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Hickory Baily WATCH YOUR LA DEI. n,-f(rl jubscriber ,Ih-uI(I renew at leant im ilaj.s hoforo their miI.ni nation expire. .WEATHER Fair tonight and Sun day. Rising tcmjiTi ture Sunday. ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 11, 1915 HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1922 9RICE FIVE CENTS Record I Ii!D MEET ill I IF BT! R i! IL 11. Lowry) M 'i Ji ! '1 h" Ncv, Ion net !a , t instil in ih Kl tu" their regular weekly ( .I i ' I 1 . 'I'i.i- meeting was called to , .v I lie i c-ddctit, '. U. Brady, : r I In- i.a.ia.1 routine of bus',- i ' i meet tug w:.s i ui ucu ovc: .... rani chairman, Prof. M in, w li road a:i unciv .1 nig : rf 'atawha county, pviwut t nnlai'tl from an agrirultu, vat' .iiiMiU' a'Ki' educational , i Uew ,1. A. Diulei . i in,' .t t'iMiH'ii eiuivcn. was .. i ' r, 1 upon to speak cti 'AVhn! Monte Tov.u Owes to its You.;;1 ;,!.. in llu' way of Amuscninic.' liii'.r presented in a very , t'a! nu'iinrv I he need in everj ;i wholes.1. no amusement, for I. ; .-in 1 girl-. Hi "dated that (. .iv ; Hilda's too often had but ami ami that, wa.i to win under j.uV-a. Ho stated that Newton have a gymnasium csnocr.diy .;aij'l''" 1 and pivperly supervised by who could lead the toys and not only to uevciop gooo pny i. i! bodies hut also one who could ,,;! tin m UJ higher ideal. Mr. Dit-:-aul it wnsmost ' ncvessaiy ivn ,...iv town of the b.o of Newtor ."haw a well oauipped plarroun) ,,pa t- the children the year round 'I he program was then turned .,,., f. the high wehod uirls whe a, io te lmnoved guests of the even : I'nder the leadership of Miss l i'.iciH'o I.ogan, a very intertwining . ;ram w is pre-aMitcd. Several ap- t i 1 1 1 - t Mia;'.' vi lis ami sm'.y vhj; tations were presented.. Mr. W. C. Koi m.ster then reported i;,ai at a meeting of the Hickory K ..avians lio had heen asked to . ! , ,a aimd to the Newton Kiwan lir.t a committee t'o apix.'mtod i , ,! vi-c means and plans by whicn appiom-iate fruit and shat.V trees c-.,;-,l 'he secured for the purpose of aav along the bard seriace roaT v.nich now unuer eonsu uumm .1 t.. ......, hn. 1 i the ll' L1IKO CI 1 IIU Uliv v n entity line. This rep''ft was i.ii v leceivci and a conin? !tte ... i..t;n- of Messrs. J. Y. K'dlian i.-rrmau, .1. Smith Campbell, of II It 'I John A. IsenhfM-cr, oi con- avil .! Mavor Sid .1. Srnyre, ! ,wis appointefj by the nn.s !.!(. a j j en WHISKKY MAKKFS IS MAS ISA HON Sir, .tame:-; of a f'-nv)i:; ji, chairman c.ai -'h"y fir:n, ijt , assumi I"' 1. 1 1 1 1 a ii of Baron u. J'av . Wo'tlavntiti.'n i ... -m eififia! aa V.'a , fill" 1 1 1 ia th' (boar ft i i 1. 1". U. r i'. cfal ' a a V, '.a, r.aiiva.v (.'.VII' '', oa )",;, i. ii Ma:-."1' ni -i t I ia' ' ; )' laie ' M '. III' 1 I i ;iH"i Fv.i.o ' ' I I I V O f ,,r t ni coarn:. ( i Wilh'.v, hf.'d haul"., b:': ,t. ;;l,th.' i -. i ' n , foaMraii ... . . . . t. , r . . : a, tin r ii-.i- ' i VOI Tl UK 'I l. .' ") i;;,ron Clendyne of Saii-iunar ,,!i,,t v of 1 uri-ti i'-s. t ,c A ,: ( iat'd Vn-. .i tnii.n, Marcii .Witb a d'-e-to Mifbig;iri i,:ai-,ii t.liat. it is vital !I;,t. laaney h'lll not bo a detcrmiri , even an important factor m 'a forthcoming election Represen aiva Patrick II. Kelly of the itlt district announced today that would he a candidate for the i ,, i a m1 States senate. elic win u andidate for the seat now held by a i ' i,:,tor Newberry, Republican. "It will be possible," Mr. Kelly ,a I, "for the people of Michigan to v.' e for a candidate without the ex !'"i;lit,ure of large sums of money." Wwion. March A. Sicrns placed id'.im the principal streets leading " it ol xowtnn to' Hickory reau sjv !"ur by way of Startown" and traftic ticen ( verted that way- "'.tls are badly tourn up on account ; he work nrennrntorv to ine uiy of; hard surface and at places 1 practically impassable. The jit 1 "y discontinue(i its runs several i'1:.