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1 Hickory CORD f ! i f il. NO. 120 HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 30, 1918 PIIICE TWO CENTS Daily ME i 1 'I, II:;, ! A SAVINGS STAMPS ARE DISCUSSED wSaoKY Shuford, Self and McKesson Present ;ject Ably City of Hickory Buys Stamps, hy Everybody Should Help Explained by Speakers in Vigorous Manner ( I i' v trong address ; . -.; ir'.jht at the Hub rot of the thrift . !iw and the ..- which heard ' t .. a 1 1 s of them. U. U. Shu- :' iliikwiy and , of Merganton, , : ;iii;indonin a sick ;-.:id talk to Hick Mr. .1. I. Klliott pre meeting ami intro--:ikcrs. Each spcak- -ubject from a dif ; l the audience was -.: is the duly of ev- .. i the government in a minister," remark !. in beginning his re ,'.! preach from thi3 bullet will kill a t -man." And a small : , v massed together :: army and navy with hlch are necessary to :' i .! reviewed history ; .iid it was not the American people to t'.-.-y have won. When -plo undertake a . t through. That is o'ir people; that is !! .'...-paired the fact that . . u any pro-Germsris in i ,: iwlia county and he are any here now, von thi treatment v. kinds of criticism, - :;'!. constructive and T'a- farmer is wel f criticise !"i or v !..;',-ts in th? conduct kind is honorable. : . a Urn. however, s . .'. '".o oversteps the a i inimical in the A ' r-:in people as an ' himself. In thi? . -riiu-n there is no !, party or creed. - r a word againt it a; I and comfort to " .' ".. i being an enemy i hi-r.thers in the - -r in France. i 'i l hw the man of . ai'd be as great a i -iiitiy as the man The aim of the buyer - -'i mp is the same as !.nd to bring the Ir is putting our UVnd the men who ''i !! Hickory and Ca- li.iit the battles of - A vast sum of i I "iirly, daily and : .iif-d that old ax-i- -::ivcd is a dollar ; I it in this enn t ..,- Sam will a 'amp that you as I he will con !.er cent inter , : i iy for every : him from now , M r. .Shuford ::t tii- same as f'-iends have heard -! ' r of times on 1 -, bat it was the con- .i-n that his talk last ! most telling he had '. He spoke without ' "1 earnestly and force- . aii-rcst of supporting Klliott next presented '- ho discussed another m i( tion, later explain ' '! and war savings II" said that the great v now is that the Am '!o not know what they i s are not trained to i: I en'l stopped to think ' ins; if men realized - iill'erenco means, there 'rouble in raising every country needs. . H'-lf discussed some pe- ' 'eristics of human na " are thousands of men, '' would not steal a dol- Hut there are thous 1 n who are perfectly wil- o'her people finance the 1 moral sense these slack- y of homicide. If you i ' vent the death of a thi community, if you ''' out of your way to ' . you would be morally f"f that death, and in 'he courts could handle if you do not do every ' soldiers, you are a "I am sorry for the man 1 ip. the speaker declar "This community is " slacker, history is mark I his children will feel it I And that is right. place for slackers." II h rtake hypocrisy. The ' "ws his duty and doesn't J much of a slacker as if 1 I'-boia. Every Amer- a who does not believe in 'n'-nt, ought to leave the Tin- time will come when " " ill be judged by the f' ll'iwmen, and there's no hat, fact. f "xplained the war stamps. cents buys a thrift Sixteen of these will net 'this f, wo AT ON U i t'i i i ANOTHER TIE UP TWO AMERICANS FROM COLD WAVE By the Associated Tress. With the American Army in Fraiiee, )Jan. 20. AnnJjuncemenit was made here today that the total of former German steamships ready for service numbers approximately 500,000 tons. A considerable num ber already have arrived safely in entente allied ports and these in clude the Leviathan, formerly the Fatherland, and 1" other of Ger many's largest ships. These figur es demonstrate the falsity of Ger man claims in the publication of figures showing the losses of mer chant ships. The figures given are authoritative it is declared, and prove Germany has been circulating false reports to fool her own people as to additions to the merchant ships of the allies. THREE COUNTRIES By the Associated Press. iWiasfoinJgton, jan. 30. .Further hardships from lack of coal, another tie up of the badly congested railway systems and a slowing: down of in itustrv are apparent from another vuiu wave wnicn covered the north west which will cause cold weather over the eastern section of the coun try for several davs. This will ho . companied by light snows tonight or I hursday. In the southeastern section of the country the cold wave will be felt about Friday. SENATOR HUGHES REACH AGREEMENT By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 30. Arrange ment between the United States and Great Britain and Canada on the time of a seperate conscription