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HICKORY GtMB VOL. V. NO. 70 i?;HiCKORYN: C.JUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER". 2, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTC ALL STORES MUST CLOSE AT HOUR SPECIFIED Even Those Places Which Burn No Fuel Requir ed to Shut Doors at 4 p. m.- Groceries and Meat Shops May Remain Open Until 6 -v t Regulations in Brief Hv the Associated Presi. Athens, (la.'. Doc. 2. Industries. nis and business houses will be it-,jtiiirl to observe the shortened I,,, his of the fuel regulation, even i hm; h they may get their heat, powoi and oil from other sources than coal. The fact that industries do not re oniic the consumption of coal will not fM-mpt them in a series of orders is md last, night and explained today. Hydro-electric power is being di .ritcd from non-essential purposes to r setitial ones in distant communities, the committee statfl.- The committee made a summary of fiic regulations as follows: tirocery and meat stores and milk -Irpols may remain open until G p. in.. .I.i dy and 9 p. m. on Saturdays. Concerns coming under the class of those required to close at 4 p. m. may not remain open after that hour, t-n though they use no fuel. Tool and billard rooms and similar .. taMishments are classed as public1 i uiu s incuts and may not keep open ;iier 10:30 p. m. .N cigars or tnliucco may lu sold after 4 p. m. Fruit, stands and confectioners miia observe hours of other stores ' mid between 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. : Col ton oi lmills and fertilizer fac loiies are classed as continuous pro-j ;, npetat ions which under the orig inal ruling are exempt from the 48- i hour a week rule. - j t!y the Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 2. Steps to re lieve the sugar famine existing in many parts of the country were un tl r discussion today at a conference fa fweeii refiners anl producers ami .J finals of the government. Cuban sugar was looked upon as the only source of foreign relief and a new scale of prices will be agreed upon. , ' WEATHER I' or North Carolina: Cloudy to night, somewhat warmer in the in Ifiior. Wednesday probably rain, moderate northeast and eas -t winds. FORHICKORY or no LE Are you interested in the life of a soldier in trie neiu ; uo you hkc to look at catornillar tractors, cassions, big trucks, howitzers and machine Imuis? Do you want to ask questions ahout all these things and feel -that tin- young men in charge will not hi uuli at you? Come, right this way, ladies and ."ent lemon. The opportunity is here and will be here until Friday for a complete outfit from Camp Bragg un der the command of Capt. J. C. Pat terson is encamped in the rear of the postofiice and the three officers and 30 men in charge are here for the sole purpose of letting Hickory and Ca tawba county people see the parapher nalia of war and ask all about them. That is no joke. Something is do-in- nil the time. Ask one of the young men at one of the machines about anything, and he straightway! will explain. Also he will take you to another machine, where it also will be explained. In the meantime you will be learning something about field artillery and equipment. Ladies wlni are interested in the culinary art may also see a rolling kitchen--in operation. The artillery show is 'in progress at all times. , , , None of the equipment has been overseas, but the young men in charge have faced the cannon's mouth, as it were, though they did most of their . hooting by indirect-fire, but they were on the job, all right and are glad to show you what the things they have can do. The unit here is the third provis ional platoon, fifth field artillery brig ade, and it is worth seeing. Here is the equipment: Two 155-Millimctre'howitzers, four caterpillar tractors, four ambulance trucks, two caissons, "one Browning light machine gun.