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ALL-CTIM1S Ml AT OUK y Daily Record State Library vol. i. M. ::. HICKORY, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING OCTOBER 25, 1916 Price Two Cents EDtCKOR EDUCATIONAL FEATURED B School Children and March to Square for Addresses First D Fair Proves Big Success Thursday Wil Be All-Counties Day. With a record attendance for the f r.-t (by, ami with even better weather if such a tliin.tr were pos sible fur the second day of the Ca i.iwha County Fair, everything point ed tu the most successful week of the fair in the history of this well I. nown institution. This is educational day and tomor row will be all-counties day, when friends from the minginary line that divides one community from another will meet in the fair o. ' , clasp liaiid.-t and wish t'.j associa'.'n well. I'i't m all reports, a big crowd will be here. The success of the management in ! cepia the ground. ojvn at niTht is Kwvnd a'l question. .Voro than afcoll-jr.t. iiowih of prisoners of war is :'o'H;ind persons visited the grouads'tho best argument, i u-sdav evening and tlv mi hvay fea-j "Thy ?rcad finished prisoners of A, . ., . ., I war is the same issued by Austro- , w.. ,. ,r,M,ers. ',(,',bertsIUini,.ari.in st)ldiers and consumed by r.' tter Shows, especially the wild the population of Austria-Hungary. wv-Jt attractions, drew many hundreds,! "Hand-cud's and tying prisoners are i.M.t UU' mrry throng wet't away hleusod. A particularly beautiful the well lighted gruvn Is t'uited States flag which the entrnrce. Manager effect of was the Moats .,t Stephens has placed a strong search light in n il a position that its rays focus on i d Glory anil as the bunting waves i the breezes, the flag looks like i lLr.e of light. The (lag can be .en from a great distance, and per- ns coming in Tuesday night said he..- co dd fie light from Gran Falls. 1 .'.tt.ro i tod.'. w ore the motor- . !c races in th fci enoon and the j :'. ih;ill ga .. th:.-. afternoon between the Li.noir College varsity and the i. ;,..,,.M P.i ic;lll; i. -.o - ave Uvn cacao., to a h.;e state of i.sf.ni teams. luan elevens ..r.ditlun and the contest . should prove, ' U t Vv III V. i.lltl. ll jh in.; jivv .w n . ii.. I . ui m uie vi'huius. Tlu' parade o school children "Wed nesday nn.rnm;!' through the pnn i rial sf 'eis ot the city, their as- M.mbl!::g ;.t M""1 fc";re, where .-hurt ad lres,es wee delivered, at-u ttactel much favorable comment. The iuth iCilOO 1 headed the procession, NlloHcl hy ( laremont and the i-oy :-' its and their drum corps. The North school brought up the rear. !.;.ch crude carried a pennant and tw , i !:.,... had banners on which w.tc printed in gilded letters the c'as.i min:erals. The citizens and !- j .-1 1 lv had an opportunity of observ i er the larire number of Hickory i l.ildmi - and they made a great -Siv,', , th their bright faces and va i id! colors. Following the Hickory school chil dren ''a:ne the students of Lenoir c,,u lege, the young ladies first and yo. ;!); men and the faculty mem- h-rs bringing up the rear. All the .iris wiif" caps made especially for ' he ocr t don, each class showing a iiti'i rent color, and ribbons were worn iii ' soldiers' straps. The young men "lo wore caps and ribbons. These -tudi'tits gave visitors an opportunity o observe what Lenoir College means ! this comm-unity, and it may be well to remark here that in , scholastic landing the institution is rated Mnong the foremost in the south. The Hoy Scouts as uua' '-ere on hand with the goods. .. escort ing trie school chi' hen to i speak er's stand, 'the lads doubled round and brought up the rear of the whole parade. Herbert's, bund, which he.