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Dai WEATHER Lhiiuld n; ' before F,nr tonight and Fri day; slightly colder to night. live Mil-':'l;"lH U'1 Itabli D SEPTEMBER 11, 1915 HICKORY, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1920 PRICE FIVE QENTS Newly Dedicated Reservation PROF. THOMPSON IN SERIOUS SHAPE SHEViLLE BOY IS 10 IN LY EECOJED ast I II II I I I 1 I 1A II III 1 Mr f - 1 ; Jim niu ' " " " 1 S! t m CUD MEN BOB ' .&ti WM I SOUTHERN MSIL CAR WS ii n if: ,: r s ! IIS It f'' n a tt.;l ' 1 I . r ! I'-r'i i I J. - IVo-ddt-nt , ';'il to see ;(: wt'"n Mr. Iiinglon Meiiday ..r.gross, it wa ti -c tod:,;,'. .-.linn, Ii .. pLrdv V U-c during 1.1: . i ill vi'taina his : Ohio, will i!, Ohio, whor..1 Klks homo Sat ( ici'talio:i of in hington hi iv some time. ;,! that trie 1 li . c"infor- at'ci Democratic planned t( tli Associated Vt Chattanooga, Ttnn.; Dec. 2. Four mucked men boarded the Southern northbound passenger train from Chattanoogato Cincinnati early this morning near Oneida, rifled the mail car and escaped. The postfficc at Uiuida liad previously been robbed. NORTH CAROLINA NOW RANKS FOURTH MS FRIENDS ilEEOING CWLUKEH ir';rt'"l IT ?. '. 2. Tlie Gorman r pressed to the t :i;ir',i)it lit ;.t asninjum jim .f ill" WOl'K I I IK' ,,i hu -. i . -rviee committee hn, im lei-ding uihu-i-cUMvdi in the llhine t'oj ivd bv tht American troop-. maican Quakors are fuv- i,f.ij h-t meal a day to bbO.- ,itcr, and nursing mothers in -, bvinit .-I'WiW'l in this tin reitH't' Herbert C iariiitf t winter Friends ii fi, ! l.i.iiiu.mio children ana .lain. Or I-;1 : mo?t undor lho'c in Inv re Ueiriv: i n ii'i in ci irmi'ii; .Ii,-; , , 1 1 tiiiirntV. noto, ,! I.v the minister tl, in part nf' ,me:i-an vc- i in operation in .-;.:t "f Coblen.; fed vindrnouer- ii has i' 1 ready mw&mk i.f denum cniurcn. pi.;;. i i n.venai:i-ut i nnxKWf mi,-, officially to cm:m-nl. for th iliai'it V. fi - i f tho Gen-mar. n.i . i In- honor to i ';;il'nin to ;!)'! lii'ii1..-, ot tin1 (i.n In .hi' State l't:--'iia-li.n, H. ('., Icj.'itin f.ir Uy. '!'-. 'rivcH Amevi ! Hl'iiK'i-.tid com . u v.-'stion the i lie relief vor!J rifiriri activity in lh" !H-rvic' f I'.- ci ".-i ! i:i.r better liviiiir ' th u ind ; of German Raleigh, Doc. 2. Major W. A. Grjham, commissioner -of agricul ture, in his annual report to the State Hoard of Airricultturo. whici is in session today, points out that, in spite of the decrease in the of the State's principal crops, cotton, -ci n and tobacco. North Carolina : till holds the fourth place in rank :vi to value of crops. North Carolina would Tiave been in second place, the commissioner repcrts, if the price of the crops had been equal that of the past yecr. "Iowa is only $54,000,000 ahead if in and Illinois $55,000,000. The re su.t at the end of the year may over come thi.1. North CaroUna cotton and tcbucco crops nearly always exceed the estimate of December first." ( Tar Heel farmers. Commissioner Graham snys, produced four bushels of wheat and ',10 bushels of corn oer capita during the last twelve months. 1'he State ranks first in nroduction of cotton per acre, value of tobacco ctcps and the prduction c f soy beans. CUBN SUGAR STOCK iCO Statesville, N. C, Dec. 2. -T)ie condition of Prof. Matt Thonipsor., yho. was injured when an automo bile ran over him Tuesday evening, showed no change today unconscious and! there CASE i'or his ' recovery. SEEMS I LARGE uoy suju.s on a slope ot tlie oo!row Wilson boy scout reservation, a 41-acre plot of land at Burnt Hills Md Just dedicated with Impressive cereionies. It was K!en by Uobert S. Brookings to the 2,500 