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10 HOLD CONFERENCE
Leastwise Villa Has Sent Car
ranza Message Urging a
Peace Conference.
The United States has been
notified by General V ilia on be
half of the Mexican convention
forces that he had telegraphed
General Carranza urging a con
ference for the restoration of j
piace and constitutional govern
ment in Mexico.
This step is the first tangible
development resulting from Pres
ident Wilson's recent warning to
all Mexican factions that unless
th.-y came tj 3n agreement
among themselves soon, some
ether means would be employed
by the United States to relieve
the suitering population f.'om
further devastations of the mili
tary element. On General Car
ranza's reply depends the next
move in the situation.
Comcidentally the state de
triment was advised by Miss
Mabel Boardman of the Ameri
can Red Cross that the Mexican
authorities «t Piedias had denied
entry to a carload of foodstuffs
consigned for the relief of peo
ple in Monciova. Consul Blocker,
is endeavoring to use his good
cmces to arrange for the trans
portation of the supplies and un
til he reports the details the state
department will take no further
action.
The announcement that Gener
al Villa had initiated a movement
for peace was received with sat
isfaction in official quarters.
Enrique C. Llorente, Washing
tin representative of the Vilia-
coalitbn called on Secre
tary Lansing with a ecpy of the
Villa telegram to Carranza and a
note from General Villa replying
*io President Wilson's recent pro
nouncement of policy. The note
referred appreciatively to the
President's efforts and outlined
the purpose of the Villa-Zapata
leaders to bring about a reconcil
iation with the Carrar.zistas.
In the message to Carranza,
dated June 11, stress is laid up
on President Wilson's warning
that the United States would be
"ob'iged to decide on other meth
ods," should a coalition of the
factions prove futile."
General Villa says:
"In our opinion, this declara
tion involves two perils, which
may frustrate the ends of revolu
tion, and impair our sovereignty.
First, the Cientificos with any
other group, might again en
throne themselves with American
assistance, Second, should the
people not submit to this, the
American government might
have recourse to armed interven
tion. In the face of these two
imminent dangers, and without
recognizing the right of the
\merican government to inter
vane in our affairs, we think that
we should seek means that would
permit the reunion and reorgan
ization of the constitutionalist
partv, even though it be indisDer.-
sable to make sacrifices of seif
esteem. We believe also that
this is what patriotism and the
future welfare of our country re
quire of us.
"In s jen senae. we propose to
you that we take under consider
ation President Wilson's note and
that, if you are so disposed, as
we ourselves are. you advice us
that we rray discuss and agree
at once upon the form and terms
of procedure in the reorganiza
tion of the national constitutional
government. We have already
placed ourselves in touch with
the chief of the convention gov
ernment, as well as with the com
manding general of the army of
the south." »
The telegram was signed by
General Villa and M. Diaz Lomar
do, in charge of the department
o' foeign affairs.
In the memorandum filed at
the state department, General
Villa sums up with the following:
"We of the convention govern
ment have not been animated by
ambitions for power, nor do we
desire in any case to obtain it by
means other than bv the free
vote of the Mexican people. But
inasmuch as the desire to consult
the country relative to the restor
ation of a legal renime, with con
stitutional sanction, is accepted
by th« Carranzi faction, we are
disposed, in the light of possible
intervention in our national pro
blems by a foreign power, to
gain invite all those Mexicans to
unite and collaborate with us in
the work of realizing the princi
ples of the revolution especially
the agrarian question, and the
development of instruction for
the masses; and we only except
from this invitation those who,
according to the words of Presi
dent Wilson, have ignored the
constitution of the republic and
employed their power against the
interests of the people."
General Villa admits to conten
tion that there is no recognized
authoiity throughout the coun
try. He refers, however, to a
message to him from DuVal
West, President Wilson's repre
sentative stating "it gives me
pleasure to inform you of the
magnificent impression which the
tranquillity and order which I
have observed everywhere I have
been, has made on me." He also
i quotes from a message of Sir
! Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, British
ambassador to the United States,
to a representative in northern
Mexico expressing gratification
to the Villa government 4, for
prompt action in protecting Brit
ish interests."
Amazing Fond Deficits.
Mr. S. H. DeVault, student in'
ihe University of North Care-;
ina, from Washington county,
rennessee, has run into Sur
prises. I
For instance, he finds in the
i
L9lO Census that the food ancj
ieed consumed by man and beast
In the big city counties of Ten]
nessee are far above the amounts
produced by the farmers of these i
counties. The bill for imported
pantry supplies and stock feed,
for consumption by the popula
tions and domestic animals irk
these counties, is as follows:
Washington, $1,132,000; Knoxi
?5,856,1'00; Hamilton, 86,921,000;
Davidson, 89,960,000; and Shelby,
514,918,000.
