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CKORY Daily Record Vol. 1, No. 44. EVERYTHING NOW READY FOR OPENING OF FAIR Final Touches Being Made Today in Preparation For Larger and More Varied Exhibits Than Ever Aeroplane Assembled at Fair Grounds. With the first day of the fair only two days off, activity at the grounds the old St. Paul's seminary site was notable today in preparation of the opening Wednesday. Two large tints and a number of smaller ones already are up, the building is in good shape and the grounds are spick and span. All that was lacking today were the exhibits and crowds, and crowds were not altogether lacking, for many persons walked out to the grounds during the day. The aeroplane, which arrived Sat urday, was unloaded at the grounds today where it will be assembled ready for the first flight immediate ly after the grand street parade Wed nesday at noon. The parade will form at the North school at 10 o'clock and proceed through the business sec tion of the city to the fair grounds. In the procession will be the fire com pany, past and present, the local mil itary company in dress, the Boy Scouts, decorated automobiles, horse men, youths on bicycles, the boys and girls in the dairy judging contest, sev eral hundred Catawba girls, any fun ny men who want to compete for a five-dollar prize and many automo biles. Every autoist is expected to till his machine with Catawba girls. Already many entries have been made for the fair, and the pros pects today were that the exhibits would be complete. Secretary Hen derson has been on the run today, as have other officials of the association. The indications for fine weather as sured much preparation for the event, and a great throng is expected here for the first day. The second and third days of the fair promise to be as food as the first. Thursday will be Educational Day, and a parade of many scnool child ren will feature the event. Exhibits by the schools and colleges in this section will be made in the building. O Friday Catawba's fine livestock will be shown off, and everybody knows what this means. There is more rivalry in the cattle entries than anything else. The aeroplane will make two flights a day. E HOUSE DRAWS BIG CROWD Two large audiences filled the new theatre when it was thrown open to the public Saturday night, the special feature "Coral" being shown. The more than 800 persons who were pres ent were unstinted in tnelr praise of the new place, which is everything that. the artistic eve coud desire. It is as neat and attractive as it can be, has four large imported pictures on the walls, and another smaller picture in the rear, restful lights, comfort able chairs and plenty of ventilation. The precautions in case of fire were well taken, and in addition to the two entrances in front are two exits in the rear. The Stone Amusement Company will receive ballots all this week for the name for the theatre and at the end of the week, all names except three will be eliminated by a com mittoe and Saturday night, November 13, the name will be selected by popu lar vote. The person submitting the most appropriate name, in the opin ion of the patrons, will receive a prize of five dollars. Hickory people are proud of the new theatre. There Is not another picture house in the state more mod ern, prettier or designed with a view to the comfort and pleasure of its patrons. The house seats 400 per sons. FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 1. Fighting continued last night in the vicinity of Meuse without any material change in the relative positions of the combatants, the war office announced today. The French captured 100 prisoners. THE DELLINGER CASE Raleigh, Oct. 30. Commissioner i'oung has returned from Gastonia, where ho was allowed to make his official statement bearing on the case before the trial of State va D. P. Del linger in the superior court, his statement being admitted by Mr. Del linger. It was to the effect that the German Fire Underwriters Company of Indiana was not licensed in this state and that Mr. Dellinger had no license as agent for the company here. It develops that in the civil suit against Mr. Dellinger some weeks ago owners of the cotton gin burned and insured in the German Fire Under writers! Comnanv were ' sriven a judg ment of $1,000 against Mr. Dellinger under the North Carolina law that makes the agent liable for the loss in a case where the agent places a policy with an unlicensed company. The pending trial is against Mr. Dellinger under the statute that makes it a misdemeanor for an agent to place a policy with an unlicensed company in this state. NEW MOV WORD MOTHER RESTORED (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 