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Hickory Daily CORD HSCKORY, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS vol, in, no. i' ) BERTY Campaig n to Begin Saturday and End Saturday, May 4 Require Five Pe- ent of Subscrip tionBanks Gfr. .ore Time to Re por' -o visions of Sale By the Associated Tress. U u-hi' V-tl'n April 4. The third Liberty I can campaign will last four iKii-mii tiK' raiuruay, iiay u, ;i:u! . i : i-r Saturday. May 1, the tl.,..,4iii i;u tim'iit announced to- ,!ay, It.ii.iv he given five days after t'te ;i ! i ; ;t ! u n closes to tabulate the ivs.iit fi'iuard them to the treas ury Ji'j'arttneii't. I:.. ::(,! of requiring a two per j.,,.,; pi;, merit as in the ease of the flv!i.! !,au, five per cent will be re oiin' l when the subscription is made. :: per cent then will be due M.u :;: per cent July 18 and .(ii ,.r it: August 13. Th' tvi a-ury txp.'ets many sub mi 'h:- :.. pay in full on purchase th.-i early payments may be :., redeem the $900,000,000 (,f urt :i.ati-i of indebtedness fall iue o:i May 9. ich'i'v. ;:(.' it may be necessary t ..;.. ,::-ri' -!iort trm certificates to f;i;..' ;hi-m up. oil;, al-s believe the May US i'i.ivnn'' .t will be much greater than iviuired. Tin- :h r ! issue of Liberty Loan -U will mature in 10 years on S -1 r -r 1 1 ' r I". 191S. and will bear iiitvn-.-: from May 9 next payable mi-a: naal'.y. -payment in full may be made :t.h lis.1 a!i',''ation on or before M.iy '" the treasury announced, "hut h'" 1 not be delivered be f ! M.i;.Q tny subscription ex cfe1 1 ins." .l ' .-'l payment ma, he !naie !i-: Vc,r "" suuse" iltii-m ifistaln j (O.MlMi TO HUH THEATRE The new theatre art invented by David W. (Ir tlith in producing "The I'.irth of a Nation," coming to the H.ih theatre April 0th and 11th, has r.ail.-l him to surpass by far any f.u'? sp.-.-taele. "Ren Ilur" and "The i'.iiie I'.'rd" were supposed to be the hii'h-wutor my.rk of such pro-liiu'tiii:-. They sink into insigni-ti'-a :. be-hle this epic of American histi ry with its 5,000 scenes, 18,000 rhanu-t.T-i. ."..imi'i riders anil 200,000 details, th" result of eight months nt tir'irs j)n,r and the expenditure i'f half a rn'Mimi dollars. The war plays on the stage such as Slirnaiidoah. Held by the Enemy, ;m 1 Barbara 1 f ietchif seem tame al ter seeir.jr the splendors of The Birth (.f a Nation. In the Griffith spectaeie the scenes of sheer beauty and ?'r.: ',;h are of homeric gran-"b-ur. The n:ht riding of the Ki Klu K!ar; looks like a company ot av!'''iir pectres sweeping along the moonlit roads. There is a pic ''''ria' i'UMih in every scene. This realistic picture of history in the mak is jf untold value to h'th young and old. Besides the n.-.t rifal worth of this great spec tacle the cotistarj; emotional throb ''f th- romantic story thrills the n-firt s of all. It is the supreme .vhH'vemc'it of modern historionism ln its new uisc untrammelled by the fmitation.H of the theatre-. ERMAN FINNS fiy the Associated Press. Stockholm, April 1. The Ameri )i ami Uritish oflkers who receit y visited Oeru ral Monneheim, the 1 inrush white guard leader, upon '""i" of their legation, were insult ',, and threatened with violence by 'inrush offuMTs, according to the re ' "f a war correspondent in Fin ,Ji a Swedish newspaper. V'1'" '-"rrcspondent says the two :r:t,ni' "Ihcers entered a restaurant 1i(,r WV ('r"wll with Finnish ot- ;: ho iid served with a unit ' Germany. The visiting officers ( i scare, y Altered the room, when nut a''1", t"1'1 tn(-'ir presence was maki r Tr!' Tho Finnish mcer nas,,,'. ' r,-'MUest was shown theli nS sl-'"'d by General Mon- str',r ,aii"V'l'r Firin asked the or ml" ,".I,,y "Uie Wacht am 'nun , i ,.v,,riyl',",,y arose, the Am '"K an r l';r'!':llsnman. plainly man Anoth ! l" e f,olite also ros& t'i tin. ii "nisn flicer swaggerea c hlo and said. the )r!l"ur principle not to be in Thi. a ' ,,f Kni-lishmen." aa Am , 'riCim rt'Plied tTlat he was but th n ru '"'. nojt an. Englishman, it h hjrn' UU two SUmt' you have Just ""Use,' .. '"'' to get out of the their , v.. who had lt)ir tin., i 7i nau ni muI then left tho house. finished NSULT II OFFICERS LOAN DRIVE OR WEEKS ES BY CATAWBA Mr. John W. Robinson chairman sit j large for Catawba county in the sale of the third Liberty Bonds, today had received a large batch of re plies to his letter sent out this week to school