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CKO D Re AILY CORD V(( II- N- :m RAIN hi HICKORY, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1917 LUNUON CHEERS CHILD LABOR ACT WILSON'S PRESIDENT'S NO GOOD, SAYS 1 AWAITED ANSWER BOYD BERLIN iD ELECTRIC STORM BREAK LONG DROUTH 5S Carolina & North-Western Trestle Near Lincoln ton Damaged end Residence Near Hickory Hit by Lightning-Rainfall, Nearly Four Inches in Hickory, Was General. PRICE TWO CENTS Mi ( .i-:t" ivi" : 'J-pi 'i i aw tv. I!. 1 r- w f-:. i r , '. Ti. f ,r V IV,,., A.'! .1 elect rio storm swept , Thursday evening, a fall of nearly four in r, :lif striking of a cot , , . y ulurb and the par el' a Carolina and i i;;ii!nad trestle it oar rain was general ': i- mvI ion and roports ' t i y ditvotion indicated i-1. inir from one inch to i stornt was accont .ht;::tvr flashes and ol ia iv were out of coni i,..f .in hour during the i ..vfiiinj. Sc.no dani- t,. streets. mm. I 1-y Mr. L. A. How- f.i:r grounds and oo- family of Mr. Moiul- by lightning, the ' :.'!vd and tho roof and ;' i!:o house pierced. i::!o tho residence at J a1 f Miiily. none of whom . .i. not forced to i and North-Western :'' -outh of Lincolnton '-, '.vis partly washed i 'i this road was m. " day It was ox 1 bridge would be ro A small washout I'.uil'alo orook or. the ':. other side of the ' :i aiid freight trains i-.wmg tho early part of t r ir ks were not dam- -'.-'or train? made their . 1 ' n north Fourteenth "I" K.-corder Ru'ell's lot I'" "d and tho water swept '.'laved havoc with a tur I'lio CM'a rete sidewalk was earth beirg swept ft "a. l.ineolnton indicat ' a i : ; o i n- nf course, and i-f and west showed At (iranite Falls the i'. an inch, but win gen- r a;l Patterson also had -i' that had prevailed in '' tho first day of Au ' '1 "a Thtir-'d-u' nfter- '! - 'nth a rainfall that a y."ing flood, and the lo !'s t"day save out the '!,:f the pre; lpitation inches. fncident Shuford of Con- 'aitninir credit for the ' !(. M. Yc lor. the '''.i:!icr profit, will be ' nn alibi, '"am" just in time to ' .t-.-cnyers on No. 12 ' ' 'yd at liildebran :'- because a fr.dght car ''a Idling the fails, and : - f the person who al ! "i'y about niidway bo ' !' 't and home. One was escorting his t r 'i'"'1' the statio i, said ho '" '. because it acaked as ' ' -:' to drown her, but ' ' f-ni-r rolled out his au 1 n vented a tragedy. " a me down street dur '' '.marked that if the ' '''ted in the vacant lot ' " !:( 'on! office by Mrs. 'ir!'! Mr. Bryan Jones ' ' "wis remarked, the rc ; i hat if the vegetables t'ley would be all ritfht. " raveled Thirteenth av 1 -t vva. a trood time ' ' f.yerly to stock h"s the eornor ofl r and Twelfth street! '. amateur farmer, who '' .arden jroinir all suru '' pumpkin safe this ;' ,h" vines had floated '''''es could be cited NO B ODY LOVES THESE DEAR PEOPLE Dy the Associated Press. Minneapolis, Aug. 31. Leaders of the people's council of America an nounced here today that they vvould start for Washington ton-ht to put the question of their ri;;ht to hold a convention up to federal authority. In case a hall cannot be secured there, it was suggested that the meeting might be held on the capitol plaza. This decision was reached after a confer ence of leaders here today. Early tentative plans had beei. trade to hold the meeting in Milwau kee. By tha Associated Press. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 31 The people's council of America today served notice through its executive secretary, Louis Locknar, that its peace program would bo carried out. Mr. Locknar indicated that the meeting1 would be held in Milwaukee. By the Associated Press. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 31 Barred from Minnesota today by Governor Iiemquith today; told that they would be unwelcome in Fargo, N. D., Wed nesday, and unceremoniously cart ed from Hudson, Was., Thursday, the arrangement committee of tho Peo ple's party for democracy and peace, the executive secretary said today, was uncertain where the convention would be held. It is barely possible that some point in North Dakota will be select ed. After the peace advocates had been requested to leave Hudson, the governor reiterated his declaration that the councilmight hold its ireeting in Wisconsin il they would not con duct