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Hick ory ABLY i ) NO. I "7 V0l BRTHSHD HICKORY, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS RIVE m um RAILROAD NDENBURG'S LINE 10 BE USED powerful Thrusts Delivered Between Lens and c jentin French Strike Hard South This Point- -Germans Are Thrown Back by Mighty Forces. AT ONCE N'i:r I rf m.) V driven in the A Mil-' !ii'i!;'. lT t.'V ' ill''1 1 ! ; !:r.e by the Uvit-j offensive thrur-ts . Q.untin. i w Viiny ridge, : , ;,n 1 having taken .. key point to the v..s, compelling tho Nu'Award for anoth ; i .r.ake a stand for . the British v.-ir advance. i",H!'t from London ;.'. ory won in an irt "f the line on a lV-ition after posi- the British forces i i. i cigiu nines FRE N A E SOM E 1 E TRENCHES (By Associated Press. J Washington, Aprilll 13. Plans to i release for government use many j coastwise vessels on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were made today by President Wilson. Through the council of national de fense the government has requested the roads torearange their schedules so as to release virtually all vessels in coastwise trade. Many of the ves sels would be used in the transporta tion of foodstuffs and supplies to the allies, pending the construction of fleet of wooden vessels as cargo car riers. Steamships operating on the Great Lakes also will be called into service. IT.! Ut til nr.! ' the - in :!. 0;v, ME CHEESE IS EASY 10 MAK E .,! Wa.-i which !i.i; J;iV fj . j- Staus ; i tPP r'!i : fkim ii::'k dinif, irr.v ir.'u cof,i.. i'net it ;-. ar.'l hWuw i : r'it'.f.' ? ;i hfT"! ).'.'': flilVnr. (I; m:ik nt; (.rt'.-i l -.vi'-v; I'';, (V,k a lit ;';v. .1 ('., April 13. Cot- : i vi : and nourish- i !o from skim milk !ui-o go to waste of the United BRITISH GAIN ALSO (By Associated Tress.) London, April 13. German posi tions on a wide front have been cap tured by the British after severe fighting, the war office announces today. (By Associated Press) Paris, April 13. The French made an attack this morning on the front south of St. Quentin. Today's official it in, to Metz-en- statement sas tho Gi-rmnns resisted -,.t;ihvet of Cam-j desperately, but the French captured I several lines of trenches taking pris i .:im that the oners and several machine mins. iiviiiont I a t month i v.wz to the Gc ; uas to have de- British otfonsive i:..; for months. i.iMi-h have been ;,e'r positions and : jus across the de deliver trvmen iYw days. .'i were holding on . ! of the line aru. ..ti'.lery, the French :y to make a shaij, :. t'ientin. Their i w this morning, -..it.MMont recounts i, lines of trench if St. Quentin. ' also have kept ii. ovement south !;u' progress soul." (By Associated Pressl Washington, April 13 New Im petus was given plans for naval co operation between the United States and the entente nations today by con ferences between Secretary Daniels and American naval officers and Vice Admiral Browning of the British na vy and Rear Admiral Grasset of the French army. American warships first will undertake to patrol the en tire Atlantic coast from Panama northward, possibly including Cana da, permitting the withdrawal of British and French patrols. mm part IN FEEDING WORLD TO ENLIST GENERAL JOFFRE HUGE IRK ARMY CHICAGO WHEAT Washington, April 13. Proposals COMING TO NATION RY IS INTERESTED 0DUOI0N OF FOOD (By the Associated Press) 'Washington, April 13 General for enlistment of a work army of 2,-,problems caused by the entrance of 000,000 men and boys for agricultur- the United States into the war were1 al service and other drastic steps to discussed at a conference today be-1 piuuuce auuu uuong uie war were.tween President Wilson and the Mass Meeting at Chamber of Commerce Results in Assurances of Cooperation by Business Men Farmers Are Told They Can Have Money for Seed. given enthusiastic reception by tn department of agriculture today. French ambassador. The meeting was preliminary to idscussion with It was recommended that boys too j the French commission headed by Fi old or unfit for service be enlisted for farm work. WILL COOPERATE WiTH ALLIED NAVIES SINKING BRITISH