North Carolina Newspapers

r ' ' L VOL. IV. NO. 25P HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, .JULY, 23 191? PRICE FIVE CENTS SERI0U7 FLOOD DAMAGE iS REPORTED IN SOUTH Eastern North Carolina, Where Heavy Rains Fell Last Night and Today, Probably Worse Suf ferer Loss in Catawba Section Due More to Continued Rains By the Associated Press. "Washington, July 23. As Tl result of the rains which began in the mountains of West Virginia, the Car olinas and Georgia last week the rivoi-s in the lowlands are flooded with serious damage to crops. In the last 24 hours rains have prac tically ceased in the mountains and it is believed conditions will become better. SERIOUS FLOOD DAMAGE IN EASTERN CAROLINA By the Associated Press ' Raleigh, July 23. Reports from oastern North Carolina indicate that rains which have prevailed for more than a week have caused more or less serious damage to crops in all sections of the state. A number of rivers are reported out of banks seriously damaging growing crops. Western North Carolina also is sulFcring from rains, but reports in dicate that the loss is not great. The downpour continued today with no sign of a let-up in the eastern part of the state. From Fayetteville it is reported that the Cape Fear has flooded the lowlands in a number of places in that vicinity, crops being damaged liy high water. Other streams, no tably the Neuse and Tar rivers, also are reported out of their banks. All rivers are reported to be rising to day following hard rains of last night and this morning and it is fear ed that further damage will be done. Cotton, tobacco and corn seem to be suffering most from the water. From Rocky Mount it was report ed that Tar river was three inches over the flood mark at noon today and was continuing to rise following a 3 1-2 inch rainfall last night. This is said to be the highest stage the river has reached in years. A num ber of families who live near the stream have been forced to leave. Several bridges are under water, but so far as reported none have been washed away. A number of closed bridges over smaller streams in va rious sections of the county are washed away. WATER DAMAGE HERE GREATER THAN FRESHET Crop damage in western North Carolina by reason of swollen streams and continued rains cannot be es timated, but it will run into the thous ands of dollars. Corn and cotton, while apparently looking good now, may deteriorate as a result of too much moisture and the shortage may not be known until gathering time. This will be the case with cotton more than with the other field crops. Reports from various sections say that hundreds of watermelon patches along river bottoms particularly the Yadkin which passes through David son and Rowan counties, have been destroyed and a report to the Record from Salisbury today stated that many melons had been seen going down stream. What melons have not been washed away have an accumula tion of water that will impair the flavor. There was no rain in Hickory up to early afternoon, but the conditions were right for more showers. The rainfall for two days has not been en ormous, but the land does not get a chance to dry off before another soaking shower falls. Monday after noon farmers at some places were able to break land and a few days of sunshine will enable them to plow most any upland,1 where grass and weeds are eettine a hold. The weather forecast today gave no promise for tomorrow. It may be Sunday before the weather clears and if some of the old signs are true, we may expect wet weather until the middle of August. E By the Associated Press. Washington, July 23. House Re publicans were notified today that tonight a party conference would consider any questions presented, although discussion was expected to center about proposed - legislation in committee. The plan is to complete work and adjourn late next month. TO SlMAW" WiTH TWO STATES Uy the Associated Press.' "tr Washington, July 23.