i'HE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
Published Tuesday* and Fridays
E. V. MORTON, - Editor and Proprietor
WM. REESE, - City Editor
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Tuesday, June 15, 1915
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Note to Germany
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capture or refusal to stop when
ordered to do so for the purpose
of visit could have afforded the
commander of the submarine any
justification for so much as put
ting the lives of those on boai d
the ship in jeopardy. This prin
ciple the government of the Uni
ted States understands the ex
plicits instructions issued on
August 3,1914, by the imperial
German fadmiralty to its com
manders at sea, to have recog
nized and embDdied, as do the
naval codes of all other nations,
and upon it every traveler and
seaman had a right to deDend.
It is upon this Drinciple of hu
manity as well as upon the law
founded upon this principle that
the United States must stand.
"This government of the Uni
ted States is happy to observe
that your excellency's note closes
with the intimation that the im
perial German government is
willing, now, as before, to accept
the gcod offices of the United
States in an attempt to eome to
an understanding with the gov
ernment of Great Britain, by
which the character and condi
tions of the war upon the sea
may be changed. The govern
ment of the United States would
consider it a privilege thus to
serve its friends and the world.
It stands ready at any time to
convey to either government any
intimation or suggestion the oth
er may be willing to have it con
vey and cordially invites the im
perial German government to
maks use of its services in this
way at its convenience. The
whole world is concerned in any
thing that may bring about even
a partial accomodation of inter
ests or in any way mitigate the
terrors of the present distressing
conflict.
"In the meantime, whatever
arrangement may happily be
made between the parties to the
war and whatever may in the
opinion of the imperial German
government have been the pro
vocation or the circumstantial
justification for the past acts of
its commanders at sea, the gov
ernment of the United States con
fidently looks to see the justice
and humanity of the kovernment
of Germany vindicated in all
cases where Americans have
been wronged or their rights as
neutrals invaded.
"The government of the United
States therefore very earnestly
and very solemnly renews the
representations of its note trans
mitted to the imperial German
government on the 15th of May
and relies in these representa
tions upon these principles of
humanity, the universally recog
nized understandings of interna
tional law and the ancient friend
ship of the German nation.
"The government of the Uni
ted States cannot admit that the
proclamation of a war zone from
which neutral ships have been
warned to keep away may be
made to operate as in any degree
an abbreviation of the rights
either of American shipmasters
or of American citizens bound on
lawful errands as passengers on
merchant ships of belligerant
nationality. It does not under
stand the imperial German gov
ernment to question those rights.
Jt understands it, also, to accept
pa established beyond question
the principle that the lives of
non-combatants cannot lawfully
or rightfully be put in jeopardy
by the capture or destruction of
anjunresisting mei'chan{kiani» and
to recognize the obligation to
take sufficient precaution to as
certain whether a suspected mer
chantman is in fact of belligerent
nationality or is in fact carrying
contraband of war under a neu
tral flag. The government of the
United States therefore deems it
reasonable to expect that the im
perial German government will
adopt the measures necessary to
put these principles into practice
in respect of the safeguarding of
American live? and American
ships and asks for assurances
that this will be done.
(Signed.)
"Robert Lansing.
"Secretary of State Ad Interim."
Biggest Wheat Crop
A billion-bushel wheat crop, the
world's greatest record, is the estimate
of the federal crop reporting board on
the growinp winter and spring wheat
crops.
It would be difficult to over-estimate
the importance of this crop to the world
and to this country, says the New York
Evening Post, "in future economic
history, the fact that the Unitec. States,
in a year of European war aud of short
harvests in Europe should b£ve raised
16 per cent more wheat tbah. in any
previous season, will not be forgotten.