committeemen of the coun ty urging their cooperation in the sale of bor.ds. The result was even better than Mr. Robinson could ex pect and be was gratified by the .aihjsi. ati:' iespollSGS. He is sending out a sort of ques 'Ltmairo in which he puts the ques tion as to whether Catawba fo'.ks had rithoi give their sons than loan their money and he is confident that :.he replies will be good. He asks for certain information that will bt. easy to furnish. Here is the letter that Mr. Robin son sent out to the school commit teemen: Dear Committeemen: Our school committeemen are al ways selected as the most progres sive men in our school districts and always work, for the uplifting of mankind. We are now giving the opportunity of showing how well he accomplishes the task thus thrown upon us. We love our homes; our children, the peaceful solitude of green fields and waving, grain. What if these fields were in a moment turned to blood stained battle fields strewn with a thousand slain brothers, our wive.? and daughters ravaged, our children murdered, homes burned; this is WAR. We must fight for our coun try if we would ward off this evil. Our brave boys are giving their lives for this cause; what can we do? You and I can help by conserving food, giving of our time and money. Are vou willing to give one day's work "to this cause, and help us, your country to raise the necessary mon ey for carrying on this great war? WY- must raise the money or else take the consequences. , If you are willing, please answer yes by return mail if no reply is received, we consider you as one per son in Catawba county who is not willing to do his part, not willing to protect hii own home, his own bus iness, but will sit all the day idle let t!n' others protect him and his home. If so, you are not worthy of that protection. God grant that Catawba county will find no such person, but that each man, woman and child will be willing and anxious to do their part, and that the terrible war will soon be over. We expect to have a man from the trenches speak to us in Newton, Saturday, April Cth. WTe shall ex pect you to be present and answer to your name at rjll call that day. Again.'are you willing to do what you can for your country, your home? Let us hear by return mail please. THEY RESPECT SOMEBODY Kansas Citay Star. WUien Hoover says economize On this or that, ma always tries; To daughter, too, his words are law And therefore he's admired with awe And deepest wonderment by pa. FLYING SQUADRON E W'hen the Flying Squadron, after a night and day in Catawba county, left here last night for Marion, the members were satisfied with their work. They had gone into every section of the county and in com pany with local workers had put the Wkir Savings Stamps within reach of hundreds of men and women. Very few turned the proposition down and the response was whole-hearted. The squadron started work short ly after breakfast and did not stop fVitiin time. Mr. UI1H1 JUOl, UWK'V v....- P. A. Setzer's committee led witn the greatest number ci aonars m x... nit, n t? RrnHv's com- mi'ttee came sccomf. The results . 1 Mt ATI of the canvass are nereoy K'" Kuhn and 13. Lake Twenty pledges, .... . r.t!il 2S 200. Six limn mcjiiicio, v-v, t, C. R. Brady, chairman; C. W. Bagby, K. 15. Cime ininy pledges, two limit members; total, tv, w T?rvViInsoTi. chairman: UUJIli - j Hugh D'Anna 242 pledges, one i! .ii t9 onr; 11IIIII, Jiuiai, .p.j,v. Murray, chairman 33 pledges, no . . i t tn tt o r limits; xotai, tiu. J. D. Elliott, chairman 53 pledg- l!y,;fo. ntnl iRfi.OOO. tra, Liiitc lining, This makes a total of 367 pledges, 12 limit members and $25,805. RESPONS FARMERS GOOD WORK HER WEARS OLD GLORY NIGHI OFFICER GOVERNORS URGE ABOUT NECK AT CAPITOL BAD MEDICINE TODAY KILLED ON SOME By the Associated Press. Athens, Ills., April 4. John W. Rinders, grocer, accused of uttering pro-German sentiments, today wore aDout his neck: an American flag tied there last night by "loyalists" who ioreed him to kiss the emblem and threatened him if he removed it. Rinders wis informed that ht would have to lead a Liberty Day parade Saturday. He promised to lead the parade. IN BILL By the Associated Press. I Washington April 4. Conferees of the senate and house today agreed on a bill providing most severe pen alties for destruction of war ma terials and for sobotage. v Penalties oi 30 