KECOMB
4Smm '(O mamaa. m -A, WU
. V. NO- 62
HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1919
JOTEL BELL BOY STEALS Til Ifi CLEAR MEXICO
1 . v trv ra vrv, iNrt mmm maU , v iim Mn.ts.Mt. . - i
TRUNK VALUtU Al $ 5,000 UP iViYb ! ElIT J5
1 j Trmau n
I UUAT
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IRED-U.
OPERATORS SAY WILSON
BALLED UP SETTLEME
Ihmo Employe -ft Yarborough at Raleigh As-i
3ist.s in Carrij Off Valuable Diamonds and
Olhcr
iclea Negro Who Has Trunk
Came West Last Night
lis
the Associated
biuu.nton. N. J.,
county authorities
Press.
Nov. 22 - A.tian-
noli
i i 1 . 1 1 C I
v. John Cook,
other negroes
:i i -oimccl idti with
iiik from tiic lohhy
. iinU'I CilUV ITj.KIY
.in bur jewelry ost'mat
ml to V-7. '.()( H). but I lie
i i i discovered.
-r, to his lather la:-.'
;; to the nolice, thai
.. trunk from the ho
, ic I I y a negro chaw.'
, ;c 'i it), to carry if l r
mile., cast of Haleigh,
! ui m il over to anoth-
re looking lor ;t Mt ru-r'
..itcil in he impli-
EXPECTED
Weill to
the si UK
b... sa.l ho left t ho
IheY found no rV.i
i, ai been opened.
i u i he m ice believes
left 'laleigh yester
r -1 1 a wi-yt hound train
iekot for a city in th?
of tlie slate and all
i !i advised to ie oil
was brought here hy
a wall known traVel-
i represents a number
a it v.vlrv estahhsh-
. V.irk.
coii-dsts of articles of
iMiei'ds, Wat dies and
If PESiS
.CUSESOM
imimrpT
TO
i . i 1 1
-, uitcd Press.
a, Nov. 22..-- Additional sluit
i r i -i L t -i i ial (plant.:; mainly in the
v. - -1 i oia Were in prospect
lii cannons rani miners began
.ii!h week of idleness and the
u. e at Washington seemed no
;ia acretaiiritt.
um:i. tag n ports were received
V'i.' 'u ;;-inia, Colorado and the
"I' Wa.-hingion. hut no other
! r:,,,r t e! :( li ity. Something
'li'i.e rpik-kly to add to the
ii .-ii. all quant i i y of fuel now
1 1,
t ollt.
MUTE POLICE
HELD WOT GUILTY
i :T:f
!, I
I t i;
'ociaiciT Tress.
X. ('., Nov.
i th" Charlotte
th the murder of fiv.
riot a the Southern
ompany
Auivui't -v. as
22. The
policemen
men
Pub-
car barn
dismissed by
ifi . i... ,
' ' 1 ! I 1 lilt 1 11.11 Ivi O
r i.oiviV.!,t.
.'ill ' i . I . i. M i.t
" . . i i ei
1 a ii for
atinourifct
Sloan,
murder
Mlii-i.t 1
ie
'I.i
nMeri'tl
POlit.'C
he
Attoi-ney New
the proseeut :on,
that in their
were not R'U:1
ca.se dlsimissed.
I.-.,,,
I lie
II-
h,.,
0 GOLD5
were workinc
teday io clear up the nrvstei'v sur
roundiny; the death of ' t hree-yeav-:
ld "JJilly' Dansey. wlioso nude 'botv
w'as foan.d yc-stevdav a,t the ede of
a swamp two miles from hero "by a
hufiter. Tlie lad had been missing
-mce Ocloher S when he disappeared . .newspapers say
fioni his home at Hamoutoii. ! .he penitentiary,
l.orijLr exposure matle idontificat'on No reply to
or Ttic oocy Jin possible, but the..