It will be recognized as explaining, on
one hand, the absence in Europe of
that famine and indaiistrial discontent
which constantly aggravated European
social conditions a* the Napoleonic war,
and, on the other hand, the spectacu
lar swing of ths- international trade bal
ance in favor, of America. That this
countiy was.able to sent to Europe,
in the ten months after the harvest,
175,000,000 more bushels of wheat
than the year before, and 39,000,000
more than any previous, insured the
supply of food for Europe, in a critical
emergency. At a time when our own
| general export trade was so hard hit by
| war as to cut down by $53,000,000, as
J compared with the previous year, the
j ten months' outward trade in other
! commodities than wheat, the shipments
jof wheat alone for the period increased
$222,000,000. —Knoxville oentinel**
Business Cheerful.
And still the wonder is that optimism
persists in business circles the faster
and more furious grows the alarm of
possible war.
Sentiment in business circles is more
cheerful than at any time since the
gradual recovery from the jwar shock
started, says the Boston Globe.
"The reason for the present pros
perity," it continues, "arejmany. Fol
lowing the favcrite action oi the steel
corporation suit we are toldjimmsdiate
ly that the steel business is seventy
five or eightv percent of normal, where
as it has been hanging around iifty per
cent or lower for months.
England is cheered over the
textile situation as a whole. Cotton
business in New England is close to
ninety percent of normal, particularly
business in fine cottons. .
Dealers, retailers and wholesalers in
nearly every line are corageously stock
ing UD. Their orders ?re no longer
just large enough to tide ;them over
until the saleman's next call. They are
buying for fall trade. Their courage is
well founded and the accompanying
iropetuis to trade is great.
"Bankers and brokers say that prices
are more nearly approaching values,
and they point to the buying of secu
lities toward the close of last week.
Friday was a million-share day in
New York." —Knoxville Sentinel.
Late News Items.
Admitting that he talked with lead
ing government officials of Germany,
France and England, but denying that
his trip to Europe in any way was con
nected with a possible peace mission,
or that he was the personal emmisavy of
President Wilson, Col. E. M. House
arrived in New York Sunday from Liver
pool. He was a passenger on the Amer
ican Line steamer St. Paul.
Yesterday was the 138 th; birthday of
the Stars and Stripes. One hundred and
thirty-eight years ago, on June 14,
1777, congress, representing the thir
teen federated colonies, legislated "that
the flag of the thirteen United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and white;
that the union be thirteen stars, white,
on a blue field, representing a new
constellation."
The British bark. Crown j of Indis,
and the Norwegian bark. Bellglade,
were sunk by the German submarine,
U-35 Sunday.
Petrograd reports that the Riif>«ia n «j
are driving the Turks back and now
occupying Turkish positions',
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Mammal for Sale.
Germany claim« td lead the world in
civilization. Wei!, she leads it in civ
ilization about as much aslron's cow led
in mildness,''
The speaker was the late James Cree
man, the well-known journalist, who at
the time, saving gaoc-bye to a number
of friends who came to see him embark
for Germany. Mr. Creelman contin
ued:
"Apropos of Irons' cow the Cinna
rainson Scimitar curtained one day
this personal 'ad' on the editor's part:
"Werecently bought from our friend,
the Hon. Ellery A. Irons, prohibition
candidate for the state legislature, a
pedigree cow, guaranteed mild. We
now wish to dis;pose of same, owing to
permanent stiffness ana sh jrtening of
our right leg, caused by compound
fracture above the knee, caused in its
turn by a savage kick of the aforesaid
mammal. When we first purchased
same, the cow was shy, but we have so
far succeeded in taming her that, with
the help of Lariat Lou Bumgarden, we
can now milk her when she is eecurely
bound aad thrown. To a good Chris
tian who does not fear death she would
be a valuable adjunct. We will let
her go cheap for cash." '
Mr. Bryan's Resignation.
We confess surprise ot the turn /)£ e
vents in Washington, bringing the re
tirement of Secretary Bryan at thisjtiine
from President Wilson's cabinet, teem
ing certain of the cordial personal rela
tions that existed between Mr. Bryan
and Mr. Wilson, which are sincere and
still exist, as is conclusively shown by
the letters that are published, and
pass between them, there is little rea
son to suspect that a crisis had arisen
that involved a matter of principle up
on which they could not officially agree.
