Established 1899
ALLIED ARMY
REPORTED TO
BE IN RETREAT
Germans Now Within 60 Miles of the French
Capita! and are Continually Forcing the
Defenders to Fall Back and Seek Stronger
Positions. Bombs Dropped in Paris.
While the whole world is awaitirg
definite news from the battle line* the
French War Office contents itself with
i ,he simple statement that, as a result
of the turning movement of tfce Ger
many Army and in order not to ac
cept battle under unfavorable condi
tions, the French troops again 1 ave
retired.
From the British Capital no word is
forthcoming regardi ng what are con
sidered the ir.oit momentous operations
of the «ar.
While Berlin claims a German vic
tor; over the Russians in East Frussia
in the capture of 70,000 men, the
Russians claim an important victory
over the A'istrians on theGalician side
with 30,000 prisoners.
Another German aeroplane has been
droppin? bombs into Paris and accord
ing to the French official statement the
American Ambassador has organized
acomnaitte and has sent a protest
against this method of warfare to the
Washington Government.
The Belgian special commission aa
its way to tfce United States to protest
against alleged German atrocities has
been received b7 King George and
has presente 1 him with an address set
ting forth some of the happenings in
Belgium during the present campaign
and has warmly thanked Great - JBrilain
for its intervention.
"An American committee, organiz
ed by the American Ambassador and
including the most conspicuous mem
bers of the American colony, asked the
Minister o! War for proof that bombs
were dropped on Paris from a German
machine. The Minister of War pre
sented proof, which decided the Am
bassador to cable to his Government a
report on war methods, which not onlv
are contrary to humanity but in vio
lation of the convention of The Hague
signed by Germany itself,
"The committee has deciied to ask
the United States Government while
remr.ain? neutral, to protest energ;-
tically to tUe German Government,
A squadron of armored aeroplanes
las been organized to give chase to
German aeroplanes which have been
fljing over Paris. "
Terrific fighting continues on
the Rus3o- Austrian frontier.
B)th armies c'aim an advantage.
It was offhhliy announced
GENERAL VON LOCHNOW
th» ° mmantier °f the Third corps ol
Slum erma " army ' now f 'B htin 3 ,n
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
KAISER AND VON MOLTKE
Kaissr Wilhelm, on the left, looking
over a war map with his commander.
In-chief, General von Moltk*.
that 30,000 Russian prisoners
had been taken by the Germans.
Pari?, the capital of France, is
preparing for a siege. The Ger
man army is nearing this city in
spite of the furious resistance
put up by the allied French and
English.
A German aviator flew oyer
the city of Paris Sunday and
dropped five bombs, but two,
however, exploded and did little
damage. "We are at the gates
of Paris; prepare to surrender,
was the substance of a note that
was also dropped.
It is reported that British war
ships off Hong Kong are holding
up vessels, including those under
the American Flag, and remov
ing Germans and Austrians
bound to the scene of hostilities.
William Pinkney Reinhardt.
W. P. Reinhardt was a son of
John Reinhardt and wife. John
Reinhardt was a son of pioneer
Christian Reinhardt ail wife.
John Reinhardt married Annie,
a daughter of Alexander Moore,
who was a soldier of the Revolu
tion. John Reinhardt and wife
are buried at Salem church, six
miles north of Lincolnto.i. W.
P. Reinhardt married Mary For
ney and died without issue. Aftor
the war he and Dr. Ellis were
candidates at the same t!m\ I
believe Mr. Reinhardt was the
successful candidate and repre
sented Catawba county in the
House at Raleigh. Mr. Rein
hardt had a farm a few miles
sou*h of Newton. After the
war he scld this farm and moved
to Hickory where he built a large
boarding house where the Huff ry
Hotel now stands. The writer
became pastor of the Reformed
church at Hickory in the sum
mer of 1874 and was pastor of the
chu ch for two years. He was
the pastor of three country
churches at the same time. While
stopping in Hickory he boarded
with Mr. W. P. Reinhardt. Mr.
Reinhardt and wife were mem
bers of the Reformed church.
He and his wife were good peo
ple.
Mr. Reinhardt paid the writer
S2O a >ear for preaching. A. A.