28. The word "moth er," which saves lives and spares the honor of innocents in the melodrama, hag actually restored reason to a sol dier in France, whose mind had been left a blank by shell shock. A concert party from England had gone over from England to cheer up the sick, and one of their number, a well known tenor, sang the old favor ite, "Mother Machree." Among the audience was a nerve shattered sol dier who came out of a bombardment not only blind but almost an idiot. He could understand nothing, babbled meaninglessly and had to be treated like an infant. He was still blind when taken to the concert. The word "mother" recurred in the song and the soldier caught it. When the song was finished, he was still muttering the word to himself. But it proved the key to his memory. He began to re call detached incidents about himself and later recovered both his mind and his sight. Singers visiting the hospitals say that the wounded like jolly songs, either absurd or of the old fashioned rollicking kind. They have a par ticular dislike for the purely patriotic song that has no humor in it. HICKORY PEOPLE ARE T Rose Evans, colored, was sentenced in recorder's court early this morn ing to 120 darys in jail, with leave to be hired out by the county commis sioners, for her part in a cutting af fair. Her opponent was Grace Bost, another colored woman, but she did not appear today. Recorder Campbell, Chief Lentz and Sergeant Sigmon, together with a umler of lawyers, went to Newton today to attend superior court. Pat rolman Peterson, the night man, was left on the job. Several Hickory cases will be tried at Newton this week, among them being the affair of Rev. S. Douglass McDuffie, the negro preacher charged with enticing young colored boys to Virginia and New Jersey. CHARLES M. WALTERS Chief of Police of Raleigh Dies After Long Illness. Raleigh, Nov. 1. Charles M. Wal ters, chief of police who was to have retired from office today, died last evening at his home on East Lane street. Mr. Walters had served a trifle more than two years and succeeded J. P. Stell after a notable city fight which changed the charter of the town, the form of government and nearly all of the officers. The illness of the chief has caused a bitter contest among the supporters of the city administration. His ex pected retirement caused many can didacies to spring up. Some of the disappointed ones have written fierce ly at Commissioner O. G. King, whose discharge of Stell, now Bailey's crack field deputy, eventually brought the commissioner more political trouble than he expected to meeti n a hfe- Chief Walters was muca liked here. A Well-educated man, graduate of Wake Forest he saw long service in official life. JAPAN GETTING READY FOR THE CORONATION (By Associated Press.) Tokio, Nov. l.The Japan Chris tian Purity Society, of which the leader is President Saburo Shimada, president of the house of representa tives, will help the movement for a "moral Kioto" during the coronation period launched recently by the Japan Christian Women's Reform Associa tion. The Salvation Army has also joined. . The object is to exclude "geisha rinopincr crisis from all nublic func tions to be held during the period of d to uree the authori ties to exercise strict control over matters detrimental to public morals. In this connection th puray society will publish the views oi eignty rep and out of govern ICOUHOll.v " - . ment life favoring the program ui the reformers. A pamphlet will be distributed to the officials of the gov ernment, the members of both houses of the diet, the mayors throughout the country and other representative persons. Mr. Shimada himself will lead the movement and will try to en list the support oi rremier -uuuuw Okuma and the authorities of the de partments of home affairs and educa tion. Sir Edward Carson resigned to re buke the Balkan program instead of remaining to improve it. More egot ism than patriotism. Louisville Courier-Journal. REASON ATTENDING COUR HICKORY, N. DOUGLAS READY BATTLE Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 1. The strug gle for Agua Prieta, Sonora, began at 10 o'clock today when the Villa forces began an attack on the Car ranza garrison. The outposts retired to their trenches. Villa moved his entire force esti mated at 10,000 men under cover of a Douglas smelter smoke. The first clash occurred about three miles from Agua Prieta. (By Associated Press.) Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 1. With the hospital of Agua Prieta cleared of sick and wounded, trenches and un derground surface stations manned, General CaHjes, the commander of the garrison of 7,000 men and 30 or 40 machine guns awaited today Gen. Francisco Villa's attack. Three motor trucks brought over to the American side nearly fifty soldiers and 27 men and women ty phoid patients, survivors of a recent epidemic in the Mexican town. All of the classes not admissable into the United States waited on the border for permission to enter the United States when the fighting actually be gins. General Calles maintained head quarters in the house of Mrs. Alice O'Loughlin, an American owner of a curio store in Agua Prieta, who went through a previous battle in the Mex ican town. She said today that she expected to remain, despite the long range field artillery Villa is report ed to have trained on the town. OF The following editorial from the Greensboro News deserves wide cir culation : North Carolina leads all the states in the number of cotton mills and factories; in the amount of raw cotton consumed; and in the manufacture of chewing and smoking tobacco. Our state ranks below Massachu setts alone in the value of manufact ured cotton products. In the number ofs pindles, the state is outranked by Massachusetts and South Carolina. North Carolina ranks second in iun ber, timber and wood-working estab lishments. North Carolina is the est develop ed industrial state in the south in number of plants, in variety of manu factures, in the distribution of capital employed, and in the use of home produced raw materials. Our rank in the census year in the old south, 13 states including Okla homa, was first in the number of es tablishments, first in the number of persons engaged, first in primary hor sepower employed, first in total elec tric power used, first in number of females over 16 and children under 16 engaged, first in the value of cot ton mill products, first in furniture making and in wood-working indus tries. We are second in total waterpow er used, second in total capital em ployed, second in the value added by manufacture, second in the number of producing spindles, and fifth in the total value of manufactured products. Wisconsin on 8,555,000 acres pro duces crops worth $135,000,000, but North Carolina on 5,737,000 acres pro duces crops worth $128,oon,om); which is to say, on an average oi one-tmra smaller, we produce crop rames near ly as great. These facts and futures are compil ed from the 1910 census reports for the North Carolina club, by M. H. Randolph, of Mecklenburg. A proud exhibit, in the main. The University News Letter adds that the corn crop of the state was worth $5,560,000 more than Wisconsin's crop. The corn growing records of our corn club boys and demonstration farmers cannot be equalled in Wisconsin with any kind of high-bred seed or any kind of cul tivation. "Wisconsin's leading crop is hay, and her ten-year average is 1.49 tons per acre; but North Carolina's ten year average is 1.38 tons per acre, even with the trifling attention we give to this crop. "When we really try' out the hay possibilities of our soils and seasons, we raise from five to six tons per acre, as eight farmers have done this year in Forsyth, Rowan and Wilkes. "Wisconsin in 1910 had 4 million fowls on her farms more than we had in North Carolina; but in North Carolina we raised from our poultry stock nearly 5 million fowls more than Wisconsin raised and sold nearly a million more." MASONIC NOTICE Regular Communication Hickory Lodge No. 343 A. F. & A. M. tonight. November 1, 7:30 p. m. A full at tendance desired. Li. U. i UKMAJM, master. E. N. CARR, Secretary. nnnnimnininmmm TELEPHONE PLACED AT FAIR GROUNDS Those who want to get in touch with the fair management may use the telephone, as an instru ment was placed in the St. Paul s seminary building today. Secre tary Henderson or some of the fair directors will be there to an swer calls and to furnish informa tion. i::tTii:::::iin:: ;::t!ii::iiii:::::t:rr FOR MEXICAN SPLENDID RECORD NORTH CAROLINA C. MONDAY EVENING, November 1, 1915. ASSOCIATION IS FORMED AT At a mass meeting yesterday in the Methodist church at Newton, Rev. J. D. Andrew, president of Catawba Col lege, was elected president, W. B. Gaither, vice-president, and E. O. Smithdeal, secretary-treasurer, of the Catawba County Sunday School As sociation, which was organized as u result of the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 3 o'clock by Rev. W. M. Biles, pastor of the church, after which Rev. J. Walter Long of Greensboro was pre sented to the audience as the princi pal speaker of the occasion. The ad dress of Mr. Long was a strong and masterly appeal along lines of the larger meaning, and scope of Sunaay school endeavor, and an impassioned challenge to all Christians to enlist under the banner of the great Sunday school -cause. 