OF STEAMER IS DENIED : of agriculture. Af ci'immi for coffee, the nut needed for pud ,c:tn easily be made ". If the milk is placed in a pan .in in a clean, warm rat ire of about 75 'iihhers. The clab- i i i nave a clean, sour rpy Associated Press. , V ttHS Will taKe, Vw Vorl- Anril 13 ffTir.inl dp h:t when it is de- njai by the Cuban government that m pro-ess a small : tho British vessel Treveal was sunk f 'hvorel soured 0ff the Cuban coast by a Geirnan m "l with the sweet submarine was cabled here today Uy i- the milk has thick- the Cuban Republic News Bureau !iey of thein jelly. The story was given out at Key West 'opicces the size of hist nierht by a man who said he was v.vi.-h the curd should ;i enrvivnr My witn a spoon, f broken curd in a: :t o as to raise 10 degrees F. !"rature about 20 iiich time stir vicr-1 'A':. I 'i ,. an! h.v nrk . ,;, tit's, th" I;', whey ,:Vl 'ii'iir;!-': ' CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN 1 END T 0MORR0W it !,! ,"!' (f the trus, i. ft.ll.Ml ;,' n"s. I'!ii 1 tltc fur-1 linn' . P"i'!i for one minute '"I'vals. At the con "I'ing, pour tho curd t .-mall cheese-cloth 1 hag will do nicely) " fn a fruit strainer Tho clean up campaign will come f - r lie or ten ruin- to an end tomorrow afternoon. The ; ! toward the: enter fourth ward was cleared today of ''ii -:ng ar 'I lowering practically all trash and refuse and I';' helps to nake the tomorrow the wagons will make a To co Mt.'-'t the general canvass to pick up what might nave oeen ion ac me nrsi rouuu. There was every indication today that the campaign would be highly successful and to see the wagons " mow in a moving out ot town witn nuge ioaus cir l is then of trash, mostly tin cans, one could and worked not doubt that everybody was busy. p.i'l'Ye until ' ' ! i I ' of the lug to ;t .:p. Sirica there it th' i r . 1 will be 'iiiiM'i should stop 'i.c .- na i i 1 1" '.'inn, smooth, and ' 'f tnashed pota- ' "t cream may bo rii.t tho smooth-' i f; vor. Then it to t'-iste, about: to a pound of j i "kini milk; make PREACHER ARRESTED FOR WILD REMARKS OMM NC RAIDER t REPORTED '"'itinn t,v ,,r in t!.' "jt'-r.! tj,;. f finiv, .; traneo ,f r!l,1" in,,.. "" t i. tnur,... ' ""111' 'A-., rt, r;0'l( KUl' thro i ' ': , fi'n, April 13. Infor an commerce raid- "f a sailing ship ha3 "f Mexico, has rcach N'evvs of the en '';';'! r was received by 'riiish steamer in a " The vessel is r iM'i'd with auxiliary 1 ' ! t of a German sub '.' ''' ivcd earlier. to have entered 'i.th the Yucatan chan- Tinmrlns. fla.. April 13. J. B. PhiHins. an evangelist, who gave his address as Chattanooga, was ar rested here today as the result of Utterances against .the government ho is alleged to have made at a church meeting last night. officers have communicated with fed eral authorities in Atlanta. The preacher is said to have stat ' ed that this was a "rich mans war and a poor man's fight and that President WMson would be a multi millionaire" as the result of war be ing declared. I (Dr. Albert Anderson of Raleigh, superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane, spent last night in the city as the guest ; of . Dr. and JJw. W. H. Nicholson and left this morn ing for Asheville where "ft week he will attend the meeting of the Nortn Carolina Medical Society. A garden in every back yard in Hickory, even though the space be small, every vacant city lot and every corner in the country a producer of food. This should be our aim this year to make every foot of soil that will support any crop give an ac count of itself not only to reduce the high cost of living but to de crease the economic waste, that threatens to transform our boasted industrial progress into a ghastly skel eton taunting us with hunger and want. No one desires to be an alarmist, but if unheard of prices for the ne cessities of life, such as flour, pota toes, onions, beans, canned goods, etc., have net already impressed the average citizen with the abnormal scarcity of food products he is not very easily impressed. ' Let us turn back history's pages for a minute. Rome, once the mis tress of the world, infatuated