Si; u ford paid the writer s2o a
year for preaching. A. L. Shu
ford paid sls a year. These were
among the best supporters of the
pastor. The writer preached at
Hickory on one Sunday of each
month. Charles and Make Bost
were living with Mr. Reinhardt
at the time, Mr. Reinhardt was
their uncle. Tnc y rang the bell
and made the fire while the writ
er was pastor of the church. Mr.
Make Boat lives in Burke county
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDi
on the farm of Jacob Forney
who was the father of Mary who
[married W: P. Reinhardt.
Mr. W. P. Reinhardt and wife
died at Hickory where they are
buried. The funeral of Mr.
Reinhardt was preached by Rev.
J. C. Clapp. lie was assisted by
Rev. J. L. Murphy and Rev. J.
H. Shuford.
J. H. SHUFORD.
IVEY MILL RUNNING FULL TIME
Plenty of Help and Employees Well
Satisfied.
West Hickory, Sept. I.—All is
quiet here at present. Tne mill i
is running all right with plenty
of help and the hands seem to be
well satisfied.
The portable sub station,
which has been nere for several
wetks' famishing power for the
mill whi!e the transformer house
being repaired, has teen re
moved as the repairing is now
completed.
Mrs. T. C, Jarett and daugh
ter of Cliffside, were here last
week visiting Mrs. Jarett's son
in-law, G. C. Freeman.
Mrs. J. C. Pendleton, who has
been \isiiing friends and rela
tives near Cook's post office- for
the past two weeks, returned
home Sunday.
The Lsdies' Aid S>?iety of the
Methodist Church gave an ice
cream supper in the mill park
Siturday evening. A large crowd
was present and music was fur
nished by the West Hickory
band.
Eli Keller and family moyed
to the Ivey Mill last week.
Mrs. James Abee was taken to
the hospital at Statesvi le last
week for an operation and we
gre glad to sav it is reported
tnat the operation was success
ful and that she is getting along
fine,
Q lite a number of people from
West Hickory went to Ball's
Creek campmeeting last Sunday.
W. C. Helton was here Satur
day visiting Charles Bolick.
Miss Lottie Barger has been
-sick for several days, but is 8
little better at present.
L. E. Hildebran wa3 here last
week visiting the family of J.
Abee.
Prof. M. L. Sherrill resigned
his work at the Ivey Mill Satur
day in order to rest up a week
and be ready to take charge of
the graded school in Longview,
on the first Monday in Septem
ber. Prof. Sherrill was the prin
cipal of this school last winter
and the trustees were so well
pleased with his work that they
employed him for another term.
Drink Causes Itinerants.
San Francisco, Aug. 31.
Drink is the agent which most
frequently beings the American
laborer to the stage where he
must accept casual employment,
F. S. Edinger, a contractor who
deals with large bodies of un
skilled workers, testified today
before Federal Industrial Rela
tiens Commission.
4 We do not employ many na
tive-born Americans when we
can do other wisp," he said. "The
reason is that an efficient Ameri
can workman usually can get a
steady position. The class ol
Americans who have to take our
work generally is the kind we do
not want. The cause of this in
efficiency most often is drink.
The minimum amount required
for actual living expense was a
question thfct today caused much
discussion by different witnesses.
Edinger said his firm found it
impossible to meet expenses in
boarding employes at $5 25 a
week. F. M. Andreani, a mem
ber of the Italian Consulate, tes
tified that good board and room
could be obtained here for $4 a
week.
.A. A. Woolner of the North
western Pacific Railway, said
many seasonal worker wintered
here on 40 cents a day, paying 10
cents for lodging and 30 cents
for food.
Kills Interloper .Who Interfered
With Courting.
Shelby, Aug. 31.—Because it
is said. Luther Jimerson inter
fered with him and his girl last
night and drew a pistol on him,
Walter Shannon waited on Jim
erson this morning at the Grover
depot and shot him in the neck
with a shotgun from which
wound he died immediately.
Both Jimerson and Shannon have
bad criminal records.
Sheriff Wilirins went to the
scene and 'phoned Sheriff Thom
as of Cherokee Cojnty, South
Carolina, who answered the call
I with his bloodhounds but the
dogs could strike no trail and
; Shannon made his escape to
South Carolina.
canon WAREHOUSE FOR
an cornm
Mass Meeting Called at Newton
Saturday, Sept 5, at 10
A. M.—Everybody Urged
to Attend This Meet
ing.
