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daily
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VOL. Ill, NO. )!
HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING JAN. 5, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
ALLIES PEACE AIM
FORTH CLEARLY
isY PREMI
LOYD
TODAY
GEORGE
LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES
REASONS MUST BE GOOD
Continuance of "Agony of Nations" Even For
Day is Terrible Responsibility And Cause
Must be Just, Objects Definite Has
Sounded British Opinion on War
By the Associated Press. j
London, Jan. 5. Premier Llod
George, addressing the trades un
ions today on the subject of war
aims, said that "only the clearest
and most just of causes could jus-!
tify the continuance, even for a day,!
of this unspeakable agony of na
tions." The premier continued:
"Wo ought to b;? able to statt.
clearly anil definitely not only the
principles for which we are fight-
im 1-iut- Vio (Infinite rmrnnsp in con
tinuing the war.
"Wo have arrived," the premier
went on, "at the most critical hour
, . ' ... . . , , f
of this terrible conflict and before
any government takes the fatal da-
cision as to the conditions under
which it should terminate or con-
tinue the struggle, it ought to be
satisfied that the conscience of the pared with previous reports, out Associated pregs
t. !f !f i this can be explained by the cold .... , c o t
nation is with it. cutting down the church at- . lAmster,am, Jan 5.-.The Social
Mr. Lloyd George said that dur- J . "prv materially last Sun- lst newspaper Vorwaerts of Berlin
;, h ut w Hnv, he hid taken ten(lance P t II y rllw says that Dr. Eduard David, the So
ing the last few days he had taken d led w,th the Christmas, fe d d h 'reichstag
special p:uiis iu hwiu w
of all clas?." of men.
The premier declared Great Brit-
....
ain was not fighting to take Con
stantinople from Turkey
ReU-rhlg to the announcement
CUlCilW I
:
made on December 2o by Count
Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian fr-;
eign minister at the peace negotia-1
tions at Brest-Litovsk, Mr. Lloyd ;
George said. '
"It is impossible to believe that
any permanent peace could be er-; forces in France. In short, the
ected on such a foundation. allies need 577,000,000 bushels of
Merc lip service to th. for.a AXu' tS
of no annexations, no indemnity and wg 'contmue to eat as much wheat
self determination, is useless," Pre- ag usuai our soldiers will be short
mier Lloyd George said. 309,000 bushels of wheat. t
Premier Lloyd George said trat Meat is another food especially
1 , , , , Y j . . needed that we must export in large
an independent Poland, comprising t The people who are
all genuinely Polish elements who fiphtinj? and making war supplies
desired to participate, was an ur- need more meat than in peace times,
gent necessity for the stability of while it will do the stay-at-homes no
Mni 9 i t dQwn their portion of
western Europe. Rnd animal fats. Fats are
He had read the statement of la- fucl wnjCn fighters must have,
bor's war aim, he continued, and had Each one of us want to help, but
discussed the subject of war aims are astounded at the huge sum and
with for rrn,,T Auith and JJ,
Viscount Grey. Had the national praing of sand." If each mdividu
leaders in Ireland not been engaged al wiu save one pound of wheat
with the tangled problem of Irish flour a week and cents' wor th of
self-government, he would have been' meat, s andsugar ait wdl
Vmnnv to discusse the subject witn-r .a A0?Vii t.Tirnucrh the church
them. I
"We are not fighting a war of ag-
,reSsio ,,-ainst the Gern,a people "
declared the premier." Destruction
or disruption ot uermany or me un-
man people has never been a awr aim
with us since the first day of the
war to now. The British people do
not wish Germany's downfall.
it wisn uermany s uuwmaw.
"Our wish is not to destroy u -
many's great posit.on in the world.
but to turn her aside from military
schemes, and to compel the Germans
to us their power for better ends."