1 Following the speech of secretary Long, Prof. C. M. Staley, Rev. W. M. Biles and Rev. W. W. Rowe were called upon, and responded in short, pithy talks, urging the importance of greater efficiency and .o -operation in the Sunday schools. Proceeding thence to the work of organization, Rev. E. O. Smithdeal "as made temporary chairman and Prof. A. C. Sherrill .secretary. The chairman appointed the foil owing committee on nominations: Prof. C. M. Staley, Rev. W. M. Biles, Rev. W. W. Rowe, W. B. Gaither and Prof. A. S. Ballard, whose report was promptly adopted. S FUG ON (By Associated Press.) Berlin, via wireless to Sayville, L. I., Nov. 1. Bulgarian artillery has advanced from Pirot and has begun a bombardment of the exterior forts of Nish, according to a dispatch fi m Sofia to the Overseas News Agency today. !mi:i!:i:i;i:iiiiUiiiiiniiiiinii)ii?Kiittm MARKETS ii::!;i;ii!ii;n!iii!iii!M!iinfiriiiiiii!iiitt; COTTON FUTURES New York, Nov. 1. Cotton futures opened barely and closed steady. Month Open Close December 12.04 January 12.17 11.75 11.85 12.08 12.20 12.29 March 12.37 May 12.50 July 12.55 NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 1. Stocks opened with variable advances over last week's closing prices, with further heavy trading. United States Steel opened with several hundred shares. Canadian Pacific was strongest of the rails, soon rising to 1814. South ern Pacific, Erie, Norfolk and West ern and Reading were about the oth er strongest in the group. Automo biles advanced. NEW YORK COTTON (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. l.-The failure of cables to meet expectations and the favorable weather all over the belt induced moderate selling at the op ening of the cotton market today and first prices were five to nine points lower. January sold off to 11.12 and march to 12.30. LOCAL MARKETS Hickory cotton 11 c Hickory wheat $1.20 tnnnniimiiittm THE WEATHER tnn:miniiiiiuMMHt Forecast for North Carolina: Fair tnnip-Vit. warmpr extreme west Dor tion. Tuesday fair, fresh southwest winds. WEATHER FOR SEPTEMBER October 31. 1915 1914 Maximum 71 69 Minimum 35 32 Mean 53 50 Summary for Month. Maximum. 86. date. 15: mean, max imum, 74.6; minimum, 30, date 10; mpan. minimum. 49.8. Number of days with .01 or more inches. 11. Total rainfall. 6.52 inches. Greatest ;n one day, 3.59 inches, date 5. Total number of clear days, 16; total number of cloudy and partly cloudy days, 16. NEWTON BULGARIAN ARE NISH ARIZONA ALIEN LAW UPSET TODAY (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 1. The supreme court today declared the Arizona anti alien law unconstitutional. The supreme court's decision affirm ed the special decision of a circuit court, which also held the law uncon stitutional. Much attention was at tracted to the case because several foreign governments, had protested against the law and because it was similar to legislation against the Jap- enese. The Arizona law was enacted by a referendum vote of the people of Arizona and made it impossible for any person to employ less than 85 per cent qualified electors or citizens of the United States. The case was one in which a waiter of Bisbee, Ariz., sought to enjoin his employer from enforcing the law on him. Justice Hughes said it already had been settled that aliens had equal rights under the laws. Justice Hughes declared that the law was justly described in the title as "an act to protect citizens against non-citizens." The law, he said, would exclude aliens from Arizona, as aliens could not live where they could not work. If the state had the power to fix the percentage, it could regulate that percentage without restriction. No just reason of public safety had been advanced to justify the law, he said. Justice McReynqlds alone dissent ed on the grounds that the enforce ment of law was one barred by the constitution, because it was one that affected the different states. T UNDERSEA VESSEL (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 1. The French sub marine Turquoise has been sunk by Turkish artillery, according to a Turkish report of October 31, says the Overseas News Agency, and six officers and 24 men Trere made pris oners. TO H (By Associate Pre.) Washington, Nov. 1. Representa tive Claude Kitchin of North Carolina majority leader of the house, in a letter to President Wilson today said he would come to Washington Novem ber 8, and would be glad to confer with the president on the subject of national preparedness. The letter was in response to one from the presi dent asking Mr. Kitchin to lend his support REORGANIZE FEDERATION (By th AmmIiM Prw) Raleigh, Nov. 1. With forty dele gates present, the North Carolina Federation of Labor opened its ses sions here today. The purpose of the meeting is to rejuvenate the associa tion, which, although it