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VOI, HI. M.
iOiiPIIY'S SPEECH HERE
GOT CL0$k AUDIENCE
Sull---1'? 'an Gave Reasons Why Every Ameri
can Should Back His Government No Time
For Dissension Now Must Lend
or Give in Taxes
HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
M
A i-
Mr. M-
Murphy of Salisbury
, , I; j ji.iliiiru njr ik lie-
' .it J" ,-, ovi ry jrson in the
i t support t ho gowrn-
','',' V:tr against Prussian au-
.;tii-n,Tilinu: liberally to
',!' War Savings Stamps,
j;, K tlii' Koil Cross and
i'',','.' ;.. .) iho prosecution of the
, t Hi1 spoke m ino
,,. .!,.. a small but intorest-
tllt'Sl' pri'St'llt
,-. sia- tin- best war talk
Kui mailt.' in Hickoiy.
-v va presented by May
's ,.;,
:i-,at tin1 government had
. t' a:,,jr.ir revenue l-y
: a fixation Mr. Mur-:-i
t ii.it tho United States
. jn i son in tho country
:,: ' ( r in tho government,
,.;'.! l).iv necessary this
: . ; ,. i .iunt ry entered tho
v ti!"o when opposition
.. . ;-ei a made; after the
the t!mo for oppo
1 ' We must be united.
. . far from home that
.:":! realize what it
... s'.-i-ted that it was
-.,! v. win as if the Prus
1. 'Aire marching through
, He answered
w Im insisted they
I'nited States
SAFETY LEAGUES
ORGANIZED IN
SCHOOLS
Mrs. John C. Cunningham, repre
.anting ihe state department of in
suranco at Raleigh, spoke yesterday
to the children at each of the city
1 i.y
to
.11 .1
a'
wuy-
schools 111 behalt oi hre Drevent'on
She made her point very impressive,
ly at each of the schools, declaring:
all of our talk about saviiu
for the war, and all our etl'orts at
irrcaU'L' production, would come
naugh. uil-ss we carefully safe
eunrded what wo alroadv have. She
stated that 321 people were burned
to death last year :n North Caroli
na, and appealed to the children to
,1"1d iiviiove 'the cause of the fires
1 ..1- .1... . a i;r.. .....i 4-.. uv.
I iii.vm fc'it.tv iIJLlL Ul'MlUtU UlC illHl II'1V1 l. kjll
eelarmtr 'that thoy I fspfially pleaded for more care in
iho use oi maicnes ami Kerosene ana
for the total destruction ct rats and
other a-'ents that spread disease, de
stroy food and set lire to much prop
erty. At 'the conclusion ot her ad
dress, a Safety League was organ
ized at each school, the oflicers be
ing as follows:
High Sc"ol
President. Clinton A. Cilley; vice
president. Aileene Aiken; secretary,
W'orland Eaton; treasurer, Fae Eat
on. Honorary president and advis
or. Miss Louise Coleman.
North School
President., Julia Mitchell; vice
president, Harold Boatright; secre
tary Elizabeth Mlirsh; treasurer,
Kathrvn S"tzr. Honorary presi
dent And advk-cr, Mr. K. W. Car
ver. South School
President, Jlenry Doll; vice presi
:r.i, Pauline..- Kuhn;.. secretary,
t'.mvmnn- treasurer. Thomas
oA7 "ho Cilley. Hor.frary president, M,iss
irds. and the audi-
i ;t !.'iii'f in this state-
V, ;: ; ';.y i:a e iiis audience a
:'; ':; ..f money. In the
S n;. .)', which is a nie-
:' ; :;.i::.'r, Would be Vallle-'-.
