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Hickory If You Have Anything to Sell, Advertise it. Record Want Ads Bring Re sults. VOL. 1 NO. 1 .". HICKORY, N. C MONDAY EVENING MARCH 20 1916- Price Two Cents 'arranza s Casas Grandes Army It. Ju mencan Iroops arez m iear of al A GERMAN AVIATION FIELD RAIDED BY ALLIED CRAFT Sixty-five Machines Drop High Explosives on Enemy Camp Only Little Fighting Near Verdun Other News of Various War Fronts. ( ," (By Associated Press)) ,A notable aerial raid was carried out early today on the German avia tion field at Houttave, near Zeebrug ge, Belgium, a squadron of (" allied machines aeroplanes and seaplanes making the attack. The British official 'announcement declared that considerable damage was done by the attack. The machines carried an aggregate of about six and a half tons of ex plosives, the report said, and these were dropped on the camp. Fighting about Verdun has again slackened, Paris reported, the only infantry attack by the Germans be ing on the front position on Pepper 059430 running bales or 11,182,183 Ilill; north of the fortress The "r- c tillery activity has been intermittent 1 1 ' reaching considerable violence in the exclusive of linters ginned of the 191o vicinity of Malincourt on the west crop. Jnk of the Meuse. Ginnings by states show North There is renewed activity in the Carolina: 698,852 and South Caroli Balkans north of Saloniki, a French! mi 1,133,581. column having occupied villages near the Greek border, which Teutonic and Bulgarian forces had entered. The neutral frontier zone has now been eliminated, it appears, and the entente forces are active, A; war conference of probable mom fjiUju importance is about to open in, Paris, where military leaders will meet. The joint policies to be pur sued by the entente in the next pe riod of the war will be decided upon by the conference which will be pre sided over by the premier of France. Ida Ball Warren Know Fate Hearing (By the Associated Press) 1 u.j KaUMgn, .M.mn ,"ifV,ia when t.hev left for North Ball Warren tomorrow will know ! Carolina. whether she will die in the electric ! Christy made a trip to North Caro ihair here March "1 for the murder ; l.in,a 'immediately. He did not see mi. u c r VVjiticn in Mrs- Warren and returned to Texas, of her husband G. J. Wamn, in , Januaryf 1914 he made a gecond Winston-Salem. j trjp to thjs state, saw Mrs. Warren, Governor Craig today at the con- j remained here a few days and then elusion of a two-hour hearing of j returned to Texas. In July, the the petition for commutation of her same year, he made a third trip. It me ptuuun uJ was on this trip that he is alleged death sentence announced that ne ( tQ haVe acted ag the woman8 ac would render his decision tomorrow j COmplice in the murder of her hus- morning, or possibly tonight. , Petition for clemency for Samuel Christy was not presented, his coun sel being ill and not present. Papers were left with the governor and another date will be given. Governor Craig informed counsel for Mrs. Warren that he was sure the verdict of the court was sustained by the evidence, but whether he would permit the electrocution of the wo man he had not decided. tThere was no indication of the gov ernor's attitude. Story of the Crime c i r-hrictv Ida Ball Warren and' Clifford Stonestreet were indict-! ed for the murder of G. J. Warren, the woman's husband. The defend ants Christy and Warren, were found guiltv "of being an accessory after the fact and senltcncl to serve three vears in the penitentiary. He did not appeal. He is now serv ing his sentence. Ida Ball Warren was born in For syth county, North Carolina, near Muddy creek, and was 36 years old at the time of the trial. She lived in was 9K years old, and quoting the supreme 1 case, bhe is quotea as saying tnat court record "at that age had es-, on the morning of August 18 she tablishtd an Unsavory reputation." got up and went into the dining She became acquainted with Christy room, preparatory to arranging for Tk ft . I..!ivin.r Knvsvt.h county, anu it is said that the two went to Lynchburg, Va., where for some tamp thev lived together going Ut-r to Grand Saline, Texas, where, without being married, they con tinued these relations, being known as ".Vr. and Mrs. Kearns." - 'Christy, while living in Grand Saline, was a fireman on the Texas Short Line Railroad and G. J. Wiar ren boarded with him and his sup posed wife. In 1912 the Warren woman left Christy and, in company with War ren, came to North Carolina, being married in Winston-Salem, i In the meantime Christy had saved a sum of money. Returning ELEVEN MILLQN BALE CROP COTTON (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 20. The final cotton ginning report of the census uureau announced today shows 11,- IS (ssaij paiBpossy aqi A'g) London, March 20. The Danish steamer Stodsjordt has been sunk. Seventeen members of the crew were saved, three beng lost. Will Tomorrow; is neia i oaay from one of his runs, he found that the woman and Warren had taken band. On the 18th of August, dur ing his third ftrip. Wjkirren disap