con vention which only awaits the signatures- of the representatives of the government concerned was announc ed today by Secretary Lansing to Chairman Dent of the house military committee. The convention give the citizens of each country the option of return ing to their own country for military service within a fixed period after which they would be subject to mil itary duty under the laws and regu lations of the country in which they reside. They would also exempt nationals from military service. the holder $5 in 1923. By paying $1.12 for a war savings stamp now, he will draw $5 in 112-1. He will pay a little more next month and a little more after that, but he will draw four per cent interest com pounded quarterly and he can convert these stamps into cash on nctice. Ev erybody make? a tyood Iruvr'n. Uncle S.-ini needs tne m;". y a and you are help"-! 1 i .Mr. S"!f .nut in,, a '' s m ;'r:' u'e boo! helped Ihe that r.-jed the we are so conn! Tu .ca a ; t. vebivatlfin and he floried ill movies, which h' declared were ne cessary, and he thought they should be patronized. lie even iikeu vau deville, and he told of hearing a iwounded Frencvh soldier sing in a manner that got nearer to him than any of the great singers he had ev er heard. These boys at the camps should have relaxation; some of them are sending their money home, ana they would appreciate ithe interest of the people in remembering them with coupon boolcs. He wanted Hickory people to help in this too. Mr. McKesson icame to Hickory at a serious personal risk. He is not well, and he was forced to speak sitting in a chair. But he did it feelingly. He told of his respect for Hickory and Catawba people and said it was known everywhere that Hickory people dropped politics and did things. They pull together. He described briefly the part Catawba people had plaled in the wars for freedom. They were at Yorktown, Cowpens and Kings Mountain. Your sons across the seas are fighting for liberty today, thank God, he ex claimed. The good book tells us that the nations that do not serve God will surely perish, and he cited Greece, Carthage and Rome. The German nation has abandoned God, and that is one of our grievances against the accursed kaiser. Mr. McKesson paid a tribute to womanhood, gave his idea of patriot ism, quoted Judges Pritchard and r,.,l 1ai lira oVinnld hack the rfmrommoni nnil annealed for whole- hearted support of ine great cause in which America has enlisted. I At the conclusion of the speeches, Chairman Elliott called on Mayor M H. Yount, who said that city council thought so well of the war saving stamps that $1,000 had been purchased with sinking fund money The stamps will mature in ivu aii" be available for retiring debts in 1924. Mr. Yount was sure the peo ple of Hickory would endorse this action id the applause that follow v 4V. of- iVii'c was true. t'U BIIUWCU wicw All the speakers were lioerany applauded. The points they made struck home. Everybody felt that it was a great pity that the theatre ( was not crowded to hear them. ) OF NEW JERSEY DEAD By the Associated Press. Washigton, Jan. 30. Senator Hughes of New Jersey died today after a long illness. Word of his death was received here today. TWO PERSONS KILLED ON COLLEGE CAMPUS By the Associated Press. Athens, Ga., Jan. 30 While three students were asleep in their dormi tory room at the University of Geor gia, Jamie Johnson, a boy friend, and his 18-year-old sweetheart, Belle Hill, whom they had taken in for the night, were shot to death in the same room. Johnson left a note to his mother saying he was disgusted with life and decided to end it all. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict of murder and suicide. Johnson lived at Jefferson, about 10 miles from Athens, and the girl lived in the same county. Athens. Ga., Jan. 30. The bod ies of Miss Belle Hill of Johnston county and Jamie Johnson, who came here yesterday as the guest of a student of the University of Geor gia, were found on the college campus today. Indications were that the deaths were the result of a pistol duel. The shooting, it is said, occurred about 3 o'clock this morning. HASTING RECOVERY Willis Did the dostor do anything to hasten your recovery? Wallace Oh, yes; he tod me he was going to charge me half a gui nea a visit. Pearsons. CERTIFICATES SELL WTHOU T TROUBLE By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 30. An issue of $400j,OOO,0OO of certifificates of in demnities which closed last night was heavily oversubscribed, treasury of ficials announced today. Allot ments will be made soon. The Thursday Study Club will meet with Mrs. Roy Abernethy to morrow afternoon at 3 oclock. NEW DRAFT BILL IS READY FOR SENATE MET DEATH IN ITALY By the Associated Press. Italian Army Headquarters in It aly, Jan. 29. Two Americans at tached to the Red Cross were killed Sunday night by bombs. The men killed were. William I'latl and Rich ard C. Barefield, and v.are the first Americans to be killc 1 on the Ital ian front. ATTACKED BY RAIDERS NATIVE O F I AI, By the Associated Press. Baltimore, Jan. 30. William Piatt was the son of the late Wil liad D. Piatt of Baltimore. Jle was 22 years old. HARVARD BOY By the Associated Press. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 39. Richard C. Barefield a son of Mrs. James C. Barr of New York joined the organization connected with the Red Cross soon after he entered Harvard University last fall. He was 18 years of age. GERMAN STRIKES MAY NOT BE SERIOUS By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 30. While some morning newspapers print in promi nent dispatches from Holland and Switzerland representing the strikes in Germany as on a great scale and very serious, the Rotterdam cor respondent of the Daily News warns the English public not to be optimistic. Othere newspaper reports say that 90,000 men working on war indus tries in Berlin alone have gone on strike. The Daily News correspondent says that the cessation of work in Berlin apparently was not general.? By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 30. In last night's air rade bombs were dropped at various places in Kent and Essex. There were several aerial engage ments. All the British airmen re turned safely. About 15 aircraft took part in last night's raid. One of them dropped bombs in the southwestern ralxkirts of London and another in the northeastern outskirts. The casualties were few. S AGAIN GERMAN WORKMEN STRIKE IN MANY PARTS OF EMPIRE Dissatisfaction With Peace Negotiations and Ac tivities of Fatherland Parry Responsible. Also Demand Reforms in Prussia. Swedish Troops Enter Finland AMERICAN SHIP M F LONDON BY EXEMPTION BOARD the Assoctafed Press. Washington, Jan. 30. Raymond B. Seaman, vice chairman of the shipping board and George Ruplet of the board's legal staff are to be sent to London as permanent repre sentatives of the shipping board. GRANITE FALLS ROAD FOLKS W ( j R KING NOW ITALIANS HOLD GAIN BERLIN ANNOUNCES By the Associated Press. Berlin, via London, Jan. 00. The ' Italians retained possession of Col j del Rosso and Monte de Val Bella on the mountain front after a renew-i al of their attack in sivong force,; army headquarters announced today, j A telephone message to the Rec ord this afternoon from Granite Falls said the Lovelady township road commission was dragging the roads with split logs and getting results. The water is being thrown from them and they are passable. The effect of the severe freezes, the Record's friendv said, was the same as a deep plowing and he be lieved the roads would be better than ever in the spring and sum mer. The road from Granite Falls to the Granite Falls Manufacturing plant is able to carry heavy trucks, and the road from the town to the Catawba river, is passable. That is not the caf! on the Catawba side of the river, it was said. The point was made- that some good could be accomplished by hav ing teams drawing split logs work on the roads at once and keep work ing on them until all the water is thrown off and the surface allowed to dry. kCall this to the attention of your road forces," was the injunction of this good roads man. COMMISSIQNERS NAMED the Associated Press. Washirjgtoiy. Jan,. 30.' The rail road commission today announced the appointment of three of four commissioners to settle minor wage complaints. They are Ed J. Barca ioe, Buffalo manufacturer; Riley Redpath, Kansas City, and Lincoln Brown, New York, former member of congress. AUSTRIAN STATEMENT By the Associated Press. Vienna, Jan. 30. -The Italians who are attacking on the northern front are being reinforced constant says today's statement. After a stub- lv hy la'rge numbers ot troops, born defense, the Austrian troops were forced to give up Monte del Val Bella and Col del Rosso. IN HANDS OF GROUND HOG Ml. Jeff Bolick said this after noon that he had received a com munication from the weather man, who said he was going- to turn it over to the ground hog just like it is. That means, Mr. Bolick said, that throue-h the ground hog admin stration of six weeks, we need not expect much improvement. Mr. Bo lick says that's the way it will be, and he doesn't want anybody jump ing on him for telling the truth. AGITATION IS BEGUN phmpdctc online lilUULIL nunuo The roads in Catawba county are the worst ever known, it is declared, and the mud runs as deep as the ground froze. Traveling is almost impossible on many highways, and already there is agitation for con crete roads after the war. Hick ory people say concrete roads can be built if politics will be eliminated when it comes time to vote bonds. s