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VOL V. NO. 121
RDS SOLO
i,n, Feb, "-.At lie intor
,i jidulii-y show recently hold
!i.t.!i Squat o Garden, New
v,,i- mi xhUIt made ly the,
,t i iI ina buys and girls club;-.
ul ten single ccmb Rhode
I Kni cockerels, exhibited by
1 I l... !t,... !....!.
v.-.
ii.'.i-1'1
1 1',
mil
ji.wl'it, owner of the Giralda
;u!'i v,iil head her flock of 200
vujtlt s. -VI t... Dodge is the
; r U'Jliani Rockefeller, and
: , f .h-ha D. Rockefeller.
? n.;. c innb llho.de Island Reds
.. by Mi Dcrothy Votint.
-. Koutc No. 1, I.incojn eoun
i, t; show the quality of
Mr. Oliver selected-to represent.
.. . I 'd girls club work, and
e !.: i . I i....:
.IT MM:
, ", i 1 1 ' I I
TP-
CI '.ii riis uii'.v iii i; juuuucuij; ,
in.',', ruction.
nvle comb red cockerel that
,'u in the upon das;; was pur-
. ! hi' Girn'dn Farms. This
,i vv . : raised ly Ralph J ,utz of
. s. Milton Wh lienor, a gradual.:
( ,ii,(V.).; College of the class of
h.. i been appointed, assistant .
di he foi viaid movement'
, i. '( to inac ?.j nod M Whale .
. . v . .1 .
I'd
tit
iumv ui :u :ivvna county.
, b.Mi preaching' in Virjrii'da.
manner of voars. There wrtl '
classic at Salisbury
t'iii.i".
tn plan for the forward rnove-
It Ml f
ipa:;',n. tne wno:e cnv.rcn
, ,, , : ., raisj! SIO'J UO'.'.OOO payable
,., Vc.c s, for education, missions,
(i:u;cii e.aen.sif.n and mii'dscrial rcdief.
(;., p.it t.. be received by Catawba
MI y is .i 00,00(1. Pledges will i3
: n in . pi il.
('. Sai'rit, a student of Cataw
1,; ( ', li'yv, who was recently cperat-
kI i.m ii! aqendiciti.t at Salisbury,
icnoiuil as ueiLiny, iiionj;- iucei.
Hi! ,V 1 SOOll I C i'llll! Ul ICIUIU
will soon be able to
to
,i.'"
work ai the college.
Miss Fstello llituhav leaves to
luiv ft i" t Iii' uoithern market to pur-rh:.-e
?;i"d;; for the P. O. Carpenter
.st oi e.
-..
( II Ahl.E.NCK FROM THE WEST
(Jri-pnshorii News."' ' " i
Ikfore the editorial suffffestion of !
... :....u..i:, ftr. ;
ti'-entatiu's of Marion, Morganlon
fid Hickory in session at Hickory
ht.d decided upon a general meeting
at (ircciisboro of (Central highway
m, pie -but net a Central high
wav Dtnpose, either primarily or ex
clusively). It is true that people
! 'lor; this route perceive that their
i i'. (iutv ai.d epportunity have to du
v.-it h the Central road, but they als-
rcdizo that the
entrance upon a
uheme of highway buih
;r:d broad, for the. state
ing, larg.1
of Nor i, i
Carolina, is now in order, and that
t;;i Central highway should simply
he lilted into that Fcheme in in
prooc:- place. The point that is bt-
tn'4" I'inpiiasiy.ed in thij movement h
v;tv . and means. n c" fat ion c
a
1ur.il that will be svdficient for the
ti't.-icni meeds of th whole stat'.
