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HICKORY, N.C., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1922
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'Wa;shingoii.f ynvA $. Divisions
the bin ran of engraving and
inting, fiigaged the production
hank, iiotts, bond and postal
L.inps will bo closed tonight for nn
ildiriiU' period for the purpose of
kinj;' an inventory of the plant
nm which J;mes L. Wilmeth and
chiefs and superintendents, were
itivipal portion of the bin plant
i
i- laru-est of its kind in the world,
,. . ... . - - i cording secretary, Mrs. Fred Ab
is disclosed loday as having fol- m,thy. corresponding secretary, M
veil a conference yesterday between g. jj, Farabee; treasurer, Mrs. E.
wis 1 1 ill , the new superintendent,! CHne; chairman of the educatio
I Secretary Mellon of the treas-
. -under whose jurisdiction the.teiest and showed the unseinsn in
eau is operated
rhe purpose of the closing; order,
stated today by officials, is to
ible the taking of an inventory,
repairing of machinery in use al
st continuously since the entrance
the United States into the world
c and to allow the transfer de
tment of the bureau to use new
cl plates such as are used in
printing of bank notes and
ids.
fhe inventory, it is said, will be
krtaken by treasury officials and
lartments of justice agents,
lints also wore given that aftei'
1 closing, the bureau will be fivr
r reorganized or "Hardingized,"
one official put it.
installation oi, new steel 'plates,
was sti dwill be for the purpose
counterfeiting old bank notes and
ids printed in the plant as it was
nd the old plates have become
rn and are easy to counterfeit.
Bureau employes number about
30 and about 4,000 are affected
the order.
'he total number of employes is
ut l,.r)00 above the pre-war level
it was suggested that a reduct
to the pre-war level will be
le.
IN RAILROAD TAX
the Associated Press.
Vilson, N. C, April 8.A" large
ly of counsel is in Wilson today
present to Judge II. G. Connor in
eral court the matter of collect
of taxes which the state of
rth Carolina alleges several of
larger railroad of the state owe,
.um amounting to around $1,
i.OdO. The railroads ask jthat
1 district court hold off the coi
tion of the taxes until the Unit
States supreme court kean pass
'0 matter.
udge Connor intimated that he
ferred that the case be heard by
three district judges, but inas
ch as the attorneys were pres
i he would hear their arguments.
the Associated, Press,
ishington, April 8 Charges of
censonship resulting in -tho dele
n of the name of Christ in the
tns conference prayers were deni-
tulay by Secretary Hughes.
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I ARGUMENTS
10RSHIP CHARGE
DENIED BY HUGHES
Secretary Mellon to Throw 4,000 Men Out Of
Work While Inventory Is Taken and Bureau
"Hardingnized"-Some Reasons for Clos
ing Plant Given by Officials
COMMUNITY CLUB HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Detailed reports covering; the activ
ities in all department of the Com
munity Club for the past year were
heard and officers for the incoming
y-Vii were elected yesterday at the
annual meetini? held in the court
room of the municipal building. The
iv.isst-.iil.v President Harding oneKt'inB Murs- w- 1Cam;
1 h .say, presided over the meeting, and
'k "K0, sittings with her were members of
lU-iision to close at least the the executive board consisting of
Mrs. T. C. Blackburn 1st V-Pres.;
Mis. Cui-riu Gamble. 2nd V.-Pres.. re
cording secretary, Mrs. Fred Aber-
Ma'S.
B.
educational
dnnnttmpnt. Mrs. H. C. Menzies
Owing; to illness in her family Mrs
I'he closing is to be effected by department was abserit.
order issued by Secretary Mel- All reports were heard with in-
trroet in whit-h the officers and chair
men have taken in their work, and
their desire for the benefit and uplift
of the community. That there has
leen much good done the past sever
al years is well known and the activ
ities of the women of the club have
jeached out along all lines looking to
ward the betterment of their feilow
men.
The treasurer reiprted that the
club faces no indebtedness as it en
ters upon the new year, all obliga
tions having been liquidated before
the close of the club's fiscal year.
Cnmnlftt vc-norts of the work of the
departments coining under the head
of the educational depai Orient were
given Qy Mrs. tl. C. Menzies ana ivirs.
Gamble read for Mis. E. P. Menzies
the activities of the civic department,
these reports being very good and
showing the untiring work and zeal
of the chairmen and committees, ine
standing committees likewise gave
good reports and Mrs. S. H. Farabee,
corresponding secretary, reported an
em oilmen t of 2S8 members, twenty
three of these having been added this
year.
Some new business came up for
discussion and the corresponding sec
retary announced the district meeting
of the federation of clubs which will
be held in Salisbury on April 21 and
showed a sample of the federation
nin which Will be ordered for all mem
bers desiring one.
Mrs. W. B. Council! thanked the
women of the club for their support
of the township public health nurse
and asked that the club continue their
monthly contribution towards her
support. This was voted to be done
Just before the election of officers
Mrs. E. B. Cline presented with Mrs.