themselves so as to create fric tion. The appearance of the arrange ment committee in Hudson yesterday aroused the citizens to n high pitch of discontent. Resolutions vett adopted by the city council calling o.. the governor to stop the meeting. Irate citizens entered a hotel where delegates were stopping, hus tled them into an automobile and took them to the depot where they were told never to return. WfllEUK MOSQUITOES COME FROM 'A, 'in., ' I' I:'. I U li r 'if iT tl,. ti. r i ; '" f-rn and peas already ! ' r '"I'l.v damaged by the t - will Im; improved won- ' V 'in ear that had prom '"''h a nubbin will turn I'eavines that were will run again and ' bappy. ('.round that " i' ,r, 'l for fall and winter will be planted and V ('' well fed during ' are not avaliable, but :""ir ''"ring tho evening 1 ' have been a record r who are heavy slecp " tho rainfall was 1 "!,,hes, but they missed ,;' "!:''- 'Tho fall was 3.0 ' ," ''1 Hie fall seemed hea , ''"inter I'luvius had op- vates in the fore part i'- simply pulled them ' ' -hortly after midnight, loosed. ri i'a'ir il ,r,.h 1 1. "i rv im river ' streets. Km if fi,1,l.l '!,,li'rs to the value of which were suffering ,,(STf M-.M il hi,!;, ;',,,''' ', , "''served as a le- .i u, ((; "ie postoiiie, the oc- 'vi'"!i1'.' v.'Vm "r ,)iy. ,,nfl tn l'!.trliri: y '" "I'en from 10 to 12:30. tuir, ttl. rural routes may ob- ''"''.llin. -v ''idling at the f"ra (arri;,'""f.th,'8t' houn- the will not make a deliv- "Can you tell us something to do fur mosquitoes? Js there danger of having malaria from so many mosquito bites?" These are some of the questions that have been ask ed the state board of health concern ing mosquitoes since the recent big rains. In answer to the question, the board says: "The first thing that the state board of health would advise in con trolling mosquitoes is to locate their breeding places. If you live in town look about your yard and alley for standing water in tin cans buckets or earthen ware anything that will hold water. Carefully see that the gut ters on the roofs are not filled up, or in some way fail to drain. Enough of mosquitoes to annoy a yhole neigh borhood can raise in a tin can or a (defective gutter. Tall weeds and grasses that keep the ground moist furnish excellent places for mos quitoes to live and hide. 'If you live in the country, your search for breeding places for mos quitoes should include not only the house, yard, stables and orchard but any nearby pond or ditch that may contain stagnant water. As mos quitoes rarely fly further than a half mile from their breeding places, is is true that nearly every farn;r raises his own supply. Where it is im practicable to drain off standing wat er, it may be kept covered with oil from a drip can which will kill all vfinr- vmintr mosouitoes. "'As to mosquito bites giving yotr malaria, it depends upon the ktna 01 mosquito that did the biting. Fortu nately not all mosquitoes that sing and bite carry malaria. But, to be sure not to get malaria, take five grains of quinine daily until frost or until ther& are no mosquitoes. If you have mala ria already, see a physician as to thb amount of quinine you should take to be thoroughly cured. Don't stop a half enough and get only half cured to have it recured next summer." Mrs. Will Knight of Canton, Ohio, and Miss Ida Bell Timberlake of Stevenson, Ala., Viho have been visit ing Mrs. A. K. Joy returned home today. By the Associated Pr. Washington, Aug. 31. iWith the exception of the president's war message no declaration of this gov ernment has been received with great er enthusiasm in London than the reply to the pope's appeal by Fresi dent Wilson. Ambassador Page notified the state department today that the note was enthusiastically received by the Brit ish public. THREE BEING TRIED FOR KILLING CHILD By the Associated Press. St. Johnsburv. Vt.. Auc. 31. The trial oi Mrs. Alvin Hettimistpr. jointly indicted with Miss Etta May Vick and John Kerwin. for the mur der of Alice Bradshaw, eight year out, was opened here today. Ker win pleaded guilty yesterday of Cng accessory after the fact and his ?e.. tence has been referred. The little eirl disaDDeared in Jnlv and the body was not found until a month later. The three were arrested shortly after the disa. pearance of the child. The child