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HICKORY, N. C.
SATURDAY EVENING,
DEC. 23, 1916
PRICE TWO CENTS
RY
HICKORY SCHOOLS HAVE
HAD GOftRvSiLL TERM
Teachers and Pupils Have Worked Hard and
Attendance Good, Despite Interruptions Lost
Time Almost Made Up Next Term to Be
Even Better. '
REMAINED
ii f;
In'
ASKS
WILSON
TO SIOP BIG WAR
r,,. Hickory graded schools came
,i V'.t'so for the holidays Friday at
thirty o clocK, tne stuuy pe
botng omitted so that the chil
iMcht got home by noon. The
t.ur grades at the North school
, I'iiarjre of the morning exercis
i ho chapel and greatly delight-li,,-
other children and the many
:4 by their splendid Christmas
. The other irrades L'ave an-
.. I.'. ur,.:,u in their rooms. (By Associated Tress.)
..' ';,..;Lh..U Thursday and some' New York Dec- 23. A special
. ,y morning At the South school committee of the American neutral
-.1: I'kiroiuont there were several; conference committee began here
... i hmtmas trees, and many to-early today from Washington to pre
, of appreciation were exchange . . . . . ..... .
i,,;,,, .,, teachers and pupils at sent to Resident Wilson a letter
''V schools. (from Bertrand Russell, the noted
, -p,:, of the many handicaps of, British lecturer and philosopher, ap-
: ....... .j,.Vwx..l.a V.n.
r was
an un
identified messenger from "England.
girl, in order to avoid the Britisb
u-.m. T l pealing to the president to
u .rUandthe spirit of mutual f , 7 . ,
; : ... and cooperation was nev-Nv;a 1,1 Ahis kite
Twice scarlet fever inter-! vVoa';,lt ,to tms counU'v J
! ' 1 such an extent as to cause
.-: oti.-iion of some of the grades,
ft the teachers have been able
.. nn the work with thpir
until the children are about i After asserting that the president
a-lvanced as if there had been! now has an opportunity of perform-
,, :.: .-tcrence. the playground; mg a signal-service of mankind "sur
; ,;.4 has greatly added to the passinK the service of Abraham Lin-
vt the children and when it, , ,, x . . .. .
: ..4,ible for a full attendance .coln Mr- Russe11 states that 13
a. 10 very few who failed to ans-, within he president's power to bring
their names each day. jthe war to an end with a just peace,"
T spring term will open for the anJ that if the war is not ended now
.. schools on January eight and . , . ,
r -:h- colored school on January 2. LuroPe Wl11 be rumed
: .. i;ew colored school building is
i.y noiirmu: completion anu 11 is
pod'that by the middle of the spring
rVi the new building may be ready
r nci'iipancy. The new building for
1 school i.4 also progressing
'.y. and will be ready for use by the
, .ng of the fall term.
l' crytlnng considered, the schools
:n iTDod shape, and with good
lance in the spring should round
; ':.' of the best year's work in
i.v history.
m
mm
DRESDEN SCENE
MORE FOOD
RIOTS
I
ON
IT
IS SAID
(By Associated Press.)
Kl Paso. Dec. 23. Unofl'icial re
! rs that Torreon had been captured
ty Francisco Villa's forces were for
warded to Washington by government
unts early today.
These reports stated that the fight
.i:g early yesterday morning and con
tinued until 1 o'clock in the after
noon, when the city capitujalted.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 23 A Rotterdam dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says there were food riots
in Dresden, Germany 17, 18, 19 and
20, and that troops were called in to
suppress the rioters.
The dispatch says the women ston
ed the shops on Sunday and then
.marched through the streets, the
troops disr-errdng them.
There wai another parade on Mon
day when the soldiers did not inter
vene.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR
MAIL SERVICE BY
GERMAN SUBMARINE
LWAY SWI
TCHMEN
Amsterdam, via London, Dec. 23.
The news service from Berlin con
tains the statement that ordinary
' mail from Germany to the United
iStates will be transmitted on subma
irines and that mail for neutral na-
. . . . tions also will be handled.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Deci 23. The eight-; "
h,.,,- K ctrairrht nronort.a for HOW CHINESE TREAT
u ,ri; the switch-! typhoid fever cases
i,n.r,'rf union hv the federal arbitra-l (P-y Associated Press)
;,.,, k,,....,i in o laiainn nnnoimfpfl to-i Wenchow. Chekianff Province,
day. The award gives overtime fori China. Rhinoceros horn is one ot
both foremen and helpers. It was the chief remedies resorted to by Chi
said here on behalf of the railroads nese doctors in the treatment of ty-
lrl not. ha inter- rhoid fever.
nret(.(l as an endorsement of the Ad-i An epidemic of typhoid recently
unison act. I swept through this city and result
ed in the death ot many persons
During the epidemic foreigners had
an opportunity to study the treat
ment of the disease used by native
physicians.