-dd the parade, also f urni;:hc. music fo;- the speaking. Children and v , utora i lined the street, sidewalk and sqt are and traffic was stopped f half an our. Kvery icrson in the vast au la nee was proud of the fine showing made by the children and college stu dents, and Hickory people had anoth er opportunity of seeing how impor tant their schools are. Cia SADi: NKKIIKI) Charity and Children wants the ne't legislature to address itself earnestly to the task of restraining th' re -kless automohMo drivers, who 1.... !.:i .!: ,.,Vw. regard neither their own safety nor the safety of others, and ''make our highways as safe as they are smooth." "N'i'.tee ' goodness"' what's the use books when those we have are not r,. ! wu u,.i..uU .r , more regulations utdess some can be i tli'viwoil to I'umii"! the enforcement, of t hose we have. The laws now on the hooks are sufficient to regulate the refH("s chauffeur, but practically no attention is paid to thc.i and no at tention would be paid to new regula tions until there is a public sentiment that would compel their enforcement, 'act is we need nothing more, right here in North Carolina, than a cru :;ade that will arouse a public senti ment to co.ii pel the e nforcement of the law not only the laws regulating au tomobile drivers, but a whole lot of other things. Statesville Landmark. Mr. A. W. Clark of Abbeville, S. is visiting his son, Mr. N. W. ('lark, and taking in the fair. DAY WAS Y BIG PARADE Lenoir College Stir1 mm ASSERT ITALIANS ARE FALSE (By Associated Press.) Vienna, Oct. 25. In reply to con stantly recurring charges in the Italian press that Italian prisoners of war held by the Austro-Hungarian authorities were badly treated the fol lowing official statement has been is sued: "The housing of prisoners .of war hi Austria-Hungary complies with :'.'. anitai"1' laws, for which the ex- ! provided tor by the service regula tions of the imperial and royal army, and are applied to members of this nrmv in a manner undetrimertsl to! health. In the sense of the Hague convention this punishment may also dc applied 10 prisoners 01 war. it is asking too much to expect that prisoners of war are to remain un punished for offenses for which sol diers of the army would be punished. The prisons, into which prisoners of war are never 'thrown,' as charged,; but led, me sanitary buildings in the! prison camps in which, when neces sary, are confined also members of the camp guard organizations. "The attack on our medic il system is a misrepresentation. The sub- stance referred to by a writer as plas- tor of Paris is dried milk of the sort used in all army hospitals and similar institutions. "Concerning the complaints rela- tive to the quantity of food the state, t. f f. hnilMMn imitatiom, whlch England's starva- tion policy has imposed upon the cen tral powers must of necessity be borne also by prisoners of war. It would be difficult to group under the headinir of humanitv an arrangement by whjch hard.workintc men troops the fie(U WQman am, children were to be deprived of food for the purpose of providing greater rations for pris oners of war whose governments act without the slightest regard for in ternational law. "The attitude of Austro-Hruigirim officers towards Italian captured offi cers has always been proper; that personal sympathy is out of the question is due to conditions whose discussion Italian publicity had better leave untouched." The last inspection of prison camps in which Italians are detained, made by the American ambassador to Aus-tria-IIungary,,"resulted in a report to the Italian government that its pris oners of war in Austria-Hungary were well cared for in the" matter of housing and clothing, and that the food was in quality and quantity such as was procurable in the monarchy under present conditions, but amplo to meet the needs of the men. SCOTTISH RITES ARE AT (P,l' Associated Press) New Bern. N. C. Oct. 25. The fall I..., f 3f.nticVl T?itf nf tVio I r I i I I I I ' ' bllV MVVtt'i. aw.vv - - - -. ... in Mnrt.h Carolina be gan here today, to continue until Fri day, with a large number of members from all parts of the state in atten dance. Numerous candidates were here to receive degrees. The next large gathering of the lodge in North Carolina also will be in New Bern on November 22 when large numbers of the Mystic Shrine will come here to dedicate Sudan temple, the second temple in this state. riiTirhils of several railroads are ..,... i.,u a,- fu- OVpnt in No- U'Himiik . --- , veraber, the majority ol delegates planning to come on pecial trains. ( WBA COUNTY FAIR BUSY NW BERN tn-.atawb. County News. This is Fair week in Hickory, let b ,v ,,0 and encourage the un tveryoouy " , , wo,i, The fair has been made dertaking, possible by the generosity and public spirit of the "ood citizens of Hickory. But the fair s a county institution r-nd ought to be attended by all the people of the co nty. It can only ac complish what ii should by the help