peared. A body was found in Mud dy creek, August 25, with two large weights tied to it, but it was not then identified as that of Warren and was buried. Christy returned to Texas. About March 1, 1915, the chief of police of Winston-Salem received in quiries about Warren. He consult ed his wife, who said her husband had received a telegram stating his mother was ill in August and that he left home then to be at her bed side. She said she cot a letter from him October 22 and that was the last time she had heard from him. She said she had sent out a number of letters inquiring as to his where abouts. She was asked if she knew about the findi ng of the bodv in ! iT. ..l.i.. 1. cu i iviuuuy iit'Ch, out; saiu Kile uiu, uui was told that it was so badly de composed that it was beyond recog nition. Thereafter, about April 1. 1915. the body was exhumed and identi fied as being that of the missing man, G. J. Warren. Mrs. Warren was arrested. Mrs. Warren's Statement While in custody Mrs. Warren made a statement, which appears in th(4 Jsupreme court record of the breakfast. iShe said she had been in the dining-room a few minutes when Christy came in and told her he had choken Warren to death. then went back into his room. She said that Christy put the body into a trunk and that it remained there until 10 o'clock the same day, when Christy drove up in a two-horse hack with a negro and carried the trunk away. It is alleged that the body was later in the day deposited in Muddy creek, where it was later dis covered with weights on it. The case was tried in Forsyth superior court, over which Judge E. B. Cline of Hickory presided, and was one of the most interesting legal battles ever held in the state. DAN SH STEAMER REPORTED SUNK SEROUS WRECK GRANIT ON SOU THERN LAST NIGHT (By the Associated Press) High Point, March 20. As the result of last night's wreck of South ern passenger train No. 43 at James town, one person, Mrs. Mack Hiatt of High Point is dead, three others, Miss Mary Green of Thomasville. P. T. Tarroll of Oak Hill, Va., and Miss Caroline Biggers of Thomasville are very seriously injured and 24 others have been treated for injuries and slight bruises. Railroad officials doubt that the exact cause of the wreck will ever be known. Miss Green of Thomasville is sufferng from a frac tured leg and it may be necessary to amputate. Greensboro. March 20. Southern passengert rain No. 43 was wrecked at Jamestown, 10 miles south of this city at a few minutes before 8 o'clock last night. One woman was dead at midnight and other passen gers of the train were reported in serious condition. A list of 13 per sons who were of the worst hurt was available early. Others less injur ed were numerous. The passenger was crushed by derailed freight cars of regular freight 74 which was speeding northward on a parallel tA'ack. The passenger was pulling away from the station, hardly hav ing gained motion. The dead: Mrs. M. S. Hiatt of High Point wife of a rural mail car rier. The list of injured follows: Miss Mary Green, school teacher of Thomasville, in very serious condi tion from fracture of the skull. Frank Norris, Spencer, a youth, head cut and knee injured. Louis Payne and small daughter of High Point. Girl slightly hurt and father badly bruised andc ut. Caroline Biggers. school teacher of Thomasville, bad scalp wound. J. A. Elliott, school teacher of Thomasville, bad scalp wound. Miss Ethel Johnson of Jamestown, 'buck of head and face cut and one foot crushed. Mrs. W. O. Robinson of Spencer, shoulder hurt but may be not seri ously. Louis Norris of Spencer, a youth, some minor cuts and bruises. T. H. Cornell. Oak Hill. Va.. head injured. Charlie Mae Criddlebaugh of High Point, leg broken. Garland Chapel. High Point, arm slightly hurt. A. M. Keeter of Charlotte, head injured but not seriously. That portion of the passengers which emerged from the wreck car ried the injured to High Point, five miles south, and they moved to a hospital there. The first death, that of Mrs. Hiatt. occurred within an hour after reaching the hospital. None of the trainmen were injured! as far as the list shows. E CONSI NEW ARMY BILL (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 20 The house today resumed consideration of the Hay army reorganization bill, under a standing rule, which allows each member five minutes debate after general debate is closed. The pas sage by Thursday is expected. The test on the bill is expected to come on an amendment to increase the size of the army. This amendment proposes an au thorized peace strength of 240,000 for the regular army nstead of 140,000 as proposed in the Hay bill. E SANK 69 VESSELS (By the Associated Press) Amsterdam. March 20. "One who was in it" contributes to the Berlin Morgenpost an article describing the achievements of the German subma rine in the first year of the war. Re ferring to one incident to illustrate the magnitude of these achievements he says: "One single U-boat has accomplish ed the record feat of sinking no fewer than 69 enemy merchants ships, with an aggregate displacement of 132, 170 tons. This boat, which obviously favored bv war luck, succeeded in the course of one expedition in sink ing 27 enemy ships with an aggre gate of 74,204 tons a tonnage which exceeds that sunk by the course of , several months." HOUS DERS ONE SUBMARIN E FALLS WILL HAVE Granite Falls, already boasting electric lights, will have a tele phone system in 90 days, a company having been organized there Satur day to furnish service to the town and surrounding country. It is be lieved that there will be 50 telephones in town and forty instrurrients on four rural lines operated from the ex change there. 