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Hickory TT) IRF ABLY CORD HICKORY, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS .. "'"",?" VOL " i ENEMY OBTAiS FOOTING ON KEMMEL HILL TODAY British War Offie Announces Partial Success For Germans in Effort to Put Ypies in Pocket Heavy Artillery Fighting on French Front By Associated Preas. April ''). A footing has ., !!,! on Kemmel hill by the ;m an attack on tho northern - rt. ttu- war office announe- ! 111'. s still continuing in m v ,1 fore os were engaged t onlay with greatly su- fv rccs along this front to llollebeke (a dis .,ut 10 miles) and finally !!oii to give ground, post. which were holding (it of YilUrs-Bretonneux :i utheast of the Somme ii'turo by the British were HICKORY BOY IS WITNESS OF BATTLE MAKE LOAN TWO KAISER ASSE BILLION BY T N By the Associated Press Washington, April 26. Liberty ALLIES WILL SUFFER EMBARGO ON SUPPLIES By th Associated Press. Washington, April 26. Holland has embargoed the exportation from By the Associated Press. Amsterdam, April 26. "The peo- JJay opened with a total of $1,956,- pie who wish to destroy us are dig- 77fi aKn c,Uov.:: i ,i .i ... . , ouuov.nyuuus mxeuuy raiseu gmg uieir own graves, said emperor the Dutch East Indies of tin ore, on the nation's third big war credit ' Wf 11 iam as quoted in an interview' zinchona bark, quinine, quinine bark, or short $43,300,000 of the two bil- with Karl Rosner, which the Dussel-! and VnnnV .nil f w, naaAaA in large quantities by the United The emperor who was commenting States for war purposes on the large amount subscribed to the new war -loan said further: "Our victory in the field and the victories of the Germans at home must make those over yonder realize we cannot be driven to economic iso lation." I PLACES FIGHTING IS DESPERATE ON FRONT IN FLANDERS Although Germans Have Footing on Kemmel Hill, London War Office Won't Admit De Feat Line Holds Fairly Well at Other Places Other War News lion mark which will be raised be fore night. PARIS BOMBARDED By LONG RANG E UN i i;i:m h in action Bv Associated Preu. UritUh Army in France, The French this morning attacking at Mount Kern i.. attempt to reclaim the po- by the Germans. : i..'s fighting was of a des ., in- and the enemy gains v .it a frightful cost. MJTII.I.r.KY ACTIVE A.ocfataed Press. pril Heavy artillery it!i of tho Somme is report .. war t'flice. ANOTHER MAD LOAN IS 10 BELGIUM By Associated Presi. :.. i. .n. April 26. Belgium ,:.u-. another credit of $3, .y the treasury today, making : .iTtvings from the Unit - sinT.soO.OOi) and credits to ,.:i s to $5,268,850,000.' I HAVE V SON ! Y n who goes to France scd his hand a ill understand I him. smiling, lucky house is still - and I in the garden :y pipe's red spark his young heart used to day: "I've got to go Dad', vou know how I and steel !,. "Vis,". a You'll go. I said, "I just to hear him speak V.r. I had had of lad. ' soft, too meek and in had TV giji-ss the blow y only son! just begun fronds. But I dared Mr. R. F. Edminsten of Hickory not only is on a battleship doing convoy work for American trans ports, but is having some excitement occasionally with German subma rines. In letters reaching his moth er, Mrs. W .H. Edminsten, the young man tells of life on a warship, of do ings at ports in France, describes the soldiers cn transports and tells ot the superlative nerve and eonfidenct of all of Uncle Sam's fighters, wheth er mere soldiers or sailors or officers. In a letter written from somewher. in France on April 7 Mr. Edminsten tells of two encounters with subma rines. the first of which he witnessed and the second missed. He was o? deck at the" time of the first and a big Dane saw a white trail in the water. Then in a second a periscope was observed about 500 yards awaj and the convoying squadron turned loose a bedlam of noise, the de stroyers rushing to the spot and drop ping death bombs. "Secure" was sounded and all hands went about their work as if nothing had happen ed. It was while the young man was below that the real fight took place and the crews were confident a sub mersible was destroyed. It might be so, but Mr. Edminsten says there are lots of rumors about killing submarines, and he won't vouch for the story. At any rate the same performance was gone through and it was reported that one more pi rate had been sent to Davy Jones' locker. Mr. Edmisten tells of the good service rendered by American con voys and assures his mother that sailors and soldiers are comparative ly safe in the Atlantic. It is al most impossible for