( fdki's fathev iden.Lifcd the clothma:
which wa foura.l scattered over a'
.'itiius of r,U feet as- that worn hy ''
he little fellow on the day he dis-
pert rod. :
i'ainnvnd (laskill, dr.. prosecu- 1
'-.or of Atlantic county. Coroner Can-
3y the Associated Press.
Wash in ?;t oil, Nov. 22. T!
Nent h the American trovernmeat. lo
the Mex'.'.can government Wednesday
'kmandinji: the immediate i-clease' of
"William O. .Jenkhis. American con--;ular
a?;ent at Puohla was delivered
to the Mexican foreign ollice the
same evenin"-. The Mexico C:f.c
Jenkins is still in
Secretary of Labor Charged With Widening
Breach Between Mines and Operators
Small Hope of Agreement Between Two
Factions in Coal Strike
: rm-m-m-i
ie American note
:een received here and there has
ne
J en K:ns v.
;atidits for
t nc
vised
I tns (
ft'r for
number of
candidates
the Con
for t w ni v
vniii.fr iloses our tirst of
tive dollars based, on the
suhseriiit ions turned in by
:. The offer is made- by
olitlated Trust Co. and is
vearlies. Ims means
! a nshani aiu! other expressed the ; hand
I oel.er that: the child v;is iured to :
I the swamp and - attacked by a de
generate. After examination the
: oir.tifci' said he had found no bones!
'Token, though indirar'.ons were that
fa lad had been choked. i
'irtuai!y, t he entire deeective. force
of the county w'as put, ro vojk on
: he case
expected.
Mexican
today and an anest va
teen no indication when one will 1
leeoived.
Officials reiterated today that the
department h.ad received no infor
mation thai would sustain the Pu
ebla state authorities wlw ciaimed
in coliitsiun with the
i r.-uisoni of $lo0.000. (
torei'-n otu lias ad-
the stale denaitmeni. that ii
taking action, in ibo case of La
jrnie Lae-k, an Ajacrican citizon.,
v.lio was shot at Mc:xicali on ' Novem
1 cr M and who died later at El
Ceun-o,. Cat. The ?vIc"ic;:iTi note said
the n roY or authorities had boon no--tTiod
of ihe vliootine; with a view to
f-rcsoeuton of tlie ji'tiiliy panics.
DEMOCRATS VOTE
ONCANDIDATE
nAQNDAY
thr.e ycavlies each day and five tor I
Saturday. Kvory candidate o.n the !
list is expected to brio;,- in at least i
this nmoum and receive the j'od of- j
fer and also the bonus in votes.
Candidates whatever you do do no!. !
allow onyone to discourage you at j
this stau'e of the jraiiH', for let us !
COnOW SEED MILL
SHE ALLOWED C
assure you that as yet no sin.u;!e can
didate lias done anything remarkable
and no candidate can feci that vie
Lory is his.
Tlu re is a ,u.rcat deal .f open tor
littiry not yet touched. The cam
paic'n mina.e'!' went: oat to see. for
himself the other cvenine; and ri.uht
lure within the city limits he found
that out of thirty houses, ten on
three different streets, taken in suc
cession, only four of the thirty had
been canvassed.. This certainly does
tad speak well for those canvass-iiU-;.
JTirther, the Campaign Af.an
afer is in a position to knov That
nut one s msle R. V. 1). has been
thoroughly canvassed.
l.'.-i us eive you a tip. In the ev
fiiiue; ai'ier tl;e even in. meal ixvi one
of your friends wdu has a car, if you
haven"! one. to take you out on the
K.utes. Vou wiil find the men of
the family at home and you will fet
better results than any other portion
of tin day. The same applies to the
rit. The men of the family are
the ones to see ami the only sure
time Lo see them are after working
--Special au
seed crush
j.;'ivea tod"
By the Associated Tresx.
Wa-.diiugton. Nov. 22.
,.or:ty to supply cotton
.u:4 mills v.vih coal was
to the Atlanta regional committee
hy the fuel administration.
