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ICKORY COED DA If V ME x(.. HI, NO. 201 HICKORY, N. CU THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS Vf1 LIA'v NAVAL VESSELS SINK AUSTRIAN WARSHIP nty Thousand Ton Battleship in Polo Harbor Jesiroyed in Daring Raid j Artillery Action on Western Front Feature of War News Today Some Raids Associated Press. , M i lii. An Austrian bat-w.i- torpedoed by Italian nu v .. ;it I'olo harbor early fues . !;, it was announced ctii- ..:;lvsh:p was of the Yirbus ; t JO.OOn ton vessel). The ' virked its way into the 1 1 i. i v a I base by dodging the V,- and search lights of the : he naval operation was pro , an Italian seaplane force , Au-tr an seaplanes above l , Austrian planes were ; un and others damaged- l-.a! an machines all returned APPEAL MADE TO UKRAINE IS HOT HAVE 1 AT GERMAN FIGHTI1 ROBBERY CLUB WOMEN IN CITY 31- of I II STATEMENT Associated Press , May It',. Artillery action oc- !..-t night on the French front ut' Amiens in the Hailles ,!, !', says today's v.ir office mellt. f M. utilidier a German ra.d :.;m Ml was driven oil. Tnc U prisoners in patrol oper :j. rth of Ailette. I.Ji.M JON STATEMENT Associated Press. May 16. The artillery last night in the valleys - a. rue and Ancre rivers east uv. 1 on the Flanders battle ! war ofltce announces. The Lows : ti-"ops raided the enemy's - last night in the neighbor- Cavivlle (northeast of Arras) I't'ired a few prisoners. a ! artillery activity on both different points, particular " valleys of the Somme and r.urs, east of Arras, and on :h t:i battle front there is tn report." RUSSIANS WARN OPPRESSORS OF FIGHT p o Associated Tress, -himrton. -May 16. A copy of !"'.' :-i made by tho soviet gov ".r to the German minister of a affairs on April 28 against i a oppression as made public 'at" department today shows Russians gave notice of their lion to mobilize all necessary m order to secure the free Mi. I independence of the Russi i aiidic, which is now menaced ! the limits established by the I- tov.-k peace treaty." WHEAT COMING Mrs. Josiah Evans Covvles, pres di'Tif of 1 h ( lTir;il T'Viliirnttnn t Vv omen s Clubs has issued the fol lowing appeal in behalf of the Red Cross W-ar Fund: To the Club women of America: Wo are asked to assist in the Am erican Red Cross drive to raise one hundred million dollars for war re lief work. We must do so. "The Red Cross must have this money. It needs it because there is a nation in need of relief whicn has stood as a buffer between the English-speaking people anJ then arch enemy the nation to whom we owe a blood debt, whose women have given everything and whose little children have been starved for over three long years. We need it for our soldiers and when we say our soldiers we mean not only American men but our Eng lish, our Canadian and all our allied brother!. We need it because we have a great military duty to perform, both constructive and destructive. We must build up what the Hun has torn down. By caring for the children. of France, we increase the morale anci fighting spirit in the trenches. The better these men fight the fewer of our boys as well as other mothers' boys will be sacrificed. "e need it for the great canteens whose service is so unremitting and io necessary. We need it to help in that great antituberculosis campaign m which France has begged our cooperation that we may save not only the chil dren of a nation but our own fighting men. We may sacrifice our boys in act ion but we cannot endure that they shall die of something we may pre vent. Women of the clubs, The American Red Cross relies upon your help. (Signed) MRS. JOSIAII EVANS COWLES, (President General Federation of Women's Clubs.) JACK AND JILL AT PASTIME TOD Alt The special attraction at the Pas time today will be Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in Jack and Jill a Par amount picture in five parts Here's a typical American boy and girl story, worthy to rank with "Freckles," "Seventeen" and 'The Varmint and of course its Jack Pick ford and Louise Huff who are the young pair who went up the hill af ler a nail of water and had such a sad time of it thereafter. You'll laugh yourself sick over the adventures oi this "Jack the Killer" and his trans fer from the sidewalks of the Last Side, New York, to the vast plains of the great west. Jack was some little fighter, he was, but when it came to riding "bucking bronchos the fight was all knocked out of him. Then Jill wrote him from little old New York that he hadn't killed the man after all. What happened af ter that was worse than a prize fight Prepare to giggle mightily. 10 HICKORY MARKET H .ir.dreds of bushels of wh?at in this "''.ion of the state are being carried 1 1 1. ' t and during the last six ' ar bast (()( bushels have been by the Catawba Milling Coni her:;. Manager Caldwell said '-it Hie mill had more flour in stock u' in 'sent than at any time in re ' ""t months. Plenty of corn is com v'v in and the local price is down to a bushel, which is generally in ' ol' the Chicago market, May 'M ,'"'r:' closing yesterday at vViih prospects for the greatest u''"--it Top on record the govern-i-fit is hopeful of a billion bushels of .!": iJ'' ami winter wheat many iar who have been in the habit of "'M' '.: back for various causes have I'iaccd their grain on the market and, Ji.T.