of all our good people. FOR TEMPERANCE (By Associated Pres St. Louis, Oct. 25. The house of deputies of the Protestant episcopal convention, today aaopieu a re&oiu tion fiivorine "such action in our leg islation legislative assemblies that will preserve the large interests of temperance. TO CLOSESTORESIPRETTY ANIMALS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON All Hickory stores yill be closed Thursday afternoon in order to give owners and employes an opportunity to spend half a day &t the fair. Thursday promises to be the big gest day of all, and the crowds will be larger than ever before. Thursday will be all-counties day and this means everybody's day. The Hickory merchants have set the pace. WHEAT PRICES SOAR TO GREAT HEIGHTS (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Oct. 24. Giant upward swings in the wheat market carried prices more than five cents a bushel above yesterday's closing. Decem ber deliveries touched high level. Buy ing was increased by the report that drought damage in Argentina had assumed the proportion of a disas ter and was growing worse. TECH LEADS IN SOUTH (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 25. The Geor gia school of Technology, with 302 points in four games, leads southern colleges and universities in points scored in the south. Sewanee is sec ond. SOAR TO 20 CENTS (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 25. Cotton in the future market sold today above 25 cents a pound, the May option rising 22 points to 20.01, the highest price it has touched since the civil war. SECRET PACT CHARGES LEAD TO $100,000 SUIT Ne-v York, Oct. 25. Vance C. Mc- Cormick, chairman of the Democratic, national cuiiiinitbcc, waa civcu wilii a summons and complaint in a second suit for libel brought against him by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, one of the heads of the American Independence! Conference. The action which is for! plOO.OOO is based on a statement Mr. I IVfcCormick is said to have given to the newspapers on Monday. This, statement, it was asserted, was in connection with charges by the Dem ocratic national committee that a secret agreement was maie between O'Leary and his associates and Chas. E. Hughes .Republican presidential nominee, by which Mr. Hughes made speeches to conform to "demands" of the American Independence Confer ence. O'Leary's first suit against the chairman of the Democratic national committee was based on a statement Mr. McCormick was said to have ma.de concerning O'Leary after the later had sent a telegram to Presi dent Wilson criticising his adminis tration. The president replied in substance to O Leary that he would "feel deeply mortified" if O'Leary or anybody "like you" voted for him. The Democratic national commit tee tonight issued its ''third install ment" of charges involving Mr. Hughes and the American Independ ence Conference. What purported to be "confidential committee re ports," were made public and wer ? declared to "reveal in detail the se cret purposes, plans and scope of the radical political organization, pro moted by Jeremiah A. O'Leary and his associate propagandists." NO WRECK AT OYAMA Rumor that a head-on collision oc curred at Oyama about 10 o'clock Tuesday night caused a general ex odus from the fair grounds and half a dozen automobiles raced to the scene. Instead of a big wreck the auto parties saw trainmen oiling their engines on. a siding and waiting for the regular eastbound passenger to pass. The trainment were suprised at the news, and remarked that a coal car was dertailed in the yards earlier in the evening. This was not se rious, however, but the report threw a scare into many people. SIMMONS TO SPEAK AT RALLY AT TRENTON (By Associated Fress.) 'Newbern, N. C, Oct. 25. It has been announced here that Senator F. M. Simmons, chairman of the fi nance committee of the United States senate and senior senator from North Carolina, has accepted an invitation to deliver the principal address at a Democratic rally at Trenton, in Jones county, on November 6. onoN FUTURES ARE SHOWN AT If one cares to look at handsome horses, he should visit the horse barn at the fair. Here are the finest breeding animals in the country, and a half dozen of the prettiest colts that one could care to see. The big glossy, draft animals, proud as Lucifer, are not afraid to meet the eye of any man and seemingly chal lenge pedigrees. And the hogs are there in all col ors, big fellows with litters of beau tiful pigs. One could not realize the number of blooded hogs in this section without walking through the stock pens. Catawba's reputation for fine stock has been sustained by this fall's exhib ts. COTTON GINNED THIS FALL IS 7,291,733 (By Associated Press) Washington, Oc . 