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MORGANTON, N. C.f JANUARY 3, 1918.
NO. 31.
;$ RUSHED
Orders Null-President
r.n Kef ore Congress
W i monn Rnil-
tO IVCt"!""'"
legislation.
went forward Tuesday
0s .,rC hasPd
vernmem. un--
if Director General Mc-
p
,tf ffOV
kie . . n.octinn rather
railway -'u- .
, shortage is responsible
.I famine in many districts.
, nva tVint hnn-
eceipt oi
, ,W coal cr.rs wac
u"'
I uMnA Ion
c , . , -
, .hipments ot mgner prei
g than coal, all existing
'ders for the entire country
0 ,.j w T?nhert S. Lovett,
nnaeu . ,
THREE BIG FIRES AT
NORFOLK TUESDAY
WARN REGISTRANTS WHO
HAVE CHANGED ADDRESS
MORGANTON MAN GETS I EX-GOVERNOR PATTERSON j SOUTH SHOWS GREAT
CENSORSHIP APPOINTMENT
Thought to Be the Work of In-(Hundreds Advertised as Desert
TO BE HERE JANUARY 8.i
GAINS IN AGRICULTURE
cendiarism Great Property
Loss and One Man Killed.
Three distinct fires, all within a few
hours of each other, but located in two
squares in the retail heart of the city
on Granby street, Norfolk, and to say
the least,, all of suspicious origin,
Tuesday destroyed five of the largest
buildings in the city, entailing a loss
of fully $2,000,000. A score of bus
iness establishments were complete-
strings of cars ly wiped out and several badly dam
aged by water.
A revised list of tbe casualties at
tending the fire at 10 o'clock Tues
day night, showed an actual death
roll of only one, four seriously injured
and nearly a score of others slightly
hurt.
war indus-
Nation of the
4 on recui""-""
eral. inis is expetcu w
movement of trie
of congested freight.
has been caused
en
.I.,,-,.
freshness
r ....uiniioik nf nrioritv
Lt Wilson will go Deiore
Friday to present nis rec
jons for legislation to make
nt operation fully enectrve
l-rovide for compensation of
rs. and legislation which has
i inrnnppd
Freen drawn wm
bly after his address. Some
iink there will be a vigor-
cver the question of wheth-
jffislation should be effective
the period of the war and a
:me thereafter, or should re-
force until specifically repeal
led by Congress.
ers Because Friends or Rela
tives "Forgot" to Forward
Mail. 1
"Have you changed your mail ad
dress since you registered under the
draft law.'"
.such isthe heavy black caption
owe posters being sent out from Ral
eigh bigned by Maj. John D. Langs
ton, aia to the Governor. The men
who must answer the above question
in the affirmative are given some ad
vice as follows:
"if you have changed your address,
you must immediately notify the local
board having jurisdiction over the city
or town in which you were when you
registered. If you have the least
I doubt about, which board has juris-
The police, fearing that the fires j diction over your card, notify the ad
were of incendiary origin, early Tues-jutant general, Raleigh,
day afternoon asked that the. city's j "Your letter or postcard should give
business section be placed under con-1 .-uUi- fun name, written or printed
trol of the military authorities. cart-full v: the city and ward, or town.
During the afternoon the police
rounded up over a score of men and
wheie you registered; the home ad
dress you gave to the registrar; your
Mr. A. C. Avery Appointed to : Former Governor of Tennessee i During the Past Year A Re-
Important Position With Rank! Will Make Prohibition Ad
as Lieutenant.
Morganton people are much grati
fied in the appointment of Mr. A. C.
Avery, a local attorney and chairman
of the Burke board of exemptions,
to a position on the board of censor
ship of foreign mails and cables. Mr.
Avery takes up his work on January
8th in New York. The censorship
board of which Mr. Avery is a mem
ber was authorized by the trading
with the enemy law recently passed.
The post office department, the war
and navy departments, the war trade
board and the committee on public
information are represented on the
board. Mr. Avery is in the navy de
partment with rank of lieutenant.
MR. W. J. KINCAID
MAKES GENEROUS OFFER
women, as suspects, but all but 10 preSent postoffice address
"Warning! Don't depend on having
some one forward this mail to you.