an enemy to draw near. And the U-boats are not sinking many ships, compared to what are being suilt. Mr. Edmin sten sees hundreds of vessels every day, knows that England is building new ships rapidly and is confident the United States is turning them out now rapidly too. There is no doubt in his mind that the Hun will be beaten to a frazzle. That's the spirit of the army and na vy and means that the kaiser cannot win. . Incidentally Mr. Edmisten inclos ed a clipping from a New York pa per, the same being a squib from the i?ird nnil that did not make his Hickory heart feel bad at all. BADGES OF HONOR -- ''iirght I1'- rvht; i.vi a higher thing ' And men must fling away in the grieving Of r. A hat Hi, ,, Tn: i tin hoy but I, who knew r ' wcif. thev can not mar ar:l f a star .' to tne, always and true lac, v. him. more ' ''urn, too --for there's a love '"'.ill1' asks uhov rri'.rf I da1. measure of our store l" I', hurt. !'T- "i tl... iii. .... I'ii ''I W a), v, t( '"lilv C, lurk, alone my wet old eyes morning rise I shall hear my groan )' 'j'rn.,rr I hav,. Ar, " who goes to Frfcnce ' 1 i;t rntTi 1,1 W!..hc, I' runi:i., V"'"r:. h t 1 ''St. "') his hand will understand 1 him, smiling, ducky I", in Sataurday Evening Mr. Charles W. Bagby, Postmaster, Hickory, N. C. Dear Mr. Bagby: t nn,wnr tn voiir innuirv as to ,.,w t think of Thrift Stapps and nr Cnvintra StamDs. I am glad to say that I consider them badges of honor, worthy of a place in every home in the country. n is ui h- nf pverv family to go the limit," however large or small U llmif m n v Hp. UUlt IHIIIW , , While our people do not need to be reminded that anything and every thing that we do at this time should done with an eye single to the t fVo war and the COm- winning w l Hi- - .,;v,;iotinn of the Hun, some of them may not understand the importance of buying War Savings Stamps and the smaller denomination Thrift Stamps. Every purchase of one of these stamps means just that amount of help and comfort given to our coys . trenches. The money invest thpo stamns goes to provide clothes and bullets for our men the in food, ,We By the Associated Press. Paris, April 26. The long range bombardment of Paris was resumed during the night Up to 6 o'clock as far as ascertained nobody had been killed and no damage had been done. ANOTHER GOOD DRILL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT Three squads of the home guards were put through a series of exer cises last night by Lieutenant Councill and some new tricks were learnea; at least the drill master attempted to teach them. The work began exact ly on time at 8:15 and there were only two men late, and it is urgent that every man who attends be ready CASUALTY LIS T IS ABOUT NORMAL CLARK DECLINES TO TAKE STONE'S PLACE COLORED PEOPLE HEAR D By the Associated Press. Washington, April 26. The casu alty list today contains 75 names di vided as follows: By the Associated Press Washington, April 26. Speaker Clark today declined Governor Gard ner's proffer of the Missouri sena torship to fill the vacancy caused by Senator Stone's death. GOOD WHEAT CROP EXPECTED THIS SEASON severely, 33; wounded slightly, 25. Seven officers were named in to- Prospects for a wheat cro in this section were never better, aecoiding Killed in action, 9; died of wounds, to Mr. J. F. Abernethy. This grain 6; died of disease, 3; wounded se- m fine condition and if nothing Happens Detween now ana Harvest there will be a great yield in w astern lMnrtVi ("tnrnlinn TVip flnvpr rrrm 1 day's casualty lists, five of them be- oniy fair) with the ordinary red va ing severely injured. The severely riety being better than crimson. Corn to fall in rank as the bugle sounds. ; wounded are: is coming up, though not much has The members appreciate the eiforts r . uiirthine-ton and been Planted and some cotton seed Lieuts. Orlando C. Brown, Edward M. rains and more frequent changes in Freeman, John J. Hyde, and Harry temperature have delayed farm work. of Lieutenant "Councill and marvel at his patience. He knows the work and puts it to the guards in line manner. LIBERTY DAY IN SOUTH OBSERVED By the Associated Press. Atlanta, April 2b Liberty Day was observed in almost all southern cities today with parades. Mass meetings and community singing pointed to large sales of bonds every where resulting From jthe oeieDna- tions. Cities still below their quotas made efforts tfc reach the mark and: places which already have won the honor flag are striving to increase their sales. F. Kelly. j Slightly wounded: Lieuts. William H. Kirk and Alfred P. Kivlan. In addition to the seven officers named another Julian N. Down previously reported killed in action was reported a prisoner in Germany and suffering-with severe injuries. CARNEGIE HONORS TAR HEEL HERO DEMONSTRATION AGENT'S PKUUKAM OfiVe on Monday, Tuesday morn- ing. Ml. UllVe Sewing vjltioa v iaf) 2 p. m. Conover Home Econ omics Club. Wednesday 2 p. m. Minerva. Home Economics Club. Thursday morning, Yount bewing Class. (Special.) 