has held its charter for a number of years, has not been active for several years. TO AVOID PNEUMONIA Principles of Right Living Recom mended by State Board of Health "I am an old man and much afraid of pneumonia. How can I avoid the disease this winter?" Reply: Pneumonia is a germ dis ease and is usually brought on by the lodgment of the pneuroocrfus germs in the membranous tissues of the throat or lungs. If a person is well and strong these germs are not likely to hurt him seriously, a slight cold may be the result. But if he is run down, dissipated, or if he in any way has a weak constitution, his chances are not so slight. It is not difficult to guard against pneumonia if one will avoid unreason able exposure anu at the same time will practice the rules of personal hygiene or right living. Working too hard or xcessive ex ercise with extreme exposure is a common factor in preparing the way for pneumonia. Overeating, particularly if there is an excess of meat in the diet, is an other thing which often injures the body and lowers its vital resistance to Alcohol, in whiskey, patent medi cine or otherwise, is one of the most powerful allies of the pneumonia germ and even moderate drinkers show a much higher death rate from this dis ease than abstainers do. But bad air is. of all bad influences, perhaps the most important in its ef fect on colds and pnetnnoma. Peo ple who live much in the open air, who never close the windows of their sleeping rooms in winter, and who bathe daily, almost never catch colds, or if they do, the colds nre light ones and do not run into pneumonia. URKS INK FRENCH UN CONFER WH MR win BRITISH TROOPSIccupy TRENCHES WITH ALLIES Rushed Through Greece to Join French i.rd Ser bians Near Strunutsa Expected to Stri :e Bulgaria Hard Blow Central Powers Continue Progress. CHINA REFUSES (By Associated Press.) Peking, Nov. 1. The Chinese. gov ernment today rejected the proposal of Japan, Great Britain and Russia for postponement of the decision whether a monarchial form of govern ment shall succeed the republic. The decision of the Chinese govern ment was made known by the vioe minister of foreign affairs. He called at the British, Russian and Japanese embassies and informed them the Chi nese government had been advised by provincial governors that they would be able to maintain order. The minister thanked the govern ments for their interest. The an swer was made verbally. SCHOOL PAPER, OUT Have you seen Hickory's latest newspaper? It is the Hickory Log and it made its appearance today. The Log appears in newspaper form, four pages of four columns to a page, and will appear monthly. It is filled with stories, school news and a variety of good jokes, quips and quanks all the work of the high school students. It is, as the business manager says, well worth reading, and it will be read by pupils and parents with interest. Of the Hickory Log the business man ager says: "If you are interested in the school you should get this paper. Copies may be obtained from Ernest Aber nethy, business manager, or Mary Ab ernethy and Claude Ingram, assistant business managers. Subscribe at once. It is printed by the Clay Print ing Company. Ralph Shell of the Ninth grade had the honor of buying the first copy." NEGOTIATIONS WITH E (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 1. The negotia tions between Germany and the Uni ted States regarding the sinking of the Lusitania and other questions will be resumed tomorrow when Count von Berstorff will call upon Secretary Lansing at the state department. The question of indemnity will be dis cussed. The belief prevailed among state department officials that Secretary Lansing would officially make known to Ambassador Bernstorff the result of the investigation of the fragment found on the Hesperian. The Ger man government has denied that a torpedo sank the Hesperian. RALLY DAY SUNDAY Interesting Exercises at West Hickory Methodist. Yesterday was rally day at West Hickory Methodist church and this was made the occasion of interesting exercises in the place of regular 11 o'clock service. After a short pro gram of songs and recitations, bo quets of flowers were presented to the oldest, the youngest, the first pupil on the grounds, the oldest teacher, the class having the largest attend ance, the class having the best col lection, and well as all pupils who had been present every Sunday this year, to the largest family represent ed in Sunday school, which fell to Mrs. A. B. Winkler, and to the mother hav ing the youngest baby, Mis. Clarissa Jones. The school was delighted to wel come back on this occasion Mr. J. C. Welch, the organiser and first super intendent of the school. Mr. Pink White, who had the