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HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 5, 1917
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ITALIANS
OF CHATHAM ANOTHER RIG
ON
Qem,r Cadorna's Fighting Army Captures Chain
pf lights and Threaten Austrian Forces.
Gv i tnans May Make Another "Strate
RAID CAPTURE
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osition is "hat the
men neee -iary to
ro.uly to 'ood the
air forces on both
i', cut only i'rmedi
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let-many i.-i push
: a ). on England,
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;. whether Osrar.y
1 'h its air fleet.
. the raid on Chat
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" a'i have a submarine
Mow. Airdromes
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THIS CLASS HAS
FOURTEEN IN
SERVICE
The Yount Glen's Baraca class oi
the Methodist Sunday school, which
is taught by Mr. 1 A. Sctzer, has
contributed 1 1 members to the coun
try in the present war. The ciass
numbered CO before the patriotism
of the class began asserting itseil
and a fififth of them are now serving
their country. The Baraca war
riors are Messrs. J. B. Ashe, W. J.
Burns, Arthur Bradford, Clyde Deitz,
Charlie Deal, Earl Edwards, Albert
Lutz, Gordon Messick, Joe Rein
heardt, Ezra Rink, Donald Shuford,
Herman Veach and Thomas Waugh.
PATRIOTIC
ADDRESS
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BY JUDGE PRITCHARD
Judge Jeter C. Pritchard of Ashe
ville, who made a patriotic address
here several weeks ago, was the
speaker in Balcigh Monday bifor a
great audience in the Raleigh audito
rium and he told the soldiers and
their friends that he wished it was
possible for him to go with them to
France to tight the Germans.. He
s;'d he would like to enter the sera,
with Carl Duncan, Judge Valter
Clark and others of the old boys who
have passed the age limit. "If a
German ever sets foot on North
Carolina." this most prominent Re
publican in the south told his audi
ence, he would fight anyway. As
reported by Tom Bost, the judge said:
"I have but one regret and that is
that I am not between 21 and 31,'
continued the judge. "Nothing
would give me more pleasure than
going to France with you." Such u.
terance3 kept the crowd, burning up
in the big auditorium, in fine humor.
The speech was in suphcrb taste.
It was much the most pro-administration
utterance heard since the war
broke cut. Judge Pritchard was wil
ling Lo fig-lit Germany for any of
five grievances that the nation had
and he could find no room in the
country for any man who is not whole
heartedly with the allies in the war.
Judge Pritchards' speech followed a
splendid spectacle on the streets in
which the parade featured all phas
es of labor. The soldiers and tne
workers made a fine line of march,
the drafted men having special po
sition in the auditorium. Judge
Pritchard made his speech with as
good stage setting as could be given
a midday meeting. The Red Cross
nurses who distributed comfort
bags, occupied places on the rostrum
and while the drafted men stood the
"angels" passed the home-made ma
terials to them.
"3y the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 5 The Chatham
district for the first time experi
enced an air attack on Monday night
when one or more bombs fell in a
section of the royal naval barracks
killing 100 bluejackets and wounding
80 others. Four bombs fell, but
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u&iue irom tne two' whicn toox a
heavy toll of lives, the damage in
the whole area was insignificant. The
majority of the men were asleep ai
the time. First intimation of the
presence of raiders was when they
were seen overhead. The first ap
pearance did not attract much atten
tion, be.'ause notice had been pub
lished in the evening that anti-aircraft
guns would practice that night.
Then came the unexpected. Loud
explosions were heard and then ceas
ed, but after a few minutes they
were heard again. Searchlights
sought out the raiders but they fail
ed to locate them. The raiders were
over the district about one hour.
ENG
V S TED
LAND IS
BY MORE RAE
DERS
y the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 5. Nine persons
were killed and 49 injured in last
night's aerial raid. One raider is re
ported to have been brought down off
Sheerness, it is announced officially.
Mrs. II. D. Abernethy has return
ed from Salisbury, where she spent a
week visiting Mrs. Jas. P. Moore.
She was accompanied home by her
daughter, Miss Clarissa, who has
been spending a month in Salisbury
and Statesville, at the latter place
the guest of Mrs. Lee Kincaid.