-Hiiig to Mr. Jacob Johnson of 'I "pry route 2, who brought in a load ' "'I'dny, there is plenty of wheat in ' .-cction. Most all of this wheat v-;" find the market before the new '''''I' is threshed. , 'I'lm price of wheat will not go j'''"r than $2.20, as the government fixed the price, and far.ners are u,v to U('t good values. Many far !'", will well as soon as the grain is i jM or(jor t( reieve the strain. wjnii. there is wheat enough for l;ls section and a little to spare, "re is a )ir demand for it all over country. The acreage in corn this spring will 7 l;i.rt'1''' than last year, it is thought, l'l"te the call of the draft. PRITCHARD HERE NEXT SUNDAY ARE RNOON Judge Jeter C. Pritchard of Ashe ville will make his second appearance in Hickory in the interest of war work. He will speak at the Reform ed churfh Sunday afternoon at 3:30 for the benefit of the Red Cross and the address will be free to the pub lic , . Judge Pritchard is one of the many big men in the nation who have put their whole hearts into the winning of the war. His address here in the interest of Liberty Bonds was nota ble, and he has been designated by the government as one of the official war leaders. , A product of the mountains, with character as honest and rugged as the hills, Judge Pritchard has both force and eloquence, and a great au dience will hear him Sunday after noon. Congressman! Johnson, who went to France with a delegation of con gressmen, spent several days at the front and returned with a layman s the bis? fic-ht. will speak here on the night of Friday, May 24. He is one of the nation's big men and will be heard by a largb crowd. By the Associated Press. London, May 16. Anti-German ag itation in the Ukraine continues un checked, says a Vienna dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger at Berlin and transmitted from the Hague 'by the Exchange Telegraph. Ukranian newspapers attack Ger many bitterly and accuse her of using Russian warsTiips at Sebastopoi for the purpose of seizing coal and Ukranian merchantmen. It is re ported that the Germans have mined the straits of Yankale, closing the passage to the sea of Azov. Serious trouble, it is added, has occurred at Nikolaiez, where the Germans have dismissed the city council. ,500,000 SIX GERMAN NO MEN YARD IN I SECTOR N FRANCE By the Associated Press. Paris, May 16. The United States has promised to have 1,500,000 fight ing men in France by the end of 1918, says LTIomme Libre, Premier Cle meceau's newspaper. These troops must have their own organization and service, which means 2,000,000 workers in the quartermaster and other departments. ONE NEBRASKA WOODMAN PEAKS AT WILSON (Extracts from speech of John L. Sundean, native of Lincoln, Ne braska, later of Minneapolis, Na tional Ritualistic Instructor of the Modern Wbodmen of America at ral ly in Wilson, 250 candidates in itiated May 14, 1918, as will appear in the Daily Times of Wilson. "When it was announced that I was going to North Carolina to takb charge of the Modern Woodmen oi America in this state, even men who travel much cautioned me not to ex pect the southern people to enthuse. The opinion in general in the north is slow and reluctant. And even southerners repeat the fable. "Let us investigate and compare. "What would be the relative stat us of the north today if it had to depend on the same class of labor, for instance, as the south : And what would be the position of th& south if its enterprises were support ed and sustained by the high class la bor of the north? "The battle fields of the civil war were in the south. The havoc and devastation that was wrought by moving columns and clashing battal ions visited itselt upon the south. The adiustment to a new order Ox things in the field of labor was the handicap of the south. lhe curset of carpetbagging and the delay m normal conditions were hardships imposed upon the south. Favorable conditions and circumstances gave the north, by comparison a lead, an advantage of at least 30 years. Fifty vears ago the north was at least 30 years ahead of the south. Who will say it is 30 years ahead today? The south is catching up Wie the north, and that's because the south lis more progressive, it is making greater speed! "The opportunity of America is in the south. The paradise of this continent will be below the Mason and Dixon line. Science and sanita tion have conquered the conditions which gave rise to just fear of epi demics. Nature grants the soutu a mature growing season and wraters bounteously the southern fields. Fac tories have discovered the economic advantage of the south, and soon to these fertile hills and plains wih come the modern intensive agricul turist, the practical dairyman am. fortune-building stock tanner. "The south some day will deny the legends of a characteristic iner tia, it will proclaim its great pro gressive spirit and attract to its un developed empire the sturdiest and the best of America's enterprising hosts. The south is catching up n. the race of achievement and with the acouired momentum will soon be acknowledged in the lead. "The Modern Woodmen o Ameri ca is a little empire of a million homes. And this affair at Wilson witi, fifty lodges represented, 250 candi dates and the enthusiasm and vim and inspiring activity will advertise to the north and west the ambitious active character of southern folk. "And the north and west want tnt south to prosper. 