2 p. m Rockett Home economics Club. . Friday 2 p. m. Hollar Home iw:on omics Club. Miss Anna Rowe will be with me again next week. We will give a fire- less cooker demonstration, ituujiuB meat and meat substitutes at all the afternoon meetings. We have had most interesting, well attended meet ings this week. Come and make this work a success in your munity. MISS MARY ROWE, Home Dem. Agent com- ODAY ELECTROCUTED T IN STATE PRISON Rv the Associated Press. iD.Umii Anril 26. Convroted at the March terra of criminal court of t.v on the charge of assaulting a white girl, Willie Wil liams of Asheville, was electrocuted at the state penitentiary. The ne irroL according to Superintendent tinchoo aHft a complete confession The execution of Marcus Edwards, a white man of Raleigh, was stayed pending an appeal to the North Car olina supreme court for a new trial. TTMrowia wn convicted in Wake UUWAiug " n superior court on the charge ot laying his wife. KEMMEL HILL OCCUPIED BY GERMANS By the Associated Press. Pittsburgh, April 26. The Carne gie h'x'O fund commission recognized 26 acts of heroism at its spring meet ing hre today. I A silver .medal was awarded to the father of Proctor, deceased, of ( Colon, N. C, who died while attempt j ing to save Floyd V. Shippe from be ing killed by a train at Clifton, Va. Mky 7, 1917. AMERICANS WOUNDED IN BATTLE REACH HOSPITAL By the Associated Press. Lont$on(, April 26. The German in their attack on the northern bat tle front have occupied Kemmel hill, it was announced at the war office this afternoon. "COUSIN KATE" ENJOYED BY SMALL AUDIENCE The play "Cousin Kate" was pre sented by the Hfickory school fac ulty at the Academy last night to a fair sized- audience. Ine was small but select. Miss nore Sourbeer and Mr. I. M. Ritchie Paris, April 26., American sol diers wounded in the great battle which now is being waged are al ready arriving at the rear. Ameri can wounded and sick to the number of 128 have reached hospital No. 2t. They are from units engaged in fighting side by side with French and British in stemming the German ad vance. Hospital 25 is one of the new insti tutions established behind the line as it stood after the allies stopped the recent German drive in Picardy. iFew Americans remained at the cast nospitais vexy iong, ucmg kch Le- ther to the rear. Sixteen students of Smith college 1 - . . -. i i . 1. ' Pi. io,rQ tv,Q ioa,l ckinA wnrtViir of are working m day and mgnt snuis special mtentiom. although the rest at this point and are operating a of tho oast were eauallv as eood in well arranged canteen at tne ranroaa nMDri0 are tn cr,. station for the soldiers coming for equipping the new high schoot through on hospital trains science department. Music was fur nished by the high school and Le noir College orchestra and some pret ty selections were rendered. Miss Dorothy Kenn and Mr. Law rence Thorneburg played opposites; Miss Renn as the young village girl 1 and Mr. Thorneburg as the parson, were good. I It is needless to say that JVlaniy Whitener as a school boy carried out his part. Miss Lillian Field played an old lady's part and looked it too Miss Mildred Bowles acted as maid. YESTERDAY'S LEADERS S. the MVs. Clark, the Misses Justice Brogan and Scott, and M. L. Ralthis, and E. W. Lowery of the American Red Cross, have rendered notable service at the hospital. SELF IS SPEAKER AT CON SPEECH Dr. Jas. B. Dudley, president of the A. and T. College at Greensboro. delivered a stirring, patriotic ad dress at Hartzel Memorial church last night and the colored citizens of Hickory responded to his appeal in a most generous manner. In his speech, he emphasized the point that through all the stress and trials cf war, the colored people have been loy al, and in this great crisis they a;x proving their loyalty in many ways.. His logic was sound and his applica tion happy. Rev. N. M. Black presided over the meeting and short addresses were made by Mayor Yount, Postmaster Bagby and Rev. J. M. Henderson, the latter presenting the speaker ( f the evening. Fifty colored citizers bought War Savings Stamps and one, Dr. P. M! Smith, joined