was crippled after an at tack of infantile paralysis, and it was said her father did not want to pro vide for her. FEDERAL CHILD LABOR OFFICER HERE SATURDAY ;An officer of the federal govern ment will be in Hickory tomorrow for the purpose of examining and approv ing evidence of age and issuing certi ficates under the national child labor law, which goes into effect September 1. It is not known where the officer will make his headquarters. By the Associated Press. Greensboro, Aug. 31. Federal Judge James E. Boyd declared the Keating-Owen child -labor law un constitutional here today. Injunction proceedings which re sulted in Judge Boyd's ruling were brought by Robert Dagenhart and his sons, Reuben and John, against the Fidelity Manufacturing Company, restraining it from discharging the boys from the company's factory in Charlotte. The law which becomes effective tomorrow prohibits the employment of any child under 15 years of age in any factory, workshop or cannery whose products are to be shipped in interstate commerce and that the work day shall not be longer than eight hours. Reuben Dagenhart is under 16 and John Dagenhart is under 14. The father contended he had a right to their wages until they are 21 and as the North Carolina law allows 11 hours of work a day, Reuben has :. right to work that long and John a right to work. By the Associated Press. iBerlin, Aug. 30, via London, Aug. 31. iThe text of President Wilson's reply to the peace note of Pope Ben edict has not been received in Ber lin up to a late hour tonight. A dispatch from Holland transmitting editorial comment of New York pa pers is the only information at hand j indicating the tenor of the reply. REPLYIUTTLE MAJOR FIGHTING IS REPORTED I WEST General Cadorna Slows Up in Order to Receive Supplies-French and British Repulse Germans-British Losses Show Large De crease in August Over July. FIVE-CENT HARDWICK'S BILL GIVEN KNOCK OUT By the Associated Press. Wlashinjrton. Auer 31 Senator Htardwick's bill to prohibit the send ing of American drafted troops abroad without their consent was rp- I ported adversely today by the sen jate mttary affairs committee. favorable recommendation was giv en Senator Fletcher's bill providing that enlistment of Americans with forces engaged in fighting enemies shall not lose their citizenship in the United States. AN AMERICAN VESSEL IN A SEVERE STORM 3y Associated Press. San Juan, Porto Rico, August 31. The most severe storm that the captain dshat vessel ever experienc ed struck an American vessel about 300 miles out of New York on the last trip to the West Indies. Al though little damage was done, ev erybody was badly shaken up. Be cause the captain received no warn ing from the weather bureau he thinks the storm must have originat ed about where it struck his vessel. The gale hit the steamer about 4 p. m., Thursday and before 0 that night it had reached a velocity of about 130 miles an hour. The cap tain was partially prepared for wnat was coming by the astounding fall in the barometer which went as low as 28.7 but, in spite of every effort made by the crew to make things tight, the sea got into some of the staterooms and everything was drenched. Some of the portholes in the bow were stove in and all the awnings were carried away. The wireless aerial was swept away early in the storm and the stays of the masts were broken so that it was feared that these would be taken away too. The vessel was forced to head right into the teeth of the gale and such was the force' of the wind that the vessel covered only 75 miles in twenty-four hours during the gale. The storm abated about 7 a. m. and the steamer entered San Juan harbor in safety. Though there was no one injured, the passengers were so grateful to the captain that they prepared tes timonials expressing "deep apprecia tion and gratitude for his able sea manship and management of the ship during the dangerous tempest." HA WANTS HELP BRITISH LOSSES IN AUGUST 59,811 LOAF A REALITY SOON Mr. B. L. Wjtherspoon has accepted a DOsition with AIpvstiHpt- ffnmnt nnrl ! Sons, cotton brokers og Charlotte, and will assume his new duties the first of the month. He left today for Gieensboro to spend a dav or two. Mr. Wlithersnoon has resie-ned his position at Brookford. By the Associated Press. London, Aug. 