OUTH CAROLINA NEW YORK TON By the Associated Pfm. Washington, Jan. 30. War de partment legislation tentatively agreed upon by the senate military committee and plans to provide ad ditional draft machinery were ready for presentation to congress today. The bill provides for the registra tion of youths attaining the age of 21 years since June 5 and authorizes the president to establish the order of registrants. Provost Marshal General Crowder, in an explanatory statement to the committee, said it was proposed to establish the order of registrants. It is assumed that most of the new reg istrants will fall in class 1, giving the class this year more than 2, 000,000 men. Secretary Baker's plan to exempt men who have attained the age of j 31 since the draft went into effect j was not included in the bill. I By th Associated Press. New York. Jan. 30. The cotton market showed a better tone dur ing today's early trading and ac tive months were higher alter cov ering. The close was steady. Open Close March 30.30 30.30 May 29.28 29.78 July , 29.42 29.36 October 28.04 28.05 December .27.85 27.75 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 30c Wheat $2.40 CONCERN IS CLOSED WEATHER FORECAST For North arolina: Rain tonight and warmer in east portion, Thurs day colder and probably fair; fresh to strong northeast winds on the coast, becoming variable and shift ing to northwest Thursday. By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 30. License of the Clio Oil and Fertilizer Company of Clio, S. C, has been revoked and the concern ordered to close up its business not later than February 6, the food administration announced today. "Speculation in and hoarding cot ton seed" is the reason given for the order and it was announced that as all of. the company's products are manufactured from cotton seed, which is under license, it will not be allowed to operate. The company had on hand 3,092, 000 pounds of cotton seed and had oerated only two and a half days in ihe last year, according to statis tics gathered in South Carolina. This, it was announced, "was an amount above reasonable needs for a reasonable length of time and was taken as proof that the seed were being hoarded for speculative pur poses." - The following list of persons have been called for physical examination at Hickory on Saturday, February 2: G-eo. A. Moser, Fred James Dietz, Garfield Blye, Edward F Taylor, Rob ert Reinhardt, Vernon H. Lackey, Hugh Reinhardt, Wh. David Crafton, Noah T. Rogers, Geo. H. Abee, R. L. Smith, Peter L. Yoder, Claude K. Diet, Floyd A. .Bowman, William W. Penny, Otis C. Lail, Geo. H. Ritchie, Ray Wilson. Perry Shuford, Lum C. Huffman, Wim. L. Seaboch, Robt. E. Yoder, Henry S. Leonard, Hyrle S. Leonard, Guy Whitener, Patrick E. Stephens, H. C. Hherrill, Allen Eugene Beard, Joe Dolphus Gireen, Phillip J. Settlemyre, Geo. Robert Little, Claude E. Johnson, Richard Franklin Little, David G. Long, O. B. Sigmon, Edward Neely, James Neely, Geo. Arrowood, Dock Hill, Erastus Gabriel, Ervin Heavner, Jerry H. Arrowood, Lawrence L. Furgeson, Vance Cicero Travis, Thom as P. Pruitt, Edwin L. Fisher. At Newton Monday These persons are called for phy sical examination at Newton on Mon day, February 4: Artie Shuford, Walter L. Hollar, Thomas M. Warlick, Lloyd M. Ka nipe, Russell E. Sigmon, Oscar Ray Cline, Thomas Vernon Little, Edgar Smith, Chas. Spurgeon Hewitt, Gerald O. Miller, L. Franklin Piercy, Early Connor, Fred A. Gabriel, Troy S. Simmons, Latta Lee Propst, John J. Coulter, Fred Letherman, Walter E. Rowe, John H. Powell, Ed Lore, James L. Kerley, Charlie Davidson, William Maj'or, Guy Rogers Hooper, Buren S. Neill, Paul B. Annrews, Loy W. Shook, Harlie W. Turner, Vjra. Oscar Hoke, James Hoyle Cald well, John S. Angle, Fred E. Aber nethy, Vernon E. Deal, Thomas A. Griggs, Jacob R. Shuford, John Zebulon Belle, Texas A. Connor, Sam uel W. Blackburn, Loy E. Jones James L. Schronce, Summy England, Percy Martin, Dick Campbell, George Goforth, Clarence E. Carpenter, Hen ry Burtoi, Ezra !Etrastus Clonnin ger, Frank K. Corpening, Dixon Wright. By the Associated Press. I Dissatisfaction with the progress of pea-.