SUBMARINE FIRES
INTO
SCARBOROUGH
CONTRAC
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AWARDED
FOR
MORE
SIDEWALKS
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'' ''"nditions wit! i.i the
" . ',:'"tion not boii r with
'"',' To the lay..
' iV" oflirre'n opi-non oi
,.', ' ' l: ' legisbitivi body's
f. ' ' '" '"' 11 Very 1 eibtflh
m . "' 1 ' '''' decision. But,
'; " without cori
B".vd's court, who
r ul l.i-t r l,as-s the mat-
' ' without delay.
City council worked in the dark
Tuesday night, but was able to trans
act business in the intervals in
which there was light. The con
tract for building concrete side,
walks on Seventeenth street and
Thirteenth and Eleventh avenue and
probably other streets was awarded
to Mr. G. A. JIuggins, his bid being
!t. cents a yard if river gravel is us
ed and $1 a yard if crushed stone is
served with the concrete.
Council passed an ordinance requir
ing non-residentr. to pay tuition in ad
vance for children who will attcnu
the grammar grades from. the first to
the eighth, and requitin gnon-resi
dents to register with the city
manager. The high school is free to
children residing in Pickery tow,
ship.
Mayor Pro Tern Ciilev presided
with his usu7 giace and dignity, the
other members present being Council
men Abernethy, Lyerly and White
ner.
By the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 5. Scarborough,
on the English east coast, was bom,
barded last night by a hostile sub
marine, it was officially announced.
About half the shells from the 30
rounds lired from the undersea boat
landed, three persons were killed and
several injured.
By the Associated Press.
.Mishington, Sept. 5 Loans of
$100,000 each to Great Britain and
France were made by the government
todav. brinciner the total loan to
those countries up to $2,260,400,000.
.Messrs. Robert and Charlie Boyd
of Gastonia left today for Asheville
after spending some time with their
trr.indmother. Mrs. Alice Harbin. Mon
day morning they will leave for the
University to enter college.
HOUSE WILL PASS
GREAT WAR BUDGET
By the Associated Preas.
Wasbine-ton. Sent. 5. Jlouse debate
on the eleven and half billion dollar
war tax and certificate bill contin
ued todav with prospects of a final
vote being reached tonight.
COLONEL
FERGUSON
AUSTINS LEFT
RICH BOOTY
BEHIND
By the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 5. A dispatch re
ceived in London confirms the cap
ture by the Italians of Mont San
Gabriele, together with 950 prison
ers, including 32 officers. The Italians
now possess the entire chain of
mountains which dominates Gori-zia.
MAY MOVE CATTLE
TO SOUTH TO FEED
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 5 Secretary
Houston today opened the confer
ence of the United States live stock
industries' committee called to dis
cuss the advisability of removing
breeding stock from the west to the
east and south where more rougn
food is procurable. The committee
comprising 100 cattle men and stock
experts is going over the situation.
LABOR MEN MEET
By the Associated Press.
Minneapolis, Sept. 5. The Am
erican alliance for labor and de
mocracy, organized to counteract the
activities of pacifists and pro-Germans
and to bring the labor forces
solidly behind the government in the
prosecution of the war, convened here
today for a three days' session.
WIS BURNED OUT
OTnrrr
By fre Associated Press.
Henderson, Sept. 5v Jessie Roth,
16 year old daughter of Gustav Roth,
a local merchant, shot here late yes
terday by Austin Green, a negro,
still was alive early today and rallied
somewhat, but physicians declare the
chances of her recovery were virtu
ally hopeless. Green is in jail in
Raleigh for safe keeping.
The child, on the principal business
street and in broad daylight, was
on her way to the postoffice when she
saw the negro peering at her from
behind a telephone post. Becom
ing frightened she began to run, when
Green drew a pistol and fired at her
three times, one bullet striking her
arm and another entering her back.
After the child fell the negro con
tinued firing at random, one bullet
hitting and slightly injuring Mar
Redford, a white woman.
The authorities believe Green was
either crazy or under the influence
of a drug.
Outlines Declarations of Principles of Labor in
Support of War Against German Autocracy
Rebukes Disloyalty in Any Form Anywhere--A
Big Gathering.
RUSSIANS
CONT
DDE
RETREAT FROM RIGA
ELECTRIC
T M
The lighting system went baa
again Tuesday night, when an elec
tric storm, accompanying a rather
heavy rain, burned in two three wires
at the intersection of Eleventh ave
nue and Fifteenth streets.