. 1 V,
The premier continued wiun iu
declaration thnt Great Britain was
not seeking to say wnat son 01 gu
,.11 1
n , "nt (K'rn'anv snouia nave.
n i,m " ' v
"Our viewpoinU " the premier
s-iiil. "is that the adoptoin of a de-
mocratc constitution by Germany
,ht K, iho mnst. nonv remg evi-
1 h- thf most convincing evi-
c t'-at .h? old dominating spirit
' " " . .
is dead. .
"The bnsis of a territorial settle-
rnrnt must be given with the consent
of the goverm-d," the premier said.
. ..... it.. .1
The nrem cr sau tnat tne u.mu-
2 ZZnnwt of England meant
cr
to stand by the democratic countries
of France and Italy. !
"Vv mean to stand by the French
l mean premier
democracy to death, the P"""
continued, "in the demand the French
make for a reconsideration of the
great wrong of 1871 when Alsace- (
I orraine were torn away from them, j
rZ Ze has poisoned the P-e r
Kurope for a half a century, and it
must be cured." I
-'Reparation, means recognition," j
,. X sal,,.
al riirht is recognized by insistence
on payment of injury done m defi-
nn(, of It. ennons it can never be
rea M7.cn. ixext tuco
roanzeu. i"i, v....
tion of Serbia. Montenegro ana e
o-nifd parts of France, Itnly ana
r j.. nmnWfi withdraw-
5T L :V. d the payn.ent.have primaxy regard to the
4.... .lamsffna OTA essential.
UJ. JU9V UBIIIBHV" -
Speakinj? with regard to the dis -
FOOD RECORD IN
UIWflDV CflD
I IIUIUI I IUI
ONE WEEK
Thi is tne eighth weekly report
of the food savings committees of
churches of Hickory and but on
more report is required by the re-
orinally teleeived. The re-
port this week is ratner meager
wjtn tjie exception of that from the
M. E. church (colored), which church
prments a fine report this week corn-
holiday season inai usuai.j
ows everything at that time. !
The need of food conservation
still with us, and will be with us,
I until the end of the . war, even
iL u irrt r vr n AT Tonn 1 VPCi TO I PCOI Q
m iT-iiooflpcjQ. meatless and waste-
V'Wl uvvw, - . -
. V J.1 ill Vk AT
ted through the various
lurches. Let us remember, then,
tnat corn meal cannot be shipped
long distances without spoiling m
hould-eat the products of corn meal
, th wheat for the fighting,
campaign indicates that Hickory j
people are doing their duty, and we
UJJv
1J,elb1oyg come rrjarching home as!
victors in, the rignteous wai uio
wa3 waged .to make the world safe
focrncy. De
Kepoix lor
prcsbyterian Church 35 Families
Presbyterian cnurcn oo
Fami,ies q5Cra7feported ""113 ' It a local works who Thursday
V:"? " ::.206,was released temporarily upon per-
"lq Snorted ' 206 j
13 meals reported 29
Baptist Church 60 Families
ri :r. minnrt. in cr this Week O
r amines -
. 32
vv 1 " lUpd
ft oa ram a
Tlnlv Trinity Lumrrau o
y-v Tnnrtinjr this week - 3
Families report ng tnis wees g
'T0" ' SSted IIIII"42
wVaV:io-- mPftla reported 63
..,..,,,.! Church 42 Famines
HMJlVIV-LiiJ ' - . . . I .
ij, ... , -, n
iv,n;-s report ng tnis wees i"i
Vi iess meals reported 82 1
,OQic rpnorted 12
Xlss meals reported 200
M E churchl75 Families
Families reporting this week 5
ivi mimL rpnorteu i"
,,:ivn,ica3 , r7
Meatloss meals reported 67
1 church (Colored) 63 Families j
Families reporting tnis wees o
y!heatless meals reported ioo
Meatless meals reported 164
meals reported 628
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rumor stiu persists that
,Buck Herzog, caputain of the
niants is to go to the Cubs. ine
lat
and hag agked Fred Mitchell
his view of the proposal. McGraw
has balked at leaving appaUec-
iXZ oe 22
gecond baseman.
