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- -1 r ON iwwaw 5" , PoUithed Teoooays aad Fridays LENOIR, N. C FWDAY JANUARY 11, 1918;: Pricot FWo Coat Copy No. a LEiiDIR FACES SERIOUS ' -J' '' ' .' . FpHTEEriVMBiUr.lS7.RE : BIS EXPENSE TOTAL : ft A . LUES BEADY FOB GREAT STATED BT THE PRESIDENT T LOCAL MINISTERS I aPETlTIONEDBY GOVEBKDB Me Urge Preachers to Doltrer Sor Ms in Adrocacy of War Sar-' - tags SUmpe A Word ( of Thank 11 Mayor... W. J. Lenoir Ha Issued a. Statement Urging All Pa- - trona to.Lcononuze m the Ue . of ' City Water Citizen' . " Light and Power: tampan. Issues Statement That "a Dar - t Rainfall I the CaaoHA.?.-;",v UV;&y:-; ' : ' Today, for the second tim4 within f ;- four months, Lenoir i again without .:.Vdy electric current. Shortage of . ' oo&lat the Focal steam plant and "'a v lack of normal atet eit Buffalo have made this plan imperative: Not only are the people of Lenoir facing a se ,' rkras power and light problem, but i " the ityjrater .tupply is lower than s.:;.: ever .been' known - before' and s "unless the people practice every pos .. ? aibl economy or rain comes .within a very short time the entire water Agreemeat With Lloyd Gears President Agala Tells World v: what u. s: wni Rghv v;.: to Achieve , :r..r T" iliisiiisl V ; TO OEPEHDEHTS PM f . . iii ii viae ; v-. . i . Exemotioa Beard J Gets i' Laitfer ! CJFrom the Coventor la Reference : to ..Dependents : " RIt , - ! , fof Pay-. ' President Wilson in ; addressing Qongress Tueiday -. delivered a re statement of war. aims in agreement with' the recent declaration by the British premier, Dayid JUoyd George. The President presented a definite program fof yorid peace epntaining fourteen jpeciftcetiens. Theae arer 1, Open Covenant ot peace with out private international understand- 2. Absolute freedom of the seal in peace or war except a they, may be closed. toJnterntwnal action. - 3., semmi of. all economic par "Complaint are constantly coming to me that indicate that dependent U.- inrf,Wivm.f,t Hf ' Wpply may be exhausted and the dty t aoldiers do not .fully nnedrstand tmmni;m.mg nation coMenting leftUgnand.?!; v yor J Lenoir usued a state- w ocnre we euowance maae py we for t maJntnanceS i V? ment yesterday nrging every patron mwnment ta - such dependents, , 4 Guarantee for the reduction of i we water department ' BW;By national armamento te a, point .eon- -w."ru,?J ,rrr 40: 1wia jnta a national afty;.K f 1?fr f X'i tt Impartial dJotment4 of eo!e ;. . n? nial claims based upon thesnmp- "i,1 IT'!?!'!: .7 n""1 ? .thai the people eoncttned have poruon 01 we soiQiei:s wges, an., 4flnij y... w!tv MWarai- Decrees Recorded Show Big Feoe la ' Winding ' Up Big Banltrvptcy ' Caae Te Sell ! Other -Propoity' .7- : v . . Decrees were "recorded in the dis trict court of the United States Mon day at Greensboro closing' np the af fairs of the VT. J. Grandin Lnmber Company bankrupt, and the court ordered that he get title upon pay ment of $209,692.84 in cash and the turning over to the commissioners of bonds of face? vaue of $1,278,000, says the JDauy .New. , The payment totals about v, $800,000 ader th terms of the settlement,' which is on the. basis of 44.6249jl cents en the doliar of the indebtedness of nearly $i,6oo,ooo. r "Will PoomUt Be Carmaa's Create. AaMalt," Says Baker's Reriew AII!m Har Gained La 18 'A Big BatUa ;X way possible to conserve the ; supply , now m, we reservoir nntu we spring rains come..