1 he old untrienu ly rivarly has disappeared. It is noi now it was when I was a boy. "I am a native of Lincoln, Nebras ka. There used to be a few party Democrats in Nebraska. In the 80's they were very scarce and in sucn disfavor that we boys actuated Dy the spirit of the times, considered it our patriotic duty to whip any lad who echoed the creed of his Demo cratic father. Before a certain man came to Nebraska, 'whom I shall presently name, any justice of the peace couid fill the bill of campaign orator. All he had to d was to pass a few com pliments on the candidates, describe a battle or two of the civil war and conclude with the invincible slogan of that era: "Will you vote the way you shot? "A wonderful fellow came to Ne braska. He was a young man, but a clear, true thinker, a statesman, and an orator. And he was a Demo crat. He singled out the foremost Republicans and challenged them to meet him in joint debate, and confid ing m the conditions of the civil war they accepted. Every match was fa tal to them. Debates fell mto dis favor among them and local spell binders were soon superceded by Forakers,, MlcKinleys and the biggest guns of the party. And William Jen nings Bryan had driven the 'bloody shirt' into disrepute. In many a state they ceased to fight the civil war over again at their annual elect ions. Prejudice against the south (Continued on page three) FRANK N. PARKER RESIGNS AS BISHOP 3y the Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga-, May 16. The Rev. James Cannon, Jr., of the Virginia conference was elected bishop toda :n the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, after Rev. J. N. Parker of the Louis iana conference declined to accept ttit hortbi- after praferful consideration tor 24 hours. Atlanta, Ga., May 16. D eclaring he was not persuaded that he was "called by the will of the Lord Jesu Christ to the ;ofli(cea" Bishop-elect Frank N. Parker today declined the election to one of the highest offices in the Southern Methodist churcn Dr. Parker told the Methodist gener al conference sitting here that af ter 21 hours of prayer, he had de cided not to accept the honor. Dr. John O. Willson of South Car olin moved the acceptance of Dr. Par ker's action, but wTas moved out of order because of another motion be fore the conference. Announcement was made that the Rev. II. A. Boaz of the central Tex as conference was alected secretary of church extension by a majority of two votes. He succeeds Bi?hop-Li ect McMurray. MEREST GROWS IN REVIVAL SERVICE Interest in the evangelistic ser vices at the First Methodist church, conducted by Rev. R. M. Courtney, is deepening from meeting to meeting, and large congregations are present both morning and evening, and the shop meetings at noon. Four professions were made at the service last night and a large con gregation joined in the meeting. Con tinuing his discussion of the subject, "Sin," Mr. Courtney asked, "What is sin? What does sin do when giv en a place in the life? How can we get rid of sin?" The first two questions required no answer, for ev ery person knows the wages of sin, but to rid the community of sin is a greater question and one that calis for the prayers, efforts and labors of Christ-loving people. The sermon this morning was on the mission of Jesus. It was heard by another large audience. Two con versions w'ere reported. Services are held daily at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. ATTENTION, PYTHIANS The Knights of Pythias will meet tonight for degree work. All Py thians are urged to be present. DEATH RATE LOW IN AMERICAN CAMPS By the Associated Press. Paris, May 16 There are six Germans to the yard on the greater part of the Franco-Belgian front from the North sea to the Aise, ac cording to the Gaulois, which bases the statement on the information it reports having reached the general staff that 150 German divisions are situated in this area. Ten of these devisions, it is said, are an the region near Ypres, 40 between Ypres and LaBassie canal and Wq divisions from LaBasse ca nal to the Oise. On this basis it is estimated, says the newspaper, that tho German strength from Ypres to the Oise is mere than six men to the yard ex cept on the north of the front, where the estimate is a third of that num ber. S TO ONLY GUNS ARE ACTIVE ON WEST BATTLE FRONT Fighting Has Died Down, But Artillery Continues To Pound Away Aerial Activity Also No tableGerman Raiders Turned Back at Pavis WMMFN tu PART IN BIG CATAWBA FARMERS TO SPEAK TONIGHT Catawba county farmers are sched uled to instruct Hickory people in the Academy of Music tonight on their duties in this great world crisis. It was expected that a large crowd would be present, for town people want to find out where they have seemed to be short, and the attend ance wdll be good, despite rival at traction. The hour of speaking is 8:30. Mrs. Gordon Wlilfong and Mrs. I W. Robinson will present the coun try women's viewpoint on what the women can do to wm the wrar, and Messrs Oolion Yoder, Henry Lutz, John W. Robinson and they will give the farmers' idea of what city folks should do that they have not been do ing on the line of patriotic, service. City speakers generally have gooc sized audiences when they visit the country districts, and Hickory wiil no doubt respond in kind. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, May 16. The cotton market showed a steadier tone early today. First prices were steady at an advance of 12 to 25 points and after some irregularity due to th presence of overnig-ht selling orders, active months worked to about 21 to 33 points higher before the end of the first hour. The close was steady. Open Close May 25.80 July 25.30 25.52 October 24.40 24.64 December 24.24 24.40 January 24.17 24.35 HICKORY MARKETS Wheat $2.20 Cotton 27c Corn $L65 COMPLETING JURY JOHNSON A E By ti.. .Associated Press. Richmond, Va., May 16. A third venire of 20 men, making 60 in all, was summoned this afternoon in or der to complete the jury to hear the case of Dr. Lemuel Johnson on the charge of murdering his bride, Mrs. Alice-Knight Johnson. It is expect ed that the case will be under way to morrow. MEETING For the BY the Associated Press. Hot Springs, Ark., May 1G the first time in the history of church women members of the de nomination are participating in the ueiiDerations oi tne soutnern bap tist convention. Action of the con vention yesterdan in giving women rights accorded to men was taken to mean that women were given that privilege immediately. According to the official records ol the convention Mrs. A. II. Bedoe of Dallas, Texas, was the first woman to receive her credentials and appoint ment. More than 1,700 delegates are at tending the convention which opened yesterday and an almost equal num ber of women are attending the sessions of the Woman's Missionary convention. EIGHTEEN CONCRETE SHIPS ARE By the Associated Press. Washington, May 16. The death rate of national army and national guard camps last week was the low est since last November, the surgeon general or the army announced to day. The total number of deaths was 162 against 168 the week before. There was an increase in pneumonia and scarlet fever cases. j In the week ending May 10 eight j sick and wounded soldiers from the expeditionary forces in Fraice were landed at American ports, with one receiving station not reporting. Tne wreek before 148 were landed at Am erican ports. WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Cloudy to night, Friday fair and warmer in the interior, gentle to moderate north-! east to east winds. By the Associated Press. Washington, May 16 Immediate construction of 14 concrete tank steamers for the fuel oil trade with a total capacity of 12,500 tons was de cided on today by the shipping board. The new vessels will be in addi tion to 18 concrete ships totaling 117,500 tons, for which the contracts already have been let. Eight of the new ships will be built on the Pa cific coast and the remainder of the Atlantic coast. THREE TAR HEELS IN CASUALTY LIST By the Associated Press. Washington, May 16. The casu alty list today contains 91 names, di vided as follows: Killed in action, 8; died of wounds, 4; died of accident, 1; died of dis ease, 4; died of other causes, 1; wounded severely, 1; wounded slightly, 55. Missing in action, 34. The list includes: Died of wounds, Private Clyde W. Bollinger, of Winston-Salem, N. C Wounded slightly: Sergeant Claud N. Logan of Mooresville, N. C, and Private Manning McCraw, route I, Flat Rock, N. C, Hot Springs, Ark., May 15. Wo men of the Southern Baptist church es today were granted full and equal rights with men in the convention of the churches, by an overwhelming vote at the sixty-third session of the Southern Baptist convention. By this action which consisted of an am endment to the convention constitu tion, Women now aire entitled not only to represent their churches in the conventions, but also to hold any office in the convention which is the highest adaniiHistration orfe-aniz-ation in the denomination. The vote was taken after three hours of debate. After the vote was announced, a division of roll call was demanded by some of the oppo nents to the amendment, but was withdrawn and the constitution was declared officially to have been amended. Because of the length of debate on that amendment, other convention business was restricted and the day's session closed wiith the reports of the home and foreign mission boards and the Sunday school board. Work in Army Camps B. D. Gray, corresponding secre tary of the home mission board, in making his report .requested a con tribution of apportionment by tne churches of $1,000,000 to advance the work of the church next year among the army cantonments. The report of the foreign mission board showed that the churches for the first time in their history had con tributed more than a million dollars for foreign mission. The exact am ount was given as $1,006,189. It was reported that for the first time in the history of the work a state had contributed more tran $100,000, both Texas and Virginia having that hon