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SATURDAY Evp.viv PAGE TWO HICKORY DAILY RECORD Hickory Daily Record TELEPHONE 167 Published by the Clay rrlntin Co. Every Evening Except Sunday. S. II. Farabee -1 Editor J. C. Miller Manager PUBLICATION OFFICB: J 402 ELEVENTH AVSNU1 Subscribers de.irinr the addrees of their paper changed, will pleate .tate la their communication both OLD and NEW adJree. To insure efficient delivery, com plaints should be made to the Sub scription Department promptly. City subscribers should call 1C7 regarding complaints. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One yer.r M-JJ Six months f-J" Three months 1-00 One Month JJ One week -10 Entered as second class matter Sep tember 11, 1915, as the postofflce at Hickory, N. C, under the act of March I, 1870. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the uso for republication of all news credited to it or not credited in this paper and also tht local news published herein. SATURDAY, NOV. 2, 1917 PUBLIC OPINION THAT'S ALL The Statesville Landmark does not believe Gaston Means will be con victed of the murder of Mrs. Maud A. King at Concord next week. The Landmark believes Means will bo triumphantly acquitted, or if convicted will bo in no danger of the electric chair. Our friend contin ues: Tho Landmark says this with an open mind as to the guilt of inno cence of the accused. It could qualify as a juror as far as having formed or expressed an opinion, but anybody who knows anything of judicial procedure in North Carolina can forecast tho result without qualifying aS a prophet. Men of the prominence and social standing of Gaston Means ar not easily convicted in this state. For generations the Means family has been prominent in Cabarrus county. Considering that fact, it will be com paratively easy for tho array of lawyers engaged in this case to se lect a jury that will never convict. This 13 no reflection on Cabarrus jurors. Tho same thing would happen in any other county. It simply means that the man charg ed with murder, if ho is prominent and influential and can command the services of smart lawyers, has a big chance to get out. The de fence has 23 challengers and the state four. If the lawyers know the citiens of tho county as the Ca barrus lawyer's employed for Means know them, the defense can select the jury. In addition, in this case, the mainspring of the prosecu tion is in New York. The lawyers for the defense will raise the sec tional issue; will charge that aliens are hounding an innocent man, and all that will have its effect; would have it in almost any case and in in any county. Tho state goe3 into the Means trial hopelessly handicapped. The trial of tho case in Cabarrus gives the defence a big lead. If it was thought best to try in Cabarrus a jury should have been selected from another county. But the excellent law, passed some years ago, which authorizes the calling of jurors from another county when it ,i3 be lieved, loal j fueling , will hav,e Weight, has been ignored by our superior court judges. As a matter of fact the state has four peremptory challenges and the state twelve, and not twenty three, as the Landmark says. Of a special venire of 250, the defen dant's lawyers will bo allowed to stand aside only twelve without as signing a reason, and both the state and defense will be allowed to re ject any number for cause. The persecution stuff will be rung in and the milte of prejudice will grind during the whole trial, but if the state does not secure a convic tion it will not be the fault of the law or of the court or jury system, but of tho people of Cabarrua county. That's all there is to it, assuming that Means is guilty, a proposition we are not assuming, by the way. It is public opinion that enforces tho laws, in the last analyalg. Tho Greensboro News is a great, newspaper, and it should make it a point to verify aa fully as possible every statement that comes to it in regard to matters about which there is so much public interest. The News representative probably was picked up a little !. tho Hot Springs Gorman story, but the paper had no desire to mislead the public. Col. S. S. McClure, who was a sort of German defender after his visit to Germany, comes out with colors flying. We give him credit for all ho professes, being confident that a man would not give his two sons to a cause he did not believe in with his heart. As far as we are concerned, Colonol McClure is all right. The fuel situation Is not yet se rious in Hickory, but it may be, and then again It might be normal in a few week3. For a time at least, we have little cause for worry. ITALY STANDS TEST Wlhen the history of the German campaign in Italy is written it will be a series of