North Carolina Newspapers

V()I . HI. NO. 85 HICKORY CHU TO HOLD UNION HICKORY, N. c, WEDNESDA1 EVENING DEC. 19, 1917 RrHUQ IlDfTift nniTinsi ma - . . ",-'."r ' . v. i - rt!IUILH imm H hrnHhr l.rM s ,1 VhW ill j I iU-uEll?lfiliL CCDUirPCi nnun ! Jl7" r. ........ ouvnwa bUIVIB tNULL hUnlY-lWO H I W THOUT ! STRIKE OTATSfUl 1 I I WAH s swsiL.aui II f tHI ill 1U j i i - PRICE TWO CENTS i STILL Fu;-: Situation Impels City Council to Recommend having of Coal This Vnter Lightless Night to be Observe; , i wo Weeks For City ; x Schools. . niniil Tuesday night tool? . ;!ti,aneo of the fuel situa-' .- the interest of conserva y.A adopted a resolution ro '.g that the churches of !d union services on Wed : i Sunday nights. I a 'so a g rood with the state . -trator that in the in asing eoal, the white way lights be cut oil' on and Sunday ni rats', un- wres should be ojvn on a:s. which will be the case right be ft -re Chris :.mas. i s to oth.T business a i the Southern Public Company, in an advert ise r ta the Record for inser- ovuplies with the request, "y the power company is a ary tons of coal because a rivers are unusually low, . hTiib'.e fuel is expected to r step in the plan to save the decision to close the, r two weeks, instead of 10 ' v. hen recess is taken for iv Friday, the schools will -ad until January 7. The will be made up in the The extra days will be ap 'y th se teachers who live v. n and who expect to v days with home folks. O f TS f K I 'mm scores FOUR M CiiPS I - By the Associated Press. London, Dec. 19. The bombing by British aircraft of Engel ' wheat this successful ; the Ass Washinjg Press, ec. 19. Winter HARD AT ITALIANS By the Associated Press. j Paris, Dec. 19.--The torpedoing j vt nianfo i 1 dv a submarine of the SDanish . . o - - - - , I'Jiiu Vil LUC Id! - : . airarome behind the German line in gest acreage ,er known, sown in steamer Noviembre, 3,654 tons gross, j landers is reported by the admiral- ! the United Sates, showed on De- j is "ported in a dispatch to the Ex- j ty today. The announcment says: , cember 1 the lewest condition on rec- celsior quoting advices received Naval aircraft dropped bombs ' ord. A format of a crop of oni there from Bioa. Thirty of tha which burst close to the shd and on oid,0u0,0U0 bushels was made crew have been landed. j the ammunition dumps and railway today by tie department of' They say the shiP was torpedoed sidings at the Enwl n;r.lmmQ MoHnih-o -v. i--- (without warning at nicht and that. 0. w, .wvvvii. uiiui urouucuori. " " ' 4-1-,,, n 4-1 i.- iiiy wae an tin own mtu But Plucky Defenders of Plains Hold Their Own and Beat off Invaders Russian Represen atives to Ask Some Pointed Questions o f Germans. lfH"ir i i ... enemy airplane was novvever, wn be ;Jbove or below that brought down ablaze and one out ! quantity, accorcLisr a, emiditinns of control. Washington. Dee. ID. Insuflicient c!otL;n;J. oM'icruwding and bad a:i:tary conditions are held largely ivspriis'ble for disease epidemic at Camp Sevier, South Carolina; Camp ln.wia. Texas; Camp Funston, Kan-:-as, and ('amp Doniphan, Oklahoma, ,,. s-.;r;;o.n (lorgas in reports to S'.cieLuy Baker made public on the result, u' his personal inspection of the camps. With the exception of Funston. none of the camp base hospitals has been completed. Cieneral Gorgas a: . ar. l i'-ms is handieannincr the i m nnr di riitt as hereafter are better or worse. Acreage of vvbiter wheat in the south and its ic.Vease shows: Vir ginia 1,-102.000 a2-es', 10 per cent; -North Carolina, 1,079,000 acres, 15 per cent. Soutj Carolina 270,-000 acres, 20 per cent the sea After swimming for about an hour they were picked up by a French patrol boat, which chased the suba-rine. By the Associated Press. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 19. Valuable patents for the manufacture of spec- medical officers in treating naHW pai equipment lor British, French :.e r.c.-u.nvn.is the vnshino- of thi ! ana ltalian submarines were de- w,v!.- wii..4.: j stroyed in a fire earlv todav of nn.i the n. ecsaarv plumbiiv. j determined origin, which burned the at Camp Sevier ! , f natcher Company. The! .. where the Thirtieth, Ios 13 estated at $100,000. j -ompo.ed chiefly of former I- " f- uvv"ers nav(r Ogninea .their j guard organizations, of I J requesting an investiga- nwn uy -iiruciiii UULI1UI lLieS. lb sides its contracts for the allies, the I out By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19. Winter wheat sown this fdl aggregates 42,170,000 acres, aul its condition I on December 1 was 79.3 of a nor mal, the department of agriculture announced today. The acreage is four per cent greater than the re visted estimated area sown in the fall of 1916. The area sown to rye is G.119,000 acres, which is 3G.6 per cent more B the Associated Press. rhfln crivn o i-no -i-. .