and glutted by prosperity, left the coun try and crowded to the cities, neg lecting the fields. What happened? Despite her mastery of the sea, her wonderful roads, her unrivalled le gions and fleelts, her learning and culture all counted for, naught, when her yield of wheat fell to four bush els to the acre. How about England? Awake at last to activity by the strength of her foe, she is turning to the soil for her salvation, an dis plowing by day and night and striving to raise enough food to stave off starvation during the war. Italy is offering a bonus of $4 for every acre of wheat sowed this I spring; every neutral nation is put ting forth every effort in the same direction. In Denmark thousands of the best cows have been sacrificed on account of the scarcity of feed. iGermany, a nation of sixty five mil lion people, crowded in a territory about the size of Texas and holding out against the world not because of her guns, but because of her vege table and grains. Her Krupps have won her no victories, but her crops which are the result of science and economy as , never before practiced has enabled her to withstifid the most strenuous starvation methods ever at tempted. Her wheat average per acre 33 bushels, our is 16; her average potato average is 222, our is 112, oats 54, our 37; rye 29, our 17. Bread and not battleships will be the final arbiter of this war. And from now on the contending nations will have to be concerned more with what grows in the fields than with what goes on the battle fields. The power of food will have the last say in this world war. Bringing it home, are we aware to the significance of what it means? Or will we continue to fancy our selves immune, and wake up next winter with actual want staring us in the face? Every family in this section that controls or can secure temporarily control of any plot of soil from a small town lot to the lar gest farm that has been idle, should be thinking of a garden or a field planted in something. Shall we be backward in doing our part? The governor has set apart a planting day. The banks are advertising money to rn the farmers to finance their croDs. The nation is calling for food organization and we should re- snond. Patriotism consists ol some thing more than the mere waving of the tiag. lit IS lime lor aa.uii. xvaio ino- more food crops is not only s part of preparedness but is a practi- KNOXV LLE PATRIOTS SOMEWHAT BELATED MYmHmr normiHmfr Vi4D nnmmittoa r raided and destrovel two blockade fWJUfc Ilia ,V1U"VWV W " , -l , , i I'll hold hearings soon on the general stills within two miles of each other expected to approve the bill m sut- food situation. aTw1 iA mu tn Wi- stantially the form it was receivea ness. The outfits were located about from the house- eight miles southeast of Morganton and one of them had just been abandoned by the operators when the officers appeared. The first still was of 65 gallons capacity, had 400 gallons of beer on hand and other stuff that goes into the making of liquor. The second The Knoxville trade boosters, due was a mile and a half distant, had a to reach Hickory at 2:10 this after- capacity of 75 gallons, was supplied noon, were delayed for more than a with 10 fermenters, 1,500 gallons of hour and were expected to arrive wr and five bushels of meal. Five shortly after 3 o'clock. The Cham- gallons of whiskev were wasted. ber of Commerce, the Merchants As- -This was one of the larerest plants sociation and other organizations det.ved in months. Mr. ..Tones said. turned out in larsre numibers to creeu Wo ond Mr JWnser left, earlv in the the visitors, and it was hoped ta give m0rning and returned about 11 o'clock tnem a nearty welcome wnen uiey Thursday night. should arrive. Two officers of the . United States navy are with the! Knoxville delegation and the enter- cal form of patriotism. W. J. SHUFORD. WANT STATE COUNCILS ON NATIONAL DEFENSE m, shine-ton. April 13. The coun ntional defense today request- a ctofa envemors to name state ,in,.;iq of defense to cooperate wan u national council. Some states already have taken action. FOOD PRODUCTION