.Manager Stephens searched dili
gently for the trouble, but did not find
it until nearly 9 o'clock, when Line
man Miller and Wihitener straddled
the pole and spliced the wires. Res
idents of the neighborhood obsei'ved
a fine display of fireworks shortly
before the current went dead.
As indicating what the lighting
company is up against, it is said
that this section has more electric
storms than any other place in the
United tSates, and there is seldom
a convulsion of nature that a switch
board of transformer does not suffer.
By the Associated Press.
New Bern, N. C. Sept. 3. The
case of Lee Perkins and Jesse Bow
den, negroes, charged with entering
the sleeping apartment of the daugh
ters of a prominent citizen of Do
ver about three weeks ago and who
were taken to Raleigh for safe keep
ing, was expected to begin here to
day.
The negroes were brought from
Raleigh Monday.
Mrs. R. F. Young and daughter,
Mrs. Paul Harlan, Jr., after spend
ing some time with Mrs. J. J. Wil
lard, another daughter, returned to
day to their home in Corinth, Misy.
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MARKETS
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COTTON FUTURES
By the Associated Presa.
Petrograd, Sept. 5 The Russians.
continuing their retreat along tht
coast of the Gulf of Riga towards
the northeast, have crossed the
Livonian river Aa.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 5. The senaib
contest over conscription of wealth
to pay the expense of the war to
day took a new turn when high tax
memebrs sought to increase the war
profits rate.
EXILE GENERAL FOR
E
TRAYING
COUNTRY
By the Associated Press.
Petrograd, Sept. 5 General Gut.
ko, former commander on the south
western front charged with treason
able conduct towards the revolution,
will be exiled. According to re
ports he is the first person against
whom action has been taken.
PHYSICIAN KILLS HIMSELF
By the Associated Press.
Savannah, Sept. 5. Dr. K. L.
Metz committed suicide by taking
poison, following his arrest last
night at Heinsville on the charge of
murder, it became known today. He
was charged with causing the deatn
here last week of Mrs. W.illiam
Baldwin of Panama City, Fla., as the
result of an illegal operation. Three
other persons are under arrest. Dr.
Metz was a prominent physician of
Willie, Ga.
Miss Pearl Little has returned tc
the city after a two weeks' visit to
Lincolnton and Kings Mountain.
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BOMBS
HANDED
GERMANS
BELGIUM
TO
HAVE
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By the Associated Press.
Raleigh, Sept. 5. lit is understood
in military circles here today that
Col. Ilarley B. Ferguson, United
States Army, originally from Way
nesville and known as the engineer
who raised the old battleship Maim,
in Havana harbor, has been assignee
to command a division of engineers
to be composed of North Carolina, Vir
ginia and Tennessee national guardsmen.
By the Associated Press.
Udine, Italy, Sept. 5 It is im
possible to give even an approximate
idea of the immense booty wh'ch has
fallen into the hands of the Italian
army in the present offensive.
The materials captured show the
precipitation with which the Austn
ans retreated before the Italian
drive.
Four convoys of arms and ammu
nition have been abandoned in such
haste that there was no time lo de
stroy them. At one time thousands
of boxes of hand grenades , rifles,
rockets and other war supplies were
taken.
Thousands of Austrian dead have
been found on the field, some bodies
lying on top of others.
The bodies are being buried gradually.
By the Associated Press.
New York, Sept. &. The cotton
market was less active early toda
and sentiment seemed rather mixed
after the sharp break of yesterday
afternoon. Prices steadied on cov.
ering. ' October rallied to 21.10 and
January to 21.04 before the end of
the first hour.
The close was steady.
V Open Close
October 20.95 21.14
December 20.85 20.98
January 20.72 20.92
March 20.92 21.10
May 21.00 21.21
HICKORY MARKETS
Cotton 21 1-2
Wheat $2.20
WEATHER FORECAST
For North Carolina: Generally fair
tonight and Thursday; warmer to-nip-ht
in central portion; moderate
By the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 5. miany tons oi
bombs have been dropped in further
raids on German military establisn-
ments in Beligum.