Cold towels were applied to the
heads of the patient while the abdo-
M EM O RIAL FOR WOMEN
VICTIM ALL
NIGHT
After having shot and almost in
stantly killed eb Culberson, wood
foreman of the Ritter Lumber Com
pany at Edgemont, Bill Mooney, a
log loader employed by the same
company, built a lire and remained
with his victim through the nitrht.
according to persons arriving in Hick
ory today Irom the lumber town.
The men were e;ood friends and the
killing is said to have been the result
of a quarrel. Details of the killing
were not learned, but passengers
stated today that Moonev. as thev
left Edgemont, was sitting by the
corpse.
t
WITH SUNDAY SCHOOLS POS
EXPRESS
COMPANIES
SWAMPED
WITH
LIQUOR
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23. The
Christmas demand for liquors of va
rious kinds for the dry s-tates of
Virginia, the Carolinas and West Vir
ginia has swamped the express com
panies. Two 01 the companies im
posed an embargo on liquor from
yesterday at noon to D a. m. today.
Lxpress officers say they have been
handling from 35,000 to 40,000 pack
ages a day.
NO ACTION REPORTED
MACEDONIAN
FRONT
(By Associated Press)
iParis, Dec. 23 Bad weather
on
the Macedonian front on December 22
prevented any military operations,
according to the Paris war statement
this afternoon.
Holy Trinity Lutheran
Rev. W. E. Murray, pastor.
Sunday school 9.45 a. m.
Preaching at 11 o'clock.
The pastor will preach tomorrow
morning on the subject: "Three Great
Facts About the Birth of Jesus."
On Christmas morning at 6 o'clock,
the subject of the sermon will be:
'The Chi'istmas Message to the
Shepherds."
The exercises of the Sunday school
will be held Monday night at 7 o'clock.
Special music, beautiful decorations.
A cordial welcome to every one. Mer
ry Christmas and happy new year to
the people of Hickory.
Come to church tomorrow and Mon
day to adore the Christ whom we
worship, love and serve.
Christmas can best be kept in
church.
As the wise men of old brought
gifts to the Babe, so do you bring
the offering of your heart to the al
tar of the same King.
;We want to share our Christmas
with you. 'We, therefore, invite all
men and never more heartily ur
gent than at this glad Christmas seas
on to come to hear the Story of
the Divine Love expressed in terms
of life.
1T0 repeat that story, with all its
blessed ministry of a Father drawn
near to his other children in the per
son of His Well-Beloved Son. of a
Christ who understands us, and who
loves us unto the death of a hope for
all men through the Christmas Christ
nothing less than this is the bus
iness, the ambition, the very object
of the church.
PETERSON-FRAZIER
Mr. J. E. Peterson of Hickary and
Miss Mabel Frazier of W7inston-Sa
lem were married last Thursday at
the bride's home and will be in the
city tomorrow to visit his parents,
Mr. . and Mrs J. F. Peterson.
F'UM DE RECORD FOSE EN ME
(BJy Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 23. A memorial
scrvifn for Inez Milholland. noted
suffrage leader, will be held in themen was covered thickly with mud
statuary hall on Monday. It will' kept cool and moist by frequent ap
bj the first time that a memorial for j plication of cold water. Some of
u woman has been held there. Suffrage; the more prosperous patients were
leaders planned it.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
IN CARING FOR WOUNDED
(By Associated Press. 1
Paris. A new American enterprise
in aid of the wounded has been form
ed in Paris by Miss Grace Cassette of
f'hicago, called the FTanco-American
Corrective Surgical Appliance Com
mittee.
iriven as much as twelve dollars worth
of ground rhinoceros horn in a single
day.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
AT HOLY TRINITY CHURQH
iWlhen the members of Holy Trinity
Lutheran church enter the edifice to
morrow they will be impressed with
the decorations, the beauty of which
io imno ihlo to describe. Suspend-
It has among its members; Pfi from he pulpit in gild letters are
the word3 ' Peace on fcarth" lasten-
TO CELEBRATE
Christmas
With the tree for the children this
afternoon at 4 o'clock, Christmas ex-
exercises will be under way. The mu
sic at all the services will be especial
ly fine.
