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QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU* § Quality Job Printing Q at Reasonable Prices 8 3000000000000CXX3000 SOBBftX PRESS PRZEMYSL FORTRESS AGAIN IN HANDS OF AUSIRIANS Former Austrian Stronghold Re captured From the Russians. Vienna, June 4.—Przemysl is again in Austrian bands, accord ing to an official announcement The great Austrian fortress of Przemysl situated between Lem berg and Cracrow, in Galicia, was captured by the Russians March 22 last, after one of the longest sieges of modern war. Since that time the Austro-Ger man armies have made vigorous efforts to re-take it, large forces of men and artillery being di verted for the drive eastward from the great fortress of Cra cow. Recent dispatches stated that the Austro-German forces had been successful in their opera tions to the north and southeast of Przemysl and that the forts girdling the positions had been taken. When the fortress fell into the hands of the Russians it had un dergone a siege of 201 days. The Austrian garrison originally con sisted of 170,000 men of which 40,000 had been killed during the siege. About 120,000 men sur rendered to the Russians with the fortress. King Victor Emmanuel has of fered his services as intermediary in the adjustment of territorial questions which have arisen be tween Russia and Roumania, ac cording to the Milan Secolo. Coinsurance Clause. Ir.surance Commissioner Young •says: The last Legislature did not prohibit the use of the coin surance clause, as some wished, but provided that an insurance company before writing a policy with a coinsurance clause should ■give to the insured the choice of a policy at proper rates with or j without the coinsurance clause. 3n this our citizens will be ap prised of the fact that the coin surance clause is in his policy, and will 'have the right to say whether or not they will take their insurance in this way. The agent is also required to stamp on the back of each policy in which the coinsurance clause is used the words "Coinsurance British Steamer Sunk. The British steamer Saidieb, from Alexandria, Egypt, for Liverpool, was torpedoed in the North sea. Seven members of the crew, including a steward ess, were drowned. Forty-one .survivors were landed at Chat ham. The Saidieh bad a crew of forty-eight Greeks, a British commander and eight passengers of different nationalities. The loss of life was the result of jam ming of davits while one of the boats was being lowered. The occupants were thrown into the water. Those in the other boats were picked up by a trawler. The steamer sank in fifteen minutes Complaint of Rates. For two years the Insurance Commissioner has had the power to pass upon any complaint made to him of the discrimination of fire rates, but the last Legisla ture gave him the right to in quire into complaints where par ties believe that rates are excess ive or unfair. Under the new law the complaint must be made in writing, and after the notice he can set a place for the hear ing and fully investigate the matter. Rather Late! In "clean up" weeks and days conditions that are likely to cause fires should not be forgot ten, Clean for fire prevention a? well as hea'th; both are nec essary for the protection of lif« and property. Recently a clean up week was held in a sma 1 to vn in this State, but the big ftr > came the week before. TKE HICKORY DEMOCRAT V s - . BASEBALL PLANS HAVE . BEEN ABANDONED Hickory Will Not Have Team in the Amateur League. Those who have been working for an amateur baseball team in the western North Carolina Am ateur Baseball League with Mor gar.ton, Lenoir and Stateaville, this summer, have given up the proposition. It was realized that SISOO would j be required to put a team in the) field equal to those of Morganton and Statesville, and for reason that only a short time has been given to raise funds, only about S6OO had been subscribed. They were also unable to se cure the proper grounds on which to play the games. It was un derstood at a meeting last week that Gastonia wanted to come in to the League and this gave Hick ory an opportunity to withdraw in favor of that city. However, Hickory will have a team in 1916 and an athletic as sociation looking to this end will be organized shortly. State News Items. Judge George W. Connor at New Bern last week practically cleared Solicitor Charles L. Aber nethy from any stigma placed upon by Judge Frank Cart er during the wrangle that the two had in New Bern over the Baugh am case, when he declared that all records after the Baugham case should be expunged. The abstract of the condition of national banks in North Caro lina at the close of business May 1, shows conditions as follows: Reserve held at 18.0 per cent; loans