25. Cotton ginn 1 prior to Octc er 18 was 7,291, 13 bales compared with 5,708,730 ales for 1915, the census bureau an nounced today. The ginnings by states follow: North Carolina, 253,523 and South Carolina, 508,589. TWO DISTURBANCES OFF T (Hy Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 25. The distur bance reported in the South Atlantic appeared today to be a part of the general depression over the West In dies and the Caribbean sea. with the principal center some distance south of Jamaica and a secondary center that has caused strong winds on the South Atlantic. Storm warnings were displayed from Savannah to Jacksonville, Fla. NOW $10 A BARREL (IV Associated Press) Chicago, Oct. 25. The wholesale price of high grade flour was advanc ed to $10 a barrel today, the highest price since the civil war. This is an increase of 30 cents in the last two days. wiMt:tm ttttUXXXi MARKETS' m:um7ttmtt:it;umm COTTON FUTURES. (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 25. There was a further sharp advance in the cotton market here today, on the census re port showing a smaller amount ginn ed to October 18 than expected and a continuation of -yesterday's buying movement. May sold at 20.01 on the call while the general list opened firm at an advance of 17 to 23 on the call. Realizing was exteremely heavy and December eased off to 19.65 and January to 16.69 and May to 19.93 shortly after the opening. The market closed steady. Open CiOse December 19.51 19.07 January 19.77 19.09 March 19.88 19.25 May 19.99 19.36 uly 20.00 19.50 HICKORY MARKETS Vheat $1.70 Cotton 19c CHICAGO WHEAT y (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Oct. 25. Alarming re ports that owing to greatly increased damage from drouth the estimated Argentine exportable surplus had shrunk materially brought about a rapid advance today in the wheat rfarket here. Opening prices which ranged from 7-8 to 2 5-8 higher, with December at 1.80 to 1.81 1-2 v are followed by a further rise all round. THF WFATEFR I g A AMU II Ullllliill 3 P For North Carolina: Partly cloudy tonight and probably local rains Thursday. Warmer tonight in the in terior northeast and east winds, fresh to strong off the coast. COMPARATIVE WEATHER Oct. 24 ' 1916 1915 Maximum 72 76 Minimum 35 46 Mean 53 61 FAIR ATLANTIC OAS WHOLESALE PRICE GIRLS CANNING CLUBS FINE EXHIBIT - One of the finest exhibits at the fair this year was made by the girls' canning clubs, their articles be ing displayed prominently and pre senting a fine picture. Owing to the flood the agricultural exhibits here, as at other fairs in the state, is somewhat short, but the displays shown are well worth seeing. Another pretty exhibit was by the United Farm Women of Minerva. Among th'e many tasteful things shown is a common-sense lunch for school children, wrapped neatly in tissue paper, and costing very little to prepare. In the same building is the exhibit of the state board of health with a great variety of literature. Dr. T. M. Jordan is in charge of this and answers all questions asked by vis itors. Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock the better babies' contest will be held under the direction of Drs. Menzies and Steele and it is expect ed that a large number of parties will bring their children. AT (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 25. The inter state commerce commission today fix ed hearings at Winston-Salem Novem ber 3 in the southeast tobacco case. The case involves the Chesapeake and Ohio's suspended tariff proposing in creases on the rate of smoking to bacco products from Virginia and North Carolina points to southern territory. Judge Hezekiah Gudger of Ash'e ville, one of the leading Reupplicans in this section, will speak Thursday night in local headquarters in the in terest of the ticket in the county, state and nation. He will be pre sented by Mr. R. H. Shuford. On Monday night some of the