Six o'clock services will be held
Christmas morning at the Reformed
IT OFFICE TO
HAVE SUNDAY
HOURS
,With the Christmas mail already
reaching the proportions of a rush
and a great part of the packages to be
received, indications are that the lo
cal postoffice will do the largest
Christmas business in its history.
snd Holy Trinity Lutheran churches,1 T- a.-. nViiverv and carrier
.., u;u' ...;n u i
illlU LLC CUlllli. dl o ocivi:c Will UC ' . . ... , j j.
held at the Reformed church Sunday i windows will be open Sunday from
o to lu.ciu a. m. anu irom 4 to o p.
for the benefit of patrons who
evening and at Hody Trinity church
.Monday evening.
At the First Methodist church,
Rev. A. L. Stanford will preach a
special Christmas sermon Sunday
morning and that night the children
will hold their exercises.
The Sunday school of the First
Baptist church will not hold exercis
es, but trie members will prepare
boxes and send them to the Thom-
.svilie orphanage , in which work
oung and old have been participa
Ing for years.
m
may call for their mail.
iMonday holiday hours will be ob
served and the windows will be open
from 10 to 12:30.
CHICAGO
SWAMPED
IS
WITH MUCH MAIL
BARACA BOYS COLLECT
CHRISTMAS
GOOD
S
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Dec 23. Postal officials
in Chicago say they are handling the
heaviest outgoing mail in the history several coat suits, 29 pair of shoes,
Last night the Baraca boys of the
Methodist church, as has been their
custom for the past eight years, vis
ited the homes of the Hickory people
collecting cash, -groceries, canned
goods, confections and clothing to be
distributed Christmas day to the poor
of the city.
The offering this year was not as
large as in the past, but they collected
eleven or twelve good suits of clothes,
i- 1 : i - 1
of the local office. Eleven tons of par- "vereuai, uuy buit, uiiuwx,
, , . .. number of jars of canned fruits, corn
el post and nrst ciass mail were dis- meai flouri oranges and coffee and
patched in the last 24 hours and there numberless other things to bring re-
, ,. .. . . 1 A T J
is much congestion at the local sta-:11 peopie m neeu.
tion, the railroads, it is asserted. hav- , Th7Th to Ahank gTTd ,pe"
, . . ,. ' 1 pie ui xuiciiory uiiuuyn uie xiicKury
uiiucuity m iiuiiumy " Record for their gifts they have giv
volume. .Practically every train ar
riving in Chicago last night was de-
ayed, due to cold weather and snow.
With Mrs. Shuford
Mrs. James C. Shuford was hostess
yesterday afternoon to the Pleiades
Book Club. ,Mrs Claude B. West of
en, and wish them all a merry Christ
mas. If the boys overlooked anybody in
their rounds, they will be pleased tot
return if they are telephoned at
140-L.
JOHN L. CASPER PARDONED
Wtinston-Salem, Dec. 23. John
Durham and Mrs. R. G S. Davis of L Casper of ydnston-Salem con-
; rmidouii ivji mci "'cmucio KJJ. wc ,HH Q hmit a roar acrn in tho foHor.
club were guests The hostess book al court at Fort gmith Ark in nu
by The Proof of the Pudding by Mer-; niftrmis ints-of defrauding the. mv.
edith Nicholson. Mrs. C. E. Aber- ,4. j .t, fha t Q
ethy read a splendid criticism of the ru v;, f
book. The poet for the afternoon s yearS) received his pardon last night
uuy x.isxciiuw mi. . at 9 o'clock according to a telegram
V.MVC d SK-CLCIl OX I11B IJiC ctUU JUIS. I
'bpford very charmingly read. The
lnree Wise Men. After the literary
hour an elegant four course luncheon
was served.
MOTOR COMPANY CHARTERED
( By Associated Press.)
Raleigh, Dec. 23. The Corbitt Mo
tor Truck Company of Henderson,
capitalized at $1,000,000, of which
?25,O00 has been paid in, was charter
ed by the secretary of state today.
The concern proposes to manufacture,
buy and sell motor trucks, automo
biles, supplies and accessories.
received from him by a friend in this
city. Casper states in a telegram
that he will arrive here Sunday.
'The case in which Casper was con
victed was one which attracted wide
attention, the evidence showing that
he had defrauded the ogvernment out
of thousands of dollars in revenue on
whiskey manufactured at his distil
leries at Fort Smith, Ark., and St.