chapters comparable to the French victory at the Marne, not as important as that of course, but as gallant. How the Italians, after two years of hard fighting surmounted obsta cles that were considered impossi ble, and sent the Austrian, reeling on the Tarso plains, were tricked and surprised by the Germans, who hurled a mass of fresh troops against them after a preliminary bombardment that was almost as jgreat as any delivered during the war, is a story already familar to the reading public. The Italians, far from their base of supplies, were short of ammunition when the attack came on their far-flung line, and General Cadorna began a re treat that did not end until the Piave line was reached. Here for days and days the Aus-tro-Gcrman forces have battered the Italians in vain. Another retreat seemed inevitable, but the defenders held their ground. Later reports indicate that the worst is over and that the Italians will not surrender Venice. Italy, it seems, was too big a proposition for the Austro-Germans. It was not Belgium, Serbia or Ru mania, but one of the larger pow ers. German ambition once more is balked. The Saturday Evening Post be lieves that the war issue should not be brought into the elections. Vo ters elect a man on local issues nearly every time, although the country at large may be led to think that some phase of the war was the controlling factor. If the farmers were getting the benefit of the increases in food, we should not worry, because for many years the man who produced re ceived little or nothing above his bread. Our municipal woodyard should be doing business in a few weeks. GREAT VICTORY IN FRANCE Columbia State. The great victory won by Field Marshal Haig and his brilliant lieu tenant, General Byng, has already been declared by a number of crit ics to be the most important tri umph of the war. It is entirely too soon for even the most compe tent of military authorities to form such a conclusion. The struggle is too vast for ite details and results to be grasped immediatejly after the delivery of the first tremendous blow upon the enemy. We must wait until we can see the battle in just perspective and in true rela tion to other struggles that may in crease or lessen its effects upon the war. .Besides, the conflict that has resulted in the breaking of the fa mous "ITindenburg line" is still con tinuing, and it may continue for a week. There is no question that the triumph has been magnificent it may prove to be epochal, the turning point in the path of ulti mate victory. It is not yet a Marne, however, though it may open the road to the Rhine. The true significance of the vic tory along the Cambrai front is, manifestly, its menace to the Ger man hold of the Belgium coast. The wrestling of this coast from the Germans, which would mean, of course, the destruction of their sub marine and torpedo boat stations and a partial freeing of the seas from the ravages of the under-sea craft, is and has been for many months the real object of the Brit ish attacks in Northern France. Cambrai is some distance from Os tend and even from Ghent, but a glance at a map of the battle lines will reveal that the thrust now making by Haig, aided by the French on his right, is directed to ward Brussels. If the Uerman de fense can not hold its lines beyono. Oambrai, then the collapse of the entire hostile front must follow and a retreat or a rout will free the Belgian coast of the Hun and his frightfulness. The Germans know this fully as well as the allies, and whenever the British announce, as they invariably do, that their "objectives were at taoined," Berlin at once relies that their real objectives "are remote, not near." A direct blow at the Belgian coast might more easily result in driving the Germans from those shores; but it would not bo nearly so effective as a thrust to ward Brussels that, but cutting the main lines at a point between the coast forces and the German border, would menace their line of retreat, which they ever hold in view. If success is achieved in this direction not only would it result in the im mediate abandonment of the entire Belgian coast and the loss of the u boat and torpedo boat bases, but it might very probably cause a rout of the Germans, with the destruc tion of capture of large numbers of men and the loss of a vast quan tity of war material and supplies. It is plainly for these reasons that llaig and his French ally are striving to pierce the German line in the center, instead of striking it at its northernmost end, where a small triumph could, doubtless, be scored at any time. It has been pointed out that when the British and French reach Cambrai they will be as near Brus sels as the Germans who are now holding the coast of Belgium. There