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German colonies, the
.,
disnosal ot
iney j10,;0;nT1 mnst
a conicrenu- " . ,
anu interest u '"--
,,
ltants.
GERMANS FOUND
RUSSIANS NOI
PRESENT
By trie Associated Presv
London, an. 5. When the dele
gates of the central powers arriv
ed at Brest-Litovsk to resume the
peace negotiations, they found no
Russian (e!lgates there, according
to a Vienna dispatch to Zurich, as
forwarded by a telegraph company.
All that awaited them there was
a telegram stating that the Russian
delegates would be glad to meet
the German delegates at Stockholm.
SAKS AUSTRIANS
main committee that the Austrians
were more conciliary at the peace
negotiations at Brest-Litovsk.
JApAN MAy RECOGNIZE
THE BOLSHEVIC REGIME
Copenhagen, Jan. 5 The Lokal
Anzeiger of Berlin says it learns
from ' okio that the apanese govern-
ment nas aeciaea to enter into dip
lomatic relations with the new Rus-
sian government
St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Church
Rev. S. J. W. Spurgeon, pastor.
Special services at 11 a. m. Sub
ject. "A New Year's Greeting." At
1:30 Sunday school. At the evening
service at 7 p. m. the subject will be
"Spared for Another Year.' Public
cordially invited, especially the mem
bers. A letter from Mr. George Dietz
to his father, Mr. H. F. Dietz, states
that Mrs. George Dietz is continuing
to recover in -a hospital at Green
ville, S. C. Mr. Dietz, who former
ly was a member of Co. A. but is
now with the engineers, says that
warm woolen clothng has arrvied for
the drafted men at Camp Sevier.
iTVTico Priyictonno Rnct. lc ill Wlt.Vl
measles, this being the second time
for her.
AS GERMAN SPY
By the Associated Press.
Ralpicrh .Tm. K. Jerome Kolas-
. --- i
sonal recognizance after having been
having violated the espionage act
in pTif-prinp- cantonments and muni
tion plants for the alleged purpose
wdi! ncmn taken into custoav last
1 -
1 Ti'jrht upon the discovery of new evi-
dence
it 'is reported that new evidence
: m the form of pictures ot canton-
A .J, i wlnv.tr.
meats sum . f
v ooVon mhn i oaiH i-n ho rt ( .pr.
ivuiooiv,
man and Russian extraction, claims
TO
PREACH HERE
Rev. Walter W. Rowe will fill the
pulpit of Corinth Reformed church
Sunday morning. . inisj wm De
nio first sermon as reeular pastor.
Thp church .will be warm and the
public is cordially invited. Espec-
iallv the members of the congre
tration are urged to be present.
TVinTo will hp no service at nieht.
! tno v for annual election of offi
S-nday school at y:4o, tnis Deing
1 i l-V
cers for the coming year.
,r pwp haA PVnected to move to
( - k;b bad weather
pk-evented. and he- will move next
week.
IRE
MORE
N EARNEST
ARRESTED
RALEIGH
NEW
PASTOR
SUNDAY
GREAT INTEREST
DISPLAYED
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 5. Premier
Lloyd George's speech overshadow
el all other developments of the war
today in ocial and diplomatic Wash
ington. About the only thing any
of them cared to say was that the
premier had expressed the detailed
terms of the allies.
by eft Associated Press.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 5. An ex
jlosion today in the Barnum mine at
Pittsdom entombed 100 miners.
SIA TO PAY
NTEREST ON
Ly the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 5. Payment of
the interest on the Russian loan of
$50,000,000, it was announced by
representatives of the Russian gov
ernment here today, will be paid by
the National City Bank of New York
on January 10.
Prof, and Mrs. F. G. Morgan and
children have returned from Maul
din, S. C where they spent the
holidays.
Mrs. O. M. Royster, who has been
visiting in Baltimore, has gone to
Chapel Hill to spend some time.