yevirs imprison ment and $10,000 fine are provided in the bill, which was greatly broad ened in scope both by the house and the conferees for action "which ac tually are intended and for which there is reason to believe" are in tended to injure or destroy war ma terials and utilities. The legislation also penalizes wil ful manufacture of defective war materials, (including iingrecUer.s. A special clause provides that em ployes should not be prohibited from agreeing to stop work when for the bona fide purpose of obtain ing better wages or for conditions of employment, but otherwise penal izing" acts for interference with war work. HIGHEST BIRTH RATE IlECORDED North Ciirolina tons the list of registration states with the highest birth rate recorded. According to Tir 1 R. norflon. state registrar. our birth rate for 1916 was 31.9 pet thousand, population wmie tne lat est published federal report for 191t shows Connecticut and Michigan tieing for second honor with a rate of 26.7. Another very surpnsmg thine to many neople according to Dr fJnrrlon. will be to learn from" North Carolina's vital statistics that ouj wlili te birth rate Sl.i per th mis find whites as airainst onlv 31.1 per thousand for the colored popu lation. The tact that our wnite birth rate is higher than our colored rate is found to conform to the find ing in every other registration state in the union. A still rr:re striking findimr is that while North Carolina has a high . . i i ii. birth rate we also have a low aeatn rate, only 13.0 per thousand popu lation for 1916. In analyzing the death rate Dr. Gordon finds that the white death rate is much lower than flip rolored rate, beins: onlv 11.2 per thousand for whites as against 17.0 per thousand lor negroes. With pos'tive proof for these fig nrps in the form of the birth and death certificates on file, Dr. Gordon lint TVTrvtVi ri'ivnlinn ran YtP. justly proua oi ner neaiun iccuiu nu flint if tho vital statistics law were . . i p i l 111 . , I i V good for nothing else it would be worth many times what it cost for the advertising value such statis tics will yield- the stats ot exploit ing the healthfulness ot tne state to prospective settlers and capi tni;fs Arfordino- to Dr. Gordon, however, official records of the birth and death of every person in JNorth nn-rnlinn. is of estimable value in setting legal claims, insurance, es tablishing age, lineage, rzgnt to vote, marry, hold office, military duty work in factories, and many other things to say nothing ot its vaiue irora a public health view point in showing where preventable diseases are high and how much health work reduces these diseases. E 10 REPORT AMENDED BILL By the Associated Press. Washington, April 4. The Will requiring registraton of all men as they become 21 years of age, already passed by the senate, was consid ered by the house military commit tee today and probably will be fa vorably reported. E RUSSI PUT INTO SERVICE rtv thp Associated Press New York, April 4. The United States has requisitioned for use in entente 'service a number of Russian formerlv eneraced in transporting supplies between Amer iVn and Russia, according- to author itative information received here to day. SEVERE PENALTY IS PROVIDED OM AN SHIPS By the Associated Press. vvasmngton, Apru 4. , James King, night watchman of the offices of the committee on public informa tion!, was djoundi dead efetrly today with a bullet hole in his head. Officers believed he had been murdered. Examination of King's pistol indi cated that he had tried to fire it and that the cartridge failed to ex plode. Officers said that no valuable papers are kept at the committee's offices -and that they could find -nothing to show that the offices had been ransacked. The police arrested a negro em ployed at the committee's offices. They said that King and the negro had quarreled. Suggestions that King was killed by some one in search of papers containing war secrets were made, but the pplice after an examination of the place, said they did not believe this was the case. GOOD SPEAK FOR NEWT Plans are well under way for the Liberty Bond mass meeting at the court house square in Newton, Sat urday afternoon April 6 at 2:30 o'clock. No definite word has been received from all the speakers but Ex-Governor W-. D. Turner of Statesville, and Hen. J. F. Newell, of Charlotte will be on hand. County