big gest cards in the state and nation will be played, by local Republicans, when Dr. Samuel Bflair of Missouri, Thomas Settle of Asheville and John M. More head of Charlotte, Republican national committeeman, will speak in the ar mory in the interest principally of the candidacy of Chas. E. Green for congress. The speaking will be un der the auspices of the congressional campaign committee of Burke, Lin coln and Catawba counties, of which Mr. W. H. Barkley is manager. Mr. A. A. Whitener will deliver the address of welcome, Mr. C. A. Jonas will present Dr. Blair, Mr. E. Yates Killian Mr. Settle and Mr. Osborne Brown Mr. Morehead. The public is invited to both meet ings. GOVERNOR CRAIG Hickory will entertain Governor Craig Thursday night and it is ex pected that a large number of people will be here to welcome the chief ex ecutive to the city. Mr'Craig has not made many political speeches du ring the campaign, most of his efforts being along educational, industrial and good roads lines, but he has promised to pay this city a visit. It is hoped that he will arrive in time to be the guest of the fair as sociation. If he speaks in the grounds, he will not discuss politics of course. He will be the guest while here of Mr. J. D. Elliott. The speaking Thursday night will be held in the Academy of Music. CANADIANS SETTLE (By Associated Press) Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 25. An agree ment between Canadian Pacific Rail way officials and their employes fo the settlement of the threatened strike has been reached and will be signed some time today, according to a telegram received by the manager of labor here. TOBACCO HEARINGS WINSTON-SALEM REPUBLICANS TO HEAR GOOD SPEAKERS ON THURSDAY NIGHT RAIL ROAD QUESTION FRENCH RETAIN GROUND TAKEN FROM GERMMS Repulsed Counter-Attacks at Verdun and Hold Important Positions Italian Cayalry From Southern Albania Joins Entente Line Above Saloniki Important Move. DANGEROUS DRIVING ON HICKORY STREETS j Reckless driving on the principal residence streets ol Hickory has be come a habit with many automobile owners these days, with great danger to school children. A colored chauffeur sped down Fifteenth street this morning just before school opened, with his cut-out in full blast, and sped by Thirteenth avenue without slowing down. Little children were on their way to school and were crossing the streets as the machine sped by. Persons who reside on sand clay streets say the dust is fearful, and complaints are received from all sections of the city. r.ipth white and colored drivers arej offenders, and unless the friends are stopped there will be a mangled child) in Hickory one of these days, to say nothing of the nuisance caused mart housewives. . It is impossible for the police to note the speeders, but citizens would be conferring a favor if they would report violators of the ordinance. This city needs about 30 examples. speechesIade interest of Dr. F. C. Longaker, vice-president of Lenoir College, and Prof. Charles E. Mcintosh, superintendent of the Hickory schools, made short address es to the school children, Lenoir Col lege students and visitors on Union square at 10 o'clock today. Prof. Long, county superintendent of pub lic instructions, was on the program for the first address, but he came up just as the speech-making had ended. Mr. J. D. Elliott, president of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce, in troduced the speakers in his usual happy style. In his address Dr. Longaker made the point that boys and girls are the best exhibit any school could make, that the producer than the thing it produces, with one notable exception. This exception is, Dr. Longaker said, that the man who produces a fuss is littler than the fuss. He urged a more general study of European history so that Ameri can children could get the viewpoint of European countries, and thus have a broader outlook on the world. Dr. Longaker was gratified at the widening scope of educational ends in Hickory and Catawba county, and as sted that the schools should be made the best defenses of any com munity or nation. Prof. Mcintosh, after making an nouncements, made the point that the boy who leaves school at the end of the seventh grade will have a much smaller chanca of making a success in life than the boy who continues through the high