A dispt :ch lrm Hickory rays that
it F ex.:.i'ted towns and civics east
i.t (ircffi-bc ro will begia to take no
tice of v.hai i: beimr done in the
vvc.'i Tlu. warrrr. Inl'nal? in hold '
-fDH" more '.ui gab or hood mec-tings
including rne at States ville and one
at Salisbuiy. working up from the
western end to a climax in the mect
i'ir i.t Greensboro; and the hint is
!a!.') ri' l (.IfiMiint ' tn the eastern
"ceiiiron-
meet us at Greensboro
t'i'l let us comnare
forces ana cn-
NORTH
tliUMusmv." This should be like a; British combatant troops in" Italy who
Hark to tender, in Lenoir, for in- j cooperated in the final defeat of the
MiiUfi... where there is interest and I Austrian army at Viltorio-Veneto,
Mlhu.da?m to spaie. It will be , capturing 30,000 prisoners, and that
Urania if it does not evoke a re- jn the eastern theatres of war, Pales
f pfne from Craven. Indeed, with j in0 and Mesopotamia, wiiere about
I "v.- evecntions, there is rather mora 100,000 British troops on an average
bi)g.d!)lc evidence of purpose to buih! , throughout .1018 were fighting, the
'touis in any of the counties to the j complete defeat and destruction of
(i'--'t than in those to the west. "We the Turkish army was effected by
'lia!l he hearing from the people : tic Uritish alone, and a total of 85,
'lown that way, cn this proposition . jo prisoners taken. '
tliat conn s from the foot of the w following figures show the
n.eimtamiv
Pirect invitation for an exnression ;
1 views is comprised in a coin muni- i
('i"n from the Hickory chamber of,
''iinnerce, winch we are printing cioSSG- Australia, 410,809; New
iHicwith. Salifdnry,' the railway v0..'a,u, 220.0D0; South Africa, P'u;,
JU!!ction neint is r.r "a v-t.M-a i,uia 1,401,350; other colonies,
people th . i-imir- cf t1 -s!em i:. The t-rand total was 8,654,-
"uriq; liioy
for affairs'
cut
Ulllll'I tU'.V IU IMl JV
we
of Salisbury,
r-i.i
'hey ask us. of what h to tiv.m the
'"''mote eart, to bestir oursel.es in
Vrepu-uti.,n and put forth a pep
,( match theirs. It ii n challenge
JPit should be responded to (u'.ck-
Secretary Joy. of the Hickory
('ijamhor, remirds, the extra session
"I t!
t'PU'cneral asemblv mav convene i
i,,, 1 1M ,JUy,- and we should p venatriated are not m-
mv. ur plans matured before that! i fxj&w
' It may meet earlier thnn icIudoi' ,n thc forc80",fc'
'I'l.v; and indeed the governor has' . nZTt.x-tnn C Mirch
rcr ,l,iiiniteiy r ,i? cai-' ' iGsf 'u Si
' special highway session, although s Alll0T1 lCt-nt n ,.. 'n10 fl t America
HiU POINT CLOSES UP
' thp Associated Press
"Wi Point, Feb. rj.-City csuncil
h f!,," 11 tolay l,llH-ed (uarantine on
(. j 'l VUZ11 iml closed up schools,
I vmOUJi Ui 1.11C UW , -
SC If.l'Cl, T
PLATO
ERE TO FUL
.-cromed as a unit of the national!
awn ii mo United States. the
iIicKory platoon of Troop A, cavalry,!
has been authorized to recruit up to j
u;u i.rcngth and enlistments
be received at, the armory ever
meeting night, Lieut. Wade.V. Bow
i : commanding tne local unit.
ncunced today. No drill will be held;
fnyJi
nor will' t lie platoon meet un
intlucnzii situation improves,
meantime a requisition has
til
the
the
n
con put . :n for
P expected to I
equipment am
j on hand in
wents or more.
Sprinkled in the membership
the platoon are a number of form
er soldiers who will add much to its
value and discipline! Hcmer J.