-' ago and all travel between ''fwion and Hickory in by Startown hy train.. The jitneys between '" if and Lincolntoii are tunning on : rhetlule time. j , . CD P Ji,U KB1TE Ml S, SBKIE mm route FOB AUTO TRAFFIC RUM SHIP GIVES 001 IS IS FIE i ! ?y the Associated Press. SalisVry. N. C, March 4. Bend m tho sum f $10,000 for the release of the messenger of Peace., an alio:' I'd rum running schooner, captured oil the North Carolina coast several months ago, was approved by 1'ro hibilieu Director Kohloss late yester day afternoon and the vessel may now he taken back to the Bahama Llands, it was announced here to day. i no iriai oi i ne iMosseiuror oi. I'i'ace and its officers is schedidcd to come up at the A)ril te.rm of fed eral court. Tho bond was furnhdual bv an American security company, it was stutod, and it will not be necessary to have the ship at New Bern for the trial. The ship's papers were not released, as the prohibition di lector considered them necessary ev idence at the trial. A Washington correspondent says that at last congress is about to get down to brass tacks with regard to the bonus. It will remain on pins and needles until the subject is disposed of, , though. Roanoke Times. By the Associated 1'ross. 'Cleveland, Marctdi h The death of (Jeo. K. McGhee today brought the toll from a collision between a ivevv -VorU Central train and an auto mobile bos at Paynesottle last night up to 14. A coroner's inquest wiP he h h! at Ynyriosville this morning. Most, of, tlie killed were ..residents of Fairpont. IP LLlOfjf By the Associated Press New York, March -1. rrohinibition (.nicei:; in New York and other cit i where hranche:; of the Fli:;tJiman Yea:;t. Company are located vern in-i-.tnicsted today h.v Commissioner Hays, to, aeize all industrial .alcohol of the company. The order was is :uied last night. A:; grounds for Ihia action, the pro hibition commissioner said he regard ed the .seizure of the alcohol in the posse:;: ion of this company as epoch al and charged the company "with diversion of uon-bevcrago alcohol for beverage purport1!." anl among oth. or things "disposing of non-ibevcragc alcohol on foreign permits and with out permits to purchase." In - CIIAMl'IONS OI' SOUTH ARE BACK O.N II IB Hli Chapel Hill, March 4. Eight t.,,c.-li-v Kut firm) and we'rn out th- letcs, members of the University of Kmth Carolina basketball squad, champions of; the south, returned heer yesterday Irom Aiiania a iter a uhk night stop over in Raleigh where the Washington auu L.ee ucueia.s gave tnem men mat, Mtivc . the trip north. With them they brought a huge silver loving cup which has been added to the athletic troplues of the university. Each man also was adorned with a beautiful gold emblem, which is to say that each of these Tar Heels is member of one of the greatest (basketball teams of the country and accord ing to Atlanta newspapers, not on ly that, but one of the "cleanest ag. grcgations of athletes .seen in Oeor- The Washington and Lee victory u Tni- ttppI? 'failed to de- OWl s . tract in the least the poyous recept ion and welcome DacK nome accuiu ed the championship quintet by the campus. The students have been in a wild outburst of enthusiasm ever since the good news reached here, and yesterday it iook toe of hearty congratulations to mem bers of the team. ' "We had the time of our lives and - everybody treated us wonder fully.". Cuptain Cartwright Carmt rhael said today, "but that we are glad t)0 get back home again. FOIIRTEEM VICTIMS Tll-BUS CRASH w ??t p mm nn 'c LG 0 1 D L b Chicago's I Im-'IS -'5Oli :i -'rXiVr-' "i JP- v;:c -' Chicago now has a "Poim" in the person of Raymond J. Bischoff, twenty-five years old, who Is accused of swindling foreigners there out of several millions of dollars which he took from them ostensibly; ta.jjayeat. The illustration shows the interior of BischofTs office and, ' inserted, a portrait of the young flnancieK - ' Bv the Associated Press. Washington, March 4. Dr. Hubert Work today took the oath of office as postmaster general, succeeding Will H. Hays, who had been a member of the cabinet one year to the day. Dr. Work, whose home state is Colorado, has been first ' assistant postmaster general under Mr. Hays. In a statement addressed 'to the personnel of. the postal service, the new cabinet officer said Mr. Hays had set up new ideals for the post al service. Adding that such ideals had been approved by the American people, Dr. Work said it would be his policy to give them substance. The oath of office was administered by Bush Holland of Colorado, second attorney general. MisiiifiLLl Bf THIBET B By the Associated Tress. St. Louis, March 