Louis, Mo. Property valued at
about $100,000 was confiscated by the
government and in addition to the
sentence was fined $33,000.
(Casper's sentences amounted to
Fla , for two weeks as a witness in
the case against Thomas C. McCoy of
ALLIES ARE NOT PLEASED
AT PRESIDENT'S NOTE
Premier of New Zealand Speaks Out Plainly
French Press Does not Like it Either An
swer of Allies Soon to Be Sent to
Germany.
SOLDIERS
MEXICO
RECEIVE MANY GIFTS
(By Associated Press.)
Field Headquarters, Mexico, Dec.
23. Twenty-five thousand dollars
would not cover the cost of presents
the people of the United States have
sent to the soldiers of the punitive
expedition, it was estimated today by
the committee in charge of the distri
bution of the presents.
Although the majority of the gifts
have come from Red Cross chapters,
hundreds have come from individuals.
Among the large consignment are
41,000 cigars, 1,000 pounds of candy,
GOO pounds smoking tobacco, two
complete sets of baseball equipment,
and many other gifts.
Mr. W. L. Menzies has returned
from Duquesne, Pa., to spend some
time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Menzies.
London, Dec. 23. W,. F. Massey,
premier of New Zealand, speaking
at Hornchurch, said: "It is our duty
to go until the power of Germany
is broken and her armies driven back
over their own border. Then will
be the time for peace. I cannot
speak with any authority on the sub
ject of President Wilson note, but I
would like to see, after what has tak
en place, that the president of the
United States be told firmly that we
have carried on the war thus far
without his assistance and so intend
to carry it on without him."
MAKE GERMANY COME ACROSS
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Dec. 23. The only reference
to President Wilson's note at the pub
lic sitting of the chamber of deputies
was made by Deputy Renaudel who
expressed the belief that it would com
pell Germany to tell plainly her war
aims.
DESTRUCTION OF
SHIPS WON'T
BE TOLD
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 23 The Associa
ted Press is advised by its London of
fice that all shipping reports except
announcement of casualties are dis
continued by an official order effec
tive tonight.
MODERATE
WEATHER
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
(By Associated Press)
iWashington, Dec. 23. Moderate
temperatures followed by decidedly
colder weather for about Wednesday
lTp5r Tn P T.nt.7. and fJnv Kher. ' A sheville who was convicted in the. is forecast for the south Atlantic
-ill of Washington, D. C., are spend- federal court there a week ago. The ( states. About the middle of the
ing the holidays in Hickory. j conviction of MvCoy is thought to wggk rajn or snow will occur.
'have had some influence in Casper's '
xl WE LE VRNED TONGUES ' getting the pardon. I
n'p RFTGTAN m?TUirTS Caspere's sentences amounted to lEmperor Yoshihito has convened
ui liiiAJN "iMKitis Qver orty years the sentences the Imperial Diet for December 25.
Brussels, Belgium. The Germans ' were made to overlap ; totalling about
have been administering things in nine years. m..
Belgium so lone now that most ofi S
them have acquired a workable STEPS TO HARMONIZE
knowledge of the various languages! CHINESE POLICIES
that prevail there. Accordingly the ' (By Associated Press.)
chief authorities in Brussels have is-' Peking. Feng Kuo-chang's elec
sued new and drastic language reg- tion to the vice presidency is regard
ilations for all their subordinates, i ed as a vital step in the effort to
In towns or districts in which the harmonize politics. Three ballots in
I' lemish language preponderates, it parliament were cense asrya e,
is in future to be used solely both parliament were necessary. Feng w- -
m spoken communications and in of- Kuo-chang was the leader in all and rpi Hickorv Daily Record extends
ANSWER ALMOST
(Br Associated Press)
Paris, Dec. 23. The allies answer
to Germany's peace proposals is al
most completed, according to a local
newspapjer. The paper says it is
rather a long document and sets
forth clearly ''both the grievances of
the allies and the crushing responsi
bilities of the central powers."
SENSATION IN PARIS
(B(y Associated Press)
Paris, Dec. 23. President Wilson's
note and the statement of Secretary
Lansing continued to be the sensation
of the day and take precedence over
everything else in the morning pa
pers. The president's notes were
not received favorably by Cie press.
AUSTRALIA HUNGARY
CHANGES
MINISTERS
(By Associated Press.)