-' The. statement says: ; "Owing to the inadequate supply " ef water on hand,' caused by the dry .,, weather for the past six month and . from the fact ; of the recent c'old .' weawer,' all users of city water are requested and urged to use as little ( water a possible in order that" our Storage upply ; may last until the fisaau oeae sreMSt ' . N' Cutting "otf day eleotric current U , enly a temporary measure. Tyenty ' four-hour service- will .'be resumed again immediately ' following ;rin when the water , supply on Buffalo i anmcient CoL G. H. ' Aubrey, presU : v dent of the Citisens Light and Power. Company, is here from Atlanta, and ha the situation in hand, in1 the ab' senc of Manager E. M. Hukill, Jr. fcoL Aubrey said yesterday that they had less than a car of coal in their bins at lite toesi vtam plant :M We vtaust conserve this short supply for night ue," he said. . MWe trust that -' the patron and all the people of Le f sioir understand the. seridys problem ' bich we aire facing and will lend u weir aid in seeing tt through." ,CoL s 1 Aubrey i trying to work out a plan ' 'i by which they wfll be abW to give '' current during two afternoon in ' ach week r The official statement of ' the Citisens Light and Power Com: pany follow: 4. fc ,A j "On account of tho . extreme, dry a.i a V this is supplemented by a schedule of ,n1 : i!xt vi. v I"" auowances wiw wnicn , you anj ia- miliar''A:S ir9m A Anniiv4iinjf In. TOtiaAlo'a VIA. nun .f rw ttical, development, than wife or child it is necessary for the'soldier himself to make a volun tary allotmettV of his pay : and then request the additionai aUowance mad by the government in. other words. the "dependent must seek Xheir re- iex, through the soldier. I . nave no 9. Readjustment xf Jtaly'.irpn fiAit An olaavlv Monarnicahla linaa at dotbt tliat la tnany' taitane. Meii OM ' Z JP&ZZtt. W m Freest opportflny W utono. senmng a poruou oi wese m weir u mon, a1wmMmta of the neonle ef J: .T v it ' 'iTTTiT I Austria-Hungary. j ior iv .uiwe ueiienueni-.uvv ii Evftcuatlon of Rumania. Moa. III a. M at. .1J! il' i.titi '"" rawfcA u w wiwer wui m w.in-i fu. A. o.vi- 54-i kMMgi . - - . i . 1 uiv bVccmi a wa ujfawiAe auHuive oftlcer in cempand. makean allot, t.f .wi-Hrritor. 9 to;!W.:k. (M. integrito-ef tb4 Balkan vtte; additional allowance provi4e4 bthi f 7 Z"ZZ:J? 1?Z- govent be wnl to hi depeno ,f the .Ottoman tmpire, ?n SJ ft TbV?city lh ml assured lecurity of life and dafl thi information to'th atten, Tportonity f or ntonomous develop, fiotf 6f afl aependont of toldier. 'U SSStS 2 4S Establishment of an independ ent Polish fttate, inclading territories inhabited: indisputably, by Polish pao- plev.with fro 'access to'th tea and political and territorial, independence guaranteed by the powers. 14. General association of nations weather" and the , fuel ehorUge. and Cold Weather Has DoUyod, Work pndOT specific covenant under mu for the purpose- of conserving our limited . resources in order that may be able te furnish light to our customers, ft jriU t4 Beetsjiry for us to cut off all day current temporarily, but In order to meet the necessities f the 'people We will endeavor 'to give a day current at least one day .in eaehi' week..T U'?' Lenoir furniture men ; , . ARE AWAY ON MARKETS Lenoir' furniture- manufacturers ; have representatives on the furniture markets again this year. Mr. J. M Bernhardt; representing the- Bern- kardt Chainl Company left leveral ! day ago for Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. .Bernhardt 'will go f rota. Grand ,. Rapids to .Chicago befor returning. Mr. 'B.KL? Stone, wprisentipgthe enoir Furniture Corporatioit, left I ' early this week for Chicago, and yes . terday Mr, S. S. Jennin'gs,ltepre8ent . mg we Licnoir vnair.Hanuiactwiny ' ' Company,, left for Chicago and New s 1 1 York. ??'',v' fyi?'