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ni'l nii;'-ht al:-o
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it. lhi'.-vrry j.ht'.a-
negroes more dis-
Ircatment tlmt luis
Social oiraality.
'he niinelint'' of the
f I,
ithitle
Senator Spen-
' I 's lit.!' 1 nit !ii'41U I J fill
'"'i!"Vos that each race j
'' s integrity, und so
' " U',u!d not be fens-
Now
' '!' il'dioii of the United
one tenth coloied.
if colored people
i.
: " lime, Senator Speti
'hut. the time to tack
I'l'ithieia is now. The lat
:"'!'es jivailable show
"'nded white population
1 United "States was 02,-
STUDY RACE PROBLEM
'Pt-nccr of Missouri Urges Measuru lo
Mloriuatioti on Question That Is
of l !Vi r-tion in Ali Parts of Country
To Work for Harmony
ti::i-:i1 in KM 7. and
peppbll j,,r, of f h t-.l.tc
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w;;s II,-
iiar.tr Sp-ucer'.; rivaling ;!,
!llU l).-; i.'tl Ct ,v.ir:i;;,.i-,;i )KVA
t'-, red to th'e peni-to judici u-v c m-I'liCt-.
IK- intends to :;!K'ss 'for ac-
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upon
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aioiiinoi.-i vi' t;4
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"a! trDVoiuiacntV
faking
ti.'lS M't:i
nr(l.lon
tt.".v.t;d a :-.o!utio pr.f i h,. nu!f.
lioiadic itv
roni'O'-isional
titllowinju faro
of i h fii-j.u . y,
Hit !o i' 'I U(c i
'est j;;-;tun-5 uy various
and other committees
rioh; in various pa:
iic !elieve:, accomplish
Wh -it is n eded is a
t,t" the enit if oirst-
navfjy c.u iv
.'tinn:i-t; ion
i ics inferos
p'esei;tative tt all pai
ar.t! i.avin.e: the aut. ru'
lethnal yfovertiinent ta ba-k
it u,).
'ijiinrro'.v throughout tlic United
cs t:..;. greatest ca:npaigp that
eeu laen wage:! by tit. protcst
e;M.ircbes will lake place.
lo Intorchurch World M overborn
n:ts
ant
j
('ar.ip'iie;u
nrcMnptlv
f-'ti-ie. In
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will l teg in fti
throughout tin
Hickory the
! o'cloci
Unitet'
T'cformct'
"'.h pub
bcity arid
tiie local owner
" ior
over
case.
lare. (.orinth church, will
the top with the greatest
The congregation will be
into eight groups and lt
go
of
4groape."
men wil
cunv;.:. :
-if the
con;
legation.
course, wil
mher
church, of
give
,e:-e canv
.'.s-: rs (-very
is v, tu- at ;f
inip.ti'.v;i is
cons.oeraiioi'
n h-it before
over Corinth
ml
even
tl
ie re
the
hui
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i
considera'jlv v 'or
the
top.
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Mid
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.don':," I
will (.;
rn i rpuig
he iint'S of
rf the R.
Forward"' ign'
f" aav
mM fiblihtiVItm
Associa'ed Tres
1'eino. April 2 1. A complete
.-gh '-i.i' Pt with ic'-peet to the attitt-is
the allie:; r:h;dl aiiejit towards Ger
r.iny in -onnection W'th tb.: carrying
out of the pcovy treaty ban been
rear he -t between Premier a Lloyd
Ceerge ?nd Millerand.
The tgreement was reached during
. c'.rferepce I 'rting three and a half
hoars between the premiers- The
I'le'ich premier left the conference
p.'tip'ibiy p'e'ised. Lloyd, George made
hi", ta'cinent:
''Lverv t liing is mo.d. s atisfactory
fu'l agrovir.ent was reached in rub
;,t:ince." The American members of the rep
t.i a'ioir; commis.- ion and the Britis-h
member arrived here todav
to give
council i infi.1 'nation to the suprenu
i espec tir.g
d ii r.ients
he possibility
'.in Germany.
of coal
,) v. Fr;n!; A- Henderson, manager
f tl Iliclory Overall Company, does
A be'if-vo in lha overall movement.