-.: ''Miiu'iit was not back
. '(..! a:-s to the govern
, liv: hials hold it for the
. :' v ha:;.' ing it for com-
I', a we it is theirs, but
! '; v o:':hle.-s unless the gov-
- .fong enough to back it
1':' p. ry would be worthless
at . t' . ..chy also, and this
. v v -' aiM support ti.e gov-
-.v!:'' eiir means.
lair.iug Thrift and War Sav
Mr. Murphy said tiny
th. i.i'-t security .twr isaueu
: : : rn i it . They -mil al
v their face value, and
as bank or treasury
!.; one buys these
1 .lviiuv a security
-t in the wo
'orld has c-N'er seen.
Ja.wid that the Am
rad no
n
: .i
v.;
f...,r !
direct
a a; '.r.-vernment prior to
irtainly not any to speak
. i. 'iii an farmer paid
contrary, the Italian
- i! a'.l per cent of his
I t;.. Corman farmer 1
iiia' the government
the assessments with
'i".i'i'.
States is not able
r.' V trtjm neonle who
a aay than any other
wold, it will take it
Tiier' is no doubt of
!' ii'rl you rather have,
aske !, a receipt from
in for $10(1 or a War
ip of a par value of $100
r crnt interest com-
muually? It in largc
'r the American peo
The government needs
'I ?ir(fers J (borrow
that, it will taxe tax-
1 1
Pu
1 1'
I
iT.,;:
ihi. ! ,
.v-r!..
T.',',
r.r
; 1 1 1 1
I'l'i'Tli
iarK have always
Catawba people
ndependence, fought for
"! have lent a hand in
'' country has waged.
l-ciping now, and he m-
' '" was up to them to
1 f tin young men who
"':. of this county and ev-
the United States to
'i' -r I '".fs hing's banner in
'I h" CniN'd States fol-b'-.'-t
fed, best clothed and
i'hi of any soldier in the
That is a matter of pride
'''!'!' of the United States.
v.ir i; a contest between
iii'-h believe in might on
at. 'I right on the other,
f pre-"nts might, the Unit-
its allies right. (Jer-
I war on liuss'ia in Au
iiad .a ruck Belgium,, an
'!!", in the face and
The Belgians by their
rage, which was prais-
taa
' C'
"i l.y f'.pv-ar o-nturies auto, saved
' ' f ; i r i ( i i, i, a i!.,. r'.,:...a ci
1 ' i.niit'ii Dtiiivn. vivi-
m'"".v wf.ul.l have ignored England
;'ir tr'' ,inr"' 1,e'n' Mr. Murphy
''' ' '.:iec,icd ;m indemnity from
h" 1 ni""l States. Wuld vou like
,!.h ; '"' "try ravagel? The
! r " ,!,!." it could do to prevent
!'"a,'""i;i accorded to Belgium and
ri""" 'a to align itself with the
" -rn power:-: i mocracies like
!; - ''"I ri',.k the monster with all
. Mni'j.liv said everybody knew
l h rtiocrnf 1.11 Un ..rocj f'n-jf
..... 111. 1 i vv U.? Ill
,n American citizen
In
Cnia.,,.,
C'a.r
An
Iteonibl u'nn mpmKcrs
he said, with the cx
1, ... i , " m,'n navo t)0t'n niore
"' frr m tho south. Applause.
Hit' i IT H in l. i i
v i f" aiurpny gam, is not
oil a I M-rvwir. pa nil linii nn-
for 1h(! man who stands
More applause.
' ' V',t
'iin, I
f.,
r An
-.'.v.'.
in
ana
" fca fir;,t.
lor
UK!
I'M' Me M ...... a... i.ii .b It.-
" im ui iiu u i 1 1 1 f i riT i nn ri
r in
battle of Auster-
Which V:iri!.ln ,lf.,nl,l IUH
I, . - . ' ; .... v. . 1 1 1 utivtllUU Kiii I
m on:
1 '!( j I, , , P i . , . J?' - . . jf tu i : .a
iiirauiy. , l ll JIHU WUM I mi.c w jvv. ...v..
11
a
I'll
; ."n 'iiio hig KU
."ch discharged
30 pounds
Alii fll'M
A list of the ofi'cers of the colored
(,,... sciiool is not avaiuiuie, uut
ganization was eneekt-u aim &i-"k
en'ihusiasm was manifested by the
colored children.