? I 1 . 4 " ! I.";. -A. hi i Sttht sAreftnf i .fX.-vcSf A . u , ; GAME-TOMORROW NGHT v i Thosev l8h tolie afast aftd tiV-'ieal basketball km' shduld come to tij opera house tomorrow night The . - Letioir higV'schbol 1 basketbatt teairt ' will play the tiam fon we Modk--i 'vine hfcVicnool , , is said to be the itrongest In the west ern'port of ibf taW,-bht ihl lbcal ' team ha been tractiitng 'WtU day and night in order tb'eiiA their fiest h. t J '. .'.'l.tn ( lorm. inn game wui in au propaou itv trove to be the best game of the . . season; sis' the two team aire about , ' evenly matched, .The price of idmi U . ion i to 5 cendv ph The more fat we. can send to the , ' allies the alippier win be we kld (J. Evacpation of. Belgium M4 re. toration of political .independence," , '8.- All Trench territory to be freed and. restored? and reparation for. the taking of Alsae-urraine. ; U. A ;. for the complainants goe $l(l,5d0 in fees and $502.81 disbursements; to R. W.J Winston an4 W. B. Coun- ciH, commissioners who made the sale, gbe $8860, each, togethtf vith expenses totaling $958 v; Other pay ments out of the amount turned in were ordered si f ollowsi' ' . Payroll of. th Grandin Lumber Company for;; November, 503.iS; for peeemWr,; 469".88 to . W. D. Farthing; clerk of Superior Court of Watauga, for court costs, 1 152.50 five-lawyer for prosecuting ult to clear titles to-property of the com pany, $825 f to W, J. Graridirf, as re ceiver; i fee1 of $5,000j td W. B. Cotmcill and W. ')Yf Byifuih,, a attor neys for the malverf the Grandin Lumber Company; ' $10,000; and to the retirement immediately of the re- celyer's . eertincate " in mm of $36,000 kthorized bf Jddge B6ydtd issue some month J agoV" the futt hmquhii pltM 'amaJl . Interest 'Hk malndeK The receiver's certiflektes were Issued " in the" case M W. W. Beaty. F. D. Freeborn, trustee', DelOS Douiyer,. and4 Thrall ft Shea, com plainants,: Versus we vra&am JLnm bef Company and the mtauga ft Yadkin River , Railroad. Thia total of $53,730.61, as item ised for ,w foregoing, lawyers' fee; receivers" tertificates and other ex- peAses, ,wsi adjudged by the court to constitute' V first lien upoii all re- majning properties Of the bankrupt not transferred to Mr. Riley, and he placed the Item ahead Of the mort gages for bayment Be ordered them paid otlt of the purchase price of the nronertv sol4 ttslng jtidiclal discre- tidh' In this matteV an hereafter as the nperAy ftmaining undisposed of concrete workms to be .earing , fttiidwi.WJliaa'i iatoption'ta aM:r?. TS?!! !!2 - en rna amamiBDinnaF wnn etiii in iu rii Since the First, of Doeossber f Big Stoat . Girders tual guarantee as to territorial- in tegrity of all nations, large and mall. . .-',,. . 1 "For suth arrantement and eove- junage construction men unoer . " said the President in conclu- Rosd Engineer, Fletcher .have "again rion. .. m 4 llrht and will iwiuuw; ww wu ,.ui varuiuia w I -nntinua tA fio-ht until tbav arc Northwestern:: Catawba river Ifridgi Lchiered ' only becausrithey are Just 6elow? Kh0dhis. The cold breather guch -pgratt,"t Bit said; "r4 beginning early in December caused imovea: chief nrovocation for war. thii'work to be dropped until thi Th aai ilimaV tw. tha cul minating andi final war for human week,, Already a number of ear loads of Bs. and thev.. the aeev. bridge steel are standing on the sid- pl 0 w UniM .Sttevarf ready to tag onv the south Ude. f , wejrivef m wei owa -trenglih te their high reaoy w pe umoaaea ana, piacea. ine purp08e and reolve to win.'