It wmi'd er.ahlt manufacturers and
1 1 i.".i!e,v, to proliteer. lie told a liec-
!T',u,roi
and would make the
I'.'K t
these garments about double
fp!
Ml
the man vim must wear them,. As
in -'thrice of what the movement
n (ready ha;i done, he cited the cost ot
I.e. ivy (icnini.,, which hose from 47 to
."1 cents in a few days.
The vupplv of overall cloth is lim
ited, the demands from the regular,
trad.- is all that the tat tones can
supply and an . abnormal demand nat
urally would send the prices kiting.
If one vvunts to economise, Mr. Hen
derson said- the old clothes movement
has the overall beaten a block.
Mr. Henderson makes a point that
many f-u mors already have made
that those who actually need overalls
will be forced to pay more for them
as a result of the movement. Many'
overall organizations have asked for
C1I1I CIIIH 10
eo oe ti top
R T T
overall dyes
cause men hikes
u In. legale prices -but in each caseUumbia. and Murpry division, head
their orders have boon turned down, quartex-s Asheville, N .0.
HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1820
lie 0, HINESj
DIRECTOR ,
By the Associated Press
.ashinsrtcx:. Anvil 24. Walker D.
dines, director wiwi rf v-in-,, -.-i
-as resided and his resignation haj
oc-en accepted by President Wil
Ison,
arertive Riav u.
Max Pholan. in chargn of l.h- chim
department, probably will bo ar-itn.ntf-l
to fuececd Mr. Nines. He i.;
understood to he Mi- H ines' choice au i
was raid today at the white house
'hat Mr. flint:-, would be permitted to
name hi.-, own successor.
Sir. I lino.-;' k'ler was no!: made
l iiblic. but it wad understood that he
r.c?ircu to return to private
t!ie Associated l'ress.
ir .. l . - a .. i . t r
. mavtiMi, .-pril i. Head
lie South Atlantic States Afsociationj
'nd live soiitbern cities conferred I
.vi th
M r;.vi d
the s-iippir.g bo;rd today and
the.
m seiling stool ships the
'uib's porta should be provided fur
J.t;tb!.snnicnt of a new southern
(aid j; hipping ciiatriet with, a chair-
'an in (.-liarge was urged. Chai
v Savannah was urged.
ine conferees included Matthew
i,,..i
Male, president of the South Atlantic
Associations, and delegates from
harnbers of commerce, including
Wilmington. N. C.
HUD WI1L
11
l?y t!i'- Associated Press.
vashingten. April 21. As. a
the withdrawal of Senator
rr n If-
f
a i tea-,
,rck. cf Nebra:-ka. f
r t!
l1,e position !
f iJemocratic leader in the senate, it
.vns agreed among party leaders that
Seiator Undci wood
ben the election i;
niiiht.
would be chosen
i held Monday
Oil
ili II
Chapel Hid, Anril 21. Two slen-:l'-r
nod daintv girls from Go.'dsboro
high school, fj'iabeth Edwards and
fditicb 'Ic-dey, and two slim boys
from A?.hevii!e high school, one of
ibein retl-headed, both of them hard
hitting speakers, Fitzhue Kale and
Clifton Ervin, met last night in Memo
rial rail at the University of North
Carolina to decide the high school
debating championship of the state
;md by a 3 to 2 vote of the judges the
boys won.
A?'evilles two afilrmative debat-r:--
were crowned not only the, best
of the 1 73 debaters who came to
Chanel Hill for the final rounds, but
?lr-o of trie 800 debaters of 200
schooVi who debated all over the state
last month.
The final
contest betveen boys on
one ?:ioe
x crowd
hall to X
presided.
nd .giilr, on the other clrew
that filled the Memorial
ie doors. President Chase
E. R- R.-nkin. secretary of
'he debating union, acted a-: secretary
and Prof. N. W. Walker presented
the Aycock memorial cup, the gift of
former Carolina intercollegiate de-bi't-
is to the winners.