Such a situation arising, however, it
was but natural and characteristic of
Mr. Bryan that he with draw from the
cabinet and eliminate any possibility of
embarrassment and discord at such a
time in the country 's affairs. Again
Mr. Bryan did the couraj;eus thing. As
the great advocate of peace, be could
not have consistently remained in the
cabinet with a possible warprcgram be
ing carried out, based upon principled
that he could not endorse and accept
in the beginning.
About the Zeppelins,
The from the iaventoi
and constructor, Count Ferdinand Zep
pelin, born in 1838, a soldier by pro
fession, whe served ki the Civil War
and in the Franco-German war of 1870.
The machine which bears his name is.
classed as a right dirigible, that i& built
mainly cf solid material, with alumi
num hull, by SCHJW propellers
and capab'f jtf being steered. The a
luminum hull contaids numerous corn
paitments for holding, hydrogen gas to
give the machine bi toyancy. The Zep
pelins are from 450 to 500 feet in
length, 35 to 48 feet in with, with from
210 to 450 horse pover, four to six
propellers and a speed of3i to 48 miles;
an hour. —Exchange.
Will Approve Action.
Asheville Gazette-Ne vs.
Mr. Bryan's action will generally be
approved. It is being accepted as one
of the biggest things he eve or did.
And it probably is. At the sar ae time
it was the consistent thing for him to
do, and his usefulness as an adviser
was so greatly impaired by his opposi
tion to the president's vicss liat no
other course was possible.
And Mr. Bryan's action mak es clear
er a thing that was never very obscure
that the policy parsued by th e presi
dent is leading directly toward, a break
with Germany—the logical c (inclusion
of developments which began with the
"strict accountability" note. •
-A lazy cuss invariably hunts tbo
shade, but seldom owns the I
Two Prisoners Break Jail.
Wednesday afternoon Reuben Fry
and Garland Travis made a sensational
escape from the county jail and have
not yet bean apprehended, though
they were immediatelv pursued by of
ficers and a large crowd of others t and
phone messages were sent far and
wide.
Armed with nothing more than a
broom stick, they broke an inside door
from its hinges and bodily removed a
window, casing frame and iron bars,
dropped to the roof at the back side of
the fail, and from there to the ground.
They were discovered in a slhort time
and pursuit was given quickly by the
jailor and others, but they burnt the
wind*'to such a good purpose that they
got clean away. Travis was barefooted
and Fry hatless and with out a shirt.
The two with several others, For
rest Reese among them, had been ta
ken out of the cells because of leak
ing plumbing, wrecked several days a
go by drunks who had been locked up
ever night; and while workmen were
repairing the pipes, they were allowed
at large in the room, When the work
men finished Jailor Gilbert gave the
prisoners a short broom and told them
to clean out the cells made damp by
the leaking of the pipes, and came up
town for a few moments. The prison
ers pried off the door casing to which
the door hinges were fastened, and re
moved the entire window in the next
room, frame and all.
When the jailor's family was aroused,
the two were "on their way" and Reece
and others were on the roof, ready to
join them. Mrs. Bost, daughter of
Jailor Gilbert, flourished a pistol and
the rest of the men went back into the
building, but Fry ancLTravis never hes
itated.
Travis was wanted in connection
with the robbery of the store of Huitt
& Son at Claremont in December.
Fry was under charge of selling whis
key. He escaped the jail several weeks
since, but was arrested and brought
back from South Carolina a few days a
j g0t —Newton Enterprise.
Hudson.