IS STRESSED TODAY (By the Associated Press) Wjashinglton, April 13. A1H con gressmen are being urged to ask the governors of their states to designate a planting month from April 15 to May 15. The senate agricultural committee today appointed a sub-committee to consider ' the resolution of Senator Smith of South Carolina to direct the government to make artificial fertilizers for the thin land on the At lantic coast. Chairman Gore said he hoped to get a resolution through the senav It was understood that one of the, subjects discussed was the amount oi the loan desired of the United States by France. lit is now definitely certain that the French commission will include Gcneratl Joffrci, representing the French army. DEBATE BEGUN ON REVENUE DESTROYED IN BURKE ?e 1 1 ii 1 1 i n r TWO RIO QT1IIQ I IIU Ull! UNI I II (By the Associated Press) m ' TTT! 1 i . A . : 1 1 O T 1 'vvasuuig urn, -tipru j.o jjeuaie on the $7,000,000,000 war revenue bill i oegan in the house today with pros ipects of its passage begore tomor jrow night. No limit was placed on i its debate, and discussion took a wide turn. J As soon as the bill is disposed of jby the house, members of the ways 'and means committee will begin con- Deputy Collector P. P. Jones and' deration of a measure to raise $700, Posseman C. A. Moser Thursday 0000()0 111 taxes- . ' iuie senate nnance committee is AVY CAN'T FIND ANY GERMAN A re prise, at first inaugurated as a trade booster, was turned into a prepared ness and patriotic tour in the interest of the nation. (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 13, The first ot the war measures actually came up in congress today when the house took up for passage the bill to issue $5,000,000,000 in bonds and $2,000,- 000,000 in ifcreasufcy certificates. lHemfvmti" T.pnnei" Tf'ithin tnnlr DEFENSIVE AREAS ARE NOW PRESCRIBED (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 13. 'Many ports of German raiders and subma rines lying in wait near American ! ports to destroy commerce reached ' the navy department today through civilian channels, but official confirma tion was consistently packing. Secretary Daniels said the utmost vigilance was being exercised ana although hundreds of reports had been investigated, the navy was una- (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 13 A.n execu tive order designating defensive sea We to verify a single report areas on coasts oi me uniteu otatea and its insular possessions was maue charo-e of the measure on the iioui I public today. (Regulations govern- and there was apparently no oppu- ing the movement of vessels in these sition. There was no attempt t o! waters are appended and concluded l'jmit debate, bu)t ledares hoped to hurry its passage so as to send it to the senate at once. CONVENTION ENDS (By the Associated Press) New Orleans, April 13 A confer ence of the executive board and de partment chairmen on matters of im minent concern to the General Feder ation of Women's Clubs today brought to a close the biennial convention of the federation. MARKETS tmt imMMmmMHwmmtmttttffita COTTON FUTURES (By AMweiaUJ Prua.) New York. April 13 A further advance encountered increased offer ings in the cotton market early to day and after opening steady at an( advance of one to 11 points, tnt; AMERICANS BUYING F SHIPS ROM DANES with these words "'The responsibility of the United States of America for any damage in flicted by force of arms with the ob ject of detaining any vessel or per sons proceeding in contravention with this executive order shall cease from . . , . a ;i r n (Bv Associated Press.) inaa3L Apr" , ' (London, April 13.A Copenha- ins area suecuieu niciuuca ,. , , , ,1 ti :v, rvwMith the Cane Fear river 8'en dispatch says that the Danish moutn fo the Cape ear rner' I newspapers report that Americans . ' are buying a majority of Norwegian (By Associated .Press) shjpS under construction in American iNew York, April 16. Keports oi shipyards. In the last tew days Am- the torpedoing of the Danish ship ericans are said to have purchased Daisy and the British sailing ship ships amounting to 200,000 