Kale and Ervin, favoring further
ma erial restriction of immigration
urged social, economic and especially
political conditions against allowing
immigration as at present practiced
; nd Mi.:s Edwards and Miss lieniev
contended that present laws were ad
equate if enforced, that America's
world position demanded open doors
that immigrants were needed, and
that distribuiion was the remedy of
present bad conditions:.
These two schools wen their way
to the final contest by surivmg the
second round. Of the original 88
teams that came to Chapel Hill the
number was reduced last night to
both teams from Charlotte. Asee
vi'le. Sanford, Goldsboro. Roanoke
Rapids, Bessemer City, Dell school
nn! Church, the afiirmative teams
from Wesley Chapel, Enfield. Hick
ory and Hamlet and the negative
teams from Teachy. Rockingham,
Lexington and Burlington.
A second round cut the contestants
to the two final teams of last night's
debate. All four of the finalists re
ceived medals from literary societies
of the university.
The iudges were Prof. Horace Wii-
hams. Lucius lucuetee, r.awm urea
lav. Louis Wilson and W, S. Bar
nard, all of the iiniyersity faculty.
SO UTH ER N TRA I X M A STERS
MADE SUPERINTENDENTS
. KnoNville, Tenm, April 2-L-r-W. D.
Pest, of Asheville. and R. L. McCul
lough. of Knoxville, trainmasters,
have been promoted to superintend
ents of the Southern railway, re
spectively of the Columbia, Sorth
Carolina division, headquarters Co-
sera mm
m DCTirn pjiinnin
r n rsn rr ah i -.rvc in id
I
DTPS!
' P5x-C'
mm tei
1!
y the Associated
Washington. April
a??airi2c iuvther delays
wa?e demands cf the
road workers of the country. Timotnv
bhea, vice-president cf the Bvc,ih,W.
hooi of Locomotive Firemen, told the
.1 ailroad labor board today 1 hat the
men were ''fed 'up on promises and
dead dosr tiled of
Mr. Shea pre.-cnt
the hostlers for a
delays."
d hc demands of
"Jiving warn of
:!-() r,o a day. ' with different
l .- i
uls in the
iXVlC. TOT' iO-
service.
i(e told (he board
Lhe 1:
lo oe learned irom
the st-iei, coal and
railroad strikci. was that men wil!
aot worn on the waft-es they are paid j
v nen ne ured the strikmsr men in
e east to return to work. Shr.-rssniH
j the almost universal reply war, ihc
! roen and their farads
! in.-? at work and they
had.
as well
lene
ftcer
l'y t.Ue Associated Press".
Albany, N. Y.. Anril 2
ihe New
i i k senate today
passed a bill to
legalize 2.75 per cent beer
by
a vote
of 97 i.
The bid was sent to the assembly
for concurrence. The anti-saloon
league's enforcement bill, a measure
r.atterned after the Volstead federal
enforcement act, failed of passage.
A bi'I to legalize to 4 per cent beer
and 12 per cent wine failed of passage
24 to 2S.
ARMENIA TO BE MADE
AN INDEPENDENT STATE
San
to be
He mo. April
-Armenia is
created an independent state.
This decision was reached by the su
preme council of the allies bces-iise
neither the United States ncr any
other power was willing to accept a
mandate over the country.
The boundaries of Armenia have
not yet been defined and the new re
public will probably be rather con
tracted, as it is believed that the
.smaller the country the more easily
can it take care of itself, because if
too many Turks are '.eft within its
confines they might overthrow the
government.
The comment of those in close re
lation with the council is that the
league of nations has been rather
sligalingly treated respecting Arme
nia. Tiie council sent a somewhat
vague letter to the league asking it
to take the mandate. The league ex
ecutive at a meeting in Paris replied
favorably, but called attention to the
fact that it had no funds and no
staff, suggesting that the council
should authorize an international
loan guaranteed by the powers com
posing the council.