NATIONAL Air
GOES INTO
UNIFORM
DmUuL
The county commissioners in session
at Newton Monday passed a resolu
tion putting the board on record in fa
vor of repairing the temporary
wooden bridge at Ilorseford and
asking the consent of the Caldwell
commissioners to cooperate. It will
require several months to construct
the concrete bridge, but the wooden
bridge, about 75 feet of wdiich was
destroyed Saturday morning, can be
repaired in two weeks, it is thought.
The Catawba board also went on
record as opposing maintenance oi
construction of any bridge inside the
corporate limits of Hickory, this ac
tion being taken in the case of the
Horseford creek bridge, which was
swept away by the flood and order
ed rebuilt by the court at the joint
expense of the county and city of
Hjickory.
Petition for change in public road
located in Newton-Jacobs Fork tow?,
ship leading from Maiden to Dolph
Cansler's on Hickory and Lincolnton
road passing over lands of J. A. Har
binson, J. C. Crowe, A. C. Clonni
ger, Geo. Sigmon, Zeb Sigmon, P. L.
Barringer. John Beard, Tom Sigmon
and A. L. Cansler received. This
route surveyed by T. L. Bandy, en
gineer, and known as the ujper route.
Petitions was filed, ordered to be ad
vertised and laid over until next meet
ing. Petition fcj change in public road
in Newton and Jacobs Fork township,
beginning at Cloninger's store on
Hickorv-Lincolnton road - passing ov
er lands of G. A. Warlick, W. R.
Fry and J. C. Crow was received, by
way of Maiden Creek to Town of
Maiden. This route known as the
lower route as surveyed by T. L.
Bandy, engineer. On motion peti.
tion was ordered filed and advertised
and laid over until next regular meeting.
Board adjourned to meet in con
tinued session, September 12th, 1918.
liiuuK ur aiiiitviii, id
CHANGED TO 7:30 P. M.
L5v Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 5. The first
of the national army went into uni
form today in 14 of the 16 cantone-
raents poured a group of recruits, the
five per cent quota of the draft army.
Selected men from North and South
Carolina and Porto Rico started to
wards Camp Jackson, near Columbia
will report tomorrow. They wj.1 be
known as the 81st division.
Each group on its arrival will be
stripped of civilian clothing and
supplied with khaki suits, army
shoes leather belts and other ac
coutrements of a soldier. Active
training will start tomorrow. Tht.
Second quota will go to camp Sep
tember 19.
Reports to Provost Marshal Crow
der indicated that the mobilization
was proceeding rapidly.
A rather small congregation at
tended the revival meeting at the
Methodist church Tuesday night,
owing to the sever weather, but Rev.
H. H. Jordan, who is doing the preach
ing, delivered an able sermon on
the power of the Holy Spirit. He told
of the wonderful success of Peter's
sermons, and declared the same out
pouring of the spirit was possible
here. Mr. Jordan said he did not
want any worked-up revival, but a
natural one. The electric storm put
the lights out, but the church is sup
plied with lamps and there was lit
tle interruption of the service. Rev.
W. R. Bradsbaw led in prayer.
Mr. Jordan preached at 10 o'clock
this morning. Services in future will
be held at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.,
instead of 8 p. m.
CORN IS LAID LOW
BY HEAVY WINDS
Reports from the Clark's creek
section of the county state that Tues
day's big rain, wind and electric storm
blew down much corn, the wind being
particularly severe in the neighboi
hood of Mr. Raymond Lutz. Mr.
John W. Robinson, who received re
ports, said that the corn generally
has matured and that, although sornt
damage will be caused to the ears, the
loss will not be anything like what
would be the case had the corn not
been advanced so far.
It is said that much corn is down
throughout this section, but the dam
age is not believed to be great.
The corn will Rot straighten now,
but fair and warmer weather, indi
cated by the Washington bureau,
will do much to prevent decay.
JAPAN
DSH1P
'S FIN
FOR UNITED STATES
By the Associated Press.
'Washington, Sept. 5. Viscount
Ishii delivered Japan's message of
friendship for and cooperation with
the United States before the house
today.
He gave a solemn warning that
enemies of both countries were work
ing to estrange them and pledged tne
statement of his country to prevent
it. , , .
Introduced by Speaker Clar in a
few words, Viscount Ishii was receiv
ed in a great demonstration.