- You will notice that the big guns are camouflaged. The platoon will leave Friday for Morganton and from there will go to Marion and Asheville. N 2 CUBAN SU6AH NOW HOPE OF COUNTRY' ART LLERY 1 I t I !L! K k 1 I ! nr 4 ; RUE STORY American newspaper readers will re member how the "lost battalion re mained at its post in the Argonne Forest readers until relieved. Tl ie: am know of some of the glamour ! feat of those troops, ; surrounding the and they will be interested in the real facts of the battalion, as furnished by the New York Herald. Colonel Whittlessey did not swear and the (iermans never got near -the Yankees which was lucky for the dermaiis but here is the way the lleraHl tells the story: New York Herald. Members of a famous unit of the :!0Sth regiment f infantry, American expeditionary forces, must have been surprised to find that the battalion had developed a legend, acquired a tradition and become associated with a saying of the war,rnll thr.ee which the nublic hangs on to and of re vises to ft co in suite ot the enorts of the soldiers themselves. According to the "legend," it was "the Lost battalion." Yet it was never lost. The fact is that the men un der command' of Charles W. Whitt lesey now lieutenant-colonel and one of the striking American figures of the war started for an objective in the Arg.(nn.forest,r.cached., it, dug in, stayed there with serene determi nation" until relieved and laughed when they went to the rear, after suffering starvation and thirst for days, to find that they were heroes. Their experience was very like that of a celebrated body of troops at Gettysburg, the members of which asked for coffee when proffered praise at the end of the third day. As for the "tradition," -it is to the effect that the (iermans were so in pressed by the gallant,' if suicidal, madness of the Americans that they lid not feel like wiping tnem out. - The fact is that the dear enemy never rot a chance to wpie them out, ut on the contrary touno mat uie had picked up the very hottest sort of a hot potato, which was too much for the select troops of the kaisers euards who were on the other side, with their backs toward Berlin. As 'for the "saying!" This is at fribtued to Col Whittlessey, who so it was reported when requested to surrender, for the general comfort ot everybody, replied, "Co to hell." The facts are: First, that none of the Prussians ever got withm speaking distance of the battalion whifli would have been very perilous -Tnr thorn and. second, that this ohV " ' . , ! cer has never been Known uv any member of his family, or any acquaint ance, or anv soldier under him, to use a "swear" word. Besides he asserts that he did not say it, and he is a truthful man, in addition to being an officer and a gentleman. . Of course it won't do murh harm to the colonel to have his name go re verbating down the corridors of time associated wth a volent statement. He can afford t. It pleases the public and can't hurt him much as a user of cautious and chaste English. V-e-sides other military persons of emi nence from Marshal Canbronne to Admiral John Phillip, have been tied, up to historical remarks of an apoch- ryphal nature. , Anybody, seemp that the noWe iiRht nni noblo endurance ot col. Whittle- qnv's men has been filmed he may as well vitable. resign himself to the me A romance has been added th" tradition and the defiance. Jlut'- the heroic work done stays to adorn the record for ill tifUe, or as long as there is such a thing as American history. Rv the Associated Press. ! ! Louisville. Kv., Dec. 2 .After sell- j i in liouor for three weeks unmolested j ! by" federal authorities, who had been S restrained from interference with . ! miles, distillers here closed their doors ! :odr.v -following issuance of an order j in the federal court of appeals at Cm-! icinnati ioi bidding ineysaie ux umi. mm SI LOUISVILLE LIQUOR JOINTS AGAIN CLOSE j . I IlIMIilfilMESSAGETO CONGRESS f UBElfS ORDER ; f i K i i ALONG GENERAL LINES ! nnnnsnTi . i mi :. ' i rnuivir tLF j m Hickory is . observing the regula tions prescribed by the fuel adminis tration, municipally speaking, 'whatev er mav be the case in plants and stores. Mayor Kll iott received instruct-; ions . for the city and has complied j last night, a lone standard glowing on j with them. The white way was not on ' each corner so as to provide the nec essary light for pedestrians and to ; protect property against thieves. The moon helped out last night and will j continue to do so. . Just how far the regulations will i be observed by the stores was not ; made clear today. Merchants indi- j cated a readiness to comply with both j the letter and spirit of the order, and : persons who want to make purchases I will have to do so between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Many merchants declare they did not mind the restrictions placed upon them during the war, but some do not like the late opening and early closisg just before the holiday season, when , so many people are, anxious to make , their Christmas purchases. j The best way is for everybody to start early in the morning and start ; right now. , The shops will be busy I all the time and there is no chance j for the eleventh-hour rush. i M M FRIGK By the Associated Press , . New1 York, Dec. 2. lUvy Clay Frick died here ted ay. Mr. Frick suffered an attack of ptomaine noi soning early in November. He had nearly recovered from this when he was again taken ill. lie was f9 years old. fly the Associated Press. ! Paris, Dec. 2. The American (lei egation to the peace conference whiclr j was to have sailed from lirest on De i comber 0 has postponed' its departure j it was learned today. ' i A considerable part of the person I nel of the delegation will leave Brest j on the evening of Decemlior 5, how- evev. 1 It is learned from a high authority j that the change of the delegation to sail is due to the failure of the ' (Iermans to sign the peace treaty pro tocol. It is pointed out that if the Germans fail to sign the protocol, the status of the war' will go back to the signing of the armistice. Hence the United States is still ouite as much interested as its asso ciates of the allied powers, desnite the ; failure of the senate to ratify the i treaty. j .Mr. I f torn ! Mrs. S. L. Whitener has returned a visit to her parents, Mr. and J. E. Wilfong at the rock house. PEOPLE CAN LOCAL The people of Hickory and this sectioii who do their trading' here can assist in the conservation of fuel by making their pur chases between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. so that local dry goods stores will find it easier to close in accordance with the re quirements of the fuel administration. No exception has been granted dry goods, jew elry and other stores other than grocery and meat in places where hydro-electric power is used for lighting. Sine these regiflations will continue into effect for an indefinite time, it is hoped that every person in -this whole section will begiirhis Christmrts'shdpp ing so as to avoid the rash the last few clays before Christ mas. Start now. Grocery and meat stores are permitted to remain open until 6 p. m. except Satur days, when they may remain open until 9 p. m. The local public is urged to cooperate, in every way with the merchants. . The stockholders of the Catawba i county Fair Association met at the ! Chamber of Commerce rooms Satur ; day evening, and with the greatest ; enthusiasm resolved to make the 1920 I fail- the best ever. The association ' went on record as favoring good I amusements, but as against games of ; chance as usually conducted by many ; of the concessions that accompany tented shows. I President Clark again gave notice that it was up 0to some one else to : assume the responsibilities of presi- dent: of the fair association, but ex pressed, a willingnes to give the next i president all the help he could. Inas i much as Mr. Clark leaves the book lvalue of fair stock way above par, j the directors for 1920 .will have, a i clean bill of health to start in, the ' work for the next fair. The regular annual meeting of the fair association will be held January i ; -)0, 1920, at which? meeting a board of; ; directors and president will be select-1 ; ed, and it is planned to begin work j i immediately on plans for that year. ; M EN ARE WANTED FOR FOREIGN 'SERVICE With 115,000 men signed up for new peace time army, the war depart ment is calling for 7500 for service outside the continental limits, of the United. States. Practically all branches of the service are represent ed in these forces, which are station ed from the tropics to the pole and from Greenwich meridian to', the far east. ' The Panama canal zone needs 3400 men to complete its quota, 1232 of these are needed by the infantry, 1347 by the coast artillery, and the balance by the cavalry, engineers, signal corps, medical department, and quartermaster corps. The Philippine Department is call ing for 1320 men for coast artillery i and wants 525 more for the engineers, ! ordnance and medical department. Infantry and cavalrv enlistments I were closed some time ago due to the popularity of tropical service with ! foreign service pay. All troops in : the Philippines and the far east I draw theincreased pay for foreign : service. 