The South school, while not tak
ing as many Thrift Stamps yester
day as were sold at the North
school, showed that they are catch
in" the spirit and their record will
soon be as good as that established
ot the North yesterday. Mr. Kuhn
who is selling stamps at the South
waltzed down yesterday with about
;Vte.r dollars wjrth, meaning to
leave the unsold stamps to be deliv
ered later. The children gobbled
up all he had in about two minutes,
however, and sent him scurrying back
to tho oflk-o for more. Before the
day was over, he had fcold nearly
forty dollars worth, mostly to the
smaller children. When all the chil
dren get waked up on thi3 matter,
the South is going to make a noise
iike a forty-two centimeter gun.
The high school is coming along
well in the stamp campaign, but
accurate statistics for this schooi
are not at hand this morning.
The following pupils taking the
Palmer writing under Miss Martin
have received' their first buttons
from the Palmer Company:
Klizaboth Barkley, sixth , erade
South school; Elizabeth Russell, Eli
sabeth Marsh, Mabel Miller, Bessie
Mann of the North school; and sil
ver stars were awarded to the fol
lowing first .trrade pupils who are
taught by Miss Renn: Vm
Troutman, Margaret Sp.vey, Shuford
Abernethy, Harry White, Robert
Warner, Pauline Day, Lora Aber
nethy, Edith lvey, James Souther-'nnd.
I
HREE
AMERICANS
ARE GIVEN
CROSSES
Ry the Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France, Tuesday, MVirch 19. Gen
eral Perslrng, the American com
mander in chief, has approved the
awarding of the first new American
military crosses for extraordinary
heroNm. -The recipients are-Lieut.
Oscar C.recn, Sergeant William Nor
ton and Sergeant Patrick walsh.
GAR
FIELD PITTS
THE
DENIES
KILLING
By the Associated Press.
Morganton, N. C, March 20. Tak
ing the stand in his own behalf to
day, Garfield Pitts, elder of the two
brothers, charged with the murder
of Dr. E. A. Hennessee, denied that
he was at the Glen Alpine station at
tho time the physician was shot to
death. He stated that he had gono
to the station with Aaron Wiseman
but tat he went bacx to his store,
lie said that he heard shots. He
declared that he Had no knowledge
of the doctor's absence from Glen
Alpine. The witness denied that lie
or his brother shot the doctor.
Pitts admitted on cross examina
tion that he and Hennessee had been
enemies for years and that he would
not admit having shot the deceased
if he had been concerned in it.
Telling the story of the fight five
years ago when his brother was
killed by Hennessee, he said he shot
in self-defense.
Garfield probably will be on the
stand the rest of the day and will be
followed by his brother.
LENROOT MOVES
FORWARD IN
BIG RACE
F
OREIGNERS ARE
LOVE AGENTS
NOT SPIES
By the Associated Press
Washington, March 20. Investi
gation has convinced the department
of justice that the two women and
the two men claiming French citi
zenship redently arrested in New
York on suspicion in connection with
the German spy ring can be classed
only as undesirable ritizens rather
than spies.
Suspicion that the qxifartet were
i band of spies were exploded when
the government agent found that a
ove affair between one of the women
and a neutral diplomat in Washing
ton was the real basis of their activ-
ties.
The full disclosure is withheld
by the government out of considera
tion for the diplomat and his asso
ciate.
AVIATOR
IS KILLED
IN FALL TO EARTH
By the Associated Press.
Sanj Antonio, March 20. First
Lieutenant Walter J. Johnson, 22
years old, of Bellville, 111., was in
stantly killed today whert the airplane
n which he was flying fell 1,500
feet to the ground.
By the Associated Press.
Milwaukee, March 20. Partial re
turns from 62 of the 70 counties Oi.
the state, including Milwaukee, give
Lenroot, 56.G96; Thompson 54,763.
Probably 30 per cent of the vote was
still unreported at 1q o'clock.
