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1 MIC Daily JVATCH YOU LABEL Record nbscriberi should renew at least live days before their subscriptions expire. KORY WEATHBR Cloudy, showers late tonight or Thursday. STABLISHED SEPTEMBER 11, 1915 HICKORY, H.C., WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 5, 1922 ?RICE FIVE CENTS Record FRICTION BREWS BRITAIN TO ASK ANTI-SALOON ALUS FOR LEAGUE INTEREST (B MAX ABF.RNETH) Raleigh, Aprir 5. Differences that exist between the headquarters committee of the North Carolina anti-saloon league ami the state su perintendent, Rev. II. L. Davis, may' cause the resignation of certain members of the headquarters com mittee, it became known here today. That there has been considerable disagreement between Superintendent Davis and his committee over the ways and means of conducting this year's campaign in the state has leen known in some circles several weeks. The trouble arose over the iiiestion oil whether the Anti-Saloon 'League should, as one member said "uet into politics" by urging the nomination and election of bone-dry advocates to the 1923 legislature. The headquarters committee frown ed upon Superintendent Davis' plan to "tell North Carolina folks how to vote," having side-tracked his state ment and issued one of their own last month. It was understood at that time that the, league as a woiking organ ization would not "take sides"1 in nny political campaigns in the coun ties over the state. But this week s issue of the American Issue, organ of the National Anti-Saloon League, which is a "North Carolina Edition" indicates that Superintendent Davis has defied the instructions issued by his headquarters committee and that voters are to be told "how to vote." Superintendent Davis is listed as editor of the North Carolina edition and he calls upon "the friends of law and order to see that on June 3 candidates who favor "legislation that will enforce the eighteenth amendment to the Federal constitu tion, in North Carolina, are nom inated. Editor Davia gives D. M. Clark, mayor of Greenville, a boost in his lace for solicitor of the Fifth Judi cial district by printing Mayor lark's announced statement con cerning his candidacy which charges the present solicitor with failure to it'Uifessly ana conscientiously en force the law "especially as it per tains to the nefarious traffic in in toxicating liquors." Whether the headquarters com mittee will be able to hold Editor Davis in check is another question. The menitcrs of the committee think that it is very unwise for the Anti Saloon League to get actively into the tight for any candidate for any office since, in their opinion, it will hurt the league's chances of secur ing certain legislation which will be proposed to the 1923 legislature. Members of the headquarters com mittee are: iV. T. Shaw, Weldon, chairman; Rev. A. D. Wilcox, Dur ham; M. L. Shipman, Josephus Dan ieJs and Clarence Poe, Raleigh; Dr. W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest and F. L. McKinnie, Loubburg. MISS BAIN TALKS . TO BURKE E Miss Elizabeth Bain; field repre sentative of the American Social Hy giene association, closed her speaking eiigagemjeits in Hickory nd. this section yesterday aftemoorf with -an aiddress in the Hildebran school be fore a large audience and made such impression that the assembled peo ple gave the Hickory Rotary club, under whose auspices she appeared, n rising vote of thanks and took oc casion to pay tribute to the Hickory Community club and other civic or ganizations here. Miss Bain was presented by Principal Teague. All the stores in 'Hildebran closed and the Henry River mill shut down for the speaking and scores of farm ers left their fields to be present. , Mr. J. W. Beach made a short talk and it was following his remarks that a resolution thanking the Rotary club and expressing the hope that the various civic clubs would make Hickory such a good place in which to live that the only problem would be one of; providing homes for the people who would want to live here. IT iThe domestic science classes of the Hickory high school provided a splendid dinner last night to the Rotarians and their wives, the spread being served at the high school and nlates beinar furnished at 75 cents fach. Rob Roy Pcery and the high school orchestra provided the mu sic for the occasion. It was one of the best meetings of the year and the guests gave the. young women who served the dinner t fine vote of thanks. n ROTHS 01 SCHOOL By the Associated Press. London, April 5 Tho British gov ernment has addressed a note to the allies declaring that owing: to the fact that Great Britain has to pay the interest on her debts to the United States she reserves to her self the right to call en the allies in turn to pay their war debts to her. In this connection, it is pointed out that Great Britain is ready to begin meeting her obligations to the