tons in Greenwood, sunk in the Mediterrane- the United States, an, reached New York today. DIAMOND JIM BRADY OF NEW YORK DEAD (By Associated Press) J Atlantic City, N. J., April 13. , James B. Brady of New York, known as "Diamond Jim," died at a local ho-! tel today after a long illness. Mr.! Brady was a contractor in railroad supplies. Death was caused by heart disease. , , ' TO ALLOW PRESIDENT TO OPERATE ROADS (By the Associated Press) j Washington, April 13 Power for i the president to order railway officials !to operate any part of their railroad . . . . i , .i l i ; iiTTrivri7I DCiAVC "C A CV . l i .j j n. i e yi 411- n i rr n w- 11111 bib . n i .' : m a. i-ib . .... marKet sum ti u UiB., -,r a updu stork dm-insr war time without ac at this level there seemed tooe coh-i uulJlUil,f tW over the lines is erven . , , , . , ' in the common carrier bill reintro- The easiest vegetable to grow ana duced in &n amended form today by one that contains a maximum quan- rha:rman Adamson of the house titv of nourishment is the Dutter C. U LlllO siderable cotton for sale and prices eased off a few points from the Lest. The close was steady. Open Close M&y ' 20.60 20.44 July . 20.36 20.06 October 19.08 18.98 December 19.15 19.00 January 19.18 19.05 SiaXHVN AHOSDIH Cotton .20c Wheat 2-40 CHICAGO WHEAT henn. Planted alongside a fence and hoed once or twice, the plants will bear fruit until frost. Butter beans furnish both meat and bread, in a way, said Mr. John W. Robin son, president of the creamery, and everybody can cultivate them. The beans are free from bugs and re quire practically no attention. WILL PREACH SERMON ON FOOD SITUATION commerce committe. Permission to permit the president to control and operate all railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, to use the military to protect railway ime3 and to increase the interstate com merce commission from seven to 11 members are included as in the pre vious bill. AH property taken over by the president would be turned over to its owners at the close of the war. Dr. J. L. Murphy will devote his sermon Sunday morning to a dis cussion of the food problems of the Just as in the northern cen-i (By the Associated Press) m,;o, Anril 13 Weakness de- nation veloped in wheat today owing to as- ters, ministers are urging men to than serve their country by enlisting, seruoiisuittimsui.uau ... ,;;t!tOT; Q v.el hv discounted damage to the new crop hi preparedness that will Opening quotations, with May at 2.18 v v, & winter The' GOETHALS IS SURE TO TAKE BIG I0B o?" . t , . o6 1 oq save nunger in wie wuitei. xnv to 2.19 1-2 and July 1-88 to 188 to hy 3-4, were followed by some upturns, ound I The A1,el A- Shuford Chapter of Wilsons request that he take general U. V. meets ai.Mmi.xy at u uum cilalge OJ. tile uuiisti uutiuii ui w uuucm (By Associated Press) Washincrton, April 13. Major Gen eral Goethals will accede to President THE WEATHER in the Chamlber of Commerce. ships prepared by the shipping board to carry supplies-to the allies. While fRv. WT. T. Wklden. pastor of the ' no formal reply has been receive Presbyterian church at Old Fort, and trom general oetnais iz coxm Rev. J. G. Garth returned last even-gently believed he will undertake the ini? from Mooresville, where they at- task- nt j.v: (nnJdj Proahirterian svnod. and! " " For North uaronnatonowers tu u ---- - - , and Nick Beadles portion, new w ouu"b 1 Interest of Hickory and Catawba county in the food supply of the sec tion and nation was indicated at a mass meteting at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night and the di rect result of the agitation was the assurance that ' the farmers of Ca tawba county and the girls forming the canning clubs will be supplied with money to buy seed and to pre serve their products. Mr. Homer Mask, county demonstrator, was au thorized by Cashier K. C. Menzi.es of the First National Bank to in form the farmers that the Hickory institution was ready to lend all the money needed. If the farmers want seed in carload lots or less, they will communicate with Mr. Mask. Financial aid also was assured