the Limit Club, making the 56th member of this institution in Catawba county. He also is a buyer of Liberty Bonds and is boosting the cause in evey way possible. Sam Bown came into the $200 club, but said he expected to move higher up during the year. He was taking what he was sure h could pay for, but hoped to go ovei the top with more. Another interesting feature of the meeting was the presentation oi housewives made by members of the Red Cross auxiliary in South Hick ory. These articles were well made and will be a reminder to the soldiers that their relatives and friends at home are thinking of them. The meeting was largely attended and was Hickory. one of the best held in 100 PER CENT AMERICAN Catawba County News. There was some surprise at the late announcement of Hon. W. B.. Councill for congress from this dis trict to run against Yates Wabb for congress. There are a lot of Democrats who are tired of voting for Webb for con gress but the News is of the opinion that Mr. Councill has waited too long to make his candidacy mean what it ought to mean in a race for the nomination for congress. Judge Councill is well known to the people of the district and has frisnds who will take pleasure in voting for him in the primary . By the Associated Press, i Heavy fighting is still in progress today along the ridge line of the j Flanders front, where the peak of Mount Kemmel is the German object ive. The peak evidently is yet disput ed ground, but with the German threat against it more menacing, it is considered by the British official report that the enemy has secured a footing on the hill. Although faced by a superior force in the 10-mile, sector between Bailleul and llollebeke the Anglo-French troops holding this line battled stub bornly all day yesterday, giving ground only when compelled to do so by weight of numbers. The line seems to have been held fairly well to the southwest of Mount Kemmel, which is virtually impregnable to frontal attacks, but to the northeast the Germans ap parently were able to push forward in the neighborhood of Virstraat to enable them to approach the right flank. The allied effort naturally will be to concentrate on this enemy wedge and drive back again sufficiently to ease the pressure on Mount Kem mel. That they have not conceded the height to the Germans is evident by the wording of the London official statement, which admits only an en emy footing there and reports the battle in progress. Definite possession of Kemmell hill by the Germans might mean that the British would have to aban don the Ypres salient, according to correspondents with the British ar my. The fighting on the Somme front has died down to artillery fire, fol lowing the successful execution yes terday of the British coup, which reclaimed the village of Villers-Bretonneux from the Germans. The British occupied themselves here for the time being by cleaning out hostile posts which were clinging to the outskirts of the village. TOE AGENCY FOR AIRCRAFT WORK 8y the Associated Press. Washington, April 26. Addition to the Overman bill, the amendment of Senator Wadsworth of New York but ! providing for reorganization of the as indicated above we think he ought to have begun his campaign long time ago if he wanted to be nominated for congress. Councill is one hun dred per cent American he stands for his government first, last, and all the time. aircraft program by authorizing the president to establish an executive agency with complete powers, was assured today by Senator Overman in charge of the bill in advising sen ators that he would accept the amendment. OVER SCHOOL Says Ome Gum Is Destroyed WAR STAMPS domes aim . should indulge in these investments without stint. : War Savings Stamps represent "one of the easiest, most convenient .and safest forms of i"vestme"ts VeLnk" vised by any government or bank. They are non-taxable; they may be r.nrpVmsp(l in large or m ties member of ing the street and catching its share of the rain. Somebody left a broken down auto mobile on Fifteenth street at the First Baptist church and the thing they may be purchased by any remajned there from yesterday after nber of the family t or himself or . . orninfr partly block- fAi- pvprv member of the family, arm j 0f?r,o- its share thev are as secure as the rock oi Gibraltar. Stamps may be purchas ed at any postoff.ee or bank and of ntknr ror arrent. War savings Certificates may be registered, giving adde'J security to the investor. Aside from the patriotic duty in volved, and the safety of the invest- ment, should be