Bowles is first top sergeant othe,
: orgeants being Robt. P. Benl'ield Wil
liam F. Buff. Herbert C, Childers
and Kai'l F. RoiPol. The corporal
ate Lewis C, Deitz, George A. Mo
st!" and Hubert P. Snttlemyre. Er-
in M'. Pa! k? is h.or?eshoer and Roy
iC. Travis is bmk-r.
i;;i;-t class 'privates are William 1).
Wilfuift-, Harvey (J. VViifon, Will-
! in m 1" I .ail. Floyd
Tlu m is 1j. " iehila.
O.iv ii. Alexander.
(!. Ineanmm an
i
The priv
tjiioe.'t .
it
es are
T ' 1
1 C' I-
lew, Albert ()
Pcard, Charlc
P.arkcr, Euci'er.e H. I
Ji. iJe-niieio. icav
Boleh. Clyde (). J Pu t on, Oscar
Puff Guy C. Bum.uarner, Robert C.
i'urns, Robert H. Rum;:, Paul 'M.
C!a. "Charhv 11. CI inc. Thomas M.
t m : ... i,-,.u... i) a r
(ook, John Tb Day, Donald D. Drum,
Walter P. Hamrick, Earl II.
ilay,
(Gilford 1.
Isenhtur. Gee.rL.ve O. Lack-
ev. Oscnv T. Pitts, O'yde .1
ert O. Richie, R:dei-h F.
Pope Rob
Re in ha nit,
Orin L. Rink, Clarence T.:. Stutlemyre,
(koro
E.
Talb-rt.
"2 j
Ry the
Associated Press
ndon, Jan. -
States made the third lai
United
est con
tribution in f i' htir;c- forces during
thc war, making, approximately 2,
000,000 men, accordint? to figures
rinih'd by l.ritish statistician
Fr.-nie headed the list, while Great
Britain cani" second with, a
grand
, i
it.tal of f?,r,r,-l,-ifi7.
The ration strength-of the Amer- j
icr-n av:ny in France on Armistice
Day, that is, the total number of
men who were being fed from army
stocks, is placed at - 1 .!2 1,000 while
Great Britain's ration strength in
til's theater on the same date 'was
1,731,573. This does not take into
account nrisoners of war or the ne
gro labor employed by England.
r,
ro-'vic
comor.tam
strength
in
France on Armistice Day is set (town
!i. 1.P50.000 and Great Britain s ac
1.1(14.700. The combatant strength
inciuiies an - iroims wnose iuncnoi
are, in the first place, fighting.
The captures of prisoners and guns
I I 11 1- . J ,.J-i..r.
n
ranee
during
the victorious ot-
fonsive acraint the German army
oe-
'tween July 18
nnd November 11,
at(i given as
j OiIO vv.-i .
British armies, 200 000 and 2.54C
respectively: Freneli armies, 135,70
and l,SS0; American armies, 43,"CQ
and 1.421; Belgian armies, 14,G00 and
474. It is pointed out that in addi
tion to the above there wore 80,000
' number of troops contributed by-the
.,,.c. m.rt of the British em n ire
cjurjn the war:
Uritish Isles. 5,7040,410; Canada.
Tho casualties of the troops of the
Britisti empire are stated as follows:
British Isles, killed 632,083;
in issmg
or prisoners, 140,312
wounded, 1,-
Losses of troops from India, Can-
ada, Australia and other parts oi tne
empire brought the total to, killed,
1ir, ml'.L.inw nurl nvisOHOt'S 142.-
- . . r i i
S'ii,lA ' 1 oflf a 6
on tne western Aiunt,
ihn wpstorn Iront. in ration
strength, when the armistice was
signed. The French he said had
550,000 men, the United States, 1,-
050,0000 and the British, including
the Portuguese who were - serving
with them, 1,718,000. General arch ;
am f t.o tho pnmnarativc figures i
Inf it, a nntir.-ml armies showing their I
tllU IlWirf iBir, . . . .
TRO
ILLIEOillESBl
BIG WESTERN Fli
. . .