-The United States will sign the treaties with Bulguria and Turkey, it was announc ed today at tKe state department. HOUS REPUBLICANS HOLD CONFERE NCE WELCOME HOME E Next Sunday will be a day of wel come to our boys returned home safe ly from the service in St. Marks Ev. Lutheran church at Claremont, St. John's Ev. Lutheran church, near Conover, Rev. J. C. Koepplin pastor, participating. From these two congregations sev enteen were enlisted, a few seeing service in this country, but the ma jority were in France. A few of them were on the battle line for days and weeks, but not one received m iurJ' - , 1 he congregations represented ieei mat a service oi j. nanKsgiviiiu,- unto divine providence is much in place for the closing of the war and for the safe and happy return of these men who helped to win it. This service will take place in the morning. After the noonday luncheon, .which will be served in the grove side of the church and a few hours of social vis iting, a religious patriotic program will be given out in the grove, if the weather permits, otherwise in the church. It is understood that not only the soldier boys of these two congregations, but all others of the community will be given a hearty greeting by the citizens who will de light in doing" them this well deserved honor, before they go out into their civil occupations, would like to see them together and, if possible in their uniforms, in which they did such splendid service in behalf of their home and country. TAR HEEL SOLDIERS By the Associated Press. Washington July 23. Awards of the distinguished service medals in clude: Sergeants Paul G. Hawkins of Kinston, N. C, Thomas W. Carlisle of Tarboro, N. C, John T. Wells of Watha, N. C. Corporal Emery L. Butler of Lan dis, N. C. Private Thomas A. Mooreland of Concord, N. C, Edward Blanchard of Fayetteville, Luther C. Griffith of Reidsville, Buck A. Parker (deceas ed) of Ine-old. Henrv H. Hall of Hope Mills. SAID TO BE GOOD SERVIC FOR MEDALS AWARDED BROQKFORD ROAD That Brookford road which a few yesterday through appeals filed by weeks ago was a regular -fright is tne government from federal court de niw said to be in fairly good condition, j crees in Baltimore quashing indict and autoists are singing the upraises ; ments brought against the Standard of a strip one-fourth of a mile long j Brewing company, under the food con where sand from the river has been troj act of 1917. placed on the road. At this point Because . of the importance of the thp hiVhwav is firm and is equal to mlo.ttion in connection with the en- a good street. It is probable that thft whole distance from. Hickory to Brookford will be given a deep cover- ' ment to ask that the case be expe ine of river sand to make it stand up ; dited. Unless this were done a de- under the hard weather of winter. OF By the Associated Press. Huntington, W. Va., July 23. Seized by a gang of alleged moon shiners, brought before a Great Brier justice of the peace and convicted of bootlegging was the experience of H. R. Hatliff of Hinton, W. Va , a state prohibition officer, who returned late yesterday from an investiga tion tour into the hills. SOME ODD CORN Mr. -S. E. Drum of West Hickory pulled an ear of corn today that proved to be five ears. The mam ear was normal and the . grains - well formed and around the central ears were four smaller ones, the whole re minding one of an eagle's talon when closed. Mr. Drum will have the corn on display at Baker's store m West Hickory. FOREST FIRES ARE SERIOUS IN WEST By the Asaociated Press. Washington, vuiy B was asked today by Se?retay Lane r.j. ioi onnronnation of $500,- (00 to fight forest fires in Montana 000 to Latest re-' Idano anu nw.m.?. , i.n BS.JJT X"SS33 "ine iiicc . ..j-u t,(rp. except byheavy rain of which there CONVICTED OFFICER SELLING LIOUOR t Copyright, 1919. DECORATED FOR HIS 148 WOUNDS This picture shows Private Felic Crispi, Italy's most decorated war rior who came - to New York aboard the Francesca. Crispi is the Alvin York of Italy. He bears the scars of 148 wounds. Crispi is one of the eighteen soldiers to receive the gold Medal of Honor. This is the high est Italian award. He also wears the French Croix de Guerre, the English D. S. C. and the Order of the Italian Chevalier of Honor. Crispi is on his way home. He lives in Ottawa, Canada. PRESIDENT SEES By the Associated Press. Washington, July 23. Conferences wijth Republican., senators on the peace 'treaty and the league of na tions covenant were continued at the White House today. 1 Senators on the visiting list were Page of Vermont, Sterling of South Dakota, McLean of Connecticut and NbeS f ,Michi??