boy scouts of the Dis trict of Columbia. There are streams hi the tract, and wooded hills, a splendid swimming hole and an oueu stretch for every variety of athletics. LEGISLA1 rnn urn nr rutin FARMERS s P Li TO BE llESTIffl! Ry tlo Associate:1, Press. Washington, Dec. 2. Senate in vestigation into the prices of -anthracite coal will begin in New York. Sat urday, it was announced tdav by Sen ator Calder, chair-man of the senate committee of inquiry. Senator Caiu er said the governors of New Eng land states had requested the investigation. PICTURE MESS IS BURNED TO DEATH rici'ii L"n ft: -"'fil. IV. i;.'n i 'JliTlf i ih :-'Ai -it'iccrr ! p.'i'ir.iu nf at f t tin ,, ri I'll I fiElill TIE H . TIk humorn i)'u" with the caiuial- r.iiiit :n'v movements in by thn Aspociatod Pre:'s. Havana, Cuba, Dec. 2. Sugar stocks in Cuba at present amount tc 270,000 tens, it wan authoritatively anncur.ced tuby by thy Cubnn jyov ci nment. Thi.i .i 30.000 tons b-.;s than for r reports have inlS-atcJ. Of vhi. mount 15,000 tons, it i. estimated, will be ?eiuiicd for home consump tion up to January IU tnd apnrovi mately 2C0.OCO tons of the 2CO.O00 is in the hands of the Cuban ex change. CERii TO OCCUPY ' UPPER SILESIA HHT;i 1 Vi lie III Ii l''l':-!l''vi! i. u'-vsky was exc cf W ran gel's ii ";' hi he found i'V t'm- rapidly A". i:i motion ' i'l'nw-. fn.1,1 j.i.-t car 1 'lii'Uiii.l.iie and thoru f'iu'.: . Aard the riv.-r fl'i.'t in .. i ii thi t,-en- it and the into the river. Ifiiped from the .'till landed in r. I i i the run " Meantimo I'm: M l ti l" ,trl. ' n li'i.Vi'k wlu'fe two riev.'ii f t!-c T';ir;.4 i of Uij!- ' i nresr, as ' t'-h. Thyv of ttr;..!. mi . "re tiK.'V Ml'Vl it.--- ii 1 i.:i!"v i,v ' it, fi'ii R'TC he 1, 'il tiiifi-f it litr h Dy the Assortialed l'rcsa Wiarsaw, Dec. 1. Evidence that Germany haa planned armed occu pation f Upper Silesia if the pro posed olebiscite in that territorj should favor Poland, is raid to have have be.M given the allied govern ments by Poland. Newspapers have just published copies of documents said to have I .tin intercepted by Poland. Accord ing to those, the sixth German army corps hP'idouaitcrn at Breslau was to ifiuin an expedition. One detachment of this was to proceed into Silesia in the guise of demobilized soldiers aril the:';; they were to spread prop pagand.' to support the German cause prior to the plebiscite. Other (k't.ichmenls were to mobi i;:o 12 days before the dhv of voting and to wait at various points of van tage. If the lobiscite favored Poland those forces were to wreck factprie and other industrial institutions. A il l .ilso was to be feiven the Ger man cause in some w'ay bv a secret leu'Hjn f former German officers arid Kol.liors known as "Spree.'' the namo of a river. Th's organization wras to coonerale with the sixth army corn", headquarters. The plebiscite in Silesia has afrain boon postponed indefinitely., said a disntch from W4-saw under date '.f November 10. Some newspapers in Warsaw had predirtnl war be tween Germonv and Poland if tne plebiscite rave Upper Silesia tr- Get rrnnvr hut those we dcclPTed by the ren'-h Foroien Offioo to be morel" fanoifi.il forecasts and" not worthy cf consideration. " . ii i m i - COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. 