By the Associated
Raleigh, N. C.,
Press.
April 24,
ii;s secou
Edward
o. serving
lerm
as
commissioner of -public works of thc
eity of Raleigh, died at noon today
following an illness cf several
months. ' Mr. Pace, a machinist by
trade, .has figured in political and
labor circles for several years, hav
ing served one term in the house. -He
leaves a wife and several children.
Rev, E. J. Sox was called to Colum
bia, S. (1, yesterday bv the death
of his brother. Mr. R. G. M. Sox.
Mr. Sox was also a brother of Mr.
D. J. Sox of this city and has quite
a number of friends here which he
made while on a visit to the city sev
eral years
ago.
Markets
COTTON.
New
market
York, April 24. The cotton
showed continued nervous
ness but rather a steadier tone dur
ing today's early trading. The open
i ig was steady cn overnight liquidation
with July and October selling two
to nine points net lower Trade in
terests were buyers on the decine
and the market rued some seven to
22 points net higher towards the end
oi tne nrst nour.
Open.
May 40.80
July --38.85
October 35.00
December 34:1)0
January 33.40
Close.
40.45
37.93
34.50
33.53
32.90
Weather
For North Carolina Fair tonight
and Sunday; cooler in the east and
central portions tonight; moderate
west and northvrest winds.
press liy the Assonei-.-si Press.
a J ALUM!
PflSSES
OLLti bill
COMMISSIONER PACE
24. Warning -v5;' -'-'' - .,ia
r.r,4-j-i;,y. .... , , was ici'iaa iv rc ' "m.'e-i t. ..
1 independent republic
! States.
! Military action hag been decided
: upon by the allied conference at San
i Rcmo. The American recognition was
j in the form of a note addressed bv
i Secretary Colby to the Armenian rep
resentative at Washington. Notice of
j the action also was sent to American
'rgations in Europe.
: ' This recognition makes no attempt
to establish "boundaries for the new
republic. This was left to be. deter
mined later.
n
rpprp
ilLuULG
10LESSLE
Hv
he Associated Press.
lants., April 24. Sale of wom
en s and cniiaren s summer dressos
at wholesale prices was announced
today by the Fulton county fair price
committee as a means of bringing
down the high cost of clothing.
B ROOK FORD CLUB GROfTS.
The Brookford Democratic Club
held an enthusiastic meeting last
night. Addresses were made by
Messrs. J. W. Blackwelder, Wilson
Wavlick and T. F. Pruitij. Mr. Tom
Cioninger. president of the club, pre
sided, and Mr. J. II Gaines, , the
sscretary, was at his post. They re
port the club growing in members.
S WELCOME HOME
By the Associated Press
Westerville, Ohio. April 24. Wil
liam E. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, the
American anti-saloon worker who
literally gave an eye to make England
dry, received a royal welcome on
his return to his home city. .today.
ED.
BROWN, WELL KNOWN
M. C. A. MAN, VERY ILL
Asheville, April 24 Ed; B. Brown,
former general secretary of the Ashe
ville Y. M. C. A., and the man who
is said to have been responsible for
nutting the association on the solid
basis it now enjoys, is critically ill
at his home on Purman avenue ami
is not expected to recover. Mr.
Brown's condition for some time has
been very low, but the has recently
I - m - 4-1 1 - t T n-k 1 IT rfX V f
il mill l-i'J. cut: nuisr.
A native
about 15
of Newton, he came here
years ago and was for some time a
leading athlete of this section. He was
secretary of the local "Y" for 11
years..
rnn nnri
MiK mil:
5 i : 1
Bv the Associated Press
San Diego, Call. April 24. Officers
and men of the scout cruiser Salem
and the destroyer McCawley. ordered
to west coast Mexican ports to pro
tect American interests, were busy
today making preparations for a stay
of unknown length away from this
port. The Salem will go to Mazatlan
fend the McCawley to Topolobampo.