Each application for coai will be
sandled on its jnerits. and to obtain
'oal the manvd'acturers musv show
:hat. uiicrushed seed v'ill be a
:hem.
hSfli " iTftlfi If! (
; ir i. mm -w a m mr m
i . . . .
1 iLinrn
Ma vm w tmv kit- i I
tlx
th(
loss to
Ht
I
HS HE MITWI
FROM BOL
Associated Press.
Vv'ashinuton. Nov. 22. Seerctai-y
Tumulty issued a st.atenwivt tdday
ernphasidnft- the fact that no break
had occurred between President Wil-
rm and Senator, llitchcoek. He
the datter's
charaeterietl
in the peace h.e.ht as masterly
-.itisfaetory in every respect.
leadership
cl 1 1 '.I
C.VilJARGOKS
KLOl'Ii (JO
ON WHEAT AND
OFF DKCEMHEK 15
pae C
-Lettish
(. Continued on
London, Nov. 22.-
v est onlay captured Mitau. capital of
'ourland, accord.in.ic to tlie Lettish
fd vices here.
New York,
forces : 011 wheat ar"
Nov. 22. Km bar e; o e. s
! wheat Hour will be
luted Decern tor la, it was announc
ed bv the United States erain cor
poration hoie late
yesterday.
hours. L'ts o affrr
If you want the Ford
hundred dollars in cash.,
in--- to have to put more
a ni.
or tie.
; -in ar;
elfort
you are now jiuttine- u.
are .u'oiu' to have to .uet
scrintions. Some of the
have reported
will work,
your part.
script ion.
improper
I POET AFTER
DALMATIAN
jOAST
' SIX
v:c -than
it. Ymi
more sub-candidates
that subscribers ate
.. i . .. i .... i- ... i i : ... i K ; v
COmpjaminu aooui not j;e . 1 1 : i.Mn. -
papers regularly, vell we arc io k
in after these errors and ar do-inj;-
all we can to strai.uh;n ihere
out. A new system is hcine; put into
effect and we are in hopes, that it
Put also vou must, uo
A "feat many .culi-
have Pern iur.co ;n v;iui
addre.r-.os cn ineai, natnr-
lie we -armor hnd a mnn i. tue an-
i not correct, and a.eai.u smin1
are turned in with no udd.ro
t.ver on them. When you
man's subscription be certain to see
to it that you have his eo erect ad
dress. This will help e, really.
The New Ivlisoii which we are
oderine; you. is our second premium
and is beautiful in desij.n :vid is
worth your (-very etVorf. Wh not
call oil the Piedmont Phonograph
Co. and let them show you what a
New E.lison is. The Tipton Furni
ture Company is offer'me; in addition
to the Detroit Red Star Vapor Ttanefe
a premium themselves. Look for their
announcement.
We are also offering you a
account with
T 0 if IF T I EIT?
n & n n n 1 1 n u e
1 Is I! ?i b 1 cl S I HE
i II Sill Wmff If I. fill
' UH V n 0!i
Lifting of eni.haroes on both ex-'
poits and imports followed the act-;
ion of President Wilson in vV.iishin.u--;
ton yesterday in sijrn'n?-!: a )roc-la-
nialion completely terminating; the '
i inha ro coatrtd which has been in;
etfect for more than two years. !
Control over emiiarcoes first was j
xeteised by the. war trade board to
protect the supplies of wheat and ;
wheat Hour foi the allies. Later
control was taken over Vy Julius
wheat director, unuer
uarantee bill.
Democrats of the ninth congress
ional district will .qo to the. "polls
Moody to cast their ballote in a pri
mary to determine whether Assist
ant District Attorney Clyde 11.
Ifoey of Shelby or Johnson ' I). Mc
Call of Charlotte shall be the
nominee of their party in the spec
ial election on December 1G for
eress. Hie iCenuhhcans in convent
ion have named John 1L Morehead
of Charlotte.
Wrhen the executive committee of
the ninth district here last week, a
primary and convention were order
ed, on the assumption that there
would be more than two candidates
in. the race, 'but by last Sunday
Judso Council I had announced his
vithdrawa! and the elimination pro
cess in Meeklen.hur- had left Mr.