or. As a result of the year's work it was said there were 5,577 additions to the churches by baptism in for eign lands. Statistics showed that there now are 464 churches estab lished abroad by the denomination. The night session of the convention was given over to devotional exr qises the Convention sermon being preached by W -H. Geistweit, of St. Louis. Reports of Boards How war activities have directly affected the work of the church was emphasized in the report which the Board of Home Missions made. The report called attention to the fact that last year the convention pledged the property, lives and sacred honor of the Baptists of the south to the president of the United States in the prosecution of the war with Ger many and said that despite large sums given the Red Cross and army Y. M. C. A. and the purchase of Lib erty Bonds, the Baptists of the south have done the largest church work in their history in the past year. A total of $600,000 was given for this work, an increase of more than $200,000 over the preceding year. Texas Baptists gave the most. Geor gia was second and South Carolina third. The report added: "The war has altered many con ditions. There is little need for work among immigrants as few are coming into our country. Other centers however have arisen that de mand attention. The army camps, the ship buildinig enterprises scat tered from Baltimore to Galveston and employing thousands of work men, the munition factories in Ala bama and Tennessee, some of them doubling the population of the places where they are located, present op portunities that cannot be overlook ed." The report stated that in the army camps, in conjunction with the state mission secretaries and the Northern Baptist cdnvention, much work ha3 been undertaken. One camp pastor has been sent to every cantonment in the south to work in harmony with the Y. M. C. A. men and the chap- : By the Associated Presi. frighting has died down again in Flanders and Picardy and only the guns are busy. The artillery fire continues strong all along these fronts, as well as on the Arras front, and is more violent north of Kemmel and in this region. These sectors have been the scene of all the recent fighting and they probably will see the greatest efforts of the Germans when the battle is resumed. In Flanders the Germans have been dissappointed in all attempts' to gain Hill 44 as the French not only drove them from the high ground, but also penetrated tho enemy posi tions. w In Picardy the enemy has not re newed his counter attacks to drive the French from a wood near I ladles. The enemy bombardment of French bnes has been most intense for the past few days, but the Germans have made no attacks except to teach French gains. General Pershing has issued his first official statement on American operations since his troops took over sectors on the fighting front and wiil continue to issue communications as long as the Americans are in the ma jority. The Germans put down a heavy barrage on the American lines northwest of Toul Wednesday, but no infantry attack followed. In aerial fighting in this sector two American aviators have account ed for three German machines. As on the western front, the lull ia Italy remains unbroken, but with in dications that it will be resumed shortly. An attempt by enemy aircraft to raid Paris Wednesday night was frustrated bv the aerial defenses and machines. Aerial activity in the baflle lines continue at high pitch with French and British airmen dropping many bombs on German railway stations and important centers. I A AN WAN T A Ivl E R CAN FLAG By the Associated Tress. Washington, May 16. Italy in an informal way has made known to the United States that the presence of American troops on the Italian front is to be desired, it became known today. A fe wthousand men under the American flag-, Italian offi cials say, would greatly encourage the Italian people. DR. RAPER SPEAKS TO HIGH GRADUATES Wfth the literary address before the graduating class of the Hickory high school tonight by Dr. Charles Lee Raper, the exercises tomorrow morning by the seventh grade pupils and senior class day exercises to morrow night, commencement week in the local schools will be brought to a close. Superintendent Mcintosh re tires this year and Mr. R. W. Carver, principal of the North school suc ceeds him. Dr. Raper will speak at 8:30 to night at the high school auditorium. He is dean of the graduate school of the University of North Carolina and an authority on taxation matters and a close student. Jlis address will be of public interest. The graduating exercises of the seventh grade children will be held in the high schoool at 10:30 tomor row and the class day exercises of the high school will be held tomorrow night.. The public is cordially invited to attend all exercises: lains- Rev. George Green, who was a 'captain in the Spanish-American war, has been put in charge of this work. "Baptists have responded in large numbers to the call of their coun try," said the report. "Many preach ers are fighting as privates in the trenches, while others are doing Y. M. C. A. work or serving as chap lains or camp pastors." ,
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