school. Carrying this conclusion further, he asserted that the boy or girl who goes through college is that much better fortified to engage in the activities of life suc cessfully. He had the demonstrated facts and spoke from the record. Professor Long would have spoken briefly on the need of a ccunty-wide special tax for the schools. E (By Associated Press) Charlotte, Oct. 25. Charlotte will be entirely out of sugar in two days unless local sugar dealers are able to get the prjduct delivered in the meantime, it was announced by a local distributor today. The dealers have been canvassing houses and hotels for the past two days. This distributor is connect ed with a chain of stores operating in the south, and stated that this con dition obtained in all towns and cities where the stores are located. (By Associated Press) Petrograd, via London, Oct. 25. The Russians and Rumanians have evacuated the town of Tchernavoda in Dobrudja, the war office announc ed today. SCHOOLS CHARLOTTE FACING SUGAR FAMN DEFENDERS EVACUATE TOWN DF TCHFRNAVODA (By Associated Press.) The French have retained the im portant ground they won yesterday in their coup north of Verdun, the war office announced today. Last night part of the regained ter ritory which includes Fort Douau mont and stretches along a front of more than four miles at points nearly two miles inside the former Gern an lines, were subjected to a Gerran counter-attack. The French held their ground, h w ever, according to Paris, repulsing he German . assaults, which were deliv ered in efforts to capture the H;.u- dremont quarries west of Douanmnt and the Damloup battery south of Vaux. The commander of I' rt Douamount is among the priscr ts taken by the French, which a p r. inary report places at 3,500 m. Fort Douamount still is in the hn ds of the Germans, but is encircled by the French. Rain is interfering with operate ns on the Somme front. Only artilhry activity is reported from that see'eo-. Today's Paris official statema.c . n nounces an important military ni ve in the Balkans, where Italian a a ry from southern Albania has iDir a junction with cavalry and art U ry from the entente front in Macedonia. This gives the entente an unbroken front of 20 miles across the Balkan peninsula. Berlin military critics point to the capture of Predeal reported yesterday as marking the loss to the Rum am -s of the natural mountainous del&i on their Transylvanian frontier. ri lis si-vcess by the Austro-Germans, it is commented on, gives them an osn field over which to attack Buchar-st. Total casualties in the Rus. in army since June 1 are placed at l, 797,522 in figures given out todiy by a semi-official news agency in Berlin. HI (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 25. With the football season reaching the half way mark, team scores and individual scores are mounting up rapidly, the total for five and six games reaching large proportions in some cass. Among the larger institutions V- n derbilt leads with 208 points. Syra cuse is second with 190 points. Gr rish, the Dartmouths half back, is the leading individual scorer, his n.ne touchdowns and 16 goals from agg-e-grating 70 points. STILL PAYING HICKORY PRIC2S (By Associated Press) Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 25. Cot ton again took a jump here tod ty, 19 1-2 cents being offered on the lo cal market. This is a rise of 50 points since yesterday. ns HIT BY HI (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 25. W len I ls for four new battleships and i ) le stroyers the largest sirgle or !er ever placed by the navy were c pe today, it was disclosed that the p iv ernment faces the soaring prices of structural material in perfecting ihe navy building program. Aith- -h the department had allowed $ir 0. 00 more for each battleship than last year and placed a limit of 000,000 for hulls the bidding to a close margin. All bids of the Four River $11, ran Ship RJuilding Company, controlled by the Bethlehem Steel Co., were submitted jwith the express stipulation that they j were based on present prices for ma I terial and labor. The company sug j gested that the government pay the , difference in any advance in cost and I reap the benefit of any decrease. VAN RBILT LEADS INSTITUTION GOVERNMEN MATER ALS
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