WEATHER MODERATES
AFTER FOUR WEEKS
Thp weather was nearer normal
today than it has been at any time
in four weeks, those two days
which the Record has mentioned on
numerous occasions excepted, and
there were strong hopes, prayers
and predictions that another cold
vave would not descend trom some
nthpr nnint of the compass, being as
how about all the territory has been
heard from. The mercury regis
tered 21 degrees above zero this
morning and yesterday it reached 32.
There is a prospect that the snow
sides of the boys, who have been
having the time of their lives coast
ing down hill or drawn behind auto
mobiles, will be compelled to forego
the sport. And Masters Bill,
Alex, and Harley Shuford, who have
broken old Dan., their father's bird
dog, to a sled, will have to substi
tute a wagon.
The atmosphere during the fore
noon was somewhat hazy, but sev
eral Record friends dropped in to re
nark that "it is really warming up,
though.';
By the Associated Press.
New jYorkj, Jan. 5. IThe cotton
market showed renewed firmness at
the opening today, first prices being
10 to 17 points higher on the same
buying that had been in progress
last night. This included Liverpool
and lacal tracja interests, particu
larly houses with New England con
nections. January prices reacted
several points.
The close was steady.
Open
January -- 31.59
March 31.10
May 30.75
July 30.48
October 29.50
Close
31.42
30.96
30.63
30.32
29.35
HICKORY MARKETS
Cotton o'n
Wheat ?2-40
WEATHER FORECAST
1?- -KTnrth Carolina : Cloudy, prob
ably rain late tonight and on Sunday,
warmer tonight, Sunday east por
ter, -cYpto winds mostly south.
N SPEECH
HUNDRED
MINLRS
REPORTED
ENTOMBED
LOAN
NEW
YORK
CTTON
THIS HERE STORY
WORTH
B
HEAD
By the Associated Press.
Wiashinjgton, Jan. 5. More seas
onable temperatures are indicated for
the south Atlantic and east gulf
states beginning tomorrow, although
it will be somewhat colder Sunday
night in the east gulf states and
Monday in the Soutih Atlantic j
states. Generally fair weather in
the east gulf stlites after Sunday and j
in the south Atlantic states after j
Monday is indicated for the remain- j
der of the week.
SUBMARINES HIT
22
By the Associated Press.
London, Jan. 5. In December 22
;No,rwegianj ships with total gross
tonnage of 32,755 were lost in con
sequence of war measures, the Nor
wegian legation announced. Seven-
r- five lives were lost.
SOUTHERN'S EXPENSES
FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER
Washinston. Jan. 5. The South
ern Railway Company disbursed dur
ing November, 1917, for labor, ma
terial, supplies and other purposes,
$7y.26,Wl of which $o,y4J.,vii, or
83.37 Der cent, was paid to individ
uals and industries located in the !
south, this sum being $12,920 in ex
cess of the total moneys contribut
ed by the south for transportation
purposes, according to figures an
nounced today by Comptroller A. H.
Plant.
For improvements to its roadway,
and structures the Southern spent
$1,258;552.76 in November, 1917, as
against $1,400,156.41 during .Novem
ber, 1616; during the five months en
ded November 30, $7,146,350.58 as
against $6,137,383.80 in 1916.
Results of operation, exclusive of
interest, rentals and other income
charges, were as follows:
Gjross revenue, November, 1917,, j
$8,469,720, an increase as compar-i
ed with. 1916, of $1,383,204, or 19.52 1
per cent; operating expenses, taxes
and uncollectible revenue, o,yy,ii,
an increase of $1,274,171, or 26.97
per cent.
Gross revenue for the five months'
period, $40,862,506, an increase as
compared with 1916 of $8,021,849, or
24.42 per cent; operating expenses,
taxes, and uncollectible railway rev
enue, $29,067,279, an increase of
$6,164,658, or 26.92 per cent.