The total shortage of homej
raised food and feed stuffs in
these five counties is $-38,817,005.
Here's a king's ransom; and 3t
?oes out of these counties to en
rich the farmers of other states
and sections year by year.
If the thirty-eight million dol
lars sent out of Washington,
Knox, Hamilton, Davidson, arjd
Shelby countie?, Tennessee, for
imported food and feed stuffs
lould be kept at home, the far ( m
population in these counties, in; a
very few years, would be worth
as much as Illinois or lowa farm
ers; that is to say. from $2.600;t0
$3,600 apiece, counting men, Wo
men and children. j
Here is a tremendous market
demand for farm products. Con
sumers in Johnson City, Knpx
viile, Chattanooga, Nashville,
and Memphis are bewildered ; by
the increased cost of living.
Why do not farmers in jthe
nearby country regions supply
the demand, and get the benefit
of high prices for pantry sup
plies and feed stuffs?
, The answer is fairiy simple.
Producers alone never settled a
market problem. Nor consumers
alone.
They must get together, and
the business men of a growing
city must bring them together.
It is the biggest problem that
any Board of Trade has to con
sider; far bigger than any one or
a dczen new industrial enter
prises.
The acid test of success is this:
Are the farmers getting more for
their products? And at the Same
time, are the consumers getting
more for their money ? .
If not, a city market plan or
scheme is a vrhastly joke upon
the city dwellers and the country
dwellers alike. —University News
Letter,
FELL IN LOVE WITH
| HICROBYTFIRE TRUCK
Chief McAlister of Lincolnton
Showed What a Real Fire
Engine is.
i The following is taken from
Tne Lincoln County News of
lilonday of this week:
First Chief McAlieter while in
Friday with the city of
ficials, he being ore of the alder-'
f f nen, was shown the fire fighting
apparatus of that city. Hickory's
chief took Alderman McAlister
|:o ride on the big $5,500 motor
fire truck, speeding up to 50
imiles per hour t) show Mack
how quickly she could make it.
jfhis so enthused our chief that
he insisted on the entire Lincoln
ton delegation taking a ride on
ithe truck which was done. When
;the truck was ieturned to the
city hall and backed into place to
jawait another fire Chief McAlis
jter at once realized that he had
found his affinity: He delayed
,the party causing them to stay in
ithat city longer than intended.
;He was so carried away with the
struck that he offered to swap
jboth of the automobiles used ty
khe party—a Buick and Hupnro
[bile—for it and said he would
! give some boot. Finally he was
i persuaded to leave his affinity
; with regret. These trucks are
| said to be cheaper than the horse
drawn truck in the end, and too
the fire is reached earlier. Hick
ory's chief reports that they sel
dom have to use water arriving
early enough to extinguish the
I fires with the chemical appara
tus.
A. M. Hollar.
(Contributed.)
The subject of this sketch, A.
M, Hollar, died three miles South
:>f Pilot Point, Texas, May 28,
L 915, at 8:30 p. m., was born No
vember 25, 1833. in Catawba
County, North Carolina. Was
married to Leah Seitz May 24,
1857. They lived together 52
years. To this union there were
twelve children born. Seven of
them are dead. Five are living.
The following are the living: D.
F. Hollar, of Cisco. Texas; Mrs.
J. N. Caddel, of Mangum, Okla
homa; E. Brown, of Pilot
Point, Texas; L. A. Hollar, of
Vernon, Texas; and Dallas Hol
lar, Pilot Point, Texas. Brother
Hollar had been a member of the
Lutheran Church for many years,
he had deep religious convictions.
A few days before his death he
ailed his children in and talked
to them about getting ready to
meet God, and expressed himself
as being ready to meet God. The
writer visited him in his affliction
and he expressed about the same
thing to me. He expressed a
willingness to be subject to the
will of God. His great delight
was to know his children were
all nice respectable citizens and
doing well.
He loved his home and his
children. He was a high toned
gentleman, believing his word as
good as his bond, and acted ac
cordingly. He was always will
ing and ready with his money to
help a good enterprise to build
up his country. As a farmer he
was successful. He settled on
the old homestead in 1873, there
he lived on the same place until
May 29. We laid his body to rest
bv his companion in the Belew
cemetery to await final resurrec
tion of the just. The funeral
was preached by the writer be
fore a large congregation of
weeping friends and neighbors.
May God bless the children and
may they so live in this world
that it may be an unbroken home
in the world to come is my pray
er.—J. W. Tincher, Aubrey, Tex
as.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVJS'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
In the Falklan i Islands there
are five men to every v omen;
HICKORY, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1915
A Town of Marvelous Growth.