ChalWnan J. D. Elliott is in receipt of many letters address ed to leading men all over the coun ty requesting their attendance at the Newton meeting. The Record quotes a few of the responses, the reading of which will dispel any doubt of the loyalty of Catawba county: Dear Mr. Elliott: I will be at Newton Saturday . As for my time, it is at the disposal of my country a day, a week, or a year. If you are in Newton Saturday all you will have to do will be to tell me what to do. Dear Mr. Elliott: Yes; I will be nt Newton Saturday. I am at your iervices. Dear Mr. Elliott: In reply to your letter will state that I am ready to do anything my country calls me to doa nd that I can do. My wife and mvself and everv child that 1 have have Wfar Savings Stamps,, and I am working to get others to take them. I will be in Newton April 6. SMALL ACTIVITY IN BATTLE AREA REPORTED By the Associated Press. London, April 4. There was lit tle activity in the battle area last night with the exception of hostile artillery fighting at various points, the war office announced today. Some prisoners were taken by British pa trol parties. FRENQH IN RAIDS By the Associated Press. ! ,P?,is;, Aplril !. iffeavy artillery fighting occurred last night north of MrmtrlirliPTv the war office announces. In raids in Champagne and on the Verdun front, the French. tooK pris oners and also captured two ma chine guns. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, April 4. The cotton market showed renewed strength this morning. Longs were credited with taking spots readily, but of ferings were quickly absorbed by continued trade buying and Wall Street houses and western connect fconl. The close was steady. Open Close M,av 34.00 34.50 juiv" " 33.31 33.78 nw" 31.97 32.45 December 31.77 32.16 January 31.58 32.00 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton -359 Wheat ff Corn . WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Partly cloudy and cooler tdnight; Friday faix, light variable winds. ERS RALLY By the Assoclataed Press. Washington, April 4. State gov erors meeting here today with mem bers of the council of defense urgeu drestic action to stamp out disloy alty and advocated suppression ot the German-language press. Secretary Daniels, who precided as head of the council, in reply asked the governors to formulate resolu tions suppc.ing the bill to reach spies and disloyal persons. PEOPLE ARE BUSY WORKING ON TRAITORS By the Associated Press. Washington), April 4. German spies, propogandsts and persons making disloyal utterances were de nounced in the senate today when an effort was made to rush through a house bll providing 20 years im prisonment and $10,000 for interfer ence with government bond saie. agitation against the draft or rt cruiting. "We've got to do something tt. catch lVe scoundreds and spies all over this country," said Senator Ov erman of North Carolina. People are taking the law into their own hands on- account of the failure of congress to act. We hear reports of mobs everywhere." GERMANY AND USE RUSSIAN DEBT Sprinfield Republican. Wihile Germany keeps up the nict ion of the independence of Luthan ia, which is to have a German ruler and to be made a German protector ate, it does not nelect to impose a war indemnity on the prextext that Germany is fighting for Lithuanian liberty. Likewise if the separate treaties with Russia and the Ukraine it has seen to the protection of Ger man bonholders from the repudation of Russia's national debt, which the bolshevik government has threaten ed. That this puts Germany tem porarily at a formidable advantage is undeniable, and resognition of the fact is no doubt responsible in part both for the bitterness felt to ward the bolsheviki, specially by the French and for the panicky dispo sition to take hasty steps to protect menaced investments. Of the four billion of Russia's loans held abroad, France has about three million, England five hundred million, Hollar.l four hundred million, Germany three-seventy'-five million, addition, the British government dur ing the ar has advanced three billion and the United Spates .one hundred eighty seven million, it is believed that about $75,000,000 Rus sian short-term bonds are held by American investors. These invest meis are qutfte heavy enough u, cause worry and perhaps to disturb judgment. It naturally causes intense anger