31 The total of British casualties on all fronts dur ing the month of August as an nounced today was 59,811, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds oincers ,2: men 10,142. Wound ed or missing officers, 1,022; men, 43,-469. WATNG HEARS I TO GIVE INTENTION By the Associated Press. New York, Aug. 31. ,W. R. Hearst, will not be a candidate for mayor New York at the coming election! His declination to allow his name to a. pear on the ballot oi the coming primaries was filed today. Hr. Hearst had been designated bv petition for the nomination on the Democratic ticket. New York, Aug. 31. Democratic leaders were waiting today to learn whether William R. Hearst was to become a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for mayor. Ac cording to the primary law, Mr. Hearst has until midnight to announce his withdrawal. Friends and supporters of Mr. Hearst declined to give any intima tion of his intention. MARKETS nmnmmtnMnmmnnnnmMnnwi G MAN WA By the Associated Press. Peking, Aug. 31. The Chinese press urges that a foreign commis sion be sent to assist and advise the Chinese government in its policy of carrying on the war. Mat. Geo. L. Lyerly will leave this afternoon for Camp Sevier to join the first infantry, which will be in camp soon. COMMAND FAISON TO TAR HEEL SOLDIERS By the Associated Press Raleigh, Aug. 31 -Brigadier Gen eral Sampson Faison, United States army, has been ordered to take com mand of the North Carolina na tional guard troops at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C, it was announced today. General Faison is a native of this state and hi3 old home is at Faison. COTTON FUTURES By the Associated Press. New York, Aug. 31. The cotton market was comparatively quiet be fore the government's crop report today and after Opening five to 15 points higher, sold about nine points lower before the end of the first hour. Dealers seemed to be waiting develop ments over the Labor Day holiday, as the market will be closed from this afternoon until Tuestyay. The close was steady. October 22.30 21.91 December 22.30 January 22.21 March 22.45 May 22.60 21.95 21.97 22.05 22.16 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton ' 21 1-2 Wlheat ; $2.20 WEATHER FORECAST X?. XTnfth Carolina! Cloudv to- I J. J X. A. V i. v - ' mr :v,4- .Qoinvtav -fair ant warmer in interior; gentle northeast wUids. By the Assiciated Press. Washington, Aug. 31. A reduc tion of the price of bread is in sight today as a result of fixing the price of wheat at $2.20 a bushel. The licensing sysLom for Hour and bread dealers soon will be put into effect and although not extending to the smaller dealer, the food adminis tration is confident it will affect pric es throughout the country. Members of the price fixing com mittee are agreed that a price of $2.20 will permit of a 14-oz. loaf of bread for 5 cents allowing a fair profit for the baker and retailer. GOVERNOR BICKETT WILL SPEAK IN NEWTON TOO 'Governor Bickett. who will sneak speak here Sunday afternoon, will de liver an address ;Sunday morning in the First BaDtist church at Newton. He and Mrs. Bickett are emests of his brother, Mr. L. C. Bickett. The governor will speak at 4:30 in the Reformed church in Hickory. POPE TO TRY AGAIN AT SECURING PEACE GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 31 The govern ment will at once appeal the decision of Judge Boyd holding the federal child labor law unconstitutional. It probably will be expedited to get it before the supreme court at the coming fall term. RUSSIANS FAIL By the Associated Press. j.. - , i J .... .1 . . n . , . V I'V 1 - ations undertaken by the Russians yesterday GO miles northeast of Dvinsk resulting unsuccessfully for them, says today's official statement. By the Associated Press. None of the three big campaigns now in progress on the western front seemed to have got again into full swing. General Cadorna, whose great drive for Triest is perhaps the most spectacular of the current oper ations, is displaying acticity more produced than either General Petain at Verdun or General Haig in Flan ders. Even the Italian commander, how ever, is in the midst of one of the pauses characteristic of virtually all of the great drives against heavily fortified positions. On the front below Lens General Ilaig