HICKORY, N. C.JHURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY iS20 -
fjj l . THE TRUCE THAT FAILED" !;WlLS0fJ DID NOT
.Held at
p.u,
minutt:
ri'i.'ht
yiiicn 1 sougnji
i r. rv
. .
the
at the last
tabic left t
, Dr. Anton
by di?ap,TeGr.ient amon.c the
nro Military and political ' reprf
Est'honia Mi!i ?U-v of Fo-reitni i
lf.il;
I'ilP
sentir.'v the Bolsheviki. the Uumblia,
By tlie Associated Press
Paris, Feb, o. Relations
between
the allied powers and Germany seem
to have arrived at n crisist as a re
sult of the refusal of Baron Kurt y
Ltvsner, hoa-d of the - Gerriian .
gation to forward to Berlin tne names
ai' (Jermans whose extradition has
been demanded by the allie
mis
attitude seems to
linn an echo m the
,1-.
BerliiT cabi:
it, wnicn
lu'.s expr
Loncion (iis-
patches say
!S;sc(i seeming
ikiron Kurt
Berlin last
defiance of the allies'.
von Lersner left
for
night.
The
list of Gc
rmans
accused
of
violations of th;
iaw
war
whose
arraignment is contemplated by the
allies will be sent to Berlin direct by
the council of ambassadors.
It
is pointed cut here that meas
ures, to compel Germany to carry out
the extradition clauses of the Ver
sailles treaty will be adopted.
DEATH OF MISS FINGER
71 T
p.' ; Ann Fimrpr nasscd awav
mid.inght at the heme of her
nepnew,
Mr. Charles EL Finger, after a week's
illness. Mis
Ann, knovn as
Aunt Annie" to friends and relatives
had been
five or j
aunt of
a semi -in valid for
th?
last
IX
VT'v
years.
he was
tiie
s. J. A. Lentz and
Miss
Gertrude Finger.
The 'funeral services and inteimen
will bo held at Grtica church
Fri
av morning at
o'clock
and wi
oe
L.
conducted by her paster,
Fesperman.
Rev.
Markets
COTTON
By the Associated Press
New York, Feb. 5. There was a
reViewal of liquidation in the cotton
market this morning and opening
unchanged tc 40 points lower, active
months soon sold 60 to 65 points be-
jow iast night's closing figures, with
IMarch selling at oJ.PU and July at
-0.70. There was some trade buying
on the decline, however, and the
market rallied after the sharp open
ing break, with July selling about 40
points from the lowest on covering.
"
PRODUCE
Effge per dozen i
Hens and roasters per lb. 24c
Old Roosters, per lb. 12c
Country butter, per lb. . 40c
Creamery butter, per lb. '. 08c
Pork (125 to 275), per lb. 18c
Pork (under 125 and over 275) per
lb 17c
GRAIN
(Corrected daily by Horseford Milling
Company)
Wheat i ' $2.75
Corn per bu. $1.S0
Oats, per bu. .... $1.00
Kye, per ou. '
' i -n i
$4.aC j
Ccmpeas
.
i -
Weattier
:
For Ncrth 'Carolina
Partly!
cloudy tonight and .Friday, not much!
Cliaiigu Hi iCiiipticiLUiie' uiiuniisiiizig i
i .i - '
mm IknnIki AN S k Kh M V Mhl-
OVER - GhRMAN . IFDtMANlJ- BE RESUMlD -
. i
. '
! i '
end
tlu
botvvo
eleat:
s-?ntatr
rJardin
.aairs,
Litiv
noff's
secret'a
s?ra-.
Internation-
d 'brotherhood'
1' officers of the unit
Di mamenaucc
'railway
iaooreri
mcc: here "'tin-
afternoon tc conside-r the decision of
the railroad administration in regard
to increased wages.
Before the meeting Allen A. Bar
kc .", grand president of the brother
nocd, said that if a satisfactory ad
justment of wages was not decided
upon by the railroad administration
an immediate cessation. of work by the
organisation's 300,000 men will be
ordered.