List November Hopewell, Va.,
was a siding on a branch line of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Tne Dupont de Nemours Powder
Co., came along and bought 1200
acres of farm land, running down
on one side to the James River.
They strung a 10-foot, barbed
wire barrricade around the tract
and began digging for founda
tions and putting up brick and
concrete and steel buildings for
another big factory for high ex
plosives.
Today the company has two
huge gun-cotton plants working
night and day, and a third build
ing is going up as rapidly as ma
terial can be dumped on the
ground and hundreds of laborers
can put it in place. >
April 1 the buildings at Hope
well flag station to a village of
perhaps 500 people. Today it
has a population of more than
17,000, and it is growing bv leaps
and bound?.
April 1 the buildings at Hope-;
well comprise those of the Du
pont company—two mills and
three or four rows of galvanized
iron barracks for housing the
laborers. Today it has a mid
way extending a mile and a quar
ter along the railroad—now
?rown to the main spur and a
regular network of side-shacks,
tents, galvanized-iron sheds and
ivery imaginable shelter, with
hundreds of men working night
ind day on more shacks, more
puildings, more sheds, to say
icthing of the 500 or more cot
;ages the company is building
for the accommodation of its em
ployes.
It is the biggest development
project Virginia has known in all
ts history. There has never
peen anything like it in the Old
Dominion. From a population of
lot more than 500 or so to a pop
jlation of 17,000 and more in 60
iaya is, to say the least, going
jome, and that is what Hopewell
las done; and all because the
European war made it necessary
tor the Dupont company to build
i big new factory for turning out
ligh explosives.
At the railroad station it was
stated that Italians, Greeks, Hun
garians, Poles, Jamaican negroes,
•epresentatives of every nationai
ty, almost, under the sun, had
peen going to the new town by
;he hundreds for the last two
nonths.
Today was payday at the works,
md slightly more than 12,600
nen were paid off. an increase of
nore than 1000 since the last pay
lay two weeks ago. These men
:ome from every corner of the
jlobe. One of the timekeepers
imployed by the company speaks
■eads and writes eight languages,
ind he has use for all of them.
n a group of fewer than a dozen
jmployes of the company gather
ed in a Petersburg hotel the oth
>r night—engineers, skilled me
chanics and high-class men—one
lad landed from South Africa
ess than two months ago, anoth
er had been employed for the
ast three years on a raiiroad
project in Alaska, a third was
just back from superintending
:oncretc work in the Canal Zone,
i fourth had sp3nt the last year
at mining engineering iri South
America, a fifth had just com
pleted installation of an electric
lighting and power plant on a
big sugar plantation in Cuba and
others had come from other dis
tant parts of the world. And
not a man in the party looked to
be more than 30 years old.-
Washington Star.
St. Stephen Eyaneelical Lutheran
Church.
Rev. E. J. Sox, pastor.
Next Sunday, June 20.
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m.
Preaching Service at 10:30 a.
m. Sermon by the pastor on th 6
theme: Great Anxiety for that
which is Lost and Great Joy ov
er that which is Found.
"And the Spirit and the Bride
say, Come. And let him that
is athirst come: and whosoever
will, let him take of take of the
waters of life freely." Rev. 22;-
17,'
SHERIFF DIES IN
DEFENSEOF NEGRO
South Carolina Mob Kills Offi
cer Who Does Duty; Negro
Also Killed
«
Winnsboro, S. C., June 14. —
A. 1). Hood, sheriff of Fairfield
county, and Jules Smith, a negro
who was to have been tried today
on a charge of attempted assault,
were killed and eight other men
were more or 1e s s seriously
wounded as a result of an attack
upon the sheriff's party as the
negro was being taken into court,
here this morning.
Clyde Isenhower, alleged lead
er of the mob, and a relative of
the woman Smith, was charged
with attacking, Ernest Isenhow
er. his brother; William Morrison
a brother-in-law, and James
Rawis, late today were indicted
on the charge of murder as re
sult of the attack.
Clyde Isenhower was shot a
number of times, and died to
night in a hospital at Chester. J.
R. Boulware, a deputy sheriff,
received a bullet in the stomach,
and is believed to be fatally
wounded.
Smith was arrested in April
and officials here, fearing an at
tempt at lynching, placed the
negro in the state penitentiary
at Columbia for safe-keeping un
til time for his trial here.