reports a repulse of a German raid on the British lines. No men tion is made of activities on the British side, but London intimates that the artillery is busy preparing for another thrust. General Petain's report indicates the possibility of a speedy renewal of the infantry battle at Verdun. The artil lery on both sides of the Meuse is ac tively bombarding the German lines. The Germans have shown some activ- . ity in Alsace, making an attack which the French repulsel completely. Although the British armies on Ihe Franco-Belgian front were engaged in much heavy fighting during August, including battles in Flanders, the to tal losses were smaller than for July. The British figures for August giv en out by London today totaled 59, 811, as compared with 81,832 for July, a falling off of more than 12,000. The casualties indeed have been on a dec sending scale since the active opera tions began in Arras, the high mark being set in the month of May with a total of 112,233. Mr. J. A. Bowles left last evening for New York to purchase his fall and winter stock of goods. By the Associated Press. Rome, Aug. 31 In Vatican circles Pope Benedict is said to have sig nified his intention of issuing a reply after receiving the answers of an belligerents to his peace proposals, pointing out how peace may be ob tained. In this way, it is hoped, gradually to make peace a matter of practical politics. It is stated at the Vatican that Pope Benedict, on receiving President Wil- i t i son s reply to his peace proposals, did not attempt to conceal his bit ter disappointment over the tone of President Wilson's response. -r. 1 t - A 1 Jl 2. Jl it nas Deen no secret nere mat tne i pope hoped for a more favorable re-! sponse from the United States than from anywhere else. Before the pros-' ident s reply it was said at the Vati can that the responses from the va rious governments were expected to be more favorable than the tone of press comments. Mrs. M. L. Sherrill is spending a' few days in Lynchburg, Va. Mr. Moser Writes Story of Hickory Boys' Outing at Toe River Camp, Mt. Mitchell COTTON ESTIMATE 00 FIXED AT 12,499, By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 31. Cotton production prospects to the extent of 500,000 bales during August and brought the estimate of final output of 12,499,000 equivalent 500-pound bales. That quantity was forecast today by the department of agriculture on the condition of the crop on August 26, which showed a decline of 2.0 against a 10 year average of 6.5. By the Associated Press. WaeVn'ncrton. Aiipv 31. The cotton v .-y r- crop was forecast today at 12,499,000 equivalent bW pound Dales Dy xne de partment of agriculture in its revised estimate based on the condition of the crop August 26, indicating a crop con dition of 67.3. Condition by states follows: Virginia, 76; North Carolina, 69; South Carolina, 74. NEGRO PAYS PENALTY OF MURDERING MAN By the Associated Press. Richmond, Aug. 31 Albert Bar rett, a negro, paid the death penalty today in the electric chair for the murder of W. T. Roach, a prominent Charlotte county man, while his son, Robert Barrett, also condemned to die for participation in the crime, has been granted a respite of 30 days because he did not have a jury, trial. Left home Friday morning at 7:40 on No. 15, Donald and Sterling Menzies and I. Reached Black Mountain about 10 o'clock. Met Ewart Huffman, Robert and Herbert Fritz and Earl Rink at station. We loaded our fourteen boxes of cooking utensils, clothing, etc., on their wag on and took them back to Mt. Mitch IBell station one mile, to be loaded on the Perley and Crockett log train. Arranged with some man to keep and feed the boys' team until we get back. Bought food supplies from P. and C commissary at Mt. iViitcn oll cttitinn Ahont. ihroo o'clock loaded our boxes and food supplies on logging trucks upon wnicn we naa placed some planks for a floor. With special permit from Mr. Perley and his personal instructors to engineer in charge of train, we were allowed to go with our outfit and hold it dowm, the seven of us. All of us thoroughly, enjoyed this trip up to the camp Iso much more than we would have enjoyed hiking up those twelve miles that we voted Mr. Perley our most hearty thanks. When we reached the camp site, we fund that the other ten