2. Margaret Des mond, a motion, 'picture actress, an.T .hree unidentified persons were burn ed t death in a fire which destroyed in apartment house early today. iMss Desmond came to this cou.": try recently from England to engage in the picture business. WANT COMMITTEE I AT LESSTtS BMeSsTo!libe nun hhis sitr ( M ii ll it 0 iia By the Associated Press. Albany,-Ga., Dc-c. 2. Will Wash ington, negro brakeman, received in juries from which he died and sev eral other persons received lesser in juries last night when a passengev train collided with another train hi the Albany yiards today. Both en gines were demolished. ot Jy the Associated Press. . Washington, Deo. 2. ' Citizens Haiti" have protested to Secretary Daniels against the departure from heir country of the na.val board of n'luiry until ad iiticnall witnesses lave 1 ten heard in regard to. the nrr'r-.e oicupatio." of the island ro :abi:c. L,i 3 INCREASE Ely THE NATION'S DEBT (BY MAX ABERNETIIY) Raleigh, Dec. 2. Goldsboro and Tarboro having sold improvement bonds at four and six belor par un der a special act of the special ses sion of the general assembly will rot be interfered with the supreme court this week having filed opinions hold-' ing the law constitutional. . .. Both cases came to the supreme court on a ppeal of citizens of the ' two cities who soughtt to restrain; the sale or. the grounds that the at-i: of the legislature authorizing that: the bonds be sold below par was un-t" constitutional. Associate Justice At- "y the -Associated Press. !en writes the opinion of the court New York, Dec. 2. Apprcximatc- whilo Chief Justice Clark and A.i- w hS00 men employed in the New sociate Justice Brown file vigorous Jersey plants of the Thomas A. Edi- dissentinjar opinions in each case. son associated industries have beer. The majority opinion holds that 'aid .off, the company announced to the legi dative enactment was tr ay. the reductions were neccssarv. EDISON LAIS OFF 1.39 EMPLOYES meet an emergency and is of limited lu was Eiiniuneed, by the gener-. depression throughout th By the Associated Press. Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 2. Presi- i i nr i . aent wiiscn, ey.ying to a message from Senator Johnson of South Da kota in which the senator urged im mediate legislative relief for western farmers ah cattlemen, sent - this telegram: "Your message referring to ur ratisfactoiy conditions unfortunately resulting from the fall of prices. I regret to find legisation has net pro vided me with powers .which would be serviceable in the matter." ,. . I. - . l T. He is still j"-Y ' V".,1 is little I Jacksor.v!l.t. i-.ia.; Dc-. 2. With tiic arrast bt't night of Vsn W. I Hawkins, a-ed 17. f A.s'.cville, N. f t i'":i- cnt-e i -.-at me mysienous Ell death of' Mk. Alberta Hawkins, l! aged 20 ot S..ir Franc isc... whose body wa.- i.run.d in a bathtub in a iM-ami boarding house ii jsar solu-Mion. (Tne oi!th (it uies any knowledge ::f the n i.v;:-,i;'.-- death and claims that he is :ioi hi.- -;n mcugb he admit vod havuig lived with tho woman sev vral days before her death. He 5-; being h;Ul pending advices from Miaroi. On. the inside ever f a f-ma?i pu :up jewel box. .Mrs. Hawkins wrotu before her death, "I gambled in leve and lost." "Examination of the body show".l that water and gas were contained on the lungs. Jr..-ksonvi;u poii-e were inclined to believe tuat the wo man iiad committed suicicie when :di learned tl at Hawkins hail deserted her. Hakgins claims to have left Miami before tlie tragedy. D ANNUNZIO DECLARES AVAR AGAINST ITALY London, Di3.. 2. Gabriel d'An nunzio, in command of the insurgents at Fiume, has declared war on Italy according to a Milan dispatch to the London Times. The state of war vi!'