! completion. dres Congress n ths subjeet was en tirely unknewn in Washington until announced at the White House,. The LENOIR. BOYS RESUME THEIR i ' WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY iwt . v.I aa -fcthel Chiir Company, arid U T. M. k.Thr University resumed work fot f ct that he a working on White.: representintr, - the Caldwell 1 the new year hut Friday.. Most of Ljj . t.' ... orni Compahy; fltbe eaW r. T. H. Broyhill,, representing the igtei on aa uuaV The mid-tenn eJ m lt fo- om tlmea it was put la s a - a 1 " ' at ' ' i S" .aM MVS ! . 'V 1 - . . aminatton oegin jan. io. :ine muir - the government printing of- tary cQn?pnieIj tteir nt as a w v, jiyeni'out at th hour the TV'JTf-r??. v TZ:Z:' President poke. 4 ternoon." ne wyn intm uwv ui TTntvanttv takitio1 Hart in these' krtiv u. tli-- vu T..1 NORFOLK SAILORS 'ATTACK LT TaG. POUCE STATIONS REPULSED ?f tiieYalley;;,; ' ?; - Feelings wat;ne; of .; tfteit ; sMp : - fiw.'' y .'..; " ' '"-- m.ates'.had beeni;; mistreated at the HIGH POINT MEN BUY CAR. , hahdS";of Twe ftpolice'tiZS; "piitecl 'k T;,-:: LOAD CALDWELL CATTLE State sailor descended ,.tt. ta ?iaiH Ri-ki ari ttrtiAnrlnil iA Alnl first 'nMcincl station and threatened Joad of beffattl0itOHigh prtoience unies wf prisoner wag re bk Meatri. j& Fouse and 12 1 leased, i Serye were called n from car Point to buy another car of eattle. -i 5, bluejacket'' and irg4'','aijacbl' departure: FHng.; in ' ibla.ooW!. ANOTHER LENOIR, MAM CRTS - I .mora police charged the' mob and ,UM;SECOND' LIEUTENANCY v'S .; i. ..'i-.i, .mm L I.J.ai.-i;' i .1.-W 11.14- 11 voergeMt '-rerree a rerry, was acai.bvr:w vp v buuw n priso'lMfffacaiaW mtaa, afrjby; titf -police ; and Chickamauga, has ba promoted to 'the enllste4heh catterd. a second .41taaaeyrTL' Aamy. ; ."The - trouble' .;$trt4ara,.;a MJh Ueat Perrysla former Unelr street Chinese ' restaurant,; wheri a and i a on-in-law otMV a4,r aailor ;is nege4 U Have beaten . Lenoir and Caldwell ministers have received letters of thanks from Gov. Bickett for the service which they are rendering the state and nation in this period of crisis and asking them for further service In their country's cause.' Particularly the governor asks for a sermon on Jan. 13 in advocacy of the war savings certifies tea. His letter follow : In behalf of the state of North Carolina, in behalf of the nation, and in behalf of humanity 1 thank yon for the high service you have rendered the whole world in the su preme crisis that now confronts it With an insight bora of Go4 you have grasped the true- relations and the true proportions of the conflict and have wrought 'mightily for en during safety and enduring peace.' "The nation has, just launched its greatest offensive for the winning of the war,', 'That offensive js designed to rally to tie nation's support, the mind ana heart of every man, woman and child, b eH the land. TThesure way to reach this' end to get aft the people put some of their earn ing into the fight VWhere the leasure is there wfll be the heart ITa aalaiA. 14" ialtAJ' w ait' vawnvm'tttM aivtl The Central. Trust Company of Chicago and William T Abbott, trus tee, were the complainants in' the case against the lumber company and the receiver, W. J. Grandin. ., ; ..