-, - J J.T 1 v.. I 10 LIGHTLESS NIGHTS TO BE non oi the crop on December was 8-1.1 per cent of a r.ormal. t -n,i:tic:; (iri-envill :cn, na Ciena ' i'ourb. Carolina ' nnc sce, sho North Carolina and in a letter from "1 l IV LLC 1 1 UIII '. .. 1 . . , Cerv,ra! Corgas to the chief of staff i puu fc as engaged in turmn of the armv. The letter .Intn.l nh "UI,v iul Wle Kuveimneut. ( amp Sevier November 29, last, i'i:igt.T la!Icv.- reported the present the municipal .- 1 "Sanitary conditions here are se rious. Sixty men have died of pneu monia in the pa-t month. The camp ha been evpo'cd to a general epide mic of measles, about 2,000 cases having occurred within the last month. During the same period., they have had 175 cases of pneu monia and 15 cases of meningitis. The r.e.v conscripts of this command are men who are non-immune to measles. They come from the nigl'.b'iring southern states where population is scarce, and, therefore, been able to supply ' a. I or the demands tor 'lank; to the enterprise of ::!' supply is expected to city over the winter. The cut and delivered at cost v.ilie which are unable to : from farmers or other 'lid not put itself in the f telling the churches e must do; on the other merely advised them that 'i confronted the fltate r ii.. . x ; s ior ine utmost conser- iUlV0 nr ia,i -inner and Christian i3 Ti(t Always witk :iti;iy ci.-'comiort ims : ! the matter is left to the i if the church boards. ,1, number of ' virchmen had suggested ilii'ity of union service-, etion is expected to be t!ic part of any church. Vi unt may issue a procla :i the matter, but he feels is no need to emphasize ;-:tv for paving except the Record. This Ilick which was incorporated in i an out of town paper sev ago, has met with fa- t cities, it is said. measles in childhood. measles a certain cases of pneumonia oc- ur. l he mortality ot pneumonia from any cause is always high. "The basic insanitary condition, howevir, in my opinion is overcrowd ing. In the past, in this camp, the division cwmmander had had to put 11 and 12 men in a tent, clue to the shnttage of tentage. This would give abrut20 square feet of space to each man. At present, he has to put nin? men in a tent, which gives about 28 square feet to the man. I urge that the division commander be directed to furnish a. least 50 Mors are requested to do'tf) th(;' R,an ;Vir;t.h would give about Individuals may have ,;v, m, r to the tont- "1 ;.)-o recommend that an ob set vr.t'. ii camp be established wiicr-' fresh men can be isolated i;d kent under observation for at I tv.() we-.s, or until the camp I'O.NFI) I'HKSf'NTATION ! U-lf shows evidence of being free ( mt of the bad weather, the from infection. I'. A. M. has pestop ned j "The division commander tells me f'uiL and nresentinir the Bi-i that he expects a large increase in piy on hand, but there are i; who have barely enough 'hi m a day and the coal deal :; against it. t L'rai ed school December ; the lorcc ". to s rr," future date. I. CALDWELL, Secretary. IE10D COUNTRY CLUB DESTROYED 1 Associated Press. .o m. X. J., Doc! 19. "d Country Club was by lire today. The The de- prop- tsti mated at $100,000. 10 WEATHER FOR REMAINDER WEEK Associated Press. ;i-hington, Dec. 15. The pre : mild temperature east of tht ipfd river will continue with linage until the end of the the weather bureau annouru. By the Associate Presa. Washington, Dec. 19. Reports to the fedral trade commission on the newsprint paper market for five weeks ending December 2 shows a loss of production due principally to strikes on the Pacific coast ana breakdown in mills; a decline in mill stocks of about 4,000 tons, and show about 6,500 tons held at the delivery position. A small decline in job bers' stocks is indicated and also u decline of about 9,500 tons in pub lishers' stocks as shown. MINISTERS' SCHOOL AT TRINITY ASSURED ''-(! Associated Tress . J'irharu, N. C, Dec. ' v.blish i r,i t.-,-; r.v ti'. Ui.. 19. Plans school at a summer 'V College for Methodist minis v' re formulated here yesterday 1 'oinmittee of ministers from ''"ith Carolina conference and V. ' tern North Carolina confer The object of the course is young ministers in com ' '' their conference courses and ""hie post graduates to take ' 1 jfilfl'lnfi" minlalnru urill Q '"Mni-iors. The school will begin vn June 5 and close on June 15. t. tni. it an early date. 1 urge that no fresh men be sent to this c.'