. begin Friday. ALL NICHTSEARl NOT SUCCESSFUL WILSON BUSY ON lESSKTO CONGRESS iEPORTEO AS DEAD rtv )ti( Associated Press,. Wcshuigton. Dec. 2. An increase : the municipalities adn will 3 $112,010,571 in the public debt dur ing the month of November was an nounced today by the treasurer. duration and oo constitutional ob- business iction-to the law is found. Quoting country. from a pieyious opinion Justice Al ien writes as follows: "The courts are not guardians of the rights of , the people against oppressive legis lation which does not violate the ! provisions of the constitution. Tlt i proprietary wiselom an expediency of; legislation is exclusively a legisk-j tive question and the courts will not declare a statute invalid because in I their judgment it may be unwise r detrimental to the best interests of the State. The only question for tlv: courts to decide is one of power, not cf expediency and statutes will not be declared void simply because ui ! . , . . . i i. i. ine opinion oi me court tney are u..-; Jt .g authoritatively stated that he wl5o-- I t i. i -i--. j-- !'n the best of health and has rut Chief Justice Clark writing a dis--r,- which is concurred in - by Justice Brown, says that the injunction ogainst the sale of the bnels-at less than par should have been granted. "The effect of this decision." no I says, "will be very great fov the tax payers of our municipalities -will now be left 'to uncovenanted mer cies' of p-reat combinations of capital which can at will make money tight; wdien these bonds are t be sold ly re tail them at far enhanced prices ' By the Associaccd Press. I London, Dec. 2. Reports that Baron Desborough had died sudden ly last evening in Birmingham., which were published here this morning by the London Times, proved incorrect. VICTORIA AUeUSTA By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. 2. An ail -nig!1!' search through tha massive piles ci masonry that deluged 52d street at Broadway when a nine story apart ment house collapsed yesterday fail ed to establish whether any livis wore lost. Six workmen however, wno were members of a reciting crew demolish ing the house, still were unaccount ed for and four overcoats hanging in basement ockers are new testi mony 'that at least that, many had been killed. riy the Associated l'ress. Washington, Dec. 2 President Wilson still was at work on his an nual messrge to congress and it was indicated tod::y that it would not be completed before the end of Lh's week ov the fint of next week. It is indicated tin' message will be pre sented to 'iurfr.s en Tuesday, tho rinv foUovi-ing the convening of con gress. The president is e:pe-L--d to m-ke a nnrniH of -recommendation re-gardiii!-- invstion and finances and senatois frm tbo -vostcrn and sou'.h orn states are hopefal the presiient wkl deal ,vith tho conditions result ing from !:he f:.ll of their produc.?. MAN 9 lAllNS BRIDE OF 11 VEASS l ! -1,1 wu - - IGEliCilE ilCOIEIIT mm GERMAN BUOGETBiG FOR CURRENT YEAR o' !; l'....b, I; By the Associated Press. r.erlin, Dec. 2. Germna budget-estimates for 1920, submitted to mem bers of the leichstag, "call" for the expenditure of 41.000,000,000 marks in connection with the exception with the execution of the peace treaty. This i3 part of the extraordinary budget which totals 52,5000,000,000 marks and fcr these purposes the estimated revenue is only 2.200,000, 000:' so that some 50 000,000,000 marks must be raised by loan. The rdinary budget as estimated amounts to 39,800,000,000 marks. Of this sum the income tax is expected to produce 12,000,000,000 miarks but 8 000,000,000 of it must be paid over to the federal states. The levy oil capital is estimated to produce 3, 500.000,000 marks and the non-re- CO By the Associated Press. Doom, Holland Dec. 2. There wa? litflie chancre this mbrning in the