4 The Rev. A. L. olirlton, medical missionary of the Disciples of Christ (Christian church) in Thibet, was murdered by robbers near Batang February 17, ac cording to a cablegram received by the United Christian missionary sor itt.y here today. DDr. Shelton escaped from a brig and camp in China in January, 1920 after being kidnapped and held for ransom for GO days. Bv the Associated Press. New Orf leans, March 4. Figures on sales of fertilizers in nine states of the cotton region were issued just before the opening of the cot ton market today by H. G. Hester, secretary of the New rleans cotton evxehange. They shotted a de crease during the seven months end ing with February o'f! 16 per cent as compared with the same period last year and 70 per cenf two years ago. lAccording to the statement the total of fertilizers sold in Lou isiana, Georgiafi, Florida, Texas,; Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and other stfites amounted to 532;,336 tons against 658,729 tons a year ago and l,858,i777 tons two years ago eaviest sales were in South Caroli na, Returns from North Carolina were not available. ; The statement was considered by the trade to be of the highest im portance in connection with the cot ton crop about to be planted. HUGE REDUCTION FERTILIZERS IN SOUTH "Ponzi" Gathers in By the Associated Press. NorMk, Va., March 4. Three persons were burned to death and three others badly injured when boarding house vvkas destroyed a by fire early today. The dead are: Helen White, South Norfolk. Lem Mc Kinsley, Craddock. ' . Ii. M. Hyatt, seaman second class. A. G. Miller is in a hospital re covering from the effects of smoke and burns about the body. His wife, Mrs. Edith Miller is being treated at a hospital. She is not badly burned. Several persons were rescued by firemen. The loss is estimated at $10,000. SHY FAIR PROMISE FOR WE Bv th Associated Presa. 'Washington. March 4. Weia.thcr prediction:; for the week beginning Monday include: South Atlantic strites: Generally fair except for rains Wednesday or Thursday. Warmer first part of week and colder last half. SOVIET WIK BLESS PLANT TO BE VERY LARGE .Moscow, Feb. 7. Soviet Russia will soon have a wireless station ca pable of transatlantic service, says N. NikoIaidT, Assitsant ' commissar for posts arid telegraphs. The station is in progress of er ection at Bogorodsk, near Moscow and is expected to be one of! the most powerful in the world. Jts towers will be more than 900! feet high, which is 30 feet h ijher than the famous German wireless station at Nauen. The new Russian ' station will have a strength of 50 kilo watts. Nikola ieft adds that Soviet Rus sia has made great progress in wire less communication in the last four years and cites as evidence of it the fact that the station at Moscow is able to hold telephone conversa tions with another at Chita, Siberia, 3,000 miles distant. Russia now has 38 sending stations and 290 re ceiving stations. New wireless stations will be er ected within the next few months at Tashkent, Kharkov and Novo-Niko-laevsk as well as at the raciical points of the Siberian water basin and along the Arctic sea coast where nine stations were installed in 1921. COTTON By the Associated Pres3. New York, March 4. The cotton market was barely steady at the opening today with first prices two to 16 points lower. Trade interests were moderate buyers at the decline and prices firmed up - a few points of reports from New Orleans that fertilizer sales up to February 28 showed a decrease of 16 per cent as compared with last year and 70 per cent two years ago. Ojpen Close 18.02 March" 18.15 May - '17.87 Jly -17.18 October 16.52 December . . . 