1 Mr. F. A. Henderson of Hickory was elected president of the com pany, Dr. O. J. Corpening of Granite Falls vice-president and Mr. D. M. Cline of Granite Falls secretary and treasurer. The board of directors is composed of the officers and Messrs J. W. Hoke and H. V. Russel of that town. 1::;: ; i ; 1 : : MARKETS NEW YORK STOCKS (By the Associated Press) New York, March 20. The week in the stock market opened with some trifling gains in some specialties which recently claimed speculative at tention, but elsewhere the undertone was irregular. United States Indus trial Alcohol made an initial gain of over five points and Studebaker, Westinghouse. Mexican Petroleum and Studebaker rose one to three. United States Steel manifested fur ther restraint and Canadian Pacific fell a point. Union Pacific and Read ing were the only rails to be firm. Anglo-French bonds were strong. COTTON FUTRUES (By the Associated Press) New York, March 20. The census ginning report indicated a crop al most exactly in line with expecta tions and had almost no influence on the cotton market. The opening was steady at unchanged prices to an ad vance of two points. There was some WaII Streetl iquidaton right after the call and prices soon firmed up. The market closed steady. - Open Close May 12.15 12.05 July 12.15 12.22 October 12.26 12.34 December 12.41 12.48 January 12.46 12.55 HICORY MARKETS Cotton 11 1-2 Wheat $1.20 CHICAGO WHEAT (By the Associated Press) Chicago. March 20. Wheat prices took a decided upward swing today, influenced largely by the bullish na ture of the Illinois state crop report. i The opening which ranged from 5-8 to 1 7-8. to two cents nigner, was followed by a substantial increase. THE WEATHER tmmmmttttm: For North Carolina: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday; probably local rains, moderate north east to southeast winds. COMPARATIVE WEATHER March 19. 1916 1915 Maximum -- -- -- -- 63 55 Minimum - -- I 41 30 Mean 52 42 MR. DUKE TO BUILD HOME AT GREAT FALLS Charlotte. March 20. The Obser ver today says: That Mr. J. B. Duke, founder of the American Tobacco Company, president and moving spirit of the Southern Power Company and affiliat ed interests, and owner of the mag nificent Somerville, N. J.. estate, which is one of the show places of the. country, is to build a home in nu a uome iu niedmont Carolina is the highly in- s iust develoD- terestmg news tnat nas just develop ed here. It is to be located, accord ing to present plans, which however are subject to change, near Great Falls, S. C, on an island in the Ca tawba river, where it will command a wonderful view of three of the largest hydroelectric developments in the southeast and is to be surround ed by roads, park places and flower gardens that will be second to none in the country. Mr. Duke has al ready had a rough sketch of the plans drawn and he has gone so far as to have Mrs. Duke visit the site in order to get her views on the sub ject. Mr. and Mrs. Duke and their little daughter have been at Great Falls for the past several days. No. Indeed Lenoir News. course it was made to end in smoke. We hope all of Hickory's other boosters will not end that way. EXCHANGE 11 MANY PAY i TO CATAWBA PLANT ! With the coming of summer, the big dam and power plant of the Southern Power Company on the Ca tawba will be visited by thousands of people from this section, if one may judge by the crowds that regu larly motor out to the dam these chill days. Practically 200 people visited the big dam yesterday, it is thought certainly during the afternoon there was a constant stream of au tomobiles and buggies coming and going. The dam is worth visiting. The water is deep enough for the largest battleship, even the Pennsylvania, to cruise in it for over a mile, though one would not care to guarantee that the power house would not be flood ed if the big dreadnaught should come towards it. A regular ferry boat, a gunboat, or the small launch es used on the coast would have no trouble in being entertained on the immense bed of water backed up by the immense dam. If there are not some launches on the lake shortly, a whole lot of peo ple will be surprised. Thel ake is wide, deep and extends miles up the river. The by-products of the big plant doubtless will be pleasure. Hickory people already are talking of putting launches on the river eight miles from here and sailing the riv er. ECONOMIZE IN PAPER William C. Redfield, secretary of j commerce, has issued the following letter with the request that