MeCall a.s the only candidate from
that county. The race was left for
him and Mr. Hoey to run.
Local Democrats concede, that Mr
floey will
of the ten
is expected to run stroritz; m auv;
lenhur.tc and Cast: n .;ud. m psr' s. of
Catawba. From Burke-westward the
Shelby candidate will be strong. The
result will depend largely on the in
terest taken m the primary. A
small vote will assure the nominat
ion of Mr. Hoey, but if Mecklen
burg casts a lat'tfe vote, Mr. Me
Call .will be able to overcome the
strength of his opponent in 4tber
counties of the district.
..The contest has been friendly
thiouehout. Some newspaper ad
vertising has been done and the vot
ers have the last word on the candidates.
Py the Associated Pre??.
Washington, -Nov. 22. Bitummvus
coal operators in the central Com-
netitive field declare today that
Secretary Wilson's proposal to the
' joint waae scale cominiittee yest?r-
day h:ui served only to widen : tbe
breach between the operators- " and
:- miners.
"There are only a Tew - "more.
words to say and they wilF be . said
very soon,' declared Thomas? ? BreVr-
, ster. chairman of the scale corojt-
tee of the operators;
j It was understood, that Secretary
Wilson had proposed to the. mitiers
and operators an increase .of 27.12 a
ton for coal diggers ' and" $1.153''foT
day laborers. Some anthoritieg' sM'
tht? was wholly unsatLsfetry, c;;
A statement of the.-Operators .jSc
sTion was expected after the ixweirt
inp of the scale committee aad be
fore the negotiations with the;xn?n
( evs were resumed late in the cfeay.
John L. Lewis, acting president i of
the unite! mine workers of "Aioler.
ica, would not discuss 'Mr. Wftaajfs
eon-' pioposal, say in ft; it was' agreed "tiat
happenings at tlie conference ifts
which Mr. Wilson's offer was' made
were to be treated in confidence.
DEADLOCK FORECAST IN - - :
CON FERENCE TODAY
By
the Associated Press. .
Washington, Nov. 22.A d?loc!i
between the bituaninoua. .r&. f&t"
ors and miners in the iite,'. com
petitive lield was forecast by TWi
C. Brewster, eliairniaJi of ' tbe -operators
who met . to discuss L'rei
i wafe proposals niadu -yetedayrl3y
;et more votes in seven ! Seeietary Wilson. Mr. BiewHtr
counties in the district 1 h nrmsfll . fnv fin inor: cAl.Vflb.
an his opponent, but Mr. MeCall V2 cents a ton for dierfsIajid.$V ;
expected to run strone in Meek -' ..uv fM- Anv t'iKr.-w tsta .er-Al .
u.iaii.jf. Ui y to the. opei'aCoi.!
f r operators said the incre'asa idtuS
amount to 40 per .cent for .ytftfibato'fejfc:.!
miners, or the same, as proposea
the miners yesterday.'- ' i.s-
A definite statement thtH Mr.W?'-' .
.i,'s 'ures will notibevucccpt;j
a correct' basts for , f arther fHjtCj&tiai
ions was expected . today, from t-t?
operators. '-. . r
"There are only a few.-tnofe'rords'
to say," said Brewster, -and . they
will be said very soon." " ' . .'
IDRICyiMliUS
FINED FOB CUTTI
BEER SOLO FREELY
IN ST. Kill
j Larn.es,
wheat ;
the !
"y
further
or
I he Associated Press.
Washiiui'ton, Nov. 22.
-Whether
compromise el torts are
! what
take a
ISKE SODITI
tO :
ONTO
ILCHUFIC
made to ratify tlie peace treaty
the whole controversy thrown in
to the 1020 campaign for settle
ment was a (luestion which was bo-
iny. discussed tcdav.