United States. The three years agreement bp tween Great Britain and the United States lapses May 15, from which time intesest on the debt duo by Great Britain to the United States begins to acure so that Great Brit ain will pay six months interest the coming fall. Similarly the agree ment between Great Britain ami her debtors terminates almost immedi ately. NO OFFICIAL WORD By the Associated Press. .Washington,', April ,5. Beyond press reports of Great Britain's prep arations to begin the payment of in terest on her live billion war debt to this country the treasury is yet with out official information on the sub ject. Great Britain, officials said, today had been reported as "laying aside 25,000,000 pounds in her budget to meet war payments to this country. In October the first payment will be due. On April 15 the deferred interest due from Great Britain officials said, will amount to approximately $615,000 but this sum, it has been understood, will be the subject of funding nego tiations. By the Associated Press. Washington, April 5. Following up the overtures it has made towards settlement of the coal strike the house committee on labor considered "brief;- ly Attorney General Daugherty's statement last night outlining the administration's policy of "hands off for the present." Representative Bland's resolution requesting the president to appoint a committee to investigate condit ions was responsible for the meeting The committee today had received no responses to a large number of telegrams it had sent to operators in the central competitive field. T AEE RENT BOOSTS By the Associated Press. t Chicago, April 5 The tentants league of Chicago has devised a plan for combatting rent increases ordered for May by many landlords. The tenants will counter with suits in the municipal courts to fore stall the increases. If the city court decides against a tenant he will ap peal at once to a court c'f record and it will be two full years before his case comes up for trial. Mean while rents may not be increased. The above plan has been outlined to the league and officers say it will bo carried out. R. C. Dunn of Enfield, grand com mandery of North Carolina, will be the guest of Hickory commandery No. 17, Knights Templar, tomorrow night when .the templar degree will be conferred. Between 125 and 150 members are expected to be present and refreshments will be served. D. L. Miller is commander and W. L. Boatright secretary, COMMITTEE TENANTS TO COMMANDER HII TOMORROW CALLS MEET) F CENTRAL OPERATORS By the Associated Press. Cleveland, O., April 5 A meeting t'f the Pittsburgh ve:n association of the central repetitive field has been I tailed to meet he.e this afternoon or tomorrow to consider a request of Chairman Noland fc'r a meeting of coal operators and miners as the first step in the efforts to end the coal strike, Michael Gallagher said today. Mr. Gallagher received the telegraphic request for the meeting from Chairman Noland th7s morning. "Our meeting may be held this afternoon or it may not be until to mcirow morning," Gallagher said. ''Several of the members are at heme and it may be. a difficult task to get them together- Until the meeting is held, however, no plan of policy will be outined." VOTES TO RESUME By the Associated Press. Washington, April 5 Resurop tion of wo'rk on the giganic Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, Ala., undei charge of army engineers was rec ommended today by the senate agri cultural committee. The committee voted unanimously to report to the senate an appropriation for a year's work on the project. Committee members agreed with Chairman Norris that the action was taken solely to expedite completion of the project and was without pre judice to tho offer purchase and lease of the projects by Henry Ford and others. TO DR. WASHINGTON By the Associated Press. Tuskogee, Ala., April 5. Trans portation methods ranging front special cars to mule back were used in bringing to Tuskogee today white persons and negroes to unveiling the monument to Booker T. Washington some time this afternoon. Dr. Wallace Butterickjr president of the general education board, will deliver the founders' day address and Geo. C. Hall of Chicago and Josehpus Daniels, former secretary of the na vy, also are on the program. IF IS By the Associated Press. Washington, April 5. Creation of a fliexible 'organization to bring aJout closed coordination between the interstate commerce commission and the shipping board to link rai and water transportation together more efficiently was advocated today Ljy Chariman Jones speaking before the merchant marine committee. "We must get the commission, and the shipping board closer together, he said, "or we will never have a merchant marine." Unless Amer ican lines are placed on the same basis as foreign lines when it comes to handling goods to seaports by railroads American ships will never