con- "Jf the six per cent bonds of such dition of the 1 former empress, Vie- wealthy and prosperous towns toria Augusta, who has been, criri- Goklsboro and Tarboro can thus ?1- cally ill, it was announced today, ready bo forced down to 90 and 9 1 j Rumors have been in circulation, what will the bonds of less fortunate 1 but on inauiry by the Associated towns bring when the oncoming flood Press elicited tha information that of bonds are issued?" .! there was no change in her condi- The opinion of the court Justice ' -;on Brown thinks, U' extremely unfortu- nnfo "At Ann Klnnr ctvil.-o tftWIl- nOO II.- t - J7 j Vl.l I J - ' T . ' ill, . ' j ot the most valuable amendments -r i j. . . . i : . . , . : . , rp i . , ' pver mane ii our ixmihiuiuuh. jho decision is destructive to the efforts of tho fvener,'?! assembly to maintain tho credit of th ' e;tis and towns of the State bv forbidding tho sale of their securities: below par. Tho gon ral municipal a. ensced strictly in nnrcnnncp rf b rnat-.itntioT1 nrp- r-ents a. wise -and elaborate scheme ; By the Associated Press, for the Government of cities adn ; Washington, Dec. 2. Secretary 'owns. It is intended to be uniform 1 Colby, it is said today now plans to -nd to p-ovem aH aliko. If the act wh'ino-tnn Fridav for 'Norfolk LBY WILL SAIL FOR SOUTH AMERICA ''p.d not boefi destroved bv tKis com-h , From which port ho expects to sail currinsr war levy on increases in the value of property. 10,000,000,'JW0.bovn. pivi-r-nb, Rmpo nwrW. but of the latter sum only cki f?it;tric- nH Huilfo.rd NEvV SCOUT CRUISER TO I BE CALLED THE RALEIGH By iho Associated Pros. "NrW York. D:o. 2 Th wa- n fnrt i-o- ininvovemont in th? cotton mmket at th" oponinT th;" mo-p;" ir-t, pvifre a Tr 4 ' . eM AAJ. nnA nVft,iu v,cl Li- i ...n ' .i t ' nkn-nooA vestardav that scout cruiser r t lit a:i a .ntui lain in ii i-x 1 1 i . ririiiLt-ii ui i.tun . , iiiii itn tot n n t n n t" i r tt t r cn i rnnnc o t - . . i,her with .'fl se""' re. . m,. .r. : i,:: ,,' : " , w , '. " Trt n f th tPn-nntbonVei w iriSC T n ITl A n 1. n-n ti n.. tirTi.r .t..i x i v. i, ' ' - - - "- - '- xunnl1 mfliiifninpit tne evpdlf -f muni'ialities pnd h-p pr"ve"io Saturday on the battleship Florida ttos abuses in disposing cf -their on his visit to Brazil, Uruguay, and Vts." , 'Argentina. The " secretary's plans, -Justice Frown reT ,- tb-.:enrT- howev ere eaid to be subject to 'nont to the ro"ititution whch --"- , . . ."i,-d th-t nil hw, regulating- H,e- change although nio IcoJitingncy is of bonris and the enptracting expected to arise which wouid inter- debts sVinvdd b passed b" gene'"- tere with his trip il l-ws rather than special eryict nT"nt'. Tr, i a : 1 1 m ,1.1 r-i- o-i,i fr,r. wasmngioii, nt county 2. It was an- I I 'rd Mn-vh t lr,0 dnring the first yMirV budget. The returns from cus- . .i.. I " .- , nhPllT. .1 Tfl ;''-.i nun.' ..(... ' ... -" v '''" ! as to -t,i'ot higher in 1 he first two monui i ,'" "'' uri-M'en. in l Tn tb rn of Jmnnrv t'i attracted '' Smith Ruuin considerable reiJirinr and ther were 11 t 'he- breadline.- Reactions shortly after the call. lvc 09,100,000,000 marks The total income from the sources named, available for thi3 year's budget, ii 21,1000,000,000 marks. fripto-l bv th" special session of the the program of 1916, will be called the general assembly this summer. ."Raleigh." it belongs, to tne iast- jest class of ships affroat. It takes Fars which "wigp-le" are said to . the place to the one stricken from indicate versatility of character. the navy list some time ago. Newton, Dec. 2. George W: Rahb of this place and Miss'Sallie We.,-i of