and discounts, $45,426,941; gold coin, $355,906; lawful money in reserve, $1,692,690, and depos its, $34,364,890. A man giving his name a s Paul Ross and believed to be a veggman, was arrested near Asheville Thursday. When ar rested he is said to have had two suit cases, one containing stamps to the value of $455.68, and this led the officers to believe he was the man who robbed the Honea Path, S, C., post office several weeks ago. The prisoner claim that the stamps had been given him by a man in Florida. The cotton mill of the Harden Manufacturing Co., at Worth, Gaston county, was burned Fri day morning shortly after mid night, the loss being estimated at $275,000. The bursting of a main after the fire had been un der control lost the reserve sup ply of water and fire truck call ed out from Gastonia, 10 miles away, broke through a bridge and could not get to the fire. Rev. H. G. Kopenhaver, for six vears principal of the Star town high/school, left Friday fcr St. Paris, Ohio. The school of ficials have not yet selected a successor to Mr. Kopenhaver, or to Mr. Smith, farm life teacher, also resigned, or Miss Etta Mae Ormerod of Kingston, N. Y., teacher of domestic science, who resigned at the close of the school. When Mack Brown, colored, climbed aboard a Kinston Manu facturing Company locomotive near the log woods around Pink Hill near Kinston last week, John Thomas, the engineer, assuming that Brown had no business on it slapped him off. The negro then secured a shot gun and laid in am bush until some hours later, the white man passed in his cab bound for home. Brown got fair aim and six or eight shot took effect in Thomas' person. The Newton aldermen have fixed the 1915 tax levy at $1.20 on the SIOO of property and $2.40 on the poll. Of the total 90 cents is for general purpose and 30 cents for schools, and 90 cents of the poll is for schools. An ordi nance that stops the washing of automobiles on the sidewalks and streets of the tpwn was enacted. There are 500 tin mills in South Wales. INTERESTING ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS Condensed Paragraphs of Im portant Happenings the World Over. New York.r-The will of Jacob Ruppert, millionaire brewer, who died May 25, filed for probate, disposes of an estate valued at $20,000,000 divided among his widow and four children, Montreal.—The Allan liner Cor sican, which arrived at Glasgow with about 1,000 passenger, was chased by a submarine near Queenstown, according to a spe cial cable dispatch to the Mon treal Star. St. Louis. —The Davidson src thers Commission company, of Des Moines, lowa, pleaded guilty to a charge of having swindled railroads by fraudulent claims for the alleged damaging of goods in shipment was fined $2,500. . Washington. The supreme court annulled so far as it applies to interstate commerce the South Carolina statute penalizing rail road companies SSO for thfe fail ure to pay within thirty days claims for loss of shipments. New York.—Twenty of the leading business and professional men of China, appointed by the president of their republic as members of a commission to visit the principal cities of the United States, were welcomed and en tertained by city officials here. Chicago,—Tne state began the introduction of evidence in the trial of James O. D. Storen, for mer police captain, and Michael Weisbaum and Frederick Roth, former detectives, charged with having conspired with criminals to permit burglaries. San Francisco. —The French bark, Francis d'Amboise reached Honolulu with her part cargo of coal ablaze under the after hatch a message reaching here said. The bark was from New Castle, Australia, for San Francisco. Phoenix, Ariz.—With five men under death sentence awaiting the outcome of its deliberations, the state legislature met here in special session to consider the questions of capital punishment, land legislation and enforcement of prohibition, Udine.—Large numbers of ec cliastics are participating in the war. In addition to several hun dred who are going to the front as chaplains or members of the Red Cross thousands have been called to the colors. Most of these belong to sanitary corps but many are officers or non-com missioned officers in the regular army. Washington.—Formal applica tion was made to the supreme court for bail for Victor L. Innes and wife, pending their appeal to that tribunal from the decision of the Texas state court holding them subject to extradition to Georgia tc answer charges of lar ceny after trust. San Diego.