With loyalty an issue in the cam
paign, citizens of Wisconsin poured
from factories, stores and farming-
j districts to register their views. Ev
. ::i the lum'ber camps kept a stream
of voters ron the road to polling
places.
Sharp interest in the campaign
was maintained by the respective
candidates up to the last minute, the
loyalty forces laying stress upon the
recent action of the legislature in
censuring Senator LaFollette for
his attitude in the war.
Congressman Lenroot declared in
his speaking campaign that a vote,
for him? was a vote to support the
federal administration in vigorous
prosecution of the war unhampered
by political considerations and that
a vote of confidence in LaFollette
and his stand on the war.
Both Democratic candidates ran j
on loyalty platforms and Davies had
the backing of state Democratic or-
ganizations.
Thompson made but one speech
during the campaign, but used pub
licity freely. His platform declar
ed that "profiteers should be taxed
to the extent. of all excess profits be
fore any additional burden of war
expense was placed on the ordinary
taxpayer.
Washington county, settled by
Germans, is ordinarily closely con
tested between Democrats and Re
publicans. The county disregarded
these party lines yesterday and Len
root was swamped. The vote for
Berger was 534, as compared with
only 59 at the last previous election.
n a mm ik. m cua m i
ItKMSUrUUICH
WON'T SUIT
ALLIES
By the Associated Press.
London, March 20 The con
ditions laid down by the Dutch for
eign .minister for the acceptance of
the associated governments as re
gards the taking over of Dutch
shipping are not likely to be ac
ceptable to those governments, ac
cording to a Reuter dispatch from
the Hague filed '(yesterday. It
i i i -.1 .
auus, nowever, mat a concession is
made to an extent that the arming of
the Dutch vessels will be permit
ted.
CAPTURE OF PETROGRAD
NOW SEEMS IMMINENT
Germans Continue Advance Into Russia and
Bolsheviki Will Surrender Without Fight.
Germans Quieter on Western Front.
Many Enemy Planes Destroyed.
REPLY ON CABLES
MANY
L
EMPLOYE
1
AWYERS
DAT
1
SELECT YOUR BOOKS
Look- over vour shelves and pick
out the books you are going to send
to the men in KnaKi. aeiecc tne
ook you eirjoyed, but will never
read again. Men HKe auventure,
western stories, detective stories,
biography, travel, history and poetry
of all kinds-.
Wran un vour book, out vour name
on it and Thursday it will be call
ed for. Do your part in this sane,
sensible war service.
"Many clean second-hand books
Up. used. but. let u not insult our
devoted brothers by ojffering them
. . i ,, j
w n a t no one eise can use, wiuic
Mr. W. TTenrv. "They wear the
best of wool clothing, much of which
will be blood stained. Ihey wear
thp bpst of leather shoes, many of
which will be worn out, but they will
lave done their service. Uive tnc
oldiers good clean books.
ha
s
MUSTARD GAS IS
DROPPED BY
front in tho present war stretches
from the North sea to Switzerland
and from there across Italy. There
are 2K0 big guns to the mile and
800 rapid fire guns. The big guns
will shoot at one time as much pow
der as c.nc of Napoleon's batteries
in a single day. The rapid fire
guns shoot 1,400 times a minute.
declared that the
German kaiser was half crazy and
lh.it he had consmred tor tne over-
, f a, t,.t tiirmu nf tVio world. America is
" '"ui;, nnu ooin siues nan mr. juuijhiji, whu vy ...,.....
:n con the jar.est ied by his son, Spencer, spoke in Le-
l'li ,1!...!- . . . hit .1 . 1 n.L i w-vrt1j i ir
a projectile noir ivionuay iiiKot "u win son
The western i .vi organ iuu luinyia.
GERMANS
fey the Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France, Tuesday, March 19. A Ger
man airplane both last night and
this morning flew over the American
sector northwest of Toul and dropped
rubber balls 18 inches in diameter
filled with liquified mustard gas.
This is the first time the airplanes
have been used for such purposes.