NO AGREEMENT REACHED
By the Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 5'. There was
no indication today of an agreement
between Director General limes and.
the railroad brotherhoods in regard to
increased wages.
. -at g--0.i
cue .-vssociacea rres.
r?ianl):cr. Ky.5 Feb. 5.-
romnt
decision
Morrow
by Govt
and the
rJdwin
ccomess of
SheTrY
averted
r.nmmr rr r1 h'rn'rur! cnnnhr
.serious trouble last night
I state reformatory guards,
I sheriffs and policornen and
betveen
deputy
"several
manured farmers who came here bent
cn the lynching cf Will ' Locket t, con
fessed murderer of little Geneva
Hartman ( south Elkhorn school girl;
Following an appeal of the sher
iff and a warning that they wera go
ing into a "death trap," the mob dis
persed" after midnight.
Notified that a mob had been form
ed at Lexington to come here for
I.oclctt, who wras b
i 1'U.H ii 1
to
tne rer
came
iformatory, Governor Morrow
: here and took cliarge.
By the Associated Press i
Washington, P'eb. 5. Increased use
cf toSaacco among women during 1010
was ''app'aling" according to the
board of temperance, prohibition and
morals tof the Mtthodist 'Episcopal
church. " , .
In a statement made here today
the board called attention to the ne
cessity of making an earnest appeal
in . -iT.m.Vrravi tn "r..-i-fv;)!Tl -frrm rifi nc:f
c to?acco i" t he name of national
-welfare, no. matter what the natural
rights of the wroinen might be.
xiji HO .
Misses Mamie Sue and Effie John
son, who accompanied the remains of
their mother to Hickory for buriai,
have returned to New Orleans,.
A'ic.y hl.c gucjia i"i;. - a .
. .-
to
; L-y the Associated Press
prain smir nnurnssnn
' r I h h i
-L - mzm ivmpucdcI
: UHLU W L U L Oi
IT I !
! , ;!
iWOMEN TOBACCO .
: ' U fiS NCRFJSt!
Sovivet
Russia, the trn'f.nU.
' frontier
protetion. Sedated at
ana
lieprresentative from Lithuania, Livinoff ropre-
By
of
Lac iissociatea rress
Washington, Feb. 5', Limitation
senate debate on the neace troat.V
tl:. i ugh cloture rules which the sea
ate committee .. had before, - ft - todav
ad small chance of being enforced,
cecrdinp- to seriate leaders. From
prc-seu
treaty
'indication-:
tney believe thi
will land
in the senate Mon-
ay -ivifh the bars down and the do-
i Pi t s ' " i
restrained.
ome
senators
ratified
eeheve
the treaty
will be
within
ten days.
a i .
Douglas
T T . 1
Ariz., Feb. 5.
5. Lieut. G.
W-olfe, army
.u. osiiei
and L. M.
aviators
who
made a forced landing
across the border last Monday, wore
still neiu - oy Mexican
today -an, new pressur.
i i 1 t i n r-
o facials early !
was brought
bear by American officials along tin
irdcr to obtain their
:lease. The i
Gijicero are being tre
ted
well, ac-
cording to reports, and
tion is only technical.
their deten-
MMf
unnt
By the Associated Press'
lNorioiK va, reo, o. uamage es-j
timated at more than $500,000 was j
cicne toaay oy wind and the unpre
cedented tide accompanying the storm
at Ocean View and Wifloughby. More
thn a score of families are maroon
ed, water rising from two to four
feet under their homes and others
are moving frcm the flood district.
Ey the Associated Press
Copenhagen, Feb. S.
?e"m?rk;j
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Holland
have agreed they will not resume trade
with soviet Russia before Russia's
debt to nationals of these counries has
teen met or guaranteed, it was indi
cated today.
An invitation to a conference to be
held scon at- Geneva
to governments of all
P being issued
European coun-
tries and the Unite, States to di
cuss the Russian situation.