7 .
Last Friday evenin# the Cham
ber of Commerce calle J into con
ference representative farmers,
merchants, manufacturers and
bankers to talk over the cotton
trade situation. Mr. A. C. Shu
ford has been visiting among the
farmers of Catawba County quite
freely for the past; feto weeks,
get;ing their opinion on the fea
sibility of having a bonded cotton
warehouse established here, so
that the cotton grower w.euld not
have to market his crop at a l"ss.
Cotton properly protected is such
a warehouse would become a good
collateral asset upon which the
owner of one or many bales so
stored could secure funds from
his banker. \ ;
The matter was discussed quite
freely from the various stand
points, including the eost of
storage, the number of bales
likely to be stored here, location
of warehouse, character of build
ing and means by which the far
mer could secure an advance of
money on his cotton.
Mr. Shuford said he was con
vinced the greater number of our
cotton growers would take ad
vantage of such a warehouse, if
t'. ey were given an opportunity,
and many of them, he believed,
would take stock in such a pro
ject.
A Committee consisting of A.
C. Shuford (Chairman), J. D.
Elliott, K. C. Menzies, W. B.
Gaither and T. F. Conner, was
appointed to visit Charlotte and
see how Mecklenburg County
handled the cotton warehouse
there. This Committee is to
make a report at the Brass meet
ing to be held in Newton Satur
day, September 5,
In pursuance of this plan, the
following call for a mass meet
ing was submitted, and a full at
tendance urged;
"AH the farmers, business men
and all classft- of citizens of Ca
tawba County who are interested
in the welfare of the county are
requested and urged to attend a
public meeting to be held in the
courthouse at Newton on Satur
day, the sth day of September,
1914, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the
purpose of discussing means for
protecting the farmers in mar
keting cotton. We feel that on
account of the demoralized con
dition of the cotton markets of
the world, brought about by the
great European War, closing the
markets which consume about
two-thirds of the cotton crop of
the South, thereby throwing
more than eight million bales
surplus on the home market, it
becomes absolutely necessary for
concerted action by the farmers
and business men of the south to
take all possible steps to protect
the cotton interests, in order as
far as}possible to avert the great
calamity that now confronts us.
This is a problem that will not
work out itself, but will require
the best effort and concerted
action of all our people. We
must begin the work ourselves,
and by earnest concerted action
we believe that those who are in
authority and can render assist
ance will come to our aid as far
as possible, but nothing will be
done unless the farmers demand
relief and show an inclination to
back up the efforts in their be
half."
Made a Sortie.
An official statement issued by
the French Embassy said:
"Our troops took up the offen
sive in the Vosges in the region
between the Vosges mountains
and Nancy, where fighting has
been going on for a fortnight
The German losses were consid
erable.
"Longwy, which was garrison
ed by onlv one battalion, has sur
rendered after holding out for 24
days."
Philathea Class
Methodist Sunday School
Sept. 6, 1914.
A Discussion
on
"What Makes a Gift Great."
We cordially invite visitors
and strangers. Last Sunday we
had the great pleasure of having
with us Miss Zung of Soochow,
China. Will YOU honor us with
a visit next Sunday?
Invigorating to the Paw and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVK'B TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
VYV SEPTEMBER 3, 1914
V ' '>#» •
England Wins Nttval Battle.
Fleets of Great Biitain and
Germany at last have come to
grip 3, and, according to reports
from London, victory lav with the
British.
In a battle with British war
ships off the Island of Heligoland,
in the North Saa, the Germans
are reported to have lost two
cruisers and many of their de
stroyers were badly battered.
The British claimed not to have
suffered the 1 oss of a vessel and
declared there were few fatalities
on board the vessels of their
fleet. The German casualties
were not stated,
The Island of Heligoland, which
lies 45 miles off the mouths of
the Rivers Elbe and Weser, al
ways has been regarded a point
of great strategic value for the
protection of the Kaiser Wilhelm
Canal and otherwise in the naval
defence of Germany. Recent re-
ADMIRAL CALLAGHAN
Admiral Sir George Caliaghan, com
mander-in-chief of the British home
fleets in the North sea.
porta had it that a large part of
the flower of the German Navy
lay in the waters adjacent to the
moutha of and Weser
and in the Kaiser WilheTm' Ca
nal.