By the Associated Press.
Lexington, N. . C, March 20. Al
though date of the preliminary hear
ing of J. F. Graham Hege, manu
facturer, who yesterday killed J. F.
Deaderick, bank cashier of this
place, has ot yet been set, prepa
rations are bein,g made for the
prosecution of the case. Friends of
the dead man are making efforts to
have Mayor G. D. Skuyikill of Knox
ville, Tenn., a lawyer and first cous
in of the dead man, retained as coun
sel.
Solicitor John C. Bower will also
be assisted by John McCrary of this
place and perhaps others.- It is un
derstood that former Governor Glenn
of WlinstonrSalem, uicle of Dead
erick, will be retained as counsel.
Emery E. Raper of this place is
chief counsel for the defendant. Pre
liminary hearing will be held follow
ing the burial, which will either be
in Knoxville, Tenn., or Indiana.
Ilrof. Deaujsrnck of Wjaynesville,
N. C, formerly of Northwestern
University, and later on the faculty
of the University of Tennessee, ar
rived here last night. He declared
his belief in the innocence on the
part of his son of any moral brca:-h.
Hege has remained calm. He
still' claims justification.
NEW YORK COTTON
By the Associated Press.
New Yiork March 20. Rather
heavy ginning figures than expected
promoted a renewal of yesterday's
selling movement in the cotton mar
ket today and after opening two to
four points higher, active months
sold six to 24 points net lower.
The close was steady.
Open Close
March 32.20
May 32.45 32.39
July 31.80 31.77
October 30.70 30.70
December . 30.48 3048
By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 20. Holland's
reply in the shipping negotiations
is on the cables, the government
was advised today, and will be on
hand before night.
The nature of the reply was not
disclosed pending the issuance of .
proclamation by President Wilsoi.
which will be prepared in advance
and was waiting only news from
London of the receipt of the an
nouncement of the Dutch position.
COTTON CROP IS
11,285,999
AS
By the Associated Press.
iWlashingtonJ March 20. Cotton
production from last season's crop
was 11,285,999 equivalent 500 pound
bales, exclusive of linters, the cen
sus bureau announced in its final re
port today of last year's crop. Lin
ters produced to March 1 amounted
to 829,019 equivalent 500 pound
bales.
The number of ginneries operatea
for the 1917 crop was 20,034.
Ginnings by states include North
Carolina, 6lQ,673; South Carolina,
1,235,735, and Virginia, 18,523.
The subiect of the roraver service
at. the Presbvterian church tonight
will be, "Making our Elections Sure."
TAR HEEL GASSED,
CANADIANS REPORT
By the Associated Press.
Ottawa, Ont., March 20. P. L.
Grant of Sneads Ferry, N. C, ser
ing with the Canadian overseas
forces, has been gassed, according
to today's casualty list.
THORNWELL HAYES IS
BACK AT IIELSLNUFOUS
HICKORY MARKETS
Kt.oekholm. Monday. March 18.
Thornwell Hayes, United States con
sul at Helsingfors, Finland, has Te
birnefl to bi Dost, according to a
report reaching I. N. Morris, the
:r.cr:ean minister to bweaen. Lom-.-.sn.-lor
W. S. Croslev. the American
nv.il attache, and the military at
tache and his wife, are at Biorne-
borg awaiting an opportunity to
leave.
The ice conditions along the Fin
nish coast are so bad that the
Swedish government is not wining
to send ice-breakers there, notwith
standing the request made by Mr.
Morris. A considerable number oi
Americans are reported to be wan
dering about southern Finland, vain
ly seeking a chance to get out oi
the country..,
See the list of things wanted for
the Belgians in another column.
RUSSIAN SHIPS
HAVE ESCAPED
Cotton
Wheat
Corn
32c
$2.40
....$1.75
WEATHER FORECAST
For North Carolina: Rain to
night. Thursday fair and warmer
in the interior; moderate northeast
to north winds, fresh , on the north
coast tonight.