be able to hold their own with for eign ships," the committee was told. COTTON By the Associated Press. New York April 5. The cotton market opened steady at an advance of seven to nine points on firm Liv erpool cables and reports that tex tile workers were showing more dis position to confer with manufactur ers. There were reports of better English conditions. Open Cose Hay A 18.07 17.91 Juy .17.43 17.26 October 17.28 17.02 December .. l.17.21 16.98 Janary 17.11 16.901 1 t r i n 1 i WORK ON BIG 01 UNVEIL MONUMENT WORK TOGETHER Mi SUCCESS G 'MILLER GOES MJEMD riPni Til JMIIP uUnJ I nil.tii. n nuu! i nnmu EMPLOYES I Chas. W. tBagby today just be 1 10J'e transferring the postoffiee to 'Herbert H. Miller gave a Record re porter his last interview as post master at Hickory. The growth of Hickory is shown by the rapid in crease in the postal receipts of the office, these receipts having increas ed from $16,814.77 for the year end ing March 31, 1913, to the sum of $38,189.07 for the year ending March 31, 1922. These figures show an in- cie-abe oi izo per cent in rne re ceipts of the office, and during the ji i i . same perion mere nas Deen an in crease of only twenty per cent in the clerical force. ""Hickory is handling practically the same amount of postal business as Statesville, Gastonia apd ( other towns that have from two to three more clerks than the local office. This excellent showing is largely due to the efficient, loyal and energetic clerks and carriers of the local office. Mr. Bagby insists that there is not a postoffiee in North Carolina, or in any other state, that has a finer assistant postmaster or better cler ical and carrier forces than the lo cal office. During the world war, when at times even the hands working on the streets of Hickory were receiving a greater compen sation, the clerks and carriers stayed on the "oh without ''grumbling' gladly performed the great additional work placed upon them, and on some days handled more money than the force would handle during an entire normal year. The boys were loyal to Uncle Sam, to their friends in the trenches and to the folks at horng, Ma1. Bagby wishes to publicly thank each and every one of them, assist ant postmaster, clerks, city carriers and rural carriers. including Walter Hahn, who has . resigned since the wax for the efficient service render ed during his term as postmaster. Among other recommendations Mr. Bagby has recently made to the post office department are the following: 1. The granting of an additional clerk to the local ofll'ce. 2. The establishment oil a station in West Hickory, mail to be delivered and despatched -direct to the. trains, with a city carrier attached to the station for the purpose of making two deliveries oij mail per day to the good people of West Hickory and Long view. 3. The providing of better fa cilities for the delivery of mail to those patrons of Alexander and Caldwell counties, whose citizens make Hickory their banking, trading and social center. 4. The extension of the service of rural route number one to Grandview school house. 5. And various repairs to the in terior of the postoffiee building, in cluding the installation of additional lock boxes, etc. Mr. Bagby statedd that he ha been making efforts to secure the above improvements for some time, and feels sure that Mr. Miller will do all that he can to secure these and other improvements. Mr. Bagby also l'equested permis sion to publicly thank the patrons of the office for the encouragement and assistance they have given him and also for the patience shown by them he made mistakes. He requests that the public g-ive Mr. Miller its loy al cooperation during his adminis tration. By the Associated Press. Ntewark, N. 4 April 5. Postal officials issued a stop order on all mail addressed to the American Deep Seas Trading .Company .upon receipt of a letter announcing a plan to form a comlpany of $400,000 to trans port liquor to the three mile limit. The plan called for a return of $250 on a $10, investment. The company plans, it was stated in the letter was to operate three ships fromi Liverpool to the three mile limit. No risks will be en tailed by the transportation com pany, the letter said, because the liquor will be sold to rum runners beyond the three-mile limit. MRS. (SWKFT DEAD By the Associated Press. Chicago, April 5. Mrs. Louis F. Swift 62, wife of the president of Switt & Company, died suddenly at her home today following an illness of only a few hours. - STOP Ml MAIL j t ! Tfi m&r 1JHB li a i SLn 5 S ti ki li i si n By the Associated Press. London, Apvi:' ". Acceptance by the British 'govern men! of the equitc of the American views pertaining to the maintenance costs of the Amer ican army of; occupation as expound ed in the i recent nolo of Secretary Hughes bar, been conveyed of State informally to the American scntatives here. repre- COMMITTEE TO MEET Py the Associated Press. St.. T nilivl Anvil ! Tho conln .