Hundreds of men a.re now advertised
k BANDAGES
or. 12 of these, including two women,
were almost immediately released
The others were held for further in
vestigation. -ias deserters because friends or rela-
The militia threw guards entirely i tives who promised to forward mail
around the fire area and forced all but
uniformed men, firemen and others
with police permits, to remain out
side. Houses and stores were invaded
and emptied of all except owners, em
ployes and parties absolutely vouched
for by reputable citizens. With the
Granby street area in darkness, this
was felt to be the onl y safe rule.
i This work war afpnmnli'shprt hv py.
FOR RED CROSb USE. j perienced naval and marine officers.
I While neither Mai. C. CI. Kizpr
pressings Found Infected j chief of police nor Chief McLoughlin,
Ohio Seek Plotters.
to poison Red Cross bandages
id wholesale death among the
if America and her allies has appearances
ased and frustated. otner tnan coincidence; and the pre-
Jiousand four hundred surgi- j vailing opinion in naval, military and
to them 'forgot' or 'didn't think it was
important.'
"This applies even if you have been
examined and granted a discharge or
exemption, and whether you have reg
istered or not, if you were 21 years of
age June 5, 1917, and had not passed
your thirty-first birthday on that date.
Attend to this matter today. Write
so plainly that you are sure there will
be no mistake. This majr save your
serious trouble."
SLSrfiGUATBMALA CITY WIPED
incendiary origin, both declared that! OUT BY EARTHQUAKE.
ings, rolled by patriotc wo-
Jloledo, were infected with a
23 greenish poison while in
etween Toledo and Cleveland.
jciately every one of the 3,400
15 were burned. They were de-
scretly in the rear of the Red
prehouse in Cleveland, O. Ev-
rt was made to keep the mat-
it. Officials of the lake di
i the Red Cross refused to
125,000 Persons Reported in
Streets Without Shelter.
business circles was that there had
been an effort, probably organized, to
destroy the business section of the
city.
The fire started before dawn in the
old Granby theater on Granby street,
and gained rapid headway, as the
Guatemala city, capital of the lit
tle Central (American republic of
Guatemala, "has been laid in ruins by
a series of earthquakes beginning
Christmas day and culminating Mon
day night - in violent shocks which
completed the work of destruction. A
Will Donate Statue for Confed
erate Monument on Court
Square.
For a number of years it has been
a matter of regret that the Confeder
ate monument on the court square re
mains unfinished. A figure is re
quired to make the monument have a
finished appearance. Mr. W. J. Kin
caid, a big hearted and wealthy man
of affairs, of Griffin, Ga., but ever
loyal to his native county of Burke,
feeling that the monument should be
completed, has made the offer to fur
nish with every item of cost of erec
tion paid a statue to surmount the
monument. It goes without saying
that his offer has been accepted with
deep gratitude. Of the designs fur
nished, that of a Confederate private
done in bronze has been selected, and
Mr. Kincaid has been notified of the
selection. The figure is 9 feet tall
and is valued at approximately $1500.
This gift of Mr. Kincaid's is most
sincerely appreciated.
Death of Miss Ellen Foister.
Friends here were pained to learn
of the death of Miss Ellen Foister,
which occurred in Asheville on Fri
day, December 21st. The Foister
family onCe lived in Morganton and
Miss Ellen was a niece of Miss Ellen
Grady, of the State Hospital, and Mrs,
dress in Morganton.
Under the direction of the Anti
Saloon League of America and with
the co-operation of the Anti-Saloon
League of North Carolina, a campaign
in the interest of nation-wide prohi
bition will be conducted in North
Carolina January and February.
This campaign will include 335
meetings, and every town of 300 or
more inhabitants in the State will be
reached.
In every case these meetings will
be free, and for the general public,
who will be given opportunity to hear
some of the most noted orators known
today on the American platform.
Although North Carolina is dry for
keeps, the State must do its bit,
league folks say, to help dry up other
States and to ratify the amendment
for nation-wide prohibition.