—Wireless advices received by the United States cruiser, Colorado, state that Mex icpn authorities at Mazatlan have appropriated the water works there largely owned by American capitals Indians are reported as j robbing and pillaging in the in terior of northern Sinaloa. — Although the Panama canal is in physical con dition to permit the passage of battleships it became known that the Atlantic fleet will not make the tour through the great water way next month. No official an nouncement has been made how ever, and officials are reticent in discussing the situation. Akron, O.—The convention of the general synod of the Luther an church approved a committee report, virtually authorizing the adoption of graded Sunday school lessons to be used exclusively by Lutheran churches throughout the country. Dissatisfaction with International lessons brought about the action; Boston, -Uncertainty over the HICKORY, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915 application of the Sherman anti trust act to combinations formed to promote export trade is one of the principal obstaclesin the way of expanding business with South American countries, in the opin ion of New England merchants, expressed at a conference with the federal trade commission. Yokohama. -A German baker, accused of sending secret docu ments concealed in bread and cakes to German prisoners at To kio has been ordered to leave Ja an within a week. Four other Germans engaged in business here have been ordered deported for "committing acts against the welfare of the country," Baltimore. James Walsh, wealthy clubman and president of an automobile company, was sentenced here to two years in the penitentiary for causing the death of Mrs. Annie Mcl. Sey mour, whom he struck with his automobile last March. Several witnesses testified that Walsh was under tne influence of liquor at the time. Annapolis.—June week with its usual gaities and its series of for mal functions woven about the coming of the members of the naval committees of congress to inspect the institution, opened at the naval academy. % The mem bers of the board of visitors af ter being formally received and accorded the usual honors, in spected the midshipmen in an in fantry drill. New York.—The charge that Chairman Frank P. Walsh, of the United States industrial rela tions commission, distorted testi mony when he issued a statement at Kansas City seeking to make it appear that John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., was personally responsi ble for labor conditions in the coal fields, was made here by W. L. Mackenzie King, former min ister of labor for" Canada and now director of an investigation into industrial relations for the Rockefeller foundation. Deeds Filed for Record. The following deeds have been filed for record in the office of Register of Deeds for Catawba county: Jerome Bolick Sons Co., to D. E. Bolick, for $2600, house and 1 acre at Conover. Newton Motor Co., to Geo. A. Warlick, for S4BO, house and lot at Maiden. J. D. Elliott to Eubert, Walker and George Lyerly for S6OO lot on Tenth Avenue, Hickory. M. L. E. Flagler, for $l5O, lot on Ninth Avenue, Hickory. J. D. Beal to W. M. Caldwell, for $1000,24 acres adjoining John Turbyfill. Civil Cases m County Court. The Enterprise says the civil cases of Virginia Iron and Metal Co., vs. the Shufora Hardware Company, of Hickory, ,for an al leged account of S4OO, resulted in a verdict for the defendants in the county court Tuesday. The Carolina & North-Western Ry. Co,, vs. Hutton & Bourbonnais for $l4O for demurrage, and of the Southern Ry. Co., against the same for SBS, resulted in judg ments for the plaintiffs. A farm house in Lewistown, N. J., was recently destroyed by fire. The good housewife was singeing a chicken in the old fashioned way, over an open stove. Apparently she burned her fingers and dropped the chicken into the fire, which in stantly blazed up and ignited the house.—Safety Engineering. Restored to Good Health. "I sick for four years with stom ach trouble," writes Mrs. Otto Gans, | Zanesville, Ohio. "I lost weight andj felt so weak that I almost gave up the hope of being cured. A friend told me about Chamberlain's Tablets, and since using two bottles of them I have been a weU woman. For sale by Grimes Drug Co. and Lutz's Drugstore. A man does not please long when he has only one species of wit.-Laf Bocheloucpuld. 