1 In addition to the. hundred men i authorised for service in the Medi jcal Department' there are seventh i vacancies in the ordance department I in Hawaii. It won't take long for the recruiting service to get these 170 men as they luve the whole United States to draw from. Schley Rogers of Waynesville was the first man from North Carolina to take ad vantage of this offer when he signed up at Asheville this week. Alaska wrtnts 115 men for the infantry, and Siberia needs 1213 men. 1200 for the infantry and 13 for the signal corps, Alaskan and Si berian services as well as service with the A. F. in France and Ger many carry with them the provisions of' foreign service pay, twenty per cent of the base pay in addition to the regular allowances. The peace time army is devoid of the many hardships endured during the war period. The supply, of food is good and regular. Pay is received each month without fail, passes and furloughs are in vogue, and all the w.irfjivp activities are running in full blast with more time tor recreation. . . v ASSIST ! MERCHANTS ' - ..' ' v i President Will Discuss Peace Treaty and Rail road Question at a Later Time Urges Leg islation to Combat Cost of Living- and Radicalism and Speaks for Budget SAM SEA IS ITER Uy the Associated Press. Los Angeles Nov. ' 29. The Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, one of the natural wonders of the west, is cou stantly shrinking. At present it is j system willi .siniplilicatioii f ih about If? miles long and nine miles j income and excess profits wide at the greatest point. During j Readjustment of the tai nf -.v. inn the last five years, the water is said j if necessary to meet chanevd voi i I to have retreated about a mile a year, i conditions and make the ay&ivin eon leaving a salt encrusted abode land,: form with the fact, that ihv "li'riii.,1 which is eagerly seized by homestead-Slates is the greatest racialist in ers. Often their location stakes are ft he world" planted far out in the water. The sea which lies 100 feet below the level of the ocean abounds in fish, mullets, and carp which local and Ari z'onan capitalists are planning to uti lize by erection of a great cannery. Tho Pnitorl -U :ire"S pTlnsiv movi Agriculture reports state that about thP Salton Sea lies tho l,t-sf f!VP., of date i)roducing land in the coun-1 lVy ! Geologists say thta the Salton Sink I !LlLu'? "T "r hl Irf-hisftoric ! i" Jlal,.dianS Aro ;l!sei;t t0; ji itiiu iiuio eii uo oeseit n 1 iy times: or more. ior centuries the Colorado centric, cue- .u auo e3 of URrest , , , (() , f j, quietly to the Gult ofure of om. covert mttM to p:-. mit a gradually build up a permanent pcc from the transfusion river would flow California and sand-bar across its mouth. Ther some spring flood would cause a wash out in the river's bank further north and the whole torrent would sweep toward the Salton Sink. The desert Would become an inland sea, remaining so for centuries, perhaps until some great flood would carve out a shorter way to the ocean. The sea would be drained and the region relapse into a desert. Mud volcanoes abound near the sea, a short distance inland. They are. of all sizes up to great mounds 10 feet in height. . They all emit steam some in a steady stream, other stream and mud alternately. Many of them give out a sulphurous gas. At times ! their roaring can be heard for miles. I More and more, the sea is being I visited by tourists and during the ' heated season, when the temperature j is from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than j in the valley towns, dances are f re-! quently held on an old wharf, which once served ; as a landing place for fishing boats but which has been left high and dry by the receding waters. Of special interest to the tourist are the bubbling "paintpots." As the water retreats it is in a state of constant ebullition. Cases from some unknown subterranean source are perts to be fully, equal to the dry sienna and umber colors, of which so much is imported. It is thought that the shrinkage of the Salton Sea will continue until it .finally becomes a salt "sink" with a pool of brackish water in the center unless a fresh outburst of the great Colorado should replenish its waters. PRESIDENT. ENDORSES, THE RED CROSS SEALS I Sanitorium, Dec. 2. President! Wilson from sick bed has endors- ed the 191.9 Red Cross Christmas seal sale being held throughout the United ' States' this week. His good wishes for the success of the sale is voiced in a letter to. Dr. Charles J. Hatfield, ndanaging director of., th? j national tubciculosis association,; which. reads: seenTents in he'boUom Layer after i , regarding abor laid layer of colored pigment is deposited. ! dn m th tenant of t he lc a?i or The retreating waters have left uncov- i ,t.ons, ays the nu-ssag,-, nei -ered acres of this deposit, said