Former Governor Patterson, of
Tennessee, will visit Morganton and
speak Tuesday night, January 8th, in
the . Baptist church. Everybody
wants to hear this man speak. He
was in Greensboro a year ago and
Mr. McAlister wrote of him as fol
lows: I am writing to congratulate you
and the Anti-Saloon League of lAmer
ica upon the representation which you
had here last Sunday afternoon. Dr.
Dr. Swadner did his part well. Gov
ernor Patterson delivered the great
est prohibition address that has ever
been delivered in Greensboro, and just
the kind that was calculated to do
g od here. He had a great audience,
the opera house being full to and in
cluding the top gallery.
Governor Patterson made a magnfi
cent impression and I felt that great
good has been done. " His sincerity
and ability and power impressed me
so powerfully that I felt impelled to
write to headquarters and give you
my estimae.t -A. W. McAlister,
Southern Life and Trust Co., Greens-
i ucro, xn. C
near zero
spread to
temperature. It quickly
the Monticello hotel and
&ve information was obtain-
jie bandages had been destroy-
pat government agents, aided
slender clews, were trying to
! mystery.
toned bandages were part of
wical shipments received at
'headquarters of the lake di-
pn Red Cross headquarters in
es m the division, which com-
ko, Indiana and Kentucky.
MX Of hand n croc a TTi vdH in
3 V- MA. M. A V 111
ifrom the Toledo chapter last i
i was taken to the warehouse.
.men were examining the huge i
f of surgical dressings as to
ans a dark greenish sub-
N noticed on one of them.
pon showed that all of the
? ln the box had been treated
son.
t u
cablegram to the navy department
rauiiuoj im ""uv v-v "K!onn inompson, oi iviorgam,uii. miss
Grady was with her at the time of
liier death. She had been sick for a
long time and her death was not un
expected. Interment was made in
Asheville beside her sister. Miss Mabel
Foister, who met such a tragic death
at the time of the 1916 flood.
the poisoned bandages, but the j other nearby buildings in the block.
It was brought under control late in
the day, but broke out anew, leaped
across Granby street and leveled half
of the block there before being check
ed. Although the fire still was burning
in the ruins, the fire chief announced
late Tuesday night that the danger
was over if the naval patrols could
"check the work of incendiaries."
QUEEN MARY REPLIES TO
DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW
M of NeW York's New
Mayor.
rnment of New York city
E Pkeed on "a war basis," the
John F. Hylan, told the
Panted heads of departments
; address of assuming
? ew York Tuedow Tfc;c
brught about by them, he
the elimination of nsn-
l.nrict economy, and ennser-
: Pblic funds in everv nossi-
hsre will be, he said, no
: eases
-eivi
city employes
! . moil ox.ovu x
. L puonc employes ing races neart anu
Neld Succeeds Mr. Averv
HairfipM fcao
for
Sends Message to' Woman Suf
frage Leader and the Ameri
can "Sisterhood.'
Queen Mary has sent a telegram to
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw ,the woman
suffrage leader, of New York, says
the official press bureau, reading as
follows:
"I received with much satisfaction
and pleasure the friendly message
you addressed to me from the wo
men's committee of the council of
national defense of America.
"Please convey to the sisterhood
of your great country the warm
.hanks of the women of the British
empire for their inspiring words of
encouragement and assurance. The
horrors of the war have taught us to
know one another better and they
have strengthened the ties of kin-.-hip
and mutual sympathy by unit
ing the women of the English-speak-
soul m the
the streets, without shelter and that
a number were killed by falling walls.
Naval vessels in Central American
waters have been -ordered to the
stricken city to render all possible
assistance.
Following is the brief dispatch
which brought the news of the catas
trophe: "Bad earthquake yesterday finished
the work of others. Everything in
ruins and beyond description as a re
sult of last night's shock. One hun
dred and twenty-five thousand people
are in the streets. Parts of the coun
try are very cold and windy. Tents
are needed badly. Quite a number
killed yesterday by falling walls."
RETURN TO THE NORMAL
SUGAR SUPPLY EXPECTED
markabie Corn Record WTas
Made.
A review of business conditions
throughout the country made public
Monday by the committee of statisti
cal exports of the United States
chamber of commerce says "the trans
formation within a twelve-month of
certain sections of the South in agri
cultural and business conditions seems
almost unbelievable" and announces
that with the exception of Texas and
Oklahoma, Southern States have rais
ed more than enough corn for their
own needs and are in position to ship
it.