-il mittee ot the three Illinois coal op erators' association will meet in Chicago tomorrow at 10 a. m. to de cide whether they will meet union representatives April 10, as requested by the house labor committee, it was announced today. AODRESS TO JURY By the Associated Press. New York, April 5. Summing up today at the trial of Miss Olivia M. P. Stone, graduate nurse charged with murdering Ellis Kinkead in Brooklny laset August, Edward K. Riley, defense counsel, asserted that "the gang that rules Cincinnati, the city that Kinkead once served as cor poration counsel, was trying to swear away the life of his client." In dramatic fashion Mr. ITilly chal lenged Kinkiead's widows who sat weeping in the court room, to defy his ch'arge that she had been a wo man of the underworld and dared any one to take the stand and testify that his client, good southern girl, lied. ONE KILLED. FQU By the Associated Press. Concordia, Kans., April 5. Theo dore Tremblay, 18-year-old farm boy was slain with an axe and three younger brothers and the father, L. J. Tremblay, a trustee of Shirlee township, were injured by unknown men in their home last night. Three of the younger bc'ys are near death, with their heads crushed. LISTED FOR USE Raleigh, April 5. Major Charles M. Stedman, candidate for reelect ion to congress in the fifth district is listed as one of the first to file notice of his candidacy with the state board of elections. Other notices which have been fil ed include Walter Siler, solicitor of the fourth judicial district; J. M. Sharp, solicitor of the eleventh dis trict; Edward L. Steward, solicitor of the first district; Woodus Kellum, solicitor of the eighth district and William M. Bond, judge of the first judicial district. The following candidates must stand for reelection in the June pri maries: Corporation Commission er, w. T. Lee, waynesviue; Asso ciate Justice of the Supeme Court, W. J. Adams, Carthage; Superior court judges: W. M. Bond, Eden- ton, first district; George W. Connor, Wilson, second district; J. L. Horton, Fai-mville, fifth district; O. H. Allen Kinston, sixth district; H. H. Cram mer, Southport, eighth district; C. C. Lyon, Elizabethtown, ninth dis trict; W. A. Deven,. Oxford, tenth district; T. yT. Shaw, Gjreensboro twelfth district; W. E. Brock Wades boro, 13th district; W. F. Harding, Charlotte, 14th district; James L. Webb, Shelby, 16th district. Solicitors in the 20 judicial dis tricts ofi the State must also stand for re-election this year. What surprises us is that the pro ducers of salacious plays haven't yet registered a protest against admit ting people fre& to salacious tiials 'New. York Tribune, ... mm mm B fi ti 3HL A Bin SCORES KIND III INJURED 1 STEDMAN IE 1 to m STJ1 ey ..ny council last night held a lengthy session at which the various public improvements underlay or provided for were discussed and pro vision made for putting them through before the present administration goes out ot office May 1. These include ! fche building of between five and six I mi,e? of sidewalk, all of which can- w tuiiijjiuieu dul j or wmcn uie money has been provided; the con struction of two sewer mains in south Hickory, and the completion of the library. The board passed on second read ing the ordinance to pay James C. Shu'ford $400 for allev-wav riehts east of the municipal holding, so as to provide a 14-foot alley on two sides of the building. When the land was bought and surveyed sever al years ago, it was believed that the city owned seven and a half feet more, but it was discovered that Mr. Shuford's line ran farther west than supposed. He traded on the same basis as the original purchase price. City Manager Henry frnnfmnced that sidewalk building had been re sumed, work starting on 18th streo" between 13th and 14tfi avenues. rA petition for a sidewalk on the nortn side of 14th avenue and the west tide oi; 19th street work was received and the work ordered done. John N. Bohannon and K. C Menzies appealed before the board and asked that if possible a good street be laid in Kenworth, saying that the property-owners would ad vance their part of the money at once. It was explained that after Eleventh avenue is completed, the city will not have any street money. Mr. Menzies said that as badly as a good street was needed in Kenworth, where the company had made all the improvements free of cost to Hickory, sidewalks were more im portant, and agreed that every pos sible loot of walk should be put down. Work on the 11th avenue improvement will be resumed by the Atlantic Eitulithic Company April 20 and the ob completed in a few days. TALK CANDIDATES FOR FALL ELECTION With the Republican county con vention to be held in Newton Satur day afternoon at 2 o'clock and the Democratic convention to be 'held there a week later-, speculation on candidates has already begun. The Republicans will