Sheriff Hood and his deputies,
with Smith under close guard,
had reached the court house this
morning when a mob of approx
imately 100 armed men attempt
ed to seize the prisoner. The
sheriff warned the mob to desist
but his order was disregarded
and someone fired a shot at the
negro. The tiring immediately
became general and lasted for
about ten minute?.
Of the six other wounded Earle
Stevenson, a young deputy sher
iff, received two bullets through
the left arm, one severing an ar
tery.
A special train was hurried
from Columbia here immediatelv
after the tragedy, and Sheriff
Hood and his deputy were taken
t) a Columbia hospital for sur
gical attention, where Sheriff
Hood died tonight. Isenhower
and Stevenson were taken to
Chester for surgical attention.
Despite his weakened condition
from the half dozen bullets in his
body. Sheriff Hood led the pris
oner up the stairs into the court
room, The negro dropped dead,
beside the dock, and Sheriff Hood
staggered on to the bar where a
court official eased him to the
floor.
The "Hoodoo" to be Presented at
The Hub.
"The Hoodoo," the play that
attracted so much attention du
ring the Lenoir College com
mencement and which elicited
much favorable comment from
those who witnessed the produc
tion at the college, will be pre
sented by the same cast at the
Hub Theatre in this city Tues
day, June 29.
This play is an uproariously
funny comedy and the plot is in
teresting in the extreme. You
who enjoy a good comedy and
who are not averse to laughing
; will find in this play something
1 to make you. feel better if you
1 are feeling good and as a refresh
■ ing power for jaded spirits this
1 play has no equal.
No Wonder.
"No wonder the Scotch get rich,''
says Jerome S. McWade, the Duluth
comoisseur, laying down a magazine
article about multimillionaires of Scot
tish blood. "No wonder."
He Duffed his huge Havana thought
fully.
"An Irishman and a Scotchman j
[ went into a saloon one day,*' he said,
j "but the Irishman had no money.''
Mr. McWade blew a fragrant cloud
toward the ceiline.
"So they came out.'' he said, with
out a drink." —Exchange,
ajros lid bores, otner heaeties wcn'l Cm*
The worst cases, no matter of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
I Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
Vain aad Heals s! the same tinu. 26c, 60c. sl.o*.
Live Items From
Granite Falls
Granite Falls, June 16,—We
have been looking for the locusts
in this community, but they have
not made their appearance as yet.
Mr. D. H. Warlick, Miss Es
telle Warlick and Mr. John W.
Hoke have gone to Richmond, Va.,
traveling in the former's auto
mobile.
Mr. J. O, Deal has bought a
new automobile. Granite now
has 14 or 15 of the machines and
there will be some more in the
near future.
Dr. A. D. Abernethy's new
bungalow is nearing completion.
Work on the sand-clay roads is
moving along nicely.
Miss Jettie Miller of Wilkes
boro, who has been visiting her
sister. Mrs, E. G. Suttlemyre on
the Hickory road, and Miss Eu
genia Payne of this city, return
ed home Sunday.
Mr. D. A. Setzer killed what is
known as a black spreading ad
der sr.ake that had two legs with
seyen sharp claws or nails on
each foot. Numbers of people
who saw it, said it was some
thing thev had never seen be
fore.
Salisbury. June 14.—The town
jf Cleveland in western Rowan
was visited by safe blowers at an
early hour this morning. The
3afe holding postoffice funds in
the store of W. W. Roseman and
Company was blown and about
fifty dollars belonging to the
money order department was
taken. The depot was also visit
ed but little was taken.
Mr. Foster Resigns.
Mr. H. K. Foster, for several
years Farm Demonstrator for
Catawba county, has resigned
and will probably take up similar
work elsewhere.
Miss Virginia Allen, who has
been attending St. Mary's school,
arrived in this city Tuesday and
will spend the summer here with
her sister, Mrs. Neil W. Clark in,
Ken worth.
Mrs. 0. M. Royster, who has
been spending the winter in
Florida, returned home Wednes
day and will spend the summer
with Mrs. N. W. Clark in Ken-
Mr. G. R. Boyd of Lenoir, was
a visitor in the city Tuesday.
- Mr. Gordon Crowell of Lincoln
ton, spent a few hours in the
2ity Tuesday on his way to Kan
sas City.
The Blind Man.
\ sad and wand'ring man, I shay
Out in the world of woe.
S'o eyes to view my rugged way
Or teach me how to go.
[n darkness I have wandered long
Without one ray of light; /
some few years have passed me by
Of ever brooding night.
3h! gloomy night, how long thou art;
And hast though just begun?
To me there is no morning star,
No moon, no rising sun.
The lofty mountains and the hills,
The forest gay and green,
The starry skies, the flowery fields
By me can ne'er be seen.