GERMANS
COMPARATIVE WEATHER
March 19,
High
Low --.
1918 1917
. 60 50
..37 25
Dy ths Associated Press.
Wushirtgtori, March 20. Russian
; warships at Odessa escaped to Se
vastopol when the Germans took
Odessa, according to a dispatch to
the state department today froiu
American Consul Summers at Mos
cow. Recent press dispatches quot
ed Berlin authorities as saying that
15 ships were captured at Odessa.
GATHER CLOTHES
FOR HELPLESS
BELGIANS
A committee of ladies will call on
the people tomorrow (Thursday) for
various articles enumerated below
for tfae Belgians who are almost
naked for want of clothes.
If you are going out, please leave
bundle on porch. Have everything
ready so as not to delay them.
Do not put in things that are
worthless, only such things as are
worth paying the freight on. Will
you do this for humanitys sake?
will not the merchants put in some
cZ their unsalable stock? Cloth,
clothing, shoey, etc. No writing al
lowed in the pockets.
Articles needed are:
Menu's Wiear Shirts (preferably
of light colored flannels), under
shirts, underwear, trousers, coats,
worksuits (overalls), suits (3 piece),
shoes, overcoat jejrseya, sweater
vests, socks (sizes 10 1-2 and 11.)
socks (sizes 10 1-2 and 11).
Women's wear Shirts, drawers,
corset slips, petticoats, blouses,
skirts, overcoats, suits (2 piece),
pinafores, shoes, cloth hats, knitted)
caps, stockings (sizes 7 and 8) (
shawls.
Boyfs wear; (Shirts, union sujts,;
ulndershirts; trousers coats, suits, '
shoes, overcoats, jerseys, socks, !
(sizes 1 to 9.
Girl's wear Dresses, skirts, over
coats, nightdresses, drawers, stock
ings, sizes (1-6), undergarments, pet
tic-Wats,, suits (2 piece), blouses,
shoes.
Boy's and Girl's Wear Hooded
capes, pinafores, woolen unionsuits.
Infant's Wiear Swanskin swaddl
ing- clothes, cradle chemises, bodices,
cradle dresses, bonnets, bibs, nicker
chiefs, diapers, shoes, baby dresses,
hooded cloaks, jackets, shawls, sweat
ers, socks.
Miscellaneous Bed ticks, bed
sheets, pillow cases, blankets, mufflers.
DIDN'T SUIT HIS MASTER
Springfield Republican.
Prince Lichnowsky's memoir, now
brought to light, helps to explain
why he was retired in disgrace by
the kaiser. It also indicates that
the friendly tone which he showeu
as embassador to England just be
fore t.bft war was sincere. Incident
ally it pays a deserved tribute to Sir
Edward Grey as peacemaKer, anu
puts the blame for the war where it
tipldnp-s. on the German policy of
backing Austrian aggression in the
Balkans instead ot wonting ior an
equitable solution. .
PLAY SATURDAY NIGHT
"TVip Sehool Ma'am" will be giv
en at Peace College Saturday night,
March 23 at 7:4o p. m.
A Emission 15 and 20 cents. The
proceeds will go for the benefit of
the school.
Mr P. K. Baker has returned
from Norfolk. His son, Harvey, a.-
o is home from Norfolk and Clar
ence is spending a few days from
Camp Sheridan.
. By the Associated Press.
me uui oi rctrograd is imminent,.
Germjii troops probably advancing"
along the Baltic coast from Narva
and northeast from Pvosk and
Dvinsk are Hearing the Russian met
ropolis, according to a dispatch from
Petrograd.
The population is said to be wait
ing the coming of the invaders passi
vely and there are no indication
that the bolshevik authorities will
attempt to oppose the ' Germans
before giving up the city.
Evacuation of Petrograd by the'
bolshevik departments was ordered
last week. When the order was
given for the government to move to
Moscow, it was declared Petrograd
would be made a free city.