to Germany not merely col lecting its dues by force, but exploit ing . Russia to the utmost of its ability, while the bolsheviki refuse to meet the obligations of the coun try. But the remedy is not to im itate Germany, which from its posi tion has an overwhVming advantage for the exploitation of Russia, but to defeat Germany and thereby to set Russia free. The lack of com mercial honesty shown by the crack brained bolshevik leaders is not to be taken for the will of the Russian people. Germany has struck a for midable financial blow at the allies, but it can be parried if the allies keep their heads. E IN BLOODY BUSINESS By the Associated Press. Moscow, Tuesday, April 2. Anti Jewish riots have occurred in Tur kestan. In Kokand 3,000 persons were killed and much property de stroyed, according to a local newspa per. Anti-Semitic agitation in Kiev, it adds, is assuming acute form. When that city was captured by the Ukranians most of the inhabitants they shot were jews. CONOVERWELCOMES FLYING SQUADRON Conover, April 4. The Flying Squadron visited Conover yesterday and, piloted by C. R. Brady, made a quick canvass of the town, getting over $5,000 in pledges. That is $5.50 for every man, woman ana child in tho town. That is going some for Conover. Can't you tell these other towns to come across? UKRANIANS NGAGE PR ONOUNCED NCH BATTLE Third Week of German Offensive Sees Only Local Operations, and Allies as Aggressors. Germans Say Bad Weather Halted Their Drive in France. PLAN OF PARADE MLinimnrn HliliUUnbQJ TODAY The big rally which is to occur Saturday morning, when the third Liberty Loan drive is inaugurated began to take definite shape today, with the appointment of Supt. C. E. Mcintosh as chief marshal, and N. W. Clark, A. M. Wfest, and K. B. fijitterson,; jgsijstantl; No iefi:ite order of parade can be announced to day, but full particulars will appear tomorrow. It is certain, however, that the procession will form on Fifteenth street between the North school and the Baptist church, that it vill be led by a good brass band, and that there will be a procession such as has seldom been seen in Hickory. Mrs. A. A. Shuford, Jr., who has had charge of tAe whole plan has work ed tirelessly, and today had suc ceeded in getting chairmen to look after the various sub divisions. She deserves a very great deal of cred it for her enthusiastic work, and when the net results are known she can feel a ju pride in the knowl edge that she has made a large con tribution toward putting over Ca tawba county's part of the, approach ing loan. WE thou t lattempting to give any definite order for the parade, it is known that the following will take part: The children of the city schools and many of the county schools, Le noir College, Red Cross ambulance the members of the Red Cross, the U. D. C, the Community Club, ana many privately decorated automo bile e, trucks, etc. . There is an ef fort being made to have several floats, also, an official auto, a tank, Uncle Sam, the Liberty bell, and several other individual attractions. Any one seeking further general information should phone C. E. Mc intosh at No. 211-L. For inforiiraticn afout the Red Cross phone Mrs .Hugh D'Anna. For information about the U. D. C, call Mrs. E. L. Shuford. For information about the Wo man's Club, call Mrs. J. Worth El liott. For informaton about the decora ton of prvate machnes, call Mrs. Mugh Williams. Other and fuller announcements DR. POIEAT WILL AT Lenoir', Aitril 4Jr Wdth a mili tary band from Camp Greene to fur nish music and with Dr. W. L. ro teat of Wake Forest as the princi nal sneaker the all-day picnic and patriotic rally to be huld here Sat-j urday premise to be a notable event. The band is expected here on a special train about 11 o'clock Sat urday. Lenoir will begin the campaign for the sale of the Third Liberty Loan under auspices the most fa vorable and a great effort will be made to put the total allotment over in a single day. Dr. Poteat, who is president of Wake Forest College, is one of the best speakers in the state. He is a finished scholar and polished ora tor and as his heart and mind both are in the cause, what he will say will be of vital interest. E THEIR FIRST EXERCISE The Hickory Home Guard met last night, adopted uniforms and went through its first practice drill in a manner that made the novices in the organization