone shall givethe orphans a day's wages, thegift to go through his own

I church or lodge to the orphanagehe prefers. It would be difficultto think of a more worth cause,and certainly if the people ofthis state should do as the plansuggests, the orphanages of allkinds would not be in debt as somany of them have to report sooften. An orphan child, oneleft without any support ortraining, without the love andsympathy so necessary to allchildlife, is an object of pity toevery one, and it certainly iscommendable that no causeappeah more than this, Fromevery standpoint the orphansneed our help.

No one could calculate theamount of money saved to thestate by the childlife savedthrough orphanage work. Manya derelict would be left strandedon rocks of sin, a menace tomorals, an expense to the state,

if these little ones were left togrow up on the streets of ourcities.

But aside from this, think of

the souls baved and the energysafely directed into good chan-nels. Also many distinguishedservants of the church and statehad their nurture in these insti-tutions. Calculate what you

should give if you responded tothis proposal, and carry it toyour church Thursday morning,

J. G. GARTH.

Judge Rountree Resigns FromBench.

Judge George Rountree, forthe past two and a half years amember of the Superior courtbench, has sent his resignationto Governor Craig and on Janu-ary 1, will resume the practice oflaw at Wilmington.

Marsden Bellamy, of Wilming-ton, has been prominently men-tioned as a possible subcessor toJudge Rountree.

Have Put It Up to GreeceThe entente allies have de-

manded that Greece either joinwith them and fulfill her treaty

obligations to Serbia or demo-bilize. and to impress King Con-stantine that they mean whatthey sav. the allies have declareda commercial blockade of theHellenic empire, according todispatches from Athens.

Mitchell-Whitener.Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock

at the home of the bride's fath-er, Mr. D. T. Whitener, nearBrookford, Miss Laura Whiten-er and Mr. Anderson Mitchell ofAlexander county, were unitedin marriage, Rev. V. L. Flumerof Newton, performing the cere-mony.

Eppes-Schrum.

Miss Mittie Schrum of Lincolncounty, who has often visited in

Hickory, was married lastThursday to Prof. L. M. Eppes,

Rev, J. D. Andrew of Newton,officiating,