By the Associated rress.
Minneapolis, Sept. 5 Samuel Gom-
pers, president of the American Fen
eration of Labor and chairman of the
American alliance for labor and de
mocracy, which opened its national
conference here today, outlined the
purpose of the organization as tne
assembling for the support of the
government "all the moral and ma
terial power of the working class of
the nation."
"It shall be our task,' he sa'd, "to
interprete America's democratic spir
it and purpose in this conflict to our
fellow workers, especially those of
foreign birth, and to combat every
form of propoganda, no matter by
whom it mey be carried on, which
tends to weaken the loyalty and devo
tion of the masses and their willing
ness to strive and sacrifice for the na
tion and its high purpose.'
The complete declaration of prin
ciples as announced by Mr. Gompers
is as follows:
"As believers in the great and
splendid vision of democracy and in
ternationalism, the fraternalism and
solidarity of all peoples, we assert at
this time our unqualified loyalty to the
republic of the United States of Am
erica and our determination to do all
that lies in our power to win the war
in which it is engaged.
"Loyalty to the ideals of freedom,
democracy and internationalism re
quires loyalty to America.
"Disloyalty to America in this
cricis is disloyalty to the cause, oi
freedom, democracy and internation
alism. "No national selfishness impelled
this republic to enter the war. The
impelling motive was the consuming
idealism born with the establishment
of this republic instead tohrd hrdi
of this republic itself to preserve free
dom not only for itself but for. all
nations, great arid small, and the
body of international law which all
the free democratic nations of tho
world respect and observe and only the
brutal aristocracies seek to dishonor
and destroy. In such a conflict reai
standard bearers of democracy and
true internationalists can have no
hesitation in supporting our republic
which has made its own the causo
and interests of all free peoples. It
is therefore in truth not a "capital
ists' war," but a Freemen's war.
'"Fully impressed by these facts, re
alizing that a noble internationalism
is implicit in our American concep
tion of national existence, it shall
be our purpose to bring to the sup
port of the government all the mor
al and material power of the working
class of the nation. -It shall be our
task to interpret America's democrat,
ic spirit and purpose in this conflict
to our fellow workers, especially
those of foreign birth, and to combat
every form of propaganda, no matter
by whom it may be carried on, which
tends to weaken the loyalty and de
votion of l,e masses and their wil
lingness to strive and sacrifice for
the nation and its high purposes.
"We shall strip the mask from
those in the name of democracy anti-militarism,
and peace are engag
ed in the nefarious propaganda oi
treachery to all that these noble
words represent. We indignantly
repudiate the claim that this propa
ganda which, be it remembered,
brings joy and comfort to German
autocracy has the support of the
labor movement of America. Not
even at the behest of the so-callea
people's council will the organizeo
workers of America prostitute the la
bor movement to serve the brutal
power responsible for the infamous
rape of Belgium the power that
would subject Russia to a worse des
potism than that of the Romanoffs.
"Democracy will not be served by
the victory of autocracy, by letting
the Declaration of Independence be
supplanted by the kaiscr'sfist.
"Militarism will not be checked hy
surrender to the power which has or
ganized all the resources of civiliza
tion to the end of imposing its bru
tal iron rule of the world.
"Peace will not be secured to the
world through the subjection of the
free and democratic nations.
"We shall be as loyal to the strug
gle for freedom and democracy at
home as to the struggle for freedom
and democracy in international rela
tions. "To the men and women of the
American labor movement, and to all
sincere friends of democracy and
internationalism we call for loya.
support to America and her allies n.
this great struggle. Let us make
our beloved republic strong and vic
torious for the sake of humanity, and
thus insure for our children and then
children the priceless heritage of
liberty and democracy. Let us, at
the same time, stand shoulder to
shoulder in the fight against the foes
of democracy within our own borders,
resolved never to rest until the goal
of democracy, industrial, political
and international has been attained.'
Messrs. Richard Boyd and Charles
Menzies have gone to Raleigh to en
ter A. and E. College.
BOX SUPPER FRIDAY
NIGHT AT NORTH SCHOOL
A box supper will be given for th
high school Friday night at the north
building. Everybody is invited, and
all girls are asked to bring boxes.
The proceeds will be used to purchase
supplies for the school.
northeast to east winds.