boys, who had left Hick ory on No. 11 about 12 o'clock, had beat us there about fifteen minutes. They left the train at Graphiteville and hiked up five miles to camp. Set up the one tent that came in the wagon and got supper. As No. 11 was one hour late in reaching Black Mountain we failed to get our other two tent oft the log train. Censequently, most of the boys had plenty of fresh air that night as well as last night. On account of the negligence of a drayman, at Black Mountain, the tents and a few oth er things failed to get over to Mt. Mitchell station yesterday. A log train will bring up the tents and some food supplies from the commissary today ny special order irom Mr. per ley, as this is Sunday. Speaking" offi fresh air, the wind blew a forty mile an hour gale night before last with a temperature of 48 degrees. Last night the air was still, and this morning we found frost on the grass. Here and there the weeds were frozen stiff. How good this air up here, five thousand feet above- sea level, does make a good big camp-fire feel. The boys all went up on top of Mt. Mitchell this morning. Took two loaves of bread, two cans of pork and oeans, a pound of cheese and a pound of dried . peacbes along for "lunch." They are all back at camp now, four o'clock. ' The top of Mitchell is six miles from our camp. Nearly all of us climbed the Pin nacle yesterday. The top of the Pinnacle is one mile only from camp. It is exactly south of us and is 693 feet higher than our camp site. As there is a little ravine between, and as our slope has only a few ba'sam trees on it; our view, of the Pinnacle is unobstructed. The-trail' up to the top is in the open, so that we can look back at our camp all the way up. We can also stand in the front of our tent and see hikers come down the trail on the way to Mt. Mitchell. Yesterday, after the big breeze of the night before, the air was unu sually clear for a summer day, so that our view from the top of the Pinnacle was very fine. The view from the Pinnacle, however, is al ways good, much better than, the view from Mt. Mitchell. We spent about two hours up there yesterday, looking in one direction down at the trains on the Southern R. R. go ing up and down the mountain. We could see them coming away down below Old Fort and catch sight of them here and there all the way up to the top of the mountain, where they disappeared in Swannanoa tun nel, leaving only the sight of the smoke boiling out of tfcf entrance. With our field glasses we could see the window in the big tannery at Old Fort. The silver spray of the Andrews' geyser down in the little green valley at Round Knob, five miles away, was a pretty sight. Fac ing in the opposite direction we look ed over at .the slopes of Mt. Mitch ell, and watched the logging trains, and the passenger train with its white coaches, crawl and zigzag up to Camp Alice, one mile from the top. Some of us waited until we saw the passen ger train leave Camp Alice, came clown and wrote some post cards at our camp, then walked up to the track, about 200 yards from camp, and handed the cards to one of the 200 passengers on the train to mail at Black Mountain. All the trains stop at a telephone booth about 300 yards from our camp. Not much danger of any of the boys get ting run over by the train "speed limit" of engine about six miles per hour. Several of the boys went possum hunting last night. They took along the Anfr tViflt t.hev had brouedit with them in the wagon. In about twen ty minute?, they came back witn one animal. W!e knew what it was before they came in sight the wind was blowing toward us irom tnem. TViav cnirl the doer would not be able to trail any more that night, so they came on back to camp. The boys have killed some squir rels and caught a few fish. They say there are no snakes this side of the Pinnacle, but of course the boys look sharp when they go through snaky-looking places. Several men have told the boys about the bears around here, but we haven't had the pleasure of a call from any of them yet. The bears are not fat now, as the chestnuts are not falling yet. so the boys will not try to kill one for our larder, if he should come nos ing around. A. L. MOSER. - Scoutmaster in charge. (To be continued) J
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