proud of themselves. The guard was to have met at the armory, but the lights were not cut in, and everybody repaired,' to the Chamber of Commerce, where the shuffling was done after the business had been transacted. , Oaptain L,. F. Abernethy galled the meeting to order and the ques tion of uniforms was taken up first. It was decided to take army khaki instead of wool, and to purchase both cotton and wool shirts. Mem bers will leave their orders for shoes with Mjr. A. M. West, of the com- Im'itjteei Quartermaster Sergeant A. O. Mitchell was instructed to furnish Mr .J. A. Moretz with the names of the men, and Mr. Moretz will order the uniforms at once. 'There was more enthusiasm last" night than at any time and it is assured that the boys who form the local guard will be on the job soon. The next meeting will be held in the armory and the drilling will be an important feature. SPEAK LENOIR M GUARDS HAVE LULL TODAY FRONT By the Associated Press. Germany's '"peace drive" through Picardy enters upon its ftird week with both forces pi'eparing for the resumpton of heavy fighting. The (weaklier jha'interfe.rred somewhat but the Germans have not resumed their offensive. North of the Somme the British have improved their positions in small attacks, while in the important sector south of the river there has been no infantry action. In the re gion of Montdidier, which has been the scene of much heavy fighting, the artillery bombardment has been particularly violent-' While there ig little doubt that the Germans must attack again, they will have to sustain much further losses in attacks against the allied armies under General Foch. The attacks by the British between Albert and Arras and by the French between Montididier and Noyon ap parently were for the purpose of im proving local positions. Silence is being maintained by both sides as to the next act in the titanic military contest. German newspapers declare that the German drive was halted by bad weather and not by the allied ar mies. Admission is made that the Ger mans are having great difficulty in moving up guns and supplies over the muddy area of the Somme and that transport is delayed by the in ability to construct roads. Amiens, the primary objective of the German efforts in the past two weeks, is far from danger for the moment. A military proclamation posted there informs the population that the threatening peril has been removed and cautioning them to re main. Reconnaissance and patrol activ ity is increasing on the Italian front especially from Lake Garda to the Piave river. The Italians have cap turned several enemy outposts and taken prisoners. A German force has been landed in Finlanjd to aid inj the campaign against the Finnish rebels. . New Russf an reinforcements are reported to have arrived to help the rebels, who control the most of southern Finland. PLANTS TAKEN OVER By the Associated Press. Washington, April 3. A resolution providing for the taking over and operating of packing plants was in troduced today by Senator Thompson of Kansas and referred to the com mittee on agriculture. Will Brown, a negro, is languishing in the county jail at Newton today because last night he broke into the residence of Dr. and iMrs. A. K, Price on Eleventh avenue. He was found under the dining room table by Chief Lentz, who entered the (house while Se'rgeas. gmon and City Manager Ballew guarded the hcuse to prevent his escape. The burglarious attempt occurred about 8:30 last night. Mrs. Price was at prayer meeting and the doct or was down street. John Price, a small son, was at Dr. Hollar's just east of the Price home, and when members of the Hollar family ob served a light in the Price residence they called the police. No chances were taken by them or the police and the chief entered with his flash light in hil. Brcwn was founa under the dining room tuble. He had entered Irom the east side, hav ing opened a window an dclimbed in. The burglar had no time in which to rifle the house and the only thing missing was a ,new 50-cent piece. This morning Brown gave the chief a new 50-cent piece and asked for cigarettes. At a preliminary hearing before Recorder Russell, Brown was sent to Newton jail without bond. His chief activities heretofore have been crap games. WANTS PACKING CAUGHT IN HOME NEGRO IN DAD TROUBLE
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