WHAT TURKEY WANTS
EXPENSE OF RUSSIA
8y the Associated Pres
London, Jan. 5. Free passage of
the Dardanelles for Russian ships,
Russian evacuation of Turkish ter
ritory and the demobilization of the
Russian Black sea fleets are
provided for in the draft
of urkish peace terms presented to
Russia, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd.
Turkey, it is iprovided, is to retain
her active army in consequence of
her continuance of the war with the
entente powers.
NEW REVOLUTION
IS
By the Associated Press.
Madrid, Spain, Jan. 5.-A revolu
tionary movement has been unearth
ed by the government. Telephone
and telgraph communication has
been suspended and other precau
tions taken. The premier announc
ed today that the government was
master of the situation. The ju
dicial authorities are investigating
the plot, many deatails of which are
known.
SH PS
FOR
NORWAY
REPORTED
N SAN
INFORMATION
ON
Conflicting Reports as to Demands of Russian
And German Delegates Germans Attack
British Front Near Cambrai Artillery
Still Active in France
PATTERSON WILL
BE HERE
JAN. 10
National Prohibition! It used to
look a long way off, but not now.
It will soon be up to the legislatures
of thirty-six states ; tp ratify the : am-
The United States will have ceased
to permit the manufacture and sale
of beverages containing alcohol.
Says the New York Independent:
'The ratification of the amena-
ON
ment will take time. But it should ! ""'"m v,uaiiceiior von
not take too much time. Already Hertling and the foreign secretary
twenty-seven states have prohibition did not make clear what Germany
laws, their legislatures, to be consis- would do. In hia speech he said de
tent, should approve the amend- , . , ,, .,
mentis promptly. The other nine i velopments might change the situa
ratifications will perhaps be harder j tion over night. Concerning the
to get. But war speeds everything transfer of the negotiations to
up; there are particular reasons ; Stockholm he added that such ac-
why it should accelerate the prog
ress of prohibition.
"'The manufacture of alcoholic
drinks uses up foodstuffs.
Congress and the president have
recognized this fact by forbidding
the manufacture of distilled liquors
and cutting down the percentage of."" """" UUi
alcohol that may be permitted in
beer. But why, in these days of
food shortage the world over, should
a single pound of any kind of food
stuff whatever be permitted to be
turned from food into drink?
"The consumption of alcoholic
drinks lowers efficiency.
Army oi
ncers Know it, muu
H- mnnu-Jaftiirera know it every -
K,r t,r if w thnsp who will not!
UUUJ JV1I V 11 O u uuv v - " ' " I
the facts in the face
"The habit of consuming alcohol
ic drinks injures health. Doctors
know it, health records prove it,
mortality statistics confirm it.
"The drinking of alcohol produces
vice and crime, misery and poverty.
The police, the prison officials, the
,lIrndWronomic Phenomena: thei
ministers, the lawyers, the wives and
children of the drinkers all know
it beyond the peradventure of a
doubt."
In this connection, as usual, Hick
ory is to the forefront in discussing
this measure. Malcolm R. Patterson,
ex-governor of Tennessee, and Lewis
R. Horton, two of the foremost lea
ders of the Anti-Saloon League forc
es in America on war-time prohibi
tion will speak at the Methodist
church on Thursday, January 10, at
7:30 p. m. The Baptist church was
crowded a few Sundays ago by a
large audience expecting to hear Gov.
Patterson, but it was misunder
standing of telegrams that led to the
called meeting. This time the gov
ernor will be here, accompanied by
Mr. Horton, and the
Methodist
church will no doubt be crowded to
hear what these distinguished
speakers have to say on this all-important
and timely subject.
DINNER FOR OLD FOLKS
The annual old folks dinner, pro-
vided for in the wlil of the late
John T. Pullen, was held in Ral
eigh Thursday, and a feast was pre
pared for 100 persons in Pullen Me -
monal Baptist church. ihis DanK -
er and philanthropist not only gave
an annual dinner to the old people
of his city, but left a provision in
his will containuing the custom.