- . , Of chief interest in the latest de velopment of tiie case in we court in Greensboro before Judge Jame E. Boyd was the orer.he made for the payment from the first money paid In by Mr. Riley of certain costs ani' at- inWrtAtro .oavil, aAcvMiSisaoAlaaW dAAai fuiuil ea V1 sppi vaaega, oy , avv Th complainants, the Central Trust Company and William T. Abbott, get $2,000 fee's and $4,309.12 for dis bursements, respectively, to Pam ft Hurd and Winston 'k Biggs,, lawyers fbe lo.! If every' man,' woman and Child would buy one or more war savings certificates ' the moral and military, value of these investments will multiply their money value a hundred fold. "I therefore earnestly request ev- ery minister, ox the gospel in t&e State to preach a sermon to his peo ple on this great movement on sun- day, the 18th day of January, or at the earliest date thereafter, possible. Literature fully explaining the plans and purpose of the war savings cam uaism can be obtained from CoL F. H. Wea, stat darector, at Winston-Sl- lem, N. Cf " "Into the breaca once more, kind friends, once more.' " a ano! fight at the same time 6y , substituting; zor wneat, sugar, meats an4 fat. " disburse.lt to the creditors. '.r. av . - ; "t .!-:! f, ...... MR. T1UKILL CALLED TO RICH-' MONltTd BEDSIDE OF FATHER : w t: M.Httkiiv Jr.; Reived :i message' early" Tyesterday morning caning aha to Richmond; Ya:, to the bedside of his father, who 1 criti cally'" lit with pneumonia in "a Rich- bond hospital. v Be left immediately for Richmond. Mr. E. M. Hukill, Sr., was taken sick abouit; two" week, ago oa'th train between his horn at Pittsburgh PaV and Richmond, an wsi taken off at Waahingtoti nnf placed: lit hospital I'Alte partiallyVweovWtag he continued on hi Wat to Richmond but was taken JtU agidn before reach- in that I point,- Upoa; arriving Richmond h went ; ' to hospital. where Utpr 'he oveloped a ease pnenmohiC;':?': H'?- Kil.w li vv.. mjexXn Iirs7c u TrUtt CELEBRATE COLDER WEDDING On tstmal 4ay 'Mr. Jaad Mri Calvin U Trtplett eelebrated their goiden1 wedding anniieraary at their home on Aslle street : 11 wa indeed a very happy occasion for those' who were present Mr. nd Mri Triplett were tiie recipient' of many appro priate gift from their' children and 0IS1GTLD.O.F.TD ;M HgllEXT IH lSth District Coavaatloo, ComprU- tag CaldwaU, Catawba, Aloaaa - dor said Bar tta, Toaraaay and Night , The expected German offensive 5 the west, Secretary Baker's Weekly- war review says, "will, probably b their greatest assault,- butthar . British and French armies can be're- ' lied upon to withstand the shock.'? U'- Summarizing the situation on the- eve of a possible great offensive. Sec- , retary Baker confidently points oat that through sixteen fierce battle of - great magnitude the British and ' French steadily have pushed ahead,. with methodical . and eumulative gains. The expected offensive, he- points out, probably is being delayed . for massing great supplies of muni- tiOns, guns and troops and the Get- mans may be expected to "strain ev-; every fiber of their remaining: 1 strength." t 1 , Oa the Italiaa Froat ; On the Italian front, the secretary points out, French successes have turned the Scale against the Austro- German invaders and the west bank'; of the Piave i being r held firm. , Hampered by heavy snowfalls in th Alps, he says, the invader now i eon- , fronted with a tremendous handicap; ' of maintaining his transport, which neutralises the advantage of holding? higher groand. . ; . " Will Master Situation ' The period of adjustmeat, Seere-' tary Baker says, has passed : and it may now , be ; expected that the French, British and Italians,' fighting side by side, will be able to master tfie situation." ' ' The review .this week makes a . mention of American troop. f- - -, . The fifteenth district convention of the Odd Fellows will be held here in the halls of Lenoir lodge, No. 45, next Thursday afternoon and night I MM ' .A . , 1 1 - At. inere are aooui iweive wagea m 10 SELECTIVE DRAFT LAW HELD CONSTITUTIONAL : Every contention raised; .against the: selective draft bet was swept aside by the Supreme Court Monday in a unanimous opinion delivered ly Chief Justice White upholding the law a constitutional. Authority te enact theUUwte and to ehdforcetr to fight the enemy Wherever he may be found, the court' held, ftes in the' clauess of the constitution . :. 