The French War Office in a
statement said laconically that
the situation along its lines Fri
day was the same as it was
Thursday, adding that tne Ger
mans "apparently have slacken
ed their march." That was all.
From England there came not
even a word officially concerning
the fighting on land. /
One of the most important an
nouncements was made bv Mar
quis of Crewe in the House of
Lords. It wa3 that Great Brit
ain would draw on the native
forces in British India to rein
force her armies in Europe.
The German forts atTsing-Tau
fired on two Japanese cruisers
reconnoitering off the fortress.
One of the cruisers was said to
have been damaged.
Louvain, a Belgian town of
50,000 inhabitants and with many
historic buildings, is reported to
have been burned by the Ger
mans as an act of reprisal for al
leged firing on German soldiers
by Belgian citizens. The Bel
gians claim, however, that the
people of Louvain did not commit
the hostile act charged, but that
it was the Germans themselves
who fired on their fellow coun
trymen.
Because of the non-payment of
a war levy of $40,000,000 the
Germans, it i 3 said, threaten to
seize the famous pictures and
objects of art in the Brussels mu
seums.
Advices from Chinese coastal
cities report the sinking of the
German torpedo boat
S-90 by the British torpedo boat
destroyer Welland and the seiz-
I ure by the Allies of various Ger
man merchantmen as prizes.
German reservists are said to be
pouring into Tsing-Tau from va
rious parts of China to aid in the
defense of the German static n.
Pressing for Money.
An Ostend dispatch says that
of the German war levy of $40,-
000,000 on the city of Brussels
only $200,000 has been paid and
the Germans declare that if the
remainder is npt made good they
will seize pictures and art works
m the museums.
Children's Seryices at St. Stephens.
Special children's services will
be held Sunday morning at St.
Stephen's church at 10 o'clock.
Preaching services in the afcer
noon by the pastor, Rev. E. J.
Sox. Everybody cordially in
vited.
Mrs. James B, Beard's School
will open on Monday, the 31st
day of August. Further infor
mation given on request. 3t.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i£os
COMING IN ALL ITS ENTIRETY.
Sparks World's Famous Shows to
Visit Hickory September 25th
for One Day Only—Two
Exhibitions.
I
Four hundred people employed
and carrying over two hundreJ
foreign and domestic animals, is
the statement made by Mr. J. C.
Tracy, agent for the Sparks
Show?, who was in town last
Tuesday making arrangements
for the appearance of this big
circus here on . M.day, Sept.
25.
The strange colony of peop'e,
handsome horses, rai e wild ani- 1
mals and the golden caravans
are scheduled to arrive here dur
ing the early hours of the morn
ing of the above date in their
own special trains from States
ville, where they will exhibit the
day before.
Circus day will begin with a
big street parade at 10:30 a. m„
and two performances will be
given, the first starting at 2
o'clock and the other at 8 o'clock.
The grounds known as the 9;h
Avenue Circus Lot have been
arranged for by the agent and a
number of our merchants will
receive contiacts to furnish im
mense quantities of feed stuff
for both man and beast.
The Sparks World Famous
Shows have been successfully
established for the past 27 years
and bear a reputation in the
Eastern sections of the country
second to none for the high class
exhibitions presented and the
honest manner they have of deal
ing with the public—no gambling
or grafting being tolerated or
carried with these shows.
Atlanta, Ga , Aug. 31.—T0
enable growers in Western North
Carolina, East Tennessee, and
Southwest Virginia to promptly
forward.live stock to the Eastern
and Southern Railway has ar
ranged to operate a weekly fast
special live stock service such as
was operated last year. Begin
ning on September 3, the service
will continue until December 31.
according to announcement made
today by Live Stock Agent F. L.
Word^
Each Thursday during this
period, trains will be started at
early morning hours from Oolte
wah Junction, Harriman Junc
tion. Bristol and Appalachia.
These will be consolidated at
Morristown, leaving the New.
Line yard at 2:75 p. m. t arriving
Asheville at 9:25 p. m. Trains
will also be started from Murphy,
N. C., and Rosman, N. C., on
the Transylvania division, ar
riving Asheville in the early eve
ning. At Asheville the stock
will be made into trains and run
special to Spencer which will be
reached before 10 a. m„ Friday.