mentioned the oppor tunity offered our people to acquire, the thrift naDii. ,- -n ing habit is a long step ,n the dircc-. t'on of making a solid foundation for life and should be cultivated in every , By the Associated Pres.. home. Thrift Stamps and War the Frtenchf Sunday, April Savings Stamps otter a most ,ATOerican troops today made a AMERICAN TROOPS Cross and L. F. Long of Newton pre sented a Red Cross flag. u, , , . w cQ,T: ' The occasion this morning was the Although the sales of War Savings f th ded school To Stamps fell off in the county and city j win fee iven and the yesterday, the total for the whole " isPinited of Catawba was $1,400 Claremont , puger larks only $800 of raising again led the district offices, the fine t Liberty Bonds and the wcrk of Postmaster Setzer being m t le and farmers are confi- evidence, and Mr. W. A. Hahn heaa- able to more than put ed the list of rural carriers and Mr. 11. 11 . cowman 1CU uic ci,jr v.uiiJ in the sales. Conover, April 26. A large audi ence heard Mr. W. A. Self of Hickory deliver a patriotic address Sat the -. J .1 .'Ui-.rtl Vi i c Tvinrninir. ahard rain not being capable of j been bombarding Pans has been de keeping 'the people away. At this I stroyed, according to Deputy Lebocq time $75 was subscribed to the Ked q the department of the Aisne. By the Associated Press. Paris, April 26 One of the three German long range guns which have NEW YORK COTTON AID HUN TRENCH lort-. wav to begin Sincerely yours, J. J. WJLLARD. Hickory, N. C, April 2G, 1918. ('Hi .fed AU,.v,l n" father y ti, 'lark has returned . S. C. where he was. II ' .... M iiinss and death A. Wu Clark. o,irPcfn1 trench raid near the height, of the Meuse in the vicinity nf Vmiv les-Palameix (on the front Verdun, nine miles north of St. Mihiel.) The French harrassed tie enemv in the same way at a his number of places in Lorraine and in the Vbsges. Mr (C P Miller of Lincolnton the enemy in the same way at i . , . e v.;o ,.,v.n -,-f Tifocoo in .nrrainp ann i Of i was the guest last nignt u brother, Mr. W. E. Miner . By the Associated' Press. New York, April 26. The cotton plauded market was nervous and unsettled todav. Liverpool was better than Klue and the opening here was irreg ular, with early months !t a oaie above last night's close. The bulge, however, met a renewal of active general selling under which May eas ed off and July sold 10 points net lower and into new low records. The close was steady. Open May 26.10 to 26.40 July --26.25 to 26.40 October 25.76 December 25.48 uanary 25.30 Rev. W. R. Bradshaw made the four-minute talk at the Pastime last night. As usual what he said was to the Doint and was liberally ap. OFFICERS ELECTED BY The deputy said he had talked with the general commanding the sector near Crepy and Laonnois, where the big gun was stationed. The enemy he declared, is constructing new im-placements. rremc hEeli eve All Is Well PUBLISHERS Close 26.60 26.41 By the Associated Press. New York, April 26. Frank P. 25.80 Glass of the Birmingham News was 25.53 electer president of the American 25.47 Newspaper Publishers Association. I Geo A. McAnney of the New Y'ork dent: John Stuart By the Associated Press. I On the French Front in France, April 26. The more they advance along the road to Amiens the more perilous becomes the salient the Ger mans are forming in the Somme re gion, especially from the fact that the allied reserves are virtually intact and that they are under a single com mand. The present moment is less favor able J the German plan than when they started their advance on March 21. A weak point then ex- command has given the opportunity to make the most practical use of allied troops. An all night battle in which the Germans, after gathering powerful columns, hurled them on Hangard-en-Santerre, resulted in the village chamgilrg rjpnds EbveraH Itimes. Individual combats with bayonets from house to house were of frequent occurrence. Fire burst out in all parts jof the village until it is a mere heap of smoking ruins which the Ger mans held this morning with difficul ty, for the French gave them no lib- mrTrrTv twatnttcts Times, vice president; .joiiu omw"" isted Detween mc rwt-nn "" -28c Ryan of the Richmond News Leader, armies. Now there is no sensitive Wheat ------1-2.40 secretary; Edward P. Call of the New sincg the unified Corn S1-75 York Conimercia1, treasurer J isted between the French and British , erty of movement and their repeated attempts to advance further in the salient were frustrated.
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