Nature, with all her scenes so grand
Is banished from my view;
To work of art and all her charms
1 must e'er bid adieu.
I hear, I feel, I smell, I taste,
But that sweet sense of sight
Has gone from me —forever gone;
I ne'er will see the light.
Oh! Thou who hears the blind man crj
And gives him eyes to see,
Have mercy still and be my friend
And aid and comfort me.
And when life's gloomy days are o'er
Oh! bid the darkness flee!
And give me peace, light, life and love
And let me dwell with Thee.
Neuralgia Pains Stopped.
You don't need to suffer those ag
onizing nerve pains in the face, head,
arm, shoulders, chest and back. Just
apply a few drops of soothing Sloan's
Liniment; lie quitelv a few minutes.
You will get such relief and comfort!
Life and the world will look brighter.
Get a bottle to-day. 3 ounces for 25c.,
rat ail Druggists. Penetrates without
uobing. adv't.
The advertising columns of this pa
paper are the arrows that point the way
to better buying, Follow the arrows,
New Series Vol. I, No. 8
' CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
SCENE OF PRETTY WEDDING
Miss Clara May Finger Becomes
• the Bride of Mr. Eugene R.
Long of Bluefield, W. Va.
At the Church of the Ascen
sion Tuesday afternoon at three
Miss Clara May Finger of Hick
ory became the bride of Mr. Eu
gene R. Long of Bluefield, W.
Va., Rev. S. B. Stroup, the
bride's rector, officiating.
The church was beautifully
decorated for the occasion, green
and white being the color scheme.
Mrs. J.H. Hatcher rendered sev
eral beautiful selections and Mr.
C. C. Gamble sang "If I Had the
World to Give You," from "Mid
summer Night' 3 Dream," as a
prelude to the ceremony. The
bridal party entered while the
3trains of Lohengrinn's wedding ,
march filled the church.
The bride, wearing a lovely
white lace gown with veil, and
carrying a shower boquet of
bride's roses and lilies of the val
ley, came down the aisle with
her sister, Miss Gertrude Finger,
maid of honor, wearing a pink
silk brocade gown, and was met
it the altar by the groom and his
best man, Mr. JceWyatt of Blue
field. they having entered from
the vestibule,
During the ceremony subdued
music was ably rendered by the
talented organist and Mr. Gam
ble sang Cad man's "Dawn",
After the vows had been taken
the bridal party left the church
to the strains of Mendelshonn's
wedding march.
The ushers-were Mr. John
Land of Bluefield, and Mr. T. M.
Johnson of Hickory. . Among the
visitors here for the wedding
were Mrs. J, D. Lopez of Miami,
Fla., Mrs. Frank McCubbins of
Salisbury, Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Long of Roanoke, Va., Mr. John
Land and Mr. Joe Wyatt of JtJiue-
Eield.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Clara Finger of this city, and is
i r ery popular here. She has been
iu Bluefield for several years and
is a trained nurse. The groom is
a promising young man, holding
in important position with the
Norfolk & Western Railway
Company at Bluefield and is held
n high esteem by all who know
bim.
They will make their home in
Bluefield.
Hostile Aeroplanes Bombard Karls
ruhe.
Karlsruhe, Baden, June 15. —
Five hostile airmen bombarded
Karlsruhe for forty-five minutes :
:his morning. Several persons
were killed or wounded.
A number of places suffered
material damage, but the de
struction wrought has no military
importance.
Karlsruhe is on the Rhine,
ibout seventy-five miles f rom the
French frontier. It has a pos
ition of about 100.000 and a num
ber of public buildings of import
ance.
Another War Debt.
London, June 15. —The house
of commons this afternoon voted
another credit of 250,000,000
pounds ($1,250,000,000), making
with previous sums a total of
862,000,000 pounds sterling ($l
- already allowed for
war purposes.
Services at Holy Trinity.
-Rev. J. D, Kinard of Green
wood, S. C., will preach in Hdy
Trinity Lutheran Church next.
Sunday morning and night.Every
body cordially invited.
Constipation Cured Overnight
A small dose of Po-Do-Lax tonight
arid you enjoy a full, free, easy bowel
movement in the morning. grip
ing, for Po-Dc-Lax is Podophylliu
(May Apple) without the gripe, Po-
Do-Lax corrects the cause of Consti
pation by arousing the Liver, increas
ing the flow of bile, Bile is nature's
antiseptic in the bowels. With prop
er amount of bile, digestion in bowels
is perfect. No gas, |no fermentation,
no Constipation. Don't be sick, ner
vous, irritable. Get a bottle of Po-
Do-Lax from your Druggist now and
cure your Constipation overnight.