.mp until 1 he division commandei says that he is able to care for them along the lines of this recommenda tion.' ''There has been a good deal of discomfort and exposure on account of the men having nothing but their summer c'cl'iing. This has been in great part corrected in the last 10 days by the arrival of woolen clothing and overcoats. The O. D. wool has not yet been issued, but the authorities are informed that it is on the way. The whole command is still in khaki. "iil't and plumbing are badly needed in the hospital. Both were authorized two weeks ago. I re commend that the matter be pressed and the hospital he equipped in this resnect at just as early a date as pos sible!, he hospital needs badly more transportation. I recommend that they be furniAed one motor car; one three-ton truck; one and one-half-ton truck, and one three-quarter ton truck. The hospital at present has 750 patients." At Camp Bowie, where the Thirtv-sixth guard division is train ing "General Gorgas reported dur ing the past month 41 deaths from prr'timonia out of 409 cases admit- ted to the nospita ; aooui R th Associated Press cpscs of measles have developed in Washington Dec. 19. Secjretar, lh?.JLP"e r?"L.Zni or nPMi- Daniels and Paymaster General Me nrq rind criticism among the peo- Gowan of the navy were theh first pie. with regard to conditipnss here -witnesses summoned to appear toda which are worse from the. sanitary before tne house naval sub commit point of viw in any of the camps I delcgateJ to begin an investigu have visited the navy,g war activities. THE FORCE OF PRAYER Secretary Daniels gave .a general re view of what the navy has been ao SUBMARINE" F-I RAMMED BY F-3, 19 LIVES LOST Washington, Decfi 19. Nineteen lives were lost when the American submarine F-I was rammed and sunk by submarine F-3 in home waters during a fog Monday afternoon. 'The F-3 was undamaged and pick ed up five survivors of her victim. Secretary Daniels announced the disaster late uesday in a brief state ment which gave no further details. Liett. A. E. Montgomery, com manding officer of the F-l, was am ong the five saved, his mother, Mrs. Julian Muutsomci y Pratt, livcc o.t Fort II. G. Wrigtit, N. Y. SHOP HOW! I TO THE S ' SHOPS f ITALIAN POSITIONS STORMED ON HINT By the Associated Press. Berlin, Dec. 19j Austro-German forces yesterday stormed the Ital ian positions on Monte Asolene and the adjoining heights, according to the oiT,cial statement issued today by the general staff. More than 2, 000 soldiers were captured. r ) KNIT GOODS TO ATLANTA FRIDAY IL M PAPER IS GETTING SCW DANIELS SHOWS WHAT NAVY DOES All ladies who have n.nitiea ar ticles for .the Red Cross are urged to send them to Mrs. Councill by Friday, as they will be shipped to headquarters on that date. It is important to have the articles on time. Tuesday the local chapter shipp ed a box to Atlanta containing 66 pajamas, some hot water bag cov ers and odds and ends. The local chapter has been doing more than a bit this winter. The sewing- room wil not open any more until after Christmas, the workers having finished with the ma terial at hand SWITZERLAND REALLY Paris, Dec. 19. The old French cruiser Chateau Renault employed as a transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on the morning of December 14 and the submarine which attacked her later was destroyed, according to the min ister of the admiralty. The passengers on the Chateau Renault, all of whom were either soldiers of officers, were saevd. Ten members of the crew were lost. j iMr. John P. Yount of Newton, chairman for Catawba county fuel committee, has received from Mr. A. M. McAlister of Greensboro, state chairman, the following letterr re garding lightneess nights on Thurs day and Sunday: To Chairman of Local Fuel Com mittee for North CJarolina: The following notice which has appeared in some of the state pa pers is called to your attention and your cooperation respectfully requested along the lines indicated in this notice: uThe fuel administration for North Carolina has received instruc tions from Washington, taking ef- By the Associated Press. On the Italian northern front the Austro-Germans persist in strong efforts to find a weak point in the Italian defenses and through it to rush south to the Venetian plains. East of the Brenta last night, de spite the heavy losses inflicted up on them by the Italians, the invaders struck at two new points on the line' between Asiago and the Piave. Monte Solarolo, between the Bren ta and the Piave, has become the center of fighting in this sector. Ber lin claims the capture of some Ital ian positions there and the repulse jqf some Italian counter attacks. Vigorous attack , Rome declares, were repulsed by the Italians. West' of the Brenta the Austro Germans have attacked in the moun tain region and Berlin says more than 1,000 prisoners were captured. There has been no change in the front in France. Infantry fight ing has not increased and the artil lery continues active. Russian representatives have been ordered by Leon Trotzky, the bol- f ect December 15, which cancels ' sheviki foreign minister, to demand previous order regulating time lor . 