'giving . Congress the power to declare war and to raise and support armiea.' ' . A the mind cannot conceive aa army without the men to compose it," said the ' chief justice "on the face of the constitution the objection that it does not' give power' to pro-. vide for such men would seem to be -too frivolous for further notice." 5 The opinion then proceeded to take up and definitely dispose of each of the many questions raised by counsel 1 for the convicted persons whose ap peals brought the law before : the court - ! ' i V I No action was taken by the court in the several pending Cases ihvolv- ing charges of conspiracy to prevent .....w. r 1 . u.J.4. - it.-l- Catawba and Alexander coun-) f'ZTZ "7 tne law. it is unaerstooa was wen Rurke, tie. Mr, J. R. Ingle is president of the convention this year." The pro gram committee ha adopted the fol lowing program: Thursday, 3:30 p.m. Convention called to order. Prayer by the chap lain; address of welcome ; response ; 1 reading minutes 01 last session; rou caD. of lodges; report of oommittees; unfinished business ;, new business. .Thursday. .8 riO p.m Convention caned to order; exemplification of we secret work; exemplification of the first degree by Lenoir, lodge. No. 45 j I'Hovf J we increase bur at tendanc at regular lodge meetings t 'How; can we a Odd FeuoW be more fraterjriait good of the order; seiectioa of next place of meeting; singing of the Oder prayer by the chaplain. ..... , eases; which include the appeal of , Alexander Berkman, Emma- Gold man, Louis Kramef and Morris Beck-" er, convicted ift New York later, Hoiy be made the subject of separate opinion. , 1 ;. MR. CORLEY INJURED WHEM.. - CAUGHT; IN A LINE SHAFT Mr. Ed Corley, a- painteri w4 painfully tajurilat Tueday after neon when he ,wa eaught bn a Bne shaft at tbi Watt cotton mm at Pattenoa. Mr. Coriey wai werking near the shaft,; when 'j, hi, clothing cught aa a set ereW or something else t Hi left eella bona waa broken and be waa thrown around aid oa Kiderably . cat and Bruised wetwi, He will recover 'anleat complication set in. '." , ' ' Baclt of w boy behmd. the gn ftil J... -J. L- iii.- .JJ.'. A..J ,1 1 IB your oruer . iJuay ar yu wiui 1 AMERICAN PRISONERS - i . FEATURED IN GERMANY A handful of captured America' soldier Under '. cross-questioning by German officers' before a crowd Of grinning Teuton waa featured tin the tatesCissu of -World in Pictures,' an fflustrated weekly printed ia te languages aue ? aistnoutea wrougv r frdt fha -mtttltt hit tha flartttan OnM . ttent propaganda department; any- , a dispatchr front Amsterdam. Anotb- .A 1st u. Z . ... - ... . 5r picture snow we prisoners naing ; . lOtor lorry ander heavy guard. Tbia ' , is -entitled American prisoner ar fvrt-i flMnMni Mnaa a4rtna V , "3 aa avav wv utaaaa aa o aoAQj . - wa'lwiereftsorf that fha twnlva . at V t-' . " 01 sirnafl iection of large fio! ; V oer, MISS DORIS HUTTON BRIDE 'OF LIEUT. WILLIAM! tOUNCfLt ' I A Wedding which earn aa 'i inis V prise to the many friends of the too-., ., -tractihg partlea was (hat of tieat ' William Council!, son of Judge aadv Mrsl W.-B, CoanciU, and Miss Doris, both of Hickory, tt'thf office of the V ' register of bleeds , at. Newton last ' Monday! -A - ,i . ? l& ' ' v An order for corn bread ia a shot
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