Throughout the country the re
view says, "the extraordinary and
abnormal demands made upon every
one from farm boy to corporation
head have left the nation steady and
with heavy reserves coming up for
the New Year." The buying power
of the nation is greater and more
widespread than ever before, and ap
parently the general volume of busi
ness seems assured at something like
its present status during the winter
months, the review adds.
Taking up the changed conditions
in the South, the review points to
conditions caused in certain sections
a year ago by bool weevil, excessive
rains and the fact that negroes, the
staple agricultural laborers, were
leaving by thousands for the east. To
day, it says, the report from those
sections are "optimistic ' beyond ex
pression." '
The enlarged acreage of corn, which
has been of excellent grade except in
Texas and Oklahoma, the report says,
has provided sufficient to ship, and
there is an "abundance of other feed
for livestock, so that stock raising
is becoming more and more a neces
sary and important adjunct of farm
ing in the territory south of Mason
and Dixon's line."
for liberty and civiliza
v "Un trip rrv, 1, 1 : i r,4.v..la
es nf u .... . .
' war." Cion.
"Confident of the valuable help we
women can give our sallant sailors
and soldiers. I pray for God's rich-
u0Vernn. t:i..ii i 'oof- l-iloccincr fin nnr pflFnrt.S.
, uicKett as cnair-i04' "'""'o ,
lk local boar,! i fShrned "MARY R."
v cAcuipuiuiia i '
- Avery, who re- i '
a position on the cen- i Ample sugar for all our real, needs
A Patriotic Family.
In many families the boast can be
made that every member of the fam
ily is a member of the Red Cross but
of few can it be said that four genera
tions are represented in the Red Cross.
The Burke Chapter has the distinc
tion of having from one family a rep
resentative of each1 of the four gene
rations. They are Mr. Fanning Alex
ander,, the great grandfather, Mr.
Robert V. Anexander, the grandfath
er, Mrs. Lucy Alexander Hennessee,
the mother and little Robert Alexan
der Hennessee. The last named is
the five months old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Hennessee and is the
youngest member of the Burke coun
ty, chapter. '
Another young member is little Miss
Mary Nelson Cox, six months, old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. X. H. Cox.
Mrs. Wakefield Died December
18th
Mrs. Alice Shuffler Wakefield, wife
of Brady Wakefield, died Tuesday, De
cember 18th at her home at Kannap
olis. The body was brought to Mt.
Grove church, near her old home, for
the funeral and burial services, which
were conducted on Wednesday the 19th
by Rev. J. B. Tabor. Deceased was a
daughter of Mr. Jake Shuffler, of Dal
las, Tex. Three children survive, Mrs.
Eddie Kincaid, Miss Junie Wakefield
and Mr. Fred Wakefield.
-nr. A.
accent
'card.
La-?rmal human being who,
' ea v . i ., . .
,ffrld a situation
Products for those which
U jr Ior export wheat,
rwuucis, iats and-su
will be available very shortly accord
ing to the Food Administration, but
this is no reason why-every individ
ual r-hould not reduce his consumption
of sugar, by substituting sorghum
and other products in cooking,- using
less on the table, in cutting out soft
drinks, and reducing his consumption
1 of confections in which sugar is used.
A Morganton Man's Invention.
Mr. Ed Oxford, a Morganton black
smith, has invented what has been
pronounced a very ingenious bomb.
Upon exploding the bomb blinds and
noisons. Its construction is said to
x
be very simple and 4ts effect nothing
less than terrific.
Opening of School Postponed
Until 14th.
The school board met Monday night
and decided that under present cir
cumstances it is best to postpone the
opening of school for the spring term
until January 14th. Such action is
being taken m many towns. The
fuel proposition is one which is both
ering school authorities as well as
householders and it is well to practice
conservation as much as ' possible.
Another, and the main reason for the
postponement of the opening of the
Morganton ' school is the illness of the
superintendent, Mr. A. C. Kerley, who
had an operation at Grace Hospital
Monday. Mr. Kerley is recovering
nicely and it is thought that he will
be able to be at school again by the
14th.