Ix was agreed everywhere that trie ,
statement issued last mpr'ht by Sen-;
ator Lod.ux', iiepuidican, declaring; Fundations are hein;- laid at the
that the time for compromise had . Episcopal church for ?iii addition to
passed and that it was his desire; the church, which will consist of a
that the majority reservation pro-! w-inc-. facinir Tenth avenu? and which
will contain an oran and choir room.
A new Holder orcan has been ordcr-
yram be earned jto the camiam'ii
had advanced materially the move-
dollar saving
titty
the
l.'iW National Bank, and a solid leath
er lined hand bag- purchased from
Morctz-Whitcner Clothing; Co.
There are to be other premiums
and you are in line for the best
the fist provided . you yourself w
best.
mon to leave the peace treaty to the
American people.
The first expressions of ad mini s
It rat ion senators regard in ft? the state
! ment were defiant in tone thougn
they still tiredicted that before the
campaign, the Republicans would
come into a compromise agreement
i that would make 'ratification poss
ible. Senator 'Hitchcock declared that
while the Democrats wove loath to
j rmike the treaty a political' issue,
j they would accept it if the Repub
I Means insisted with entire cinfidenec.
ed for some time and it is hoped that
. it will be. instated soon.
The congregation has recently made
: additions and improvements in the
Sunday school department of the
church and have installed a floating
plant at the rectory.
Newton, Nov. 22. Clarence ile.d
rick and Loy Mingus plead guilty to
assault with deadly weapons in coun
ty court yesterday and were fined .$125
each and the costs. Both are young
men, residing near Conover. These
young men were at a corn shucking
early in the fall and while under the
influence- oi liquor seriously cut C Ictus
Wagoner and a young man no mod
' Bowman 'with knives.
' At the time of the cutting neither
j young men was expected to recover,
, but now they seem to be perfectly
i well, and are beyond all danger. By
' agreement of counsel for the state
! and the defendants the court gave the
j $2o0 to the two young men in lieu of
the line. The injured young men
each plead guilty, one to simple assault
and the other to a
By the Associated Press.
St. Louis, Nov. 22. Beer of 2.75
alcoholic content was -gold freely .ra
St. Louis today, followiwr VthViiaii
ion of Judge Pollard ye-sterday en
forcing the Volstead proUibi'tiao-tit.
Twelve brewers were ready to rft
! sumo manufacture of tlie beverage
.s soon as council 'had taotified
; them that Judge Pollard had; ssgft
' ed the order. -
IN ADVERTISING IUT&S
Columbia, S. C.i Nov 22.l&
ing in Columbia publishers of , -lv
and semi-weekly newspaptersv, 2ft
South Carolina pasised; resdlutiOs
recommending that all riewspap4jfcfc
used hy these publications be jijr
cliased through one buying agettt.
that advi stising rates . be increased
and consumption of paper decrfc(3iei.
The meeting was conducted' bjp A.
B. Jordan, president of ..the :honw
technical assault ! Carolina Press Association."
on
ant:
IW YORK GOTT
t he
EW LflBOfPM
As..-.oeiated Press.
Nov. 22. The situation
'h-iat!c as a result of Ca
'''Amumzio's campaign iias
:i crisis'. lViv;it :idviee.-;
" doubt that he is determin
,!' ;,"rex Dalmatia and attack
The Jugo-Slavs are
liave roncentrated troops
:ll't the IimIO,.,
hi.) It i . ' -i i
itpori savs a repuoiican
';' ri"'"-'d directed ngainst the
i'l'-narchv exists among
: '" it . itaiowers.
' -taled in advices that, fur
'Vncssjons by .D'Annunzio's
s " -ei lainlv precipitate hos-
U'illllsf I ie Jiiif'i slrn'e win! a.-iil
II ti.i t. f i iL i i , . ... i
SPLIT 01 PLATFORM
' Bv the Associated iVess.