WATER RISING IN
PORTSMOUTH
CITY
Ey the Associated Press ;
Portsmouth- Va., Feb 5. Water
was sthll rising early today in some
sections oi Portsmouth m the Eliza-
keth river district, the stream being j
far out of banks. " I i
Dinwiddie street from North street i
to the river is . a torrent. i
i
I
1
f
I
i
life 10 FREE
AMERICAN OFFICERS
MOT. n a its nr S
Noll UMiVIAbt
t
i
i
i
mhu mm pav i
jlSiifllliU ilKSWii i ill .
.-4 . '
TIN mt TRADE;
1
' i
I
PRICE FIVE CENTS
By the Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 5. Various in-t-'mations
and reports that President
Wile-on might have known in ad
vance of the contents of Viscount
Grey's recent letter on the status of
the peace treaty were met by admin
istration leaders today that while thev
ciid nct fiire.to assume the position of
denying them, there was no truth in
the intimations.
indications that the
government here rather -was- inclined
to feel that the" president would have
been advised of Viscount ray's ex-'
pressions in advance of the letter.
Viscount Grey, writing as a private
citizen expressed approval of the
Ledge' resolutions and reminded the
iiciMi puoiic mat memtxrsiup in
the leagu3 of nations was a mi tie tie-"
pai-Uire for the United States and
that its participation was desirable
on spy basis;'
Soretary Lansing said that pub
llshe! reports that th? president had
sent a letter of protest to Hie Brit
ish government were absolutely , un
true. iS F0LL0WE1
bk mm SKIES
Only a little more than an inch
and a half of rain fell in this sec
tion, Tuesday land Wednesday, de
spite Hie fact that it seemed w that
ti.o suortage for six months was
made up in two daySj. The skies
became cloudy on Sunday and clouds
scanned about lively on Monday,
j ground heg day, to be followed Tues
day by a regular downpour. The
I precipitation ,cn .Tuesdjay was 1.37
I inches and on Wprlnp'srlav 9.. innhva.
making a total rainfall for the two
days of 1.C0 inches. The mercury
registered io degrees this morning
and there was no ice anywhere dur
ing the night.
The clearing weather, however,
seemed destined for a short period,
as the south soon Was streaked with
.fcicuds.
A few days of warm sunshine would
do much to improve the flu situa
tion here and it is to be hoped that
Jupiter.. Pluvius will desist for at
least two weeks.
mmmm
Ey the
Associated Press
York, Feb. 4. The cotton
JNCW
market was demoralized today by
heavy general selling, which followed
the serious weakness in foreign ex
change and the report that England
had declared an embargo on cotton.
Prices broke sharply 180 points or
$0 a bale under last night's closing,
May declining to 31.50 and July to
IRIN8IN0 SOLDIERS
BACK FROM SIBERIA
By the Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 4. Half of the
8j,0Gt0 American soldiers (in Siberia
have been withdrawn. The war de
partment announced today that on
January 27 there remained 271 offi
cers,, 4,910 enlisted men and 500 ci-
j vilian welfare workers. ;
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE
At a special meeting called by
the Board of Alderman of the town
cf Brookford, it was passed that it
; will be unlawful for any child to go
to the store, or any public place;
Lia shall be unlawful for any one
j excepting nurses, to go where there
is a case of influenza.
In violation
of this law, a line of
SiO. shall be placed,
churches, fheatres and
from S3, to
All schools,
other publie
j gathering places shall be closed,
j beginning at 12 o'clock February 5th.
i No child under fourteen (14) years
cf age shall be allowed . on the
J streets. This ruling of the council
I is for an indefinite pencd.
(Signed),
ED MITCHELL, Mayor
P. L. WARREN,
E. L. ZIMMERMAN,
E. L. TAEBUSHT
MUCH DE
M'C
OTTON MARKET
i
i
- v,.
i J3ay ii or in winus i K'c,