--.' negotiations and Prussian : elec-to.Yii refurms, German workmen have brought about serious strikes in Berlin anJ thcr parts of the empire. The German government has intro duced strong measures and has brought about the arrest of six So cialist len'-'ers in Berlin and the ar rest of sailors ata Kiel. In Berlin and its suburbs 90,000 workmen were not at their tasks Monday, seriously hampering the munition works and airplane fac otries. Str'kes in the manufactur ing districts along the Rhine in Westphalia are reported. The steel making district of Essen has been affected and the torpedo workers in some factories have been out since Friday. Meetings in industrial cit ies have been prohibited. The strikers have been feathered by in dependent Socialists and not the party. In addition to ordering the arrest of the independent Socialists the authorities a,'e said to have im prisoned the editor of Voerwarts, the Socialist organ, and a leader of the Socialists in the Prussian diet. The strike movement is said to be directed against the delay in passing the Prussian reform bill and the arnxationist propoganda adopted by the Fatherland party, which has assailed bitterly the con duct of th ... negotiations at Brest Litovsk. Generally the strikes be gan Monday, but have spread since then. In Finland the revolutionists have set up a Government of their own. Late reports are to the effect that they have defeated the government troops. Swedish, subj'ects in Finland are endangered by the revolt and first reports are to the eeffct that Swedish troops already have entered Fin land to protect them. On the western front the British have repulsed an attempted raid near Arras and the French fort near Al sace. The artillery and aerial activity is vigorous on the western front. The armed British transport ves sel Mechanician and the British tor pedo gunboat Haddock have been lost in the English channel. The Mechanician wr.s stranded January 20 with the loss of 13 men. A col- BUNKKRI?-' AT Norfolk, the Tiflew? intr (Miori OF SHIPS R! OLK SUSPENDED THREE KILLED By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 30. In last night's air raid three persons were killed and 10 wounded, it was announced officially. PACKET IS LOST lecl.-ir- VIVIAN MARTIN AT PASTIME IN "SUNSET TRAIL" ; lision caus-d the Haddock to sink. The following is the story of j . "Sunset Trail" featuring beautiful : Vivian Martin, a Paramount picture in five parts which will be shown at the Pastime Thursday, January 31: Dainjly Vivian Martin, as a veri table tomboy -daughter of a ranch er, in a story which for sheer beau ty of scenery will make you fairly gasp with delight. The locality of thsi hotoplay per mits exceptional photographic ef fects, and this, combined with a most interesting story with the lit tle star climbing trees, wading riv ers, wearing overalls, and doir.g the thousand and one things mostly attributed- to the boys of the country, will hold you tense on the edge of you chair. "Bess" is a decidedly pa thetic little figujre, and longs Jfor her errant mother who has eloped from the ranch and gone to the city with an easterner. Her father per mith her to make a visit to the city, and the adventurers that happen to her there call for all her resource fulness. But with a spreading dawn on the Sunset Trail comes peace fcmd happiness at lasjt to "Bess" and her father and sweetheart. V i.. Jan. 30. Officials of Cord Exchange, direct- !" operations last night !,, owing to frozen coal cars and a bveakdown at athe Lam bert's Point , iers bunkering of ships was practir illy at a standstill. Heavy fogs also delayed mid-stream bun kering. A terminal yards are lit erally pacl v 1 with coal awaiting handling at piers. Ane pier at Lambert's Point was completely out of commission for half a day The others were unable to handle more than one-third to one-four ;h ol the usual number of cars owing to the frozen condition of content. The only hope of relief is wanner weather tand of sufficient duration to completely thaw out the coal. WHEN GORGE BREAKS By tne Associated Presfc. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30. The ice gorge ata this poiint broke at 10:30 this mornjing and fioataed down stream. The first boat to be taken with it was the large packet GIVES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE $1 5 MONTH City council last night voted an appropriatin.i of $15 a month for the benefit of th? Chamber of Com merce. Ot :er municipalities make appropriati - as for their trade bod ies and As;eville gives several thousand dollars a year. Council also decided to suspend the hog ptn ordinance for the dura tion of the war. Heretofore the raising o' hogs in the city has been restricted, bilt members of council felt that they could aoffrd to relax as long as food was so high. The pens will be inspected, however, and pig-raisers will have to be care ful. Mayor Yount announced last week that council might be willing to vote a sum for fhe Chamber of Com merce, l he annual meeting: of City of Louisville. It swung from j this organisation wa3 the best held its moorings and crashed into the government vessel Ottawa. The Ottawa, however, did not leave its moorings. The City of Louisville soon sank. in yGHrs s. n I the hundred men pre sent applau .ed this help. The am ount voted will help a great deal in financing an organization that works for everybody.
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