German ptossessioni of Petrograd
would give the enemy control of the
gulf of Finland and all the important
ports on its coast except those in
Finland yet in the hands of the
Finnish rebels who are being at
tacked by the Germans and Finnish
government soldiers. This would cut
Moscow o'T from the Baltic sea. On
the south the Germans are reported
some 350 wiiles from Moscow.
Although they can make progress
in the east against disorganized Rus
sia,, the Germans have not shown
any indication to carry out their
long-heralded offensive in the west.
Except for most intense artillery
bombardments on some sectors, there
has been no activity on the lengthy
western front, trench raids having
decreased in number.
On the British and French frs.it
the German artillery has been most
active on the sectors which were
bombarded most actively last week.
The marked aerial fighting on the
British front continues and British
airmen have accounted for 28 more
German airplanes, making a total of
54 in two days, 37 of which were de
stroyed. Entente aviators have been busy
bombin-g enemy billets and air
dromes and British airmen have
dropped bombs on Mannheim.
On the American sector the Ameri
cans have been repaying the Ger
mans for their lavish use of gas
shells by throwing a large number
into the enemy lines. The bombard
ment has had the effect desired.
Towns and positions behind the Ger
man lines also have been subjected
to American fire.
East of Luneville the big guns al
so have been busy and in both the
Luneville and Toul sectors the big
guns are booming.
Secretary of War Baker visited the
American trenches Tuesday and
when he was returning a large Ger
man shell struck and burst near the
automobiles in which the secretary
and his attaches were riding.
Pomrnnfipr tbp ladies will call to-
ive Lii wx-- -
morrow for your old clothes for the
Belgians.
Dr. Longaker's subject at Lenten
sprvce at xioiy nimij ii"6"
be "Jesus Before Pilate."
1
PAGE GIVES NOTICE
TO
CERTAIN
GROCERS
March 20. Henry A.
Paee U. S. food administrator for
North Carolina, today aroppeu a
bomb into the camp of blockaders
prebants and millers
who have been supplying blockaders
with food products. Mr. Page's
itatement covering tne matter
characteristically shf&ilti and1 sweet
and here it is:
"!To u,se food products .sugar,
rn meal, molasses and the like-
the manufacture of blockade whis
key, rum, etc., is clearly a wniui
-waste of food and as such is punisn-
able under the Lever act. It is
also unlawful for merchants or mill
ers to sell these products in such
quantities as to make it appear
reasonably certain that they are to
he used in the manufacture of illic
it intoxicants. The food adminis
tration for North Carolina gives no
tice that it will take prompt ana
drastic action when evidence can be
secured that any merchant and
miller has offended."
RUSSIANS FRIENDLY
WITH UNITED STATES
By the Associated Press.
Moscow, March 19. Russia's re
lations with the entente are unchang
ed, the bolshevik foreign minister
declared .to the Associated Press
correspondent today. More friendly
relations were being established with
the United States, he added, and he
commented on President Wilson's
message to Russia as showing a
friendly interest.
Leon Trotzky and ether bolshevik
leaders are quoted here as denying
rumors that large numbers of Ger
man prisoners are being armed in
Siberian cities as well as in Russia.
The announcement that the Unit
ed States is sending a mission to in
vestigate reports of the arming of
prisoners is hailed with enthusiasm
by government organs.
Premier Lenine iwinounced that he
does not intend to form a coalition
with the other Socialist parties, but
states that the vacancies in the cab
inet caused by resignations over the
signing of peace with Germany will
be filled with bolsheviki.
w
TO SUCCEED MR. ROWE
Newton, March 20. At a congre
gational meeting at the Reformeu
church a unanimous vote was given
to call Rev. L. A. Peeler of Albe
marle to 'become pastor of Grace
Reformed church, this city. The
church has been without a pastor
since the first of the year.
Rev. J. Abner Snow has returned
from Ruthrfordton where he spent
four days attending the Bible school
for Christian workers. There were
103 persons enrolled. There were
nine of these schools held in the
state at the same time. Rev. W. R.
Bradshaw was conductor.