'GOVERNMENT LOSES SUIT AGAINST U. S. STEEL May Mark End of Federal Ef forts to Hound and Harass Big Business. The United States District Court for New Jersey has hand ed down a unanimous decision refusing the petition of the fed eral government tc dissolve the United States Steel Corporation. As against the government the court refused to dissolve the cor poration, holding that in acquir ing its foreign and home 'trade the concern did not violate the Sherman anti-trust and refused all the injunctions prayed for by the department of justice. As against the steel corpora tion the court held that the com mittee meetings participated in by ninety-five per cent of the steel trade of the country, is suing the steel corporation, sub sequent to the famous Gary din ners of eight or nine years ago, were unlawful combinations to control prices; but as these meet ings had stopped before the gov ernment filled its complaint in October 1911, the judges held that there was no occasion for an injunction. This famous suit was institti-. ted by the Taft administration, was prosecuted for the govern ment by Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war, as chief counsel. Battle Cry of the Locusts. Did you hear that hollow moan ing sound ending, with a gasp that sounded like a prophecy of death and destruction —a sound rising and falling, swelling and. sinking all day long? It is the horrible battle cry of locust?, and the vanguard has reached the town. You will find them cling ing to the branches of trees and bushes, hanging upon fences, and crawling on the ground. And if you pick one up and look closely at the thin gauze of its long ■ wings you will see the letter W very plainly stamped thereon. Now, just as surely as A stands for Archer and B stands for Bow, W stands for War. If there is'nt war of any other kind there will be war of the flying creatures on j trees and other vegetation. Re member Pharaoh and repent of your sins.—Brevard News. Special Germany Envoy Dispatched to Berlin in Interest of Peace. New York, June 4.—Meyer Gerhart, who is understood to be the special agent the German am bassador, Count Bernstoff, is sending to Belin, sailed yesterday on the steamship, United States, for Copenhagen, it became known today. His accomodations were engaged less than two hours be fore the vessel sailed and he ar rived at the pier less than five minutes before the steamer cast off. Mr. Gerhart carried documents bearing the official seals of Great Britain, Russia and France giv ing guaranty against molestation by cfficers of allied warships. Mr. Gerhart booked his passage from New York city. Whether he is an American citizeh or not was not ascertained. In addition to the papers signed by the allies representatives, he carried effisi al papers signed by American and German and Austrian au thorities, the nature of which was not ascertained today. Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la borers, rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, bruses. Should be kept in every home. 25c and 50c. Impossible is the precept, "Know thyself," till it be trans lated into this partially possible one, "Know what thou canst woik at."—Carlyle. Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner. Bitter tas'e? Complexion sallow Y Live perhaps needs waking up. Doan's Regulets for bilious attacks. 25c at all stores. Read The Hickory Deraociat. GERMANS ANXIOUS OVER UNREST IN ROUMANIA • Rumors Rife That 1,000,000 Men are Being Mobilized in That Country. Roumania now is occupying the "seat of uneasy neutrality," lately held by Italy. The diplo mats of the near east evidently are working hard to bring an understanding between Bulgaria and Roumania. Rumors are rife that Roumania is mobilizing 1,- 000,000 men. The German press is showing some indications of anxiety over the situation, and the Frank furter Zeitung has called for con cessions to prevent Roumanian intervention. Vienna has been informed that Germany, pouring out blood and treasure in the struggle, must be listened to, and that Austria-Hungary must be prepared to make certain sac rifices to meet the Roumanian demands. It is significant, in the opinion of British opservers, that three of the opposition leaders in the Hungarian parliament have de manded and have been granted a conference with Emperor Fran cis JoseDh for the statement of opinions wh ; ch cannot be ut tered in parliament itself. The HyPhen and the Law. While the much reprobated "hy phen'' is fast disappearing of its own accord under the compulsion of new, broader patriotism, it is interesting to note that it is also declared to have no standing iu law. A ruling to that effect has just been made by Justice Whitaker of New York. The case concern ed a moving picture play which, it was contended, would be offen sive to German-Americans. The judge, while deploring any such tendency in the proauction, de clared that he could take no cog nizance of the matter, because » ' the American law recognizes no national distinctions based on the origin of citizen?. "The court," he said; "cannot give judicial sanction to the grouping of American citizens in different classes and shape or color its decison therewith. Am erica includes all classes of nat uralized citizens, irrespective of their place of birth. What has lately come to be known as hy phenated citizenship has nostand ing, and cannot be recognized by the