it be posted for the benefit of the public: The attention of the Department of Commerce is called, by the president of a large paper manufacturing com pany, to the fact that there is a se rious shortage of raw material for the manufacture of paper, including rags and old papers. He urges that the department should make it known that the collecting and saving of rags and old papers would greatly better existing conditions for Amer ican manufacturers. Something like 15.000 tons of different kinds of paper and paper board are manufactured every day in the United States and a large proportion of this, after it has serv ed its purpose, could be used over again in some class of paper. A large part of it. however, is either burned or otherwise wasted. This, of course, has to be replaced by new materials. In the early history of the paper industry publicity was giv en to the importance of saving rage. It is of scarcely less importance now. The department of commerce is glad to bring this matter to the attention of the public in the hope that prac ticall results may flow from it. A little attention to the saving of rags and old papers will mean genuine relief to our paper industry and a diminishing drain upon our sources of supply for new material. A list of dealers in paper stocks can be obtained from the local Cham ber of Commerce or Board of Trade. WILLIAM C. EDFIELD, Secretary. SEPARATE PEACE IS AM AT I (Bv the Associated Press) Munich, Germany, March 20. "The Tpchinrme of Arriving; at Peace" is the subject of an article contributed to the Neuste Nach richten by Professor Karl Bindung, a great authority on international law. He remarks that, as England says "No separate peace", Germany must say "Only separate peace", and must utterly refuse any form of peace conference. "We must strive to reach this ideal of a separate peace as soon as poss ible," he adds "and this is already in our power. We can say to every one of the smaller states which we have overthrown: 'Make peace, or we will no longer recognize you as a state'. In this way Germany will arrive auto matically at a reduction in the numb pv o-f her enemies." In conclusion, Proiessor tfmdung 1 w rT.. roust not merelv mgwt... , -;-r organize temporary arrangements m the states which she occupies, but most arrive at definite decisions and insist that her organization will con tinue after the war. RE (By Associated Press.) Chica2"0. March 20 The sub ! committee of the Republican national i committee assembled here today to complete arrangements for the na - tional convention next .June '-Letting of contracts and other details connect- ed with the convention hall and other arrangements is expected to occupy the committee for two days. XlSCUSSioii tue picaiumg uiiiycx 1 was not expected to come up. This j officer will not be chosen, it was thought, until some time m April. GERMANY WANTS 8 nun PUBLICANS AN OR CONVENTION VISItIcame little SURROUNDED IN MEXICO Carranza Hedges in Answer to Request for Use of Mexican Railroads for Transporting Sup plies This Question Overshadows Everything on Border. TW HIPS SNK TODAY; ONE L (By the Associated Press) j London, March 20. The sinking j of a neutral and a British steamship with the loss of one or more lives was j announced today. The Norwegian steamer Langleie was sunk and her engineer killed. Sixteen survivors were rescued. The British ship was the Port Dalhousie. Iler mate, pi lot and five men were landed. The other memebrs of he crew were miss ing. HICKORY AND LENOIR MAY BE ON HIGHWAY Hickory pople will be interested in the following letter from Dr. Joseph Pratt to the Lenoir News, and of course Hickory will do all in its power to cooperate with Lenoir, Granite Falls and other communities in securing the proposed highway: "I wish to acknowledge receipt of yours of March 8th and in reply would say that the article to which you refer was received in time for the 'Road Mays and Tour Book of Western North Carolina.' The book is now nearly all in type and as soon as we have gone over the final proof it will be ready for running of the press. It is even better than I had expected. "How do you stand on the question of trying to get a first class road from Hickory to Lenoir and Lenoir on to Blowim- Rock? From Hickory to some distance beyond Granite Falls we have a splendid road, and the road from Lenoir to Blowing Rock (the turnpike) is oonstanjtty being improved, although it still needs considerable done to it. From Blowing Rock to Linville the road is open, and Avery county is building a first class road from Linville to the Tennessee line. Tennessee is build ing a good road from the North Carolina line to Elizabethtown. and from there to Bristol is already a hard-surface road. From- Hickory to Winston-Salem there is a splen did road. Can t you take up from Lenoir as a center the question of building a first-class road each way from Lenoir, so that Lenoir will be on the through highway from Winston-Salem to Bristol, or Blowing Rock highway? I will appreciate it very much you will let me know what you think of this." FUNERAL OF MISS