nominate for Re election the present officers who were elected for two years and will prob ably name a candidate for clerk of court to succeed Tom Setzer, who announced more than a year ago that he would retire at the end of his term to enter business. The -Democrats are not likely to name candidates at their convention AprU- 15, .but will defer this until a later date. , There is talk of various hheii for the several offices, among the number being George .Post for sheriff. HLAND PEOPLE I With the waterworks system in Highland nearing completion and with a 'Q-foot hard surface street in prospect, Highland people are working together better this yer than ever before and it is likely that all factions will line up behind some man who will push these improve ments through. Mayor Parks Rob inson is not a candidate for reelect ion, but since it wras under his ad ministration that these improve ments were begun, citizens of High land are urging, him to be a candi date again. If the people can agree on any other man who will push the work, Mr. Robinson prefers to step down and ou,t. Highland, Which has the best school building in the county, has the reputation f;or beinfj one of the best towns in this section! EOPLEJRE AT WORK THESE DAYS By the Associated Press. Washington, April 5 Employ ment (conditions throughout the country continued to improve dur ing the past ten days, declared Ar thur Woods, chairman of the presi dent's unemployment bureau, today. G I 01 NTS 1 THIS TO LEARN FACTS IN SAD J KILLING II By the Associated Press. Oklahoma City, April 5. Prepara tions were made today to launch three separate inquiries into events sur rounding the death of Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck, pioneer army avi ator and assistant commandant of Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., who was Killed by Jean P. Day, wealthy oil operator and prominent Oklahoma lawyer, in his home here early Tues day morning following a dance. A civil investigation by county au thorities will determine the charges to be filed against Day. A military committee of three army officers will come here," according to information, to investigate the af fair. A third inquiry got un?lr way when the federal prohibition director foe Oklahoma began to check up whether liquor was used at the party. County officials today were run ning down various angles of the tragedy, but until the coroner's in quest is held Saturday afternoon Coroner Hughes announced he would not make a statement. A statement obtained from Mrs. Day gives 'i;or the first time her ver sion of the killing. "Beck visited our home on numer ous occasions," Mrs. Day said this morning. "One day. he called when Mr. Day was away, but 'it was a very brief visit. Each time he call ed previous "to Monday night he act ed as a perfect gentleman in every respect, acting as one whom, we were glad to see because of his amiability. We were glad to have him, because he was brilliant and added to any company. "Early Tuesday morning," noweveri after Mr. Day left in the automobile to take the guests home he seized me by the wrists and threw one arm around me. Nothing like that ever occurred before and I was dumb founded. It was while I was thus struggling that Mr. Day enteded He immediately went up stairs and it was several minutes before I saw him again. T remember distinctly that he was standing on the landing with a pistol in his hand. I was terrified at the time. I remember notn-ng more. As I strucxrled in Beck's grasp, the whole room swam before my eyes. The next thing I remember some one was undressing me and telling me that I needed rest. "What happened after I saw Mr. Day on the landing I am unable to teil. I just remember that every--? thing appeared dim "and faded ;ut 5 By the Associated Press. Chicago, April 5. When a me chanical piano began grinding out a gay tune in a darkened pool room, early tod.'fy neighbors investigated and a 17-year-old negro was taken into custody. In the boys' court he told Judge Jacobs that he at tempted to steal the nickles trom the instrument and started it to play ing. Jazz music was responsible for the youth's downfall" commented the judge. Last evening was "Canada Day" by observed as the Kiwanis club. The program was in charge of J. Tellis Miller and he gave a very interesting historical sketch of Canada and brought out facts that many of the members were not aware of,. Mr. Miller is a native Canadian and knows his country well, Charlie Bagby also made a few remarks up on the subject. Songs appropriate were sung such as "O Canada," "The. Battle Hymn of the Republic" and also "The Marseilaise" was sung by Mr. Weaver as a solo. Miss Hermine Warlicjf accompanied at the piano. It proved to be a very interesting NICKLES IN PIANO : ; , CAUGHT NE6R0 BOY KIWAK HOLD CUD! NIGHT evening xor jtne elu&. i ; 1:
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