16.37 Hickory cotton, 17 l-4c. 17.74 17.06 Millions 3y the Associate Pre9 Fiume, March 4 The committee of national defense proclaimed the final overthrow . of he provisional government under President Zanella and the constituent assembly today. The government capitulated after fierce fighting. The committe asked ' the Italian government to send officers here to take charge. . . Fiumc dispatches last night de clared that President Zanella and his followers had fled to Bucchari near Fiume after issuing a declar ation transweriing the authori ty to the national defense. The cap itulation followed an attack on the government; palace by the Fas- tist.i. who fired 20 cannon shots at the building. hp hip By the Associated Press. Wichita, Kan- March S-Strang-ler Lewis ' of San doe, Cal., today again held the. world's heavyweight championship, having . defeated the challenger, Stanislau Zbysko here last night. Twelve years afo Zbys ko succumbed to a toe hold applied by Frankby Frank- Gotch, then the champion. Lasfe night aVmther American doveiopfcd punishable hold got him. In his more than 1,000 matches, Zbysko, 40 years old, had his shoulders forced to mat only live, times, then winning three of the contests. The wholesale price of eggs drop ped to 20 cents a. dozen on the Hickory market today and it was predicted the price would go to 18 or 16 cents before another rise would be noted. In Statesville eggs were quoted at 18 cents, but in Sal isbury and Concord according to tel prolie reports to the . Record, the quo-tation was around 20 cents. Two weeks ago the Catawba Creamery was paying 36 cents r dozen. In November and December the quotation wholesale was 53 and pn., hnt th local market is ov . eined by the lare centers. EgKS ar, t being put on cold storage by the j v&x and for the next two months many housewives will put them ut against high prices next winter, j Farmers have received good prices for eggs and chickens all the win- ! ter. and those who had early hatch ' ec pullets made a good profit or the season's c.'utout. The ordinary barnyard hen, which is often forced to sleep in trees during the winter r.1 i nfliin nrTBir Ltwont 'IIFWIVHIFIPII II BELT eppe cm ipr; u.0 Ju y LL. I ! L !l lI!!QLL-)HLi HT n GENTS 16.401 is now doing her bit, with the re 16.25 suit that a price depression ia on in earnest. . . , . , OOLD APPOINT snillSQcinil Washington, March 4 Creation of a national commissioner empow ered by congress to straighten out the government tangles as to ex isting contracts with respects to the projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and to enter negotiations for the sale or lease of the projects was adve'eated today by Chairman Kahn of the mil itary committee. The commission would consist of the secretaries of war, commerce and the treasury and its first c'b ject would be to nsure production of nitrates for was purposes as well as the production of fertilizers for ag ricultural needs. Mr. Kahn said the creation of a commission was the only logical way for safe-guarding the interests of the people. To such a commission the chairman would refer the offers for puch.vse and lease submitted by Hem-y Ford- the Alabama Power Company and Fredrick Engstrum of Wilmington, N. C. The optional claims of the AAir Nitrates Corpc.vation for exclusive right to purchase nitrate plant No. 2 also would be considered. IIGRT 1R By tho Associated Press. "Washington, March 4. The ship ping board was laying plans today to avert if possible a threatened rate way affecting certain conti nental trade routes'. Withdrawal of the North Atlantic company from the line, is expected to result in a cut of rates unless an agreement can be reached. London, March 4 Austin Cham berlain's declaration c'f the solidity of the cabinet behind Mr. Lloyd George has had little appreciable effect on- the political situation, ac cording to newspapers today. It is generally conceded that the ci isis continues at an acute stage and even the journals mo'st anxious to preserve the coalition government candidly admit that the situation is about as critical as it could be. No developments are expected until af ter the wek end. In spite of all the efforts of the prime minister's champic'Jis. how ever, his conservative opponents show no sign of weakening. m BRITISH INTERESTS ARE FOR ROADS RETURN Mexico City. Feb. 10 British stockholders in the Interoceanic rail way, one of the federal-operated roads in Mexico- recently protested to the government against its re tention and demanded the return of the property tobgether with accur red daamages. General Amado Aguirre, Secretary of Communications and Puklic Works, stated in reply that the raib way wras taken over "for military purposes" strictly within the law and thr.t the fjjovernment was ex cused from paying damages for Its use until a final liquidation was ef fected and the