CRISP Lenoir, March 20. The funeral of Miss Johnsie Crisp was held yester day afternoon from the first Metho dist church of which she was a mem ber, at 2:30 o'clock, the services be ing conducted by Rev. D. M. Litaker. pastor, assisted by Presiding Elder W. R. Ware and Rev. B. N. W. Sims of the First Baptist church. The church was filled to overflowing with sorrowing friends and relatives of the deceased and family. For several months the young lady had been in failing health and it seemed that everything that loving parents could do for the young sufferer was done, but to no avail and death re lieved the suffering about midnight Friday night at the home of her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Crisp. Had she lived until the 9th cf May she would have been 15 years of age. bhe was a girl who had many ad- mirable traits and was universally m,0H w 11 wl,n Vno, V,. ,l ;r' . , ? cw wo. the idol of the home m which she lived. In the presence of a large as- sernoiage ner Dooy was laid to rest in Bellview cemetery, following the funeral services at the church. The grave was covered with many floral i designs, which served to show in a ' meager way the esteem in which tha young girl was held by both young and old. For some time past the deceased had been a patient suf ferer from a kidney disorder, an acute I attack of which she suffered one day - i last week. P. O. GRIST ; j The Rev. T. P. Bonner, fine old j g.entieman. was on the streets again , s ! turday with full growth of beard, j He had been confined to his home for a month, but he was keepine: ud Wit what hflnnpnpd vnn mav X-x' 7 J v ""7 sure. His friends were mighty glad to greet him again. N A army is (By Associated Press.) El Paso, March 20. Caranza troops stationed at Casas Grandes and other places at the time General Pershing began his march into Mex ico are now located at Juarez, in the rear of General Pershing's army, it was announced today. (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 20. General j Carranza today replied to the Ameri can government's request for the us i of Mexican railways for the moving j of supplies in pursuit of Villa by a I request for more specific informa j tion. i The information will be furnished. VILLA'S LOCATION (By tne Associated Press) El Paso. March 20 Villa has doubled east and south of Namiquipa, according to a telegram received by General Garvia at Juarez today. The report that Carranza troops are ad vancing from the south while the Americans are continuing their ad vances from the north in an effort to trap the bandits. OVERSHADOWS ALL (By the Associated Press; El Paso, March 20. The question of granting the United States govern ment permission to use Mexican rail ways for transporting supplies to pursue the Villa bandits overshadow ed everything else in Mexican affairs today. The reply was expected to be sent from Mexico to Washington. CARRANO PROTESTS Washington, March 20. General Carranza has formally protested a gainst American troops occupying Casas Grandes in their pursuit of Villa and the state department has replied that the expeditionary forc es has been instructed to not occupy any town in Mexico. After a conference early today be tween President Wilson and Mr. Polk it became known that Mr. Polk in a note forwarded to Mexico it was stat ed that General Funston was re quested not to occupy any towns or cities in the pursuit of the bandits. Generally reports from Mexico were optimistic today in character. Mr. Polk denied emphatically that the government had arrested plotters for intervention. General Carranza, it was learned today, has been urged by his friends to offer a large reward for the cap eure of Francisco Villa. MORE TROOPS ARRIVE (By the Associative Press) Columbus, N. M.. March 20. In creased activity on the part of the troops stationed here and the arri val during the night of a number of troops and supply trains today indi cated that additional troops will be on their way to reinforce the Amer ican expedition now in Mexico. In the detalis arriving here, many of which were cavalry, many were bound for other points on the border. Soldiers were kept busy during the day preparing supples and hos pital trains. THOMAS TAGGART IS (By the Associated Press) Indianapolis, March 20. Thomas Taggart, Democratic national com- ; mitteeman, was appointed United states senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Shiv ely by Governor Ralston today. The new senator has been prominent in politics in Indiana for 25 years and has maintained the leadership of the Democratic party all that time. The only positions Mr. Taggart has ever held were auditors of Marion county two terms and mayor of Indianapolis one term. ADVANCES HEAING (By the Associated Press) Washington, March 20. The preme court advanced for hearing to April 3 the appeal of the Bankers Trust Company from the federal dis trict court in northern Texas in the suit to place the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in the hands of a receiver. APPOINTED SENATOR su-
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