,
The greatest trouble with a lot of
athletic youngsters is the fact that
they "arrive" long before their
time. An athlete of this type for
feits his popularity in the exact ra
tion as to the number of his appear
ances. First Methodist
Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45. Commu
nion services at 11 a. m. Preaching
at 7 p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Some of the wise birds figure that
the Phillies got the better of the
trade of Dode Paskert to the Cubs
for Cy Williams. They point out
that Paskert after 10 years of ser
vice is about due to hit the tobog
gan while Williams can be depend
ed upon to do his fence breaking
for some time to come. However,
Weeghman is not building very far
into "the future, it is the 1918 pen
dant that he is after and it may be
that a veteran like Packert would be
of more value to his club than a
dissatisfied youngster.
IS LIMITED
BREST-LITOVSK MEET
By the Associated Press.
Uncertainty still beclouds the sta
tus of the Russo-German peace ne
gotiations. Both sides have de
clared that certain proposals of the
other side did not meet with their
approval. Russia has said the Ger-
j man peace terms concerning occu
pied territory could not be accepted
and Chancllor von Hertling has ans
wered that the peace conference
could not be moved to Stockholm.
The Russian position, coupled with
reports that the delegates of the
' central powers and even of Germany
were divided as to the question of
annexation, appears the stronger
j but there . nQ indication that
Germany will recede, though it is
, rumored that the German aims have
been modified.
The speeches before the reichstag
. ;. y.l ii
tion would meet with great difficul
ty. Intense German artillery fire on
the Cambrai sector of the western
front yesterday to a local
" , .
untisn advance posts near tne ca
nal du Nord were pushed back slight
ly. On the remainder of the front
in France the artillery duels have
continued.
On the Italian front there have
been lively exchanges of artillery
. fire and some. activity by raiding par
i - J J & r
ties. British and French
airmen
have been active, as have been those
of the enemy, and two score planes
have been brought down.
British airmen have dropped more
than 500 bombs on railway stations,
air dromes and military stations be-
j hind the lines and report the down-
of eight German aircraft and the
loss of three entente flyers.
Enemy aircraft have carried out
further raids and Padua hasagain
been bombed.
Miss Louise Elliott of Catawba
is spending the week end in the city
with Mrs. W. T. Sledge.
FUNERAL OF DR. BYRD
IS LARGELY ATTENDED
Asheville, Jan. 5. One of the lar
gest and most impressive funerals
ever held in Asheville was that of
Dr. Charles W. Byrd, who died sud
denly and whose funeral took place
at 3:39 o'clock Friday. The ser-
vps were held at Central Metho-
! djst church, with Dr. R. G. Tuttle,
presidium elder of the district m
charge, assisted by Dr. R. F. Camp
bell pastor of the First Presbyterian
church.
Dozens of floral tributes attested
the popularity of the late minister,
who was one of the most prominent;
figures in th Western North Caro
lina conference. The church was
filled with friends and relatives of
1 Dr. Byrd, and the grief at his death
jwas widespread.
Dr. Tuttle paid a tender tribute to
the memory of the man who had
. done so much for Methodism in the
I south. He told of Dr. Byrd's kind-
ly nature; his big heart; his ever-
ready willingness to aid a orotner
in carrying his burden, and told of
the love and esteem in which the
minister was held throughout the
conference.
Dr. Campbell, as a brother minis
tet of the city, told of Dr. Byrd's
value to the community, and of his
popularity among the members of
the Asheville Ministers' associa
tion, because of his kindly disposi
tion and cheerful habits.
The board of stewards of the
church and the members of the Wo
man's Missionary society attended
the funeral in a body, as did th
members of the ministers' associa'
tion.
Interment was at Riverside ceme
tery. Memorial services in Dr. Byrd's
honor will be held Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the Central Methodist
church. Tbr will be in charge of
momWc rf h ministers associa-.
tion. at whose suggestion the ser
vices are to be held. Tribute to
the memory of the Methodist lea
der will be paid by the ministers of
the city and it is expected that a
large audience will be present on
account of Dr. Byrd's popularity.