Franklin, Va. wene. unitefl in marriage yesterday afternoon at tho home of Rev. W. J. B kar, pas tor of St. James Lutheran church, in he presence of a few ' inuo.at? friends. Mr. Rabb during the war between the states lost one of his legs and Miss Wells nursed him at the time. He is 79 years ot sgo: and his bride 72. ' -Immediately after the wedding! Mr. and Mrs. Rabb motored to his ; handsome bungalow in this cily where an elegant supper was serv i ed. - ' . . i Rev.. J. Walter Long, who has b?en : acting as secretary of the Nort'rt , Carolina Sunday -school" vmi'M, hi occeptel the (pastorate of love' Methodist church at Walkertown, re cently made vacant by the death of Rev. R. M. Taylor. Rev. Mr. Tay lor soon after joining the, Western North Carolina conference when & young man served his first' jpastoratt in Newton, more than 40 years ago. He was educated at Catawba col leg!, in this city. His death came as a shock to his old time friends Newton. Rev., P. W. Tucker, pastor of the Newton Meijhodjist eliuLch, has re-turn-ciJ from Gold Hill, ' Rowan county, where he has been visitine his sister, the' wife of Rev. E. M. Avett. Mrs. Avett has been quite ill for : several months. The three months old infant of Mrs. Avett was brought to Newton and if being cared for bv Mrs. Tucker at the Methodist parsonage. ' , - The fiCfet hail storm this' sr visited Newton 1 yesterday about, noon. " . ; T hej hail was accompanied by a downpour of rain and melted about as fast as it fell. By tlie 'A: Geneva, jecting th oeisied Press. Leo. :i. '-A lesolution r?- cOH5sidrstior of of amend ment to the league covenant at tlv's seibion and providing for a commit tee to study change1 be-fore the meet ling of tho next assembly was passed I by tha -axs m-bly v.t i day'3 session with one li'-sontiiig vote. DIE HQ l.U li ! u RESULT nr n Pin -umHn n r noiui mum Statv. ville. MoLaughtii, oi ih of tho Hut. 2, Richard 15. known lawyer ano" i.iing citizens of this city, died at 9:40 this rs owning as the result of self-inf lict-od pistol shot wounds in his office late y-terday. The lawyer, who- wa-; worried by financial troubles, ent a .:J2 caliLro bullet through his brain. Two letters in Mr. McLaughlin's handwriting were left lying on his in . desk- one to his wife and one ta h" brother, Dr. -'. E. McLaughlin, leaving instructions a:; to his bj inosa affair? and explaining his reas ons for putting sn' end to his life. Mr. Mclaughlin had large real estate practice and it is said that of la e. he had allowed certain busi ness transactions with life clients t give- him unnecessary' worry, which Je4 him to the "decision Of unloading the hrirdens.' .'-.'Hi, own business af fah"4..Wdre iri.v excoilent' . shape, and why he, should hava attempted to '.'-end. his. life is a source of per plexity to thcrie who know him best. CONDIDTION OF JUDGE PRITCHARD IMPROVED Asheville, N. C, Dec. 2. The 'on- HOMES Le Aneeles -Times. The United States is over a million homrs behind what should have been JH.' -J! T..J T rt 0.-i.l -jr . . . .. ...j, l"iIIl oi Liie uiuon ox uu-e u. v.. rua.u oT last fcw vears. That is why so many this city, presiding officer of th- foart'r, peonle are psyinp- $50 a mrnth for l circuit. United States circuit court of ,15 roof on;; casing it homo. appeals wiv is hi at a local ft ital is reported improved.- JI i" "Mil - to be very sick, but ho is hrld ou by relatives that he will recover. the greatest ease Tii? v.-hn can jump out of tho ;i.er to. ,t height of 2f fpef with V I I I i-i 9 t tl I 5 I 5N I! in M u I ' 1 1 i! 3 if
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