The hour of sailing has not been
fixed definitely this morning, but it
is announced that orders for depart
ure as soon as the necessary prepa
rations could be made. Both ships
took cn stores last night.
CARRANZA GENERAL
ARRESTED IN
IS
DOUGLAS
Douglas, Ariz., April 25. General
ignacio L. Pesqueria, president of the.
supreme military court ot Mexico
who came here to become military
governor of Sonora for the Carranza
government was held in custody by
United States department of justice
agents for almost 10 hours here yes
terday after his arrest on charges
of violating the white slave act.
He was released last night when
prominent local Mexicans put ifp a
bond of $5,000 for his appearance
in the American federal courts.
Senora Maria Rcdriquez, who was de
tained with General Presqueria, was
placed under bond of $1,000 as a
witness.
The Carranza official was arrested
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning" when
he alighted from a train from El Pa
so accompanied by the woman by L.
E. Bates, specia agent of the depart
ment of justice. Bates swore to the
compaint against PesqUeira,i Jaccus
ing him of transporting the woman
from Texas here for immoral purposes.
i r 3 i ni l i ra
I
10 w
s mi
it i ha
HICKORY'S POPULATION
GIVEN AS 5076 BY CENSUS
Increase of Over 38 Per Cent Shown in Past
Tei? Y;u"---No New Territory AnnexrM.1 and
b&
Has Been
BriilifnateiPr,eS n
Cleveland, O., April 24. Govern
mPTif- nftiHnk faPdit th ,iiomm fa
cf either backing down or arresting :
1,500 strikers. The threat of the arrest j
SHflS'Steflgl
men agreed to go to jail rather than !
surrender. I
District Attorney Ed S. Worts, who
authorized the presentation of the
ultimatum, would not say early today
what he intended to do.
Bv tke Associated Press
Butte. Mont., ApMl 24. Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, had a
wide margin over his opponents in
the Montana primaries held yesterday.
In the absence of a Democratic
pre candidate for president- votes
were written in for various candi
dates. Little attention was paid to
the Democratic vote in the tabula
tion. DITOH TO FIGHT
DUEL WIT
By the Associated Press.
Montevideo, Uruguad, April 21.
Varpraso Brunx president of the rc
oublic, has challenged Dr. Roderigues
Larito, director of the newspaper El
Pais -to a duel. The challenge was ac
cepted. BRAKES PUT ON RISING
PRICES, SAYS
Washington, April 24.1 Attorney
General Palmer said here that he was
convinced from reports to the depart
ment of justice "that definite results
arc new showing themselves" in the
government campaign to force down
living costs. Mr. Palmer said that
while the drop has been only slight
in the last month, the campaign har.
arte r,h h?vJ;. asamst ris"'g 'or;--
nti-i:
:)if ii! ';-! il it'- fab' -fiee : 01:1.0' i--::ion
ers," the attorney general said, "in
dicate that the decreases are princi
pally due to the driving out of prof
iteering margins cf trade. The fair
price commissions have been unusu
ally successful in the last 60 days in
getting the trades to enter into agree
ments limiting their margains of
profit on given articles on which the
dealers themselves have admitted tak
ing generous profits.
"In some lines it has been found
that no reductions could be effected
with fairness to the dealers. Some
articles, particularly clothing, how
ever, have dropped as much as 15
per cent in cost to the consumer,
while the average of all articles rep
resents a smaller percentage of de
crease." FOUNTAIN DRINKS INCREASED
Coca Colas went up from 6 to 3
cents at fountains today, as many
customers learned. The price was
raised because of the increase cost of
syrup, it was stated. Bottled drinks
Coca. Cola, Chero Cola and Pepsi
Cola remain at;' 5 cents.
RETURNS TO PAR
By the Associated Press.
Paris, April 24. Joseph
CaillaUX,
the former premier who on Thursday
was convicted of correspondence and
commerce with the enemy, has been
set free. He arrived in Paris this af
ternoon. He was accompanied by his
wife and several friends- He refused
to make a statement, saying he would
not be in Paris May 1.
.