property returned tc its owners. As a concluding argument Secre tary Agirre stated that the govern ment owns 55 percent of the rail way stock and that the demands of the minority stockholders as repre sented by the British protest are as they have done this week, they WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAMS Paris, Feb. 14. The two leading female football clubs of, Paris, the Femina Suports and-the En Avant, were contesting the championship of the city on Saturday and at half time each side had scored a goal. When play was resumed, the pace was very hot and a forward of the En Avant team slapped the face of an opponent whom' she was accused of a foul. The referee sent the ' aggressor from the field but her comrade sided with her and refused to continue the game. The refree gave the game in favor of the Fem ina Sport. - " H CLEAR ISTEII OF HAMILTON MURDER if By the Associated Press. Raleigh, N. C, March 4. With arrest of one negro and the se; started for another, city and co; officers are convinced that t have lifted the veil surrounding killing of Rufus H. Hamilton, . ion foreman of; the Seaboard Line Railway, who was shot to c as he was driving along the Tar roa.d with his fiancee, Miss Ire Guess, on the night of Decern! 20, according to announcer::!, made by the police today. The negro under arrest is LI;", alias "Red" Bryant. According the police, Bryant confessed to U tectives Thomas Crabtree and .lc: Wyatt of the Raleigh police depa, ment that he was walking along i road with a negro named John Jii mond when the Hamilton car . ; proached them. Bryant told thr i tectives that Richmond fired a ! through the windshield and a'i fired at the car when it passed. The car sw-erved to one side, I; negro told the police, and a wem, screamed. The negroes then cai ed into a near-by w-ood and m. their way to Raleigh. Bryant v. the police that he and Richiuo: were drinking heavily. The story of Bryant corrobc at es in almost every particular tl story of the killing told by iVIi: Guess the night of! the affair at t: coroner's inquest. BULLOCKj RELEASED, POSES FOR PICTUE Hamilton, Out., March 4. WVars, . ed. in. the .folds .of the union j:u: Matthew Bullbrik, American nVgr. last night permitted himself lo b photographed by a bevy of feminuv admirers of; his own ' race, befen he boarded a train for part:: un known. The flag was presented to cele brate Bullock's release by the1 polkc yesterda y after Judge Snider had refused to honor a requisition iv his extradition to Norlina. Jsf. C. to be tried on charges of attempted murder. The flag ceremony was the r.ni public celebration of BuIIockV re lease. Plans for a huge demo::" stration by the negro population n' t he city were abandoned when B i lock's counsel advised that ho l?a with the least possible ostentata as he would be liable to reriv at any time evidence charging with, an cxtraoditional offense f h be presented bv North Carolina As he boarded the train BiA annaunced he would remain from Hamilton and that he avoid publicity. He said he v,a stay in Canada, however. T Of Citzcns the Y. M. c'f West Hickory mr-5 C. A. hall last night z appointed a committee to go befa the town government next Tuesri night to find out if possible t status of the West Hickory f ho proposition. The general ssr I is understood to" have validate, i. $60,000 bonds voted by the peop but no actirti has been taken 1 those in authority, so far as know There were between 75 and 8' m at the meeting last night. It was explained today by Squ: Geo. T. Barger, secretary rf 1. meeting, that there were no he feelings and all that the c;t.i wanted to do was to get the f-.rh( They would be glad to coopcra Charles E. Cole presided. The committee named to appc. before the West Hickory alderrm cohsisted of Messrs. Cole and Bs ger, Roy Senter, Charlie Carpca: and J. G. Frye. P site BUSTS IN NEW TOW By the. Associated Press. New York, March 4. Failure E. H. Clarke & Company, one of tt largest brokerage firms in the Ne York curb market, was announce today. The firm has offices i: Chicago and other mid-westerr. point and dealt largely in copper and pi shares. . - a. IIOIT m cnunn uis uu iuul uiat I I CURB Fl i i ! t '; ! '.: 1 j t 1. " II
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