Miss Martha Julian, age 80 years,
died June 3rd at the home of Mr. R
W. Fox. She joined the Baptist church
at Antioch. Alexander county, 65
yeaTs ago and Jived a spotless life all
these years. She was buried at Hud
son, Rev. J. M. §haver conducting the
services.,
On the fifth Sunday in May, as the
superintendent of the Baptist Sunday
School opened school a young man, a
stranger stepped in and said that as he
saw so many young people he felt im
pressed to speak to them. He was
given the opportunity and spoke 15
or 20 minutes, giving a mo&t impres
sive talk, urging the young people to
be something. On Monday the voung
man was killed by a train at Conover.
His name was Biggs. We are sorry
for such young men to be cut off so
suddenly. —Cor. of Lenoir Topic. June
9th.
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The farmer's club serves as a meet
ing Dlace for thinkers engaged in ag
riculture. practical men and women
who carry out advanced ideas. Mem
bership in such a club serves as an in
spiration for them and for the whole
community in fact. It inspires the
community spirit, a love of work in the
fields, and greater development of rural
social conditions. There ought to be
z former's club in every community.—
Jkuiias Board of Agriculture.
When your enemy smites you on
one cheek you can turn the other but
but when he slams you on the nose,
what is the biblical thing to do?
Success is ahead of every man, but
laziness never overtakes it.
' Hit or miss', ib a one sided propo
sition, There are too many hits.
FOR SALE—Horse, buggy and harness.
Also Marshall & Smith piano
condition for $50.00 cash. Mrs.
Abernetliy.
Miss Frank Martin has return
ed from Fassifern. She was ac
companied home by Miss Hattje.
May Morisey of Goldsboro, wBo
i 3 spending some time with her.
Mrs. Bowman, who has been
clerkinsr in Lowe & Co's. sty;e,'
has returned to her home in Tay?.
lorsville.
Mr. Suber spfcnt the week-end
in the city with his family.
Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner,
Bitter taste? Complexion sallow i Liver,
perhaps needs waking up. Doan s
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Admire His Actions.
Foes of Mr. Bryan will make much
of the resignation. Some will see in
this step the-long-predicted breach be
tween tne president and his first lieu
texant. We do net see the matter in.
any such light. We admire Mr. Bryan '
for clingiug to views he believes are
proper, and admire him for getting
out when he could not conscientiously
get in line. It is a question of getting
out or getting under. The former was
the better course. —Greenville News.
' Hell takes a back seat.
Peace? Yes in death.
But keep your eye on the Jap.
Even .the devil stands appalled.
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TRAINS LEAVE CHARLOTTE, EF
FECTIVE MAY 30, 1915.
EAST AND NORTH BOUND.
No. 14—5:05 A. M.—Through train for
Wilmington, with parlor car at
tached. Connecting at Hamlet
with train for Portsmouth, Nor
folk, Raleigh and all points
north. Also for all points south
and C. A. & W. for Charleston.
Dining car service, \estibule
coaches and sleeping cars to
Washington and New York,
connecting at. Max ton for A. C,
L. points nortu.
No v 34—10:10 A. M.—For Raleigh,
Weldon and ail local points.
No. 20—5:05 P. M.—For Wilmington,
sleeper car passengers,} can stay
in all night at Wilmington.
This train connects at Hamlet
for Sayannih, Jacksonville and
all points south and north. Ar
riving Washington 7:10 a. m,
New York 12:57 p. m,
No. 16—7:50 P vf —"files local sleep
er Portsmouth-Norfolk, connect
ing at Monroe for Atlanta and
all points soutli andsouth\vest:al
so connects at Monroe with fast
traiu for Norfolk, Richmond,
Washington and New York,
through steel vestibule coaches.
Pullman electric lighted sleeping
cars to New York, dining cars
Richmond to New York.
WEST BOUND.
No. 15—9:05 A. M.—Local for Ruther
fordton, connecting at Bostic
with C. C. & O. for all pe : nts on
that line to Johnson City Tenn.
Connects at Lincolnton with C.
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No/31—3:25 P. M. —Local for Ruther
fordton, from Raleigh, and Wel
don connecting at Lincolnton
with C. & N.-YV' for points on
that line.
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