London, Dec. 23. Count von Chu
denitz has succeeded Baron von Bur
ian as Austro-Hungarian foreign min
ister, according to a Reuter Amster
dam dispatch quoting a Vienna pa
per. Count Zernin was minister to
Rumania until the time that country
entered the war.
v.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
facial acts, letters and notifications, on the third ballot, he received 520
to its friends in the city, county and
Les' thro' awa' our wo
En say er wurd er so
'Bout uh Merry Trissmus,
Taint no day tun cry
You'se go no tim' tuh die
'Case hits Merry Trissmus.
Hang em by de fiah
Get de ole desiah
Uf uh Herry Trissmum,
Ole Santa's Pretty neer
Lookout he's jes bout heer
To mek uh Merry Trissmus.
So de Record Fose en Me
We wush you all de glee
Uf uh Merry Trissimus
We hope yer hart am rite
To ete en love uh site
On diss Merry Trissmus.
Ewart Huffman
The rmlv PYCPnb'nna tn this rule ner. ' wntaa while hie nearest', romnpt.it.or
mit French to be used when a reply Lu Yung-ting, received only 201 votes, state the greetings of the season,
has been specifically requested in The election was in striking con- From the depths of its soul the Rec
that language, or when the original trast to the election fo Yuan Shi-kai ord ig appreciative of the magnani
letter of inquiry was in French. ! to the presidency in 1913. At that , -f nj its on
In greater Brussels the authorities time heavy military guards were plac- ous support accorded it, and its on
ay make use of either Fjanch of ed all about the house of parliament, ly goal is to be a good newspaper
Flemish, yet fro mthe first of Jan- and there was great apprehension lest worthy of the people it endeavors xo
nary, 1917, all communications from there be a riot. The guards were serve. Since we realize m part tne
nthorities of the various sections of lacking at Feng-Kuo-chang's election, shortcomings of the paper, and must
Brussels to the outlving Flemish dis- and parliament showed no disorder therefore realize what our trienas
tricts must be in Flemish. All no-1 whatever. have pardoned out of their lova"jy'
tifications and public notices are to; Feng Kuo-chang is not a decided our feelings of gratitude are only tne
be issued in Flemish, with French partisan. He has never indentified greater.
translations accompanying them himself formally "with any faction,
when desirable. but has constantly remained as a sort A " rtr llt in
German is to be allowed only in 0f a middleman between the north and 11 IT OirTv LI ID Hi Ml
sections of Belgium where it pre- the south, guarding the Yang-tse VUfr hru lllllU
try." iking. He is primarily a military
man, but has shown considerable po-
military leaders m China, is a man
highly educated in the Chinese clas-
sics and a polished gentleman of
wide travel and experience. I Tomorrow morning at 10 o ciock
There is much speculation now as there will be a service, I llc
The Record, according to custom,
will not be published Christmas day,
but it will be issued Tuesday after
noon as usual, and will appear regu
larly until Thanksgiving day.
With the hope that the Christmas
season will be the finest in the his
tory of our friends and that the
years to come will be filled with bless
ings for them, we again tender them
individually and collectively our sin
cere acknowledgments with the prom
ise that our efforts in the future will
be intensified in making the Record
worthy of the best town in the world.
MARKETS
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
:mHMMIIM8lmMMMHmmm whether Feng-chang will imme- for the King," and a special address
diately come to Peking and assume to the children. as lucic win
his duties as vice-president. He two responsive readings, all, young
showed unwillingness for some time and old, are astcea to Drag
COTTON FUTURES
(By Associated Press.)
M. Justin Godart, Under-Secretary of
war and head of the Military Medi
cal service, ur. Alexis garret oi tne' . - ... nu trimming was 1
tUIIl Willi no . .
ttilv- 7 i rm
' ho nnQirlprPfl in p.ihlps with them to the cnurcn. An
New York, Dec. 23. The cotton - vwWfts;den.v. white irifts and envelopes will be col-
market opened firm at an advance of h t fjnariv consented. lected and not only gifts of money
t " . i i f 1 L. A.-. flan- mil I
17 to 33 points. The advance to As military governor of Kiangsu but pledges 01 nearw " u""
Rockefeller Foundation, New York,
Dr Daniel J. McCarthy of the Penn
sylvania university; Professor Pen
urd and Pozzie of th Sabarome Pr.
I'aul Keviner of the Academy of
.Vedicino is psresidont.