Food Administration Outlines
Plans For Increasing Allot
ment to Be Made.
A return to a normal sugar supply
for the nation is not likely to be long
deferred, the food administration Jias
innounced in outlining plans under
which an increased allotment of sugar
will be made to confectioners and
manufacturers of non-essential food
products containing sugar.
The 50 per cent allotment to which
confectioners, were limited when the
sugar shortage became acute in Oc
tober, will be increased to 50 per
cent when the supply again becomes
normal, it was announced, but con
tinuance of this ration will depend
upon the efforts of manufacturers to
reduce the sugar content of confec
tionery and soft drinks by substitut
ing other sweetening materials.
Through a misunderstanding, food
administration officials in New .York
last week announced that refiners
already had. been instructed to in
crease the allotment to confectioners
to 80 per cent and that the full pre
war allowance would, be made when
conditions had returned to. normal. It
;vas explained that the maximum al
lotment would be 80 per cent of nor
mal, and that all manufacturers would
be required to reduce the sugar con
tent of - their products as far as pos
sible, i
"The. 50 per cent limit has worked
but little hardship on the manufac
turers of confectionery and sweet
drinks," said the food administration's
announcement, "as they had on hand
supplies sufficient to keep their
plants working at almqst normal ca
pacity for several months. It did,
however, benefit the sugar supply in
general by preventing the possible ac
cumulation of larger quantities than
were necessary for immediate use."
News Items From Worry.
Correspondence vof The News-Herald.
Miss Fannie Teague, of Winston
Salem, spent Christmas at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lv D. Cuthbertson,' of
Petersburg, Va., spent a few das last
week with Mrs. Cuthbertson's sister,
Mrs. W. E. Harris.
Miss Nancy Brown visited her sis
ter, Mrs. John Cope, near Adako, last
week.
Messrs. T. A. and F. E. Whisenant
and families were the holiday guests
of Mr and Mrs. .J. W. Whisenant.
Mrs. Robert H .Arney and little
son are spending a f ew days with Mrs.
Arney's mother, Mrs- J. A. .Fleming.
Miss Belle Corpening, of Scranton,
Pa., and Lieutenant Corpening, of Co
lumbia, S. C, spent Christmas with
their parents, Mr. - and Mrs. W. P.
Corpening.
Mr. Archie Copeland has moved to
the house of Mrs. W. J. Arney, on
Johns river. .
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Mrs. Ebb Whisenant.
Mr. McKinley Watkins, of Trenton,
N. J., spent Christmas with relatives
here. '
There is plenty of flour on the mar
ket, but that isno reason why we
should eat as much wheat bread as we
were eating a year ago. Economy in
the use of sugar and fats is just as
necessary as .the substitution of corn
and other cereals for wheat.
Death of a Good Colored Woman
Martha Holt, wife of Anderson
Holt, died Thursday night, Dec. 20,
at the age of 88 years. She was a
much respected colored woman, one
of the old type so rapidly passing.
Three children survive.
Death of Mrsv Williams.
Marguerite Grady Williams, wife
of Richard Williams, was born Aug.
9th, 1886, and died Dec. 20th, 1917
age 61 years. She leaves a hush
and five children and six gr?
aren. one naa Deen a ian- m
ber of the Baptist church
The Weather.
The chief topic of conversation
these days is the' weather and it has :
been of such an unusual variety as
to demand attention. The coldest
weather since the establishment .of
the official bureau at the State Hos
pital was registered Sunday morning
when the. thermometer went to 11 de
grees below zero. At many--times
during trie week "it has stood around
zero and several times has been sev
eral degrees below. Below zero
weather is something very unusual
for this locality and older people say
that it has "been about forty year
since we had anything like the r
"spell" of this week. Snow hf
on the ground since sevc t eks
before Christmas and a" yheavy
snow fall came yes ,Fuel is.
scarce and high ar ' e is no doubt
much suffering r the continued:
cold.
"Every extra hog marketed by the
North Carolina farmer finds its way
by proxy to Europe and is used to
sustain soldiers ;or to save r civilians
from starvation. " ' "
In some section
tically every child v
old has disappeared,
are the first to succumb
of famine.
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