0f the central powers at Brest-Lit- muinination oi ,aivT erasing signs and for electric signs. "The order provides that all signs of every kind, including merchants' signs, directional signs, theatre signs, hotel signs, advertising sign j, and display lighting on buildings and elsewhere, shall be discontinued completely on Thurs day and Sunday nights of each The French cruiser Chateau Ren ault, was laid down in 189G. She was 442 feet long, with a beam of 55.7 feet and displaced 7,898 tons. Her complement before the war was 600 men. Besides being used as a cruiser, formerly the Chateau Ren ault had been fitted as a mine layer. week. On these same nights iHickory fans are . said to warm at the basket ball game,and there is some talk of cutting out the firs in the stoves altogether. OVhS ONI By the As-eiated Press. Berne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 18 (The text of the new commer cial treaty with the United StaUs was published in Switzerland today and caused an excellent impression everywhere. All the Swiss newspa pers expressed gratification with President Wilson and the American government. , The Bund says: "America has act ed toward Switzerland as a real friend indeed." According to the Bund Swiss grain stocks had been reduced to about 6, 000 wagons of wheat, so that with out American assistance Switzerland was approaching a serious food situation. STATES VAUDEVILLE HOUSES ARE NOT EXCEPTED AT PASTIME TODAY Don't fail to see Harold Lockwooa in "Paradise Garden" a seven act Metro Wionderplay at the Pastime today. EW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. 19. (There was a renewal of scattering Wall Street and local seelling in the cotton mar ket today. Active months sold about 18 to 20 points net lower after the call. At this level the market was steadied by covering by trade inter ests. - The close was steady. January May Open Close .30.29 30.25 .29.28 29.45 .28.84 29.04 28.62 28.82 28.35 28.53 HAEG IS CHAINGING HIS ARMY STAFF ! : stores net open for business must not show even inside lights more than are necessary for safety, and municipalities with cluster lights or extra bright lighting for white way effect, must reduce on Thurs day and Sunday nights to only so muck lighting as is necessary for safety. These nights will be called keep "lightless nights." '"-Newspapers are requested, to urge householders to observe these nights with as few lights in the home pa possible. "The spirit of the oi'der iz that on Thursday and Sunday nights, there should be no more outdoor lighting than is ' absolutely neces- ary tor saiety ot street passages .unt dangerous spots. "The State Fuel administration ias been charged by the U S. Fuel j administration with giving full ef ! feet to this order, using the full au i thority granted by the Federal Ad- ; ,i : ill .i - i l Mnrotml liiinisiriiiion, ii mere are iimiviuuai ovsk whether they "agree to make peace without annexations or in demnities and on the principal of de finition of nations." Trotzky is said to have invited allied diplomats to be present for the reason that threaties will be broken if a separate peace is made. Clear indications of the inter nal situation are not aailable. LENOIR COLLEGE TO CONTINUE RUNNNG fey the Associated Press. London, Dec. 19. .Field forces in France, the Times says 1 el coramittees through the state of violations. The chairman of local fuel committees through the st; North Carolina are requested 4 understands, is raking important 1"' " ,1 ,T t,t " changes in its headquarters statf 'V' T . wrhich up to this time has virtually been unaltered since he assumeu the supreme command. request their respective local muni cipal authorities to aid them in the enforcement of the order, the pur pose of which is to conserve the fu el supply and thereby assist in re lieving the fuel situation. Very truly yours, A. M. McALISTER,, Fuel Administrator for N. C. By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19. Requests by vaudeville theatres for exemption from lightless nights on the ground that their patriotic service deserves recognition was denied today by the ful administration ID! lb RY WINS AGAIN BEFORE GOOD CROWD The Hickory highs continued their winning streak Tuesday night by The threatres had cited the fact defeating the Lenoir highs in basket flint, ttipv had Tiermitted use of their bail at the armory, 28 to 23. A stages for four minute men and by fairly large crowd was present and I n t , m vai solocitors for Liberty Bonds, Red the rooting was almost as big a fea- ; aprT5hpr to -succeed Pre -i.i-.