Miss Cassette, who has been in
(liarge of the surgical dressing de
partment of the American ambulance,
is leaving there to become the tech
nical manager of the new organiza
tion. She has invented and designed
many original appliances for relieving
the wounded and assisting complica
te! fractures to heal correctly. She
hH also employed the appliances' of
worked out the suggestions of emi
nent surgeons.
ed over holly, with cedar artistically The T B and a w.s will hold - - i- I ! 7 Z,,!" hi de'
entwined about the arcr.es. The lec- ... .nnT,nl mppt;T10. H the lor Marcn ana A'-uo Ior Juiy ai-"ll; 'Z" At. 7 . viock in the evening the ill
viim -.. --- - - w-w-w-.-j-. , ,- 1 n I I'll I f I I , I e !.-:-' II. V.Cil u. 1 iiv ihij .
further adroned with gild pine bo'ighs o idays,
and burrs. Green of course predom- ,
innted. hut the v'A & tU decorations ,Mic VmnP-j TVTntAh of Denver
acted as a fo? iw eet of the beauty
who is teaching at Brevard, arrived in cal1
of the whoV. . the city Thursday and will leave to-
From the orran loft cunningly (jay wj'tn Professor Mcintosh to visit The Market closed steady. '
wrought, suspended and several green t"heir parents. Miss Sara Shuford, who Open
baskets, like birds' nests, added a ;s teaching at-Henderson, arrived last January 16.23
touch that added to the beauty. Hoi- njp.nt and accompanied her sister, March 16 61
ly was placed around the arch, and VTrs. Mcintosh, to visit their parents, T " """ 1(?'fiH
potted plant? and ferns were to be . M. and Mrs. a. C. Shuford, durine May lb-88
placed in tl " p:-rV5t and choir. . tne holidavs. Mr. Mcintosh will July -- 17 04
Mrs. W. E. TT-.rny. under whose -;o5n them Ir.tcr. October 15,46
decorations weic r. "!e has sriown
nrt.ist.ic sense of a hieh order, and
the church, unusually lovely, will! Miss M'innie Seitz, who has been
present a
tracted considerable realizing for a.-' 1T1M,:iT, ,trt.eH lecture will be eiven, "Mem
reaction, however, and prices eased ;ial office will afford him. ories of Bethlehem," with 52 pictures
off 14 to 20 points shortly after the -feng Kuo-chang's location at Nan- of scenes around the Birth of Christ.
king, which commands the lower An rilustratea nymn, ouy ia w
breaches of the Yang-tse river, as well WTorld," will be sung at the close of
: as the railway connecting Peking and the lecture.
Unennss win ue i,.eii ai
both
HICKORY MARKETS
- cn.nl.n; 5 TiA rx-F Vi ex mrtQt vital
?i05? positions 'in China. His power as services for the Endowment Fund I for
10 01 commander at Nanking has given him Ministerial Kenei, to wmcn is mp
iRP,fi i. 4.: a ,o v,!m inrlo. ed liberal donations will be made.
17.23 i pendent that he frequently aid no at- All the children are asked to wear
tention in the past to orders issued oyiWiuie ciunico ;"'" ."
the central government. Recently. ; the primary, junior and the mterme
he as practically did all the other diate departments will assemble in
generals, excepting General Chang the Sunday school and march in as
ir i.' o ri;r.r.;ti-on to the congregation snigs, As with
feed the cntVargovrnment and en- Gladness Men of Old " and take their
17.29
1.57
seene tomorrow and.nursmg Carol Farabee, was permit- .jne in ceuw-. e-"". rr.JT" " nt in the mirtdle tier of
Christmas day that will delight thelted to leave, quarantine for scarlet Jotton ---io .able C hma to narmonize its in.enox - -
"Ihvmw blVUUlvdi
eye.
fever having been raised.
COMMUNITY TREE
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
(Preparations ;are rapidly making
for the community Christmas tree in
the Chero-Cola building .Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock and the event
promises to be one of joy and inter
est. The Boy Scouts have provided
the cedar and will assist in the dis
tribution of the presents.
Monday morning at 9 o'clock in
the Chero-Cola building the Christ
mas baskets will be distributed.
These will contain more than seemed
likely because the school children
brought gifts and deposited them in
barrels at the schools Friday. Cap
tain Coy wishes to extend thanks to
the school authorities and the pupils
for their help.
(The Christmas fund has reached
$325, Mayor Whitener contributing
$2 and a friend $7 since yesterday's
report.
Miss Kathryn Peterson left last
night on No. 12 for Salisbury where
she will spend a few days with
friends. From there Miss Peterson
will go to High Point where she will
spend. Christmas with her sister.