STRIKERS INT;
m BLUFF
JOISOS IS AHEAD
JOSEPH CAIIIAUX
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IS
Noc'Cotinted Growth ;
Vigorous
4-3.: f
he Associated Press v"
Washington, April 24. The
population of Hickory. N. C. is
5,076, an increase of 1,360, or
3G.6 per cent.
SUBURBS GROW MOST.
The growth of Hickory was most
marked in the decade between 1909
end 1910, when the population grev
from 2,535 to 3,716, or an increase of
over 61 cer cent. From 1890 to 1900'
!tLe increase was about 435. and in
- !,. , , . , ,
the decade just closed tne gain was
also great, though not as much as
between 1900 and 1910.
PPaon figure, for
L-cngview, Highland, West Hickory,
Erookford and Windy City are an-
r.cunced, however, the real growth of
this community cannot be more than
approximated. These suburbs have
shown the most rapid development.
Highland and West Hickory probably
more than doubling their populations
in the last ten years.
Ther communities have been de
veloped by manufacturing plants, but
each is a separate municipality. Their
populations combined with those of
Hickory will give a community of
11,000 or 12.000 in a radius of two
miles of the square.
Rapid in Recent Years.
Mr. F. A!. Clinard. who moved to
Hickory in 1873, and who took the
last census of Hickory, says there
were about 250 people here in that
year. The growth wras slow until 20
years ago, when the ''town began
growing rapidly. It reached 5.000 a
year or tvio ago, but the- war ham
pered building operations and the
scarcity of labor and materials in
the past year also resulted in slow
Krcwth.
The greatest development of f5
may be expected in the next ten years.
The city really has begun to grow and
even if the town limits are not en
larged before 1930, Hickory ought to
show a population of at least 10,000.
The Record many weeks ago wrote
the Associated Press at Washington
to be on the lookout for the population
figures for Newton, Conover, Maiden.
Morganton, Granite Falls, and other
places in this section and two weeks
ago wrote the census director re
questing that the figures be sent the
Record just as soon as available.
Build Up Inside.
There will be more or less disp
no.intment over the ficures announced
'by the census bureau, although many
j of the guesses made during the past
I few days were under 5-000. Chief
j Lcntz believes the population is
I closer to 6,000. but Mr. Clinard, who
took them, said he got every person
in the city. It was a hard job. but
he did not miss any, he thinks.
There was never any sentiment here
for annexation and there probablv
will be little in the next ten years.
The town limits are small, a mile
each' way from the square, but there
is plenty of building room tn
c'fy ptcii'"-. T,:!-. 4iiidi;!i!."!-.'U.
:;Ch'orv r;; ..oi
1 l'j -
Oftf ifi!;-!)it:iv ;pv;.hl ;hi
uie iiei leu yeiJ o, iitaL:ng a compact,
thickly populated area, whose popula
tion can enjoy all the advantages of
proximity. Nobody 'ha.3 made any
boast cf what Hickory would show
arid nobody is grieved at the showing.
It was a substantial increase.
Bv the Associated Press
Washington, April 24 "The Unit
ed States has become a robber's roost"
Senator Capper, Republican of Kan-
, , , . r 1 J .
sas, declared m a prepared auunsts
today, and declared that if the offi
cers cannot enforce the law they
should resigfn and let somebody
else do it - , .
Declaring that proof of profiteer
ing was in the margin of profit,
Senator Capper said that the gross
. income of Aanerican corporations
rose from ?35,000,000,000 to $85,000,
000,000. He read a long list of cor
porations whose profits increased
anywhere from 100 to 200" per cent.
"Walt ' Street's melon patches con
tinue to be warned by the sunshine
' of privilege, fertilized by the perspi
ration of labor and watered by the
; avonmfinn nf t.avpss." he Rssprfcp.-L
"At this moment the most brazes
change we have had in 'this saturalia
of greed comes from the gamblers in
sugar. A corner had' evidently been
found right under the department of
justice. The canning season raid is
on.
DECLARES UNION
IS ROBBER'S
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