- ' , . Mr. Wilson's condition continued to improve today and it was expected that in a few days he would have entirely recovered from the effects of an attack of intestinal trouble. The president, however, continues weak and for that - reason held con ferences Jn his study room instead of the executive office. inqil Ties at uie wince jiuusc luii- i cernmg reports that the bnantung provision of the peace treaty was President Wilson's personal solution of the problem brought neither con firmation nor denial, but information that the president would not discuss the question. 2.75 PER CENT BEER UP TO HIGHER COURT Washington, July 23. The question of the right of brewers to manufac ture beer containing 2 3-4 per cent nlfnhol reached the supreme court f orcenent of the war-time prohibition ac. court officials expect the govern- cision probably would not be handed down until after prohibition oy con stitutional amendment became effect ive. I Miss Bay Smith has returned to Roanoke, Va., after spending some time at home Copyright 1919 . VILLA'S of Villa raiders,' c,ontin2ent oi viua xaiucia, -At. ?"daS routed ly D B. ered tne lives oi cinac . command of the Juam situation. SENATORS IN STUDY i f PMf & tl- "J , rv , fv?0 : - FIGHTING STOPSlfillfi Un KUmAwAlv i I HjfetKc , FRflNTIFR !i!ftMti By the Associated Press. London, Tuesday, July 22.r A bol shevik delegation has arrived at Kish- I ineff with an offer of peace to the commander of the Rumanian Dniester troops on behalf of ' Nikolai Lenine, the bolshevik premier, according to a Berlin government wireless dispatch. Nikolai offers to cede Bessarabia to Rumania on condition that. Rumania shall prohibit Ukranian citizens and bands of Admiral Kolchak, head of the all Russian government at Omsk, from crossing the Rumanian fron tier, i An armistice to last eight dayshas been concluded on the Rumanian fron tier. MADE NO TRADE By the Associated Press. Paris, July 23.- The Japanese dele gation to the peace conference today issued a denial that the Shantung set tlement in the peace; treaty was in exchange for the withdrawal of the racial clause in the treaty. THAN VOTE By the Associated Press. Paris, July 23. (Havas Agency) Premier Clemenceau, who won for his cabinet a vote of confidence late yesterday in the chamber of . depu- ties, emerged from the conflict stronger than the test vote showed. " , The final vote of confidence on ,i i resolution by Deputy Semyian ap- proving. the government's declaration. of policy showed confidence in the government by 289 to 176, a major- ity of 113 , SENATOR PAGE IS T IT ALL By the Associated Press. Washington, July 23. Senator Page of Vermont bluntly outlined his ob jections to the peace treaty to Pres ident Wilson at the white house today and told him that he would not . sup port the leaggue of nations. Senator Sterling of South Dakota, another white house caller, said neither he nor the president mention ed the Shantung settlement. They discussed article ten of the league of nations covenant, referring to th protection of ijations against "exter nal aggression" and to withdrawal of nations from the league. Rev. L. N. Taylor, who has been 4-1 4- i TaT a-nA Mvo Q T? Stroup at the rectory for several days, returned to KoanoKe, va., toaay. FORCES ON THE OUT SKIRTS OF part of 'the "rebel chfWj, i, vTI .iUw . RACIAL QUESTION MUCH STRONGER SHOWS AGAINS . - - - , . lit wfe!4 :- i 1 iMfmwMwm ' i Copyright 1919. AMERICA'S MOST BE-MEDALED HERO Sergeant Victor Peterson to whom had just been awarded by General Pershing personally, the Congression al Medal of Honor for having single handed captured an entire Gexman battery of light field pieces and held it against all comers. For this per formance France also gave him the Military Medal and the Croix de Guer re and he Jbas been cited for the Victoria Cross, the British Distin guished Service Medal and the Bel gian War Cross. Insert: Corporal Berger Loman also medal winner. By the Associated Press. WfasWngton, July 23. Private ownership and operation of railroads merged into 20 or 30 great systems under the supervision of a federal transportation board with a statu tory rule of rate making assurance to the roads a net return of six per cent was offered to the house commerce comniisa'on today as the plan of the national transportation conference. Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, for mer president of the chamber of com merce of the United States, explained that hearings had been held for six months at which the shippers, rail road men, labor union ' of ficials and bankers have been heard. The plan evolved was said to be a combination of the best features of plans already put forward with some T1PW filements assembled into what the '.conference regarded as a harmonious whole. CAPE FEAR RIVER AGAIN RISING AT FAYETTEVILLE Fayetteville, July 23. The Cape Fear river, after falling three feet, began rising again early yesterday and at 5 o'clock last afternoon it stood at 43 feet, the highest stage previously reached during the present freshet. In the opinion of the Unit ed States weather observer, Frank Glover, it will rise one or two feet higher but will not overflow anything, but the river bottoms which are al ready under water. . The heavy rams continuing in this county are consid ered a more serious menace to crops than is the river. Mrs. W. M. Jones and children of Charlotte are guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Moser They will spend the summer here. Mrs. F. E. Land arid children of Erwin, Tenn., who have .been guesxs of Mrs. T. VV. snuiora, leu this morning for a visit to relatives near iiNewcvm JUAREZ y thied to arry uare ; iti'zpns r bote veteran, -who has taken NEW SCHEME OF "OPERATION OF ROADS ONLY SPORADIC FIRING IN CAPITAL LAST NIGHT Race Rioting Kept Down by Large Force of Soldiers and Marines, One GuardsmanKilled and Another Seriously Wounded Much Concern Over Matter CONSOLIDATION SEEMS TO BE BETTER PUN West Hickorv. Julv 23. Kvctv. thing is very quiet in our town at present and the mayor has but very nuie legal business to attend to. The general topic for discussion in West Hickory at present seems to be the new school building. Some of the citizens of the town think that West Hickory ought to build" the school house alone and a number of others think that lit would be best for West Hickory, Longview and Houcks Chapel districts to consolidate and puj up a building for the higher grades, locating the school so that it would be convenient enough for all the three districts to attend. The matter has been thoroughly discussed pro and con. It seems a-majority are in favor of consolidating. Mr. and Mrs. John Mace spent Sunday with relatives at Enola. Mrs. Joe Mace and Mfr. Bryant Mace of Gaffney,. S. C, are here visiting Mrs. M. J. Lackey. Mr. J. P. Huffman who has been fixing looms at Rhodhiss for several months h,as resigned his work there and is working at the Ivey mill again. The Sunday school of Bethany Lu theran church of West Hickory will have their annual picnic on July the 31. - They are going to Bakers Mountain as usual. Capt. J. L. Scruggs superintendent of the Ivey Mill and Squire G. T. Barger motored to Drexel one even ing last week. T. J. L. TEN PERSONS KILLED T By the Associated Press. Berlin, Tuesday, July 22. Ten per sons were shot during disorders which attended the breaking up of a major ity Socialist meeting by commu nists and Spartacans here yesterday. Those attending the meeting in the trades union building attempted to lynch the man who fired the shot, but he was saved by hospital assist ants. CITY GIVES CANTEEN A HANDSOME LIFT Contributions to the Hickory can teen are coming in more rapidly than a few weeks ago, but still the supplies are not equal to the emergency. Cash contributions also are being made and last night the city of Hickory, through council, made a donation of $100. The canteen is doing splendid work and it cannot close until the first of September. The better it is sup ported until the day its door is closed the better will the soldiers be treated and the greater will be the glory of all who have helped in the good work. : Miss Edna Edwards left this morning for Lenoir in the interest of fire prevention leagues. EMI COTTON By the Associated Press. t New York, July 23. The cotton j market opened''with renewed strength ; today with ' all the active months : making new . high records owing to continued rains in the south and the strong opening of the stock market. Active months sold 38 to 41 points above last night's closing during the early trading. - ' - Open Close 85.44 35.65 35.65 35.60 October - 35.80 i December 2 36.10 January 35.97 March 36.02 Mav - 35.80 For North Carolina: Local show - ers and thunderstorms probably to - nigm ana inursaay; no cnange ir temperature, moderate