New York, Nov. 22. The cotton
market showed a steadier tone during
today's early trading. Offerings were
light after the recent heavy liquidation
and there wascovering for over the
week-end, spot buying for the trade
in the south and increased large cx-
oorts. The opening was one pomi
iin irur niiBiniT
.III 1 Ii BIS I I if ill I 1 1 I mumty
DLtlUL wm
nFNWFR
with a deadly weapon. As he had :
injured no one. these two were dis-;
charged upon payment of the costs, j
The way the case was adjusted met j
the anproval of all living in the com- j
. ' , . . . it . i
wnere. tne trouoie occurreu. ,
HUM HITS TRUCK
AT STREET CROSSING
CASHIER STEALS
Hfinmru i nnifl
IVIUIlltl,tUuV)
By the Associated. Press.
Denver. Col.. Nov. 22. That
Bad
A motor truck driven by Mr. K. W.
j Hink was struck by Southern west
bound passenger train No. 11 on the
I Sixth street crossing about 11::J0 this'
'morning- ami the machine badly splin
tered. Mr.. 1 ink. who was hauling a
Bv the Associated Press.
"Chicago, Nov. 22.- The IUha&is State
Bank of Crete, Ills., today fail--
open and it was announced a
charging embezzlement1 aigainit' Cwiif
icv r.iis Kracke. in connectiou w1& W
It-i ;
rrce:
, , n . 2: points' higher, with active months
Py the Associated I ress fu n 40 to 54 points nef higher.
C .liicago, ;nov.
delegates, including labor leaders, Co-, ,
operat ve sponsors, representatives J December
of farmers and the uon-parti7.au lea- January
gnc were here today to attena a larch -- - -conference
of the national labor- jirny 1,
!. fv eal W a nrmarv to noininu, T . .
a candidate for president of the -
United States. Many .of the new- WEATHER FORECAST
party men went to the mating at- Carolina: Fair in west,
tor an nll-iught session, causeu, 1 . . . ., . noio,
by a eonfliet between rac ucm , -
... . 4:,. ,.n-.rv'w-.r.t. which 'da genue
coriisei viii i i- i mw..... - . , . . ,
jmay result in a third party, r - 4
1,111 Carlisle, nanuit, was m :1 . . . , - t. 'U.w aUntA f &Mmin
. . .. . . a 1 1 " A I , . t i Mi ll III V IJIIII. Ill liril 1 I Will LL UVlk .llUl LUL.V lllLUbVU r V - - -
rtWlr on January, but eenerally 15 to 'was the belief ot local ponco tow v ; -J i, . ' , ' r:
Open
,15.85
:U.25
32.45
31.40
and escaned iniurv. ! be issued.
Mr. Rink had expected to make the When the bank eiamiaers wsnt t
dressed to the chief of police, believe i crossing at fcixtn street wnen nc iook- ; rete yesieraay
-.-4f- ! C'ivHcj'p Slav- i on (town tne trac-K anu ooserveu siuuuwi ivracue, acvvmia -w
thev heard 1 i neavmg in signt. ite snui ou : aminers, receivm mciu .uvVA
the gas, stopned his machine and 1 over his books and Keys an uni.K.u
; uue 11 icy smu to letwui -rj
Denver newsoaners and postcards ad-
- - - 11
Close
::'6.25 i to have been
ine' that the. next time
from him ne would oe in iexas.
31.87
H0.75
to moderate
00 n 4
:.t.t - " , ' ,. , , , , ..it. fr1. . i . , ii ;
Union racilic minerals at uneyenne ; augnieu nurneuii. tne uuov -asked
that the letters be sent to them ; ed down grade to the railroad track ; "I'm going across the street a inm
J'That is an old Carlisle trick," they 'and stopped almost in the center, it i ute just make yourselves at home,
was 'said. r -' he told the examiners.'
What the locomotive did for the ; An hour later the examiners found
truck and wood is difficult 'to describe, i they wrere locked in the buildiitg-attd
The locomotive's pilot was also darn- that Kracke had fled in his automo-
Sun-
shifting
said.
Posses were still looking for Car
lisle in the "Ilole-in-the-Wall" section
where many criminals have taken ref-
"Sl
aged, it being bent considerably.
4
4
bile.