by ex- : us 9 Jay to inlustnal v''n " i ir u iu r ir (ii.'fi nil l nvnnrrh l: n. c.i: ji t "Allow me to express again my Orderly processes, the message de deep sorrow in the work of the nat- j ciXYC( ere the only one:-, by vhioh mnal tuberculosis association, i relief could be expected, am very much interested to learn of j . the effort of the association to raise . the sum of six and one half million ! dollars that the state budgets may be financed for the coming year, ! and write to wish the very best sue-j cess of the effort." , The Red Cross Christmas seals are on sale this week in every com j munity of North Carolina. Nine; million seals are being "'offered' in this state in the .endeavor to raise $90,000 for anti-tuberculosis work. This disease, . which is curable and pieventable, last year cost N,orth Carolina more than 3,000 lives use - ktssly lost, more than 27,000 per- sons needlessly ill, and over $15,000, - 000 in economic waste. ; : , , Miss Vista Tropes, leaves toaay for Sahdersville, Ga., to enter training in Dr. Rawley's hospital, . Py the Associated. Press. Washington, Dec. 2.---tieneral rec ! ommendations on legislation to coin j bat the cost of living, labor tin :;!, i radicalism -9tfPt'. adjustment of : nation ace lime basis were nt i i . . . i'e"J0. of President Wilson-'s an .iiessage to congress delivered to i.V. " The peace treaty, the president l;id congress, will be discussed in a :-cj..-. rate message later, as will the i,.ili.;ud question. For the second time, only .since Iha president established vthe practice t addressing congress in person lai message was read by the clerk;;. The president's principal ncotn- j mediations follow: I Establishment of a budget sys- tern for the national finances. The oreanizat .ion of the t : -. .".-.n Recognition and relief ( soldiers of the world war .ariy in the way of governm. as proposed by Secretary !. Proper measures lo back f Ml"! llti-l' pari ii'a farin-ri I i lO ii'- stuffs industry built' up duj.-iu i he. i war j An ''-arKt-d '..-ogram 1. ! velopment m recognition ui i li rat the fai'a- cr's, 1)art in th,('- wa'- IVl.easures which will remove lh jf iral After this point the president made his. most extensive referer,ce to peace treaty, by saying that the of radical theories from seething Fnro- pcan centers pending such delay, pending heartless proiilcvriiig iv:-ki!i-.ng in the high cost of living, au.i astly, from the machinations of sionate and resolute agitators." With the return of normal condit ions, this unrest will rapidity .Mij pear. The president renewed bis recon;. mendations for legislation to deal ef fectively with those pe.vons who by violent methods would rdnugjlo v time proven institutions. Such rccommeifdatioHS vvre n.a-ir to bring down the cost ;I"iiii.e;. AUi ong them were the 'xi ;i s n of Vu food control law, a eoi-1 siorni'c biw modeled after the law of New .ler.'.ey, a law requiring marks to show the length of time fods ;,ie k'.p; m stor age, a law '"fo secure c-.mpett! i ' seliing," and a law to comp A niy ijv profits. A long portion of the me.'-ir.c v. i-c devoted to the conditions a'.: i rights ( f labor. A definite program to br i ... about an improvement in labor, x;nd a general program to bring ;.boo( genuine democracy in in(iij:; ; v wmo urged. The only way to keen iaen in terested in industry is fo .;'ive them recognition. 1 he eslahlisnmewi. (t conciliation. No other road lies open to as. ernment must recognize the Tiv!:i - of aiiMMi nroeress. iahor niusf. o i:U)5.oi regarded as a commodity. The n.ht of labor to strike is invioiale, and must not be interferred with but there is a predominant right ui' government to protect its powr and j Z reSdent was referrinrMo i government's recent injunctioii aga ill rA the recent coal strike. The. message closed with a ref.uvsi to radicalism and red said Russia today with doctrine r.nd its j-las;; ami j terror is a pitiful lesson to t ale hv i minorities. There are tb.ase in t!n.. i country, he said, would force their doctrines on the country bv iniiVoniv. it makes no difference", ti said, whethed the minority the ?vr:'i was cr!iiia- i i;f hihov - Mrs. Frank Doety and Mi. s f'l! Brady of Conover spent last ninbi the city with frieiuls. ; t j - j ; By the Associated Press. i London, Dec. 2. The American ! -steamship Firweod. New- Vork for Hamburg has struck a mine off an ; island in the North sea. Tugs went to her assistance. ' IS Slid HE V
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