south .and southwest winds, BERLIN IE By the Associated Press. Washington, July 23. Although there was sporadic firing of fire arms in some of the negro districts until early this morning, the major casualties in last night's clashes be tween whites and negroes consisted of only one white man killed and an other probably fatally wounded. Scores were wounded in varying de grees as a resutlt of fists, clubs and the wielding of knives, but in none of these was it believed that the injur ies would prove fatal'. The man killed last night was Isaac B. Haelbfinger and the seriously wounded man was Benjamin Belmont, both members of the home defense guard, and who were shot down on the street by a negro while doing duty in one of the black districts. Despite the fact that the capital was an armed camp, the fourth night of the race warfare was less violent than Monday when four persons were killed outright and nearly a doz en injured. The closing of pool rooms, picture houses and other plf crowds of negroes might, to gather and the policy soldiers to keep evei prevented congestion.! As on Monday ni me aggression last come from the blrj ed themselves foi whites following negroes Saturdai Practically all trouble occurred! Sale of fire arms arid ammiiffl in the city have been stopped and iwt uie military in control, the au thorities expressed the belief that further trouble would be avoided. Marines Keep Crowds Moving With the exception of its lower portion, Pennsylvania avenue between the Whfcte house and thecapitol prac tically was clear of crowds as dark ness fell. In the portion about Seventh and Ninth streets, opposite one of the negro districts of the southeast section,, there were crowds of white civilians, but marines sta tioned a few yards apart kept them, moving. " The police reported that a number of posters signed by negro ministers urging members of their race to stay within their homes and to preserve order had appeared about the city. Quiet During the Day There were no disorders during the day, but at nightfall police and troops supplemented by additional detach ments of regulars from Camp Meade and marines at Quantjco, Va., took up their stations in grim preparation for what the hours of darkness might bring A statement issued by the govern ment authorities denied that the situ ation had been out of hand at any time last night when riot calls were sounded from half a dozen places at a time ., The authorities also decided r.ot to ask that martial law be de clared, although resolutions intro duced in the house during the day urged that the president be requested to take that action. President Wilson took cognizance of the situation yesterday when he called Secretary Baker to the White House for a conference on steps that might be taken by the military in co-operation with the civil authorities to pre vent recurrence of the outbreaks. The President was understood to be great ly concerned over the events of the last three nights in the capital. After the conference, Secretary Baker announced that the troops or dered from Camp Meade constituted "a verv larj?e number," and that Maj. Gen. Willian G. Haan would be in command. Secretary Daniels said a . substantial force of marines had beenordered in for the night duty. Cavalry again played a part in the police work,x holding lines about the congested negro sections to pre vent mob attacks by either Wacks or whites. Police and soldiers agairA struggled to keep the downtqy n thoroughfares clear of crowds. The scattered nature of the "ttf iCks through the three nights of gro" wing disorder Washington has ey.per ,enecd made the situation, difficult. Wnile rioting was at its worst dor wntown panic stricken negroes, fixer 3 indis criminately from th$ bf irrieaded doors or w'ndowf- o, their . homes. Others whirled tirogh more lying streets ?r. automata les firing wildly at ar.'j whites they saw. f f f VETOES MEAffiilE FOR THAT LIGHT BEER By the Associa ted Press. Harrisburg, I a July 23. Governor 1 Sproul today announced his veto on I the bill to V ialize 2.75 per cent liquors. ' - Mr. and daughters mountains Mrs. H. B. Smith and' have returned from the .where they; spent a week. 7s health is, some better. i ' R0V- y '. H. McNairy and daughter, I. Lihrohrton were guests pes in the city today enroute ipm a wisit t-v LnoiT. j Gladvs of relate bome fr