is, therefore, a prospect of a desperate race, in the near fu ture or next spring, between the at tacking allies and the fleeting Ger mans for Brussels, which is on the route that the Teutons must follow in their retreat. A few more such strokes of the allies hammer on the German lines in this region, and Germany must begin the perilous TERRIBLY SWGHeF Suffering Described As Torture Relieved by Black-Draught. Rossville, Ga. Mrs. Kate Lee Able, of this place, writes: "My .husband is an engineer, and once while lifting, he in jured himsalf with a piece of heavy ma chinery, across the abdomen. He was so sore he could not bear to press on himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He weighed 165 lbs., and fell off until he weighed 110 lbs., in two weeks. He became constipated and it looked like he would die. We had three different doctors, yet with all their medicine, his bowels failed to act. He would turn up a ttn-cent bottle of castor oil, and drink it two or three days in succession. He did this yet without result. We became desperate, he suffered so. He was swol len terribly. He told me his suffering could only be described as torture. I sent and bought Thedford's Black Draught. I made him take a big dose, and when it began to act he fainted, he was in such misery, but he got relief and began to mend at once. He got well, and we both feel he owes his life to Thedford's Black-Draught." Thedford's Black-Draught will help you to keep fit, ready for the day's work. Try it I NC-13J STOPS THAT ITCH Just a few drops of that mild, soothing, cooling wash, Meri tol Eczema Remedy, so highly recommended for Eczema, and the itching and burning i3 gone. Scientific investigations have taught us that eczema is psitively a skin disease and curable through the skin alone. This remedy is applied direct to the skin. If you are afflicted with this distressing ailment we ask you to try it on our guarantee. A trial will convince you of its genuine merits. Price 50c for trial bottle. One dollar for large size. Hickory Drug Company BLtw.T.'. iVHMrn.-gT---vM. ''ffiTifl'Ti,Tfflwaffrnrw Promptne In placing your orders will insure the best of attention. Our facilities are the best in this section, and all rrders for PRINTING, no matter how large nor small, will be handled as promptly as is consistent with good work. Look over your stock, and see if there is not something you will need in a short time, and place your order in advance. The House that has Served You for Over 12 Years Place Your Order Today Clay Printing Co. Phone 167 Hickory, N. C. Men in Training Fighting isn't the only duty of a soldier, and exposure to bullets 13 not as serious as exposure to all kinds of weather and dampness. Rheumatic aches; sore and stiff muscles, strains and sprains, chil blains and neuralgia, all are enemies of the soldier, and the relief for all these pains and aches is Sloan's Liniment. Clean and convenient to carry or use; does not stain, and penetrates without rubbing. Generouif sized bottles, at all druggists. 25c. 50c. $1.00. withdrawal from the Belgian coast or risk everything upon a de cisive battle. And since their bit ter disaster at the Marne the Ger man high command has been defi nitely opposed to such a venture. The latest reports from the French front make the victory even more sweeping1 than it appeared from the dispatches of yesterday. The haui of prisoners has exceeded 9,000 ana is probably more than 10,000, with a proportionate number of officers and big guns. The breach in the German line has been extended to a depth of six and half miles on a (Continued on page three) Fraternal Directory Hickory Lodge No. 343 1 A. F. & A. M. Regular communication Fiikt and third Monday nights. Erethien cordially invited to be present. F. L. MOOSE, W. M. D. L. MILLER, Set'y. Piedmont Council No. 43, J r, O. U.A. M. Meets every Ifej&day evening at 7:30 P. M., All visiting brothei cordially iavited. D. D. TAYLOR, Councilor. W. I. Caldwell, Roc. Sec 3Jf JtaeNo. 54 7J K. of P Meets evury Thursday night. Visiting brethren invitsd. HUGH D'ANNA, C. C. ft. L. HEFNER, K. R. and S. 3 r Eczema Remedy Professional Cards 1 Dr. W. B. Ramsay Office over SBJauf oatfi Drug 3st. Sficfcarj, If. O. THE HICKORY HARNESS CO. &uu ftcrect of a tlm&t f HARNESS fiftOHXS. AND 0TKAP WOCSL THE ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP F. M. THOMPSON, Prwptiatof First-Class Work Chtsrwrteed Phone Work delivered 1032 14th atrwrt Biskmy, R. a Nest to First Buildfe & Lean cSee. MISS MOLUE B. COTTRELL REGISTERED NURSE PHONE 11 3-J MRS. J. L. BERRY Registered Trained Nurse. PHONE 339-L. W. P. Speas, M. D Practice LiaritMl to Eye, Bar, JCmc b Throat B3kry, M. 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