- - : f!T-a r.f tlio rr.ntfisl- iho nlnvinfr A teacnc.r lj suluuJ iross iunus anu oinei causes. SPENT MILL ONS TO TURN OUT CANNON ture of the contest as the playing. The locals were given a hard fight by the visitors, but the final count was entirely satisfactory to the fans. Worland Eaton and Stewart Whit ener excelled in pitching field goals for Hickory, the former caging sev en and the fatter four, while Eaton four foul and W;hitener two. Er nest Abernethy excelled as guard. W. Dysart was the principal point marker for Lenoir and Nelson turn ed fouls into points. The teams lined up Hickory vmi know that there will be in avoidintr the disclosing of facts Tuiv , a prayer service in each -church to- at ouid be of value to the en-; night Do you realize that if n d how the is HICKORY MARKETS ?rTC. ? "-1 111: now building 402 capital and other "xert' d? Do you know that united shihps. Discussing the use of sub-: Couon prayer is a more value than private marme chasers, he said they were. u neat prayer? 1 here is a special i""- regarded as a necessity, but were Mt .8f,.t T.. Permanent assets. I in the midst of them, says Christ. Naval aviation, he said, has made Then goto your prayer meeting to- gratifying strides, but had been night, and add your soul unto the hamperecj by lack of manufacturing prayer force of our town Unities. 29c $2.40 Rv the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 19. How ord nance manufacturers anticipating the goerrnjnent's war needs spent millions in preparations on the : chance that war orders would follow j while the army ordnance bureau re- ised to act was related today by depart- Johnscn Abernethy Bolick Eaton S. Whitener guard guard center forward forward as follows,: Lenoir Cottrell S. Dysart On account of the serious war conditions and especially the fact that two professors and a number of students have entered the service, a rpecial called meeting of the board of trustees was held Monday. The decision to keep the collede open and going wras unanimous and en thusiastic. A special committee oi. ways and means was appointed and a general committee to work' out plans and methods for the work ot next year. The friends and supporters of the college will be called upon to stand by the institution in a substantial and faithful manner. A college ,Iike an individual needs friends and help when it needs them. A special appear will be made to all subscribers to the endowment fund that they pay their subscriptions in full just as soon as possible that the whole fund already subscribed be in hand by or before Oct. 31. 1918. Any who have in mind contributing to this fund should do so now, when the, need and the opportunity for doing in 4 iltjaible service &re so great. The board feels assured that these vain. rof M. C. Yoder who has taught chemistry ana biology so successfully and who has volunteered his services in the ar my will be employed at an early date. Lenoir Cdlege offers first class bourses in college, preparatory, business, music, art, domestic sci ence, expression and on the basis of efficiency and service appeals to the people of Hickory and of this whole section for patronage and support. Our schools must be kept going. R. L. FRITZ, President. Lutz Drug Store is taking a war map service that is attracting at- W. Dysart I tention right along and the maps Nelson will be turned over to the high HooverJ school for purposes of study. Ten Persons Killed and Seventy Injured in Raid: Three Planes Likely Lost WEATHER FORECAST J. G GARTH. For North Carolina: Generally fair and somewhat warmer tonight and Thursday, light variable winds becoming south. tee investigating the war ment. The manufacturers agreed, how- j ever, that the war - department's B the Associated Press Wi'sinn to ehane-e the tvne of armv t ,1 t . iq t c.r.c is reason to rifle, even though it caused a delay ; v-ere killed and 7" injured during dropped into the English channel, nw . vprrv wise decis- last niarht's air raid. Outside of 'ai a- ion. as it will enable the use of bet-; London five persons were injured ter ammunition. dropping bombs on the city. There believe another raider A British pilot fired two drums One of the German airplanes which of ammunition into a raider as it tonV nart in last nitrht's raid over wa3 dropping bombs on London from But the effort of the manufactm- j England was brought down and an- a height ot i.i,uoo teet. ers the witness saic to get the ' other is believed to have been de- Several fires occurred. The ma war ordnance bureau to give them ! stroyed by the British. terial damage was not serious. , . From 1G to 20 raiders divided into There was no damage to naval or ls-rf.-H r-iC TAT rri i Ti C MJUrW I III IIC I I l.t'l : . i i 1 W1UC1S iU1 "v--- Six groups endeavored to reacn the war was on. I T.rmrlrm Vint nniv five QHPfPPflpfl in military establishments.