distinction of hav ing been absent only once from Sun day school during the last ten years, was also the recipient of congratula tions. Little Ruth Setzer, and Mi?s Jo Moore rendered recitations which were greatly enjoyed ry ail. The main address was made by Mr. G. F. Ivey, on the value of the Sunday school and was a convincing appeal. People seemed to be beginning to resume a benevolent attitude toward Germany, and Germany, realizing the necessity of doing something about it, shot Miss Cavell. Wall Street Journal. ADVICE OF POWERS HICKORY LOG HIGH BERNSTORF TUESDAY Price Two Cents (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 1. Britbh troops in the Balkans" whose movements have been kept secret since tiny poured into Saloniki prepared to rush tlvough Greece are now in the trer.clies with their Balkan allies in Bulgaria just across from Strumits. Though all reports that the allies have taken this town are apparently unfounded, it is along this long front the Bulgarians are likely to receive the first hard blow from their opponents. From Uskup north to the Danube; tht Bul garians have made su:h prog.-es.- that it will be difficult for the Seibians to check them. Holding Pirot the Bulg:, menacing Nish so se-iou; Austro-German forces ar tie difficulty in making pre p. The much-discusset. Ri dition which is reported to an, are -hac the vinj? lit is. .n expe e on the way co tne -Bulgarian coast low esti mated at 20,000 men has not yet materialized. The new capture of Tehure Hill by the Germans sums up for the present the known results of the heavy fight ing in the Champagne region. While the allies have not renewed the at tack, there will likely be frequent clashes over this front, while the Bal kan situation is to tense. Speculations. The allied fleets have again bom barded the Bulgarian town.-- on the Aegean sea. While these e:I' rt take some of the strain orf heavily-tried Serbia there is no reliable nforma tion as to the movements of i'ue great er forces which it is hoped - vill save her. Reports continae to circulate chiefly from German sour es of a Russian army whica To to march across Roumania to the rescue. But of the British and French reinforce ments no news has been received. It is possible the allies will try indirect means, whereby the Austro-Germans may be prevented from seading rein forcements to Serbia. Italy More Active. Italy has already undertaken this by a general offensive and there is talk of another offensive in the west ern front. The Germans seem to have anticipated this, as on Saturday night they launched a gen al attack in Champagne over a front of about five miles in an effort tr recover ground which the French recently took from them. They succeeded in recapturing the Butte de Thure, but according to the French aicunt they were repulsed everywhere t: ie ruffer ing extremely heavy looses ad to the north of Le Mesnil they actually lost one of their own trenches. As usual the attack was preceded by an artillery bombardment and the French report speaks of masses of infantry being decimated. There also has been some fighting in Artois. Activity in Rusra. Despite the coming of winter there has been more activity on ths Russian front. True, there has been a lull in the fighting in Courland, A'here the Germans have apparently faiiod to take Riga or Dvinsk or to improve to any marked degree their position, but it is believed they are preparing for another drive. It must be made soon, however, a snow si already falling and tne move ment of heavy artillery ise becoming more difficult. Along the Styr the Germans are en gaged in a counter-offensive ar:J have recovered some territory vhi?h Gen eral Ivanoff took from thrm. Farther south in Galicia, the RiiSLians have returned to the offensive a.ri accord ing to Vienna, have made ur.s er ssful attempts to cross the Strir.. The Turks report i) ere vs. activity of the allied artillery and --vf-rshipa in the Dardanelles. GERMANS TAKE BIG SERBIAN ARSENAL (By Associated Precs.) Berlin, via Amsterdam a: -. London, Nov. l.The Serbian town of Posh arevatz, in which is located ..he great Serbian arsenal, has been taken by the Germans. WEDDING NEXT MOaTH (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 1. It was for mally announced today at the white house that the marriage of President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait will take place the latter part of Decem ber at Mrs. Gait's residence. This statement was issued by Sec retary Tumulty. "In order to quiet speculation, President Wilson and Mrs Norman Gait have announced that .heir wed ding will take place near the close of December. It wil' be r ietly per formed at Mrs. Galt'a r- ancc. Ne invitatioas will U issued."