the girl's canning clubs and Miss Mary Rowe was told the minute the girls bjpancardized their product Hickory merchants would handle them at top prices. Mr. J. L. Riddle of the Hickory Grocery Company and Mr. S. L. Whitener ' of Wjhitener and Mar tin gave this assurance, and Miss Rowe said she would undertake to guarantee first class products. Miss Rowe also promised to spend a day or a week in Hickory giving the members of the Womans' Club and others help in canning vegetables, etc. The meeting was fairly large and interest was acute. President J. D. Elliott presided and Secretary Joy took notes. The importance of pro ducing food not only for this section, but for the nation and the world was stressed by various speakers, it being pointed out that if the necessity were not great bankers would not care to make special offers, because1 they would not want to see the far mers break even or lose money. iRev. W-. R. Bradshaw, pastor of the First Baptist church, opened the meeting with a rousing address on the question of food, and was fol lowed by Miss. Rowe. Rev. B. A. Yorke spoke of the home garden, emphasizing thenecessity of having good soil, thoroughly pulverized and the proper attention to the crops. iMr. W. J. Shuford pointed out th necessity for cooperation in Hickory and he thought an opportunity should be given every fa m liyhticnecmfw be given every family in the city to have a garden. The price of living for the laboring man must be in duced, he said, and the way to do tht is for him to have his garden. Thar vacant ground in Hickory should' be utilized, Mr. Shuford said, and if xw cessary somebody should be employed to supervise gardening and preserv ing in Hickory, just as Miss Row and Mfr Mask work in the county. IMr. Mask thought we needed packing plant in Hickory to take care of the meat in this section, so that farmers could sell it at good prices all the year round. ,He referred to the pig clubs formed in the county and the help afforded by the Hickory Banking and Trust Company, now the Consolidated Trust Company, am. said this would bring results. The county agent emphasized the spray ing of fruit trees, the planting of additional crops this spring, and said the farmers are holding back because seed is too high. (Several speakers referred to the First National Bank's advertisement in the Record, and Mr. Mask will take the question up with the farmers. He emphasized the velvet bean as a good feed crop for live stock. Capt. H. W. Warner, superinten dent of the Ivey Cotton Mill, was call ed on to tell what was being done in Wiest Hickory and he said two plows were kept moving for the employes, seed was furnished them free and the mill management was making ev ery effort to encourage the produc tion of garden truck. Mr. A. A. Shu ford then was asked about Highland and he said the same thing was being done there. Lots of potatoes have been bought for seed and the employ es are given yevery assistance. Mr. John W. Robinson, president of the creamery, discussed the shor tage of labor on the farms and the necessity for making the plantations produce. Referring to the packing plant idea, he said the creamery could spare room for this plant and it could be fitted up with small expense. Mr. Robinson thought some way should be found of keeping the heifer calves on the farms, instead of sending them to butcher shops. Mrs. J. WJorth Elliott, president of the Woman's Club, said the club would do anything it could, and Mr. N. W. Clark, president of the Catawba County Fair, thought the big farm ers should be interested in the im portance of food crops. (He thought more gardens were being tended m Hickory, than ever before. Mr. Pla to Herman said too many young men were leaving the farms. Secretary Joy will receive the names of every family in Hickory that de sire a garden, together with the names of persons who will rent free of charge vacant lots for the purpose. No man in Hickory shall be without a garden if he desires one. Persons interested can communicate with the Chamber of Commerce,
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