court or any branch of the government. The plaintiff should not, therefore, be interfered with because of the super-sensitiveness of alien residents." It goes without saying that no race ought to be misrepresented in any American play. In a way the decision seems unjust, since it may seem to permit a wrong without possibility of reparation. •And yet it ought to hasten the day when there will be no groups of citizens disposed to public ac tion or protest from motives bas ed on foreign sympathy or pre judice, no matter what the occa sion may be, —Asheville Gazette News. Civil War Horse Still Survives The oldest horse that served the county in the War between the States is still alive, at the age of 53 years, at Horseheads, N. Y. It is owned by P. A. Mc intosh who is also a veteran of the same war. To prpve his as sertion Mr. Mcintosh shows the government brand on the ani mal's hip, which reads "I. C., 1865." Horse and man served in the same regiment. Although bent with age. his hair turning gray and his teeth becoming worn, the old horse is still able to eat 12 quarts of oats and take his master to town several times a week. It is estimated the ani mal is at least 53 years old. Far mers say the average life of a bor je is about 15 years. EX)OODOOOCXXXJOOOO O Democrat Leads g lews & Circulation X DOOO.DOOO DOOOOOOO 8 t New Series Vol. I, No. 5 SUNDAY SCHOOL NORMAL TO BE HELD HERE IN JULY Lutherans Will Assemble Here for Four Days' Session July 12 to 16. I The eighth annual joint Sun day School Normal of the Tenne ssee Lutheran Church will be held at Lenoir College, this city, July 12 to 16. The committee is grati fied to be able to announce that Rey. A. C. Schenck, of Philadel phia, who so capably conducted the kindergarten and primary grades last year, has been secur ed again this year, with Miss Mabel Bulwinkle a3 assistant. The intermediate department will be in charge of Rev. F. B. Clausen, of Wilmington. Rev. W. A. Deaton, of this city, will direct the Bible study period for teachers of all grades. As in years past, a period each morning will be devoted to the study of Missions, and especially their application to Sunday School instruction. Rev. J. C. Seegers, D. D., of Columbia, S. C., will present this subject. The usual periods each day will be devoted to Sunday School mu sic. A new feature of the work will be short talks each period on some particular phase of music in its relation to the Sunday School. At the evening sessions, timely addresses will be delivered upon important Sunday School sub jects as follows: "The Pastor's Relation to the Sunday School," Rev. R. L. Patterson, D. D., Sal isbury; "The Superintendent and His Work," Rav. L. L. Lohr, D. D., of Lincolnton; "The Teacher and the Spiritual Life," Rev. A. C. Schenck; "The Sunday School and Higher Education," Rev, F. B. Clausen; "The Mission of the Church Through the Sunday school," Rev. J. C. Seegers, D. a As on former occasions grade , conferences will be held on Wed nesday and Thursday, with a clos ing general conference on Friday. A round table will be conducted each day, a half hour before Ves pers. More Towns Make Improvements. Raleigh. June 4.—01 d Fort and Hertford are the next North Ca rolina towns to make notable mu nicipal improvements. Old Fort, the main gateway to the moun tains proper, with a population of not over 1000, has contracted for a sanitaiy sewer system to cost around SIO,OOO. Hertford, the quaint old tcwn on the Perquimans, has gone two farther. She has contracted for waterworks, electric lighting and a sanitary sewer svstem, togeth er with street improvements on specified streets. The small towns 1,000 or more inhabitants are today making the municipal improvements that towns of 15,000 or 20,000 inhabi tants made just a few years ago. Regardless of war times these towns feel that they cannot af ford not to make these principal safeguards in defense of health and safety. It is an encouraging sign when small tows feel that they must provide "safety first" for their people, regardless of the money ccst. Given Twelve Months on Roads. ♦ Forest Reese was given 12 months on,the roads in recorder's court here Friday for larceny, he having stolen a number of arti cles from Shell-Mitchell Grocery Cg. He was married the night before his arrest to Miss Bertie Kiliian, of this city. Clerk and Registers Receipts. Receipts in the clerk's office in • May were $150.30, and in the reg ister's office, $212.80. In the case of the clerk, the receipts proved to be just 30 cents over his salary, while the register had a surplus, of $62 80.—Newton Enterprise. Dyspepsia is America's corse. To restore digestion, normal weisrht, good health and purify the blood, use Bar docks Blood Bitters. Sold at all drug, stores, Price, fl.OOj