Here stock will be fed. watered
and rested.
Friday afternoon trains will
leaye Spencer, giving arrival at
Greensboro 7:10 p. m, and Dan
ville 9:55 p.m. Friday; Raleigh
1:55 a. m., Goldsboro 11 a. m.,
Richmond 7 a. m„ Lynchburg
4:40 a. m., Charlottesville 10:50
a. m., Manassas 4:00 p. m. f Po
tomac Yards 6:45 p. m. Saturday.
Stops will be made at points be
tween Orange and Manassas -to
deliver feeders and a special
train will leave Manassas at 4:30
p. m. to deliver feeders to points
on the Manassas and Harrison
burg branches.
Information as to this service
will bfc furnished by any agent
or by by F. L. Word, Live Stock
Agent, Atlanta, Ga.
I
KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND
New photograph of King George of
England.
LOOK WITH DISFAVOR
ON 11. S. BUYING SBIPS
Declare Purchase of German
Ships Would Enlarge Ger
man Credit.—Would
be Cause of Com
plications
Great Britain, France and
Russia have advised the United
States informally that they
would look with disfavor on the
purchase by this government of
I German merchant steamers to re
, lieve conditions growing out of
the European war and also to
build up an American merchant
marine. While not conveyed in
any diplomatic correspondence,
their position nevertheless has
been vigorously set forth to
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan.
France took the initiative, Am-
Jusserand carrying bis
objections to President Wilson in
his recent interview at the white
hou3P. George Bankmeteff, the
Russian ambassador, conferred
with the British and Fre'neh am
bassadors today and later saw
Secretary Bryan. All three
diplomats held that there was no
precedent in international law
for the purchase by a neutral
nation of any great quantity of
shipi from a belligerent. Tn9
chief objection urged is that the
I transaction would estiblifTr a
large gold credit in the hands of
Germany.
The diplomats point out that
! the German steamship compan
ies are closely affiliated with the
German government and to buy
their ships, now marooned in
American ports, would be tanta
mount to furnishing Germany
with a large loan. Should the
American government, however,
distribute its purchase of ships
equally among the belligerent
nations, they do not believe there
would be objection from any
quarter.
Considerable difficulty would
arise, however, it is asserted, if,
for instance, the crew of a Ger
man vessel purchased by the
United States were maintained
on it as the English and French
governments would not allow
the nationals of any belligerent
to land from neutral ships at
their ports.
Aside from the question of
possible financial aid to Germany
and complications over the crews
of the vessels, the European!di
olomats who are opposed to the
plan believe difficulties, would
arise with reference to the car
goes of the American ships.
Their effort in the present war
has been to sweep German com
merce from the seas and they
look upon any means to supply
food to Germany or Austria as
an unneutral act.
Administration here has de
clared that the new ships would
carry only articles whice were
specifically defined as not con
traband of war, but it is the be
lief of the diplomats that their
governments would object even
to conditional contraband, thus
restricting considerably any
commerce with belligerents.
The European diplomats have
endeavored to point out that
they desire in no way to inter
fere with the upbuilding of an
American merchant marine and
wish it success in neutral coun
tries, but they think the Ameri
can government's ships could
not be available far commerce
with the belligerent countries of
Europe.
Raised $40,000.
Newport, R. 1., Aug. 31,—As a
result of the fete held last Fri
day at the Summer home of Mrs-
Cornelius Vanderbilt, $40,000
will be remitted at once to the
International Red Cross Associa
tion for impartial distribution in
relief of those suffering in for
eign lands by reason of the pres
ent war. This sum, according
to the report tonight of the au
diting committee, will be follow
ed by another contribution from
the same sourse.
German Universities Open.
Washington, Aug. 31, —Am-
bassador Gerard today notified
the State Department that the
German universities would be
open to citizens of neutral coun
tries, but that Nationalists of
belligerents would be refused
entrance according to a ruling of
the German Government. A
great number of students now in
Germany expect to enroll when
the universities open in Autumn,
I Piles Cured la 6to 14 Days
Y oar druggirt will refund money if PAZO.
OINTMENT fail* to cure «ny ewe of Itching,
Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Pile, in «to 14
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