RamsaJ' with a corsage of lovely
?we.et peas from the club, a token of
love and appreciation of her splendid
work as president of this club, laud
ing her for her constant accessibility
in all matters pertaining to the club,
her unflagging zeal, her absolute
fairness in her rulings, her generos
ity and undeviating adherence to
principle in every thing. Mrs. Ram
say in her pleasing way received the
flowers.
it was plainly stated by the pres
ent officers that they would not stand
for reelection and it was the desire
of the governing board that a new
set of officers be nominated through
out. It was the concensus of opin
ion ihnt. the nresent administration
could not be excelled but the mem
bers of the board were firm m tneir
convictions.
The officers for the new year are
president, Mrs. E. B. Menzies; first
vice-president, Mrs. Roy Abernethlv;
second vice-president, Mrs. A. C.
Hewitt; recording secretary, Mrs. R.
J. Foster; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. N. E. AuFl; treasurer, Mrs. T.
M. Johnston. A rising vote of thanks
was given the club for their cooper
ation by the executive board and
the members gave a vote of thanks
to the officers for their efficient leader
ship the past year.
It was voted that tJTe executive
board be made delegates to the state
meeting of Federation ot ciuos ai
Greensboro and the board was em
powered to name their alternates.
The office of president of the Com
munity Club was- turned over to the
first vice-president by Mrs. Ram
say, Mrs. Abernethy receiving it for
the incoming president who was un
able to ibe present
arges, which were repeated sev-j STANDARD OIL MAN DIES 1
til times' on the senate . floor dur- gt Augustine, Fls.1., April 8 Mar
S debate on the four-power treaty. tjn carey, vice-president of the
r. Hughes wrote to Represents- standard Oil Company died here to
'c Fess, Republican of Ohio, that (jay.
h Japanese knew nothing of the de-j Mr.- Carey had been seriously ill
lion and "of course no censorship since a third stroke of paralysis
is exercised." jctcurrcd March 23. v ; i ,
A (renerai view of .Tonannesourg, Union of South Africa, which was the center
the striking miners. The rebellion was quelled by the troops.
SIAN LEADER
F
BUTCHERY
3y the Associated Press.
Washington', April 8. Declaring
that he had received reports from
Siberia that American men and wom
en had been butchered by General
Scmenoff, Senator Borah, chairman
..f the senate labor committee, an
nounced today that he would endeavor
to have deported the former anti
bolshevik general, now held in New
i'ork by a civil suit.
The labor committee chairman said
that if those 'making the charges
could not appear voluntarily before
Lis committee he wourd intioduee a
congressional resolution and require
them to be present. He asserted
there was some basis for the charg-
es.
"I feel that if General Semenoff
is guilty he should not be allowed
to loes any time in getting out of
the United States," Mr. Borah said.
Fire of undetermined origin shortly!
before 3 o'clock this afterno'on prac
tically destroyed a large two story
lesidence on lent" avenue, two
dc'ors this side c'f the Hickory Man-
ufactunng Company, entailing a .
losr estimated at several thousand
dollars. The residence, the property
ot Wialker Lyerly, was occupied by
Mr. r.n:l Mrs. E. B. Templeton and
family, and Mrs.
has been ill sinco
the death of
child several weeks ago, had to be
curried from the sick room to the
home of a neighbor, Mrs. J- R. Burn-
garner, en a bed.
When the fire was tirst seen it was
playing on the roof of the house
and one theory is that, a spark irom
a railroad engine set the roo'f ablaze.
Mr. Templeton sr.id there was nc
fire in the house at that time.
A Record reporter was unable to
'earn the amount of insurance car
ried by the owner of the residence.
Mr. Templeton had !?1,000 on his
household goods.
The fire department was promptly
on the job and several streams of
water were put oh the blaze. The
entire roof was burned off and most
of the weatherboarding near the top
was consumed.
Mr. and Mrs. Templeton have the
sympathy of 'many friends in the
second misfortune of a few weeks.
EARLY NEXT WTEK
By the Associated Press.
Wa-shingt&'n, April 8 Weather out
look for the week beginning Monday
in eludes:
South Atlantic states: Unsettled,
and warm first part
of week and,
generally fair thereafter,
Mrs. Asquith is lecturing in the
United States on "People I Have
Met." Some of the people in quest-
ion are wondering when they are go-
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ACCUSE
AFTERNOON BLAZE
DESTROYS ME
CLOUDY WEATHER
CAPITAL CITY GOSSOP
(BY MAX ABERNETHY)
Raleigh, April 8. The North Car- ;
i
olina political world lost a good
stump speaker when James II. Pou
ot Raleigh decided to devote his en
ergies to the practice of law instead
of aligning himself with the political
idolsmashers.
This does not mean that Mr. Pou
cannot make a political speech icVjut the Sl) Helena barracks that he
hf ran. Vnrt ot the matter is ho can I . . .
make most any kind of public ad
dress that he wants to and do it
well, too- As a rough and tumble,
free-for-c.il speech-maker Mr. Pou
wc'uld rank mighty high in the quad
rennial campaigns of the state if
he chose to dive in. But he is not
in politics now and very probably
won't be at the next report.
Speaking at a mass meeting here
at one time Mr. Pou was assailing
a certain positic'n in which the com
munity was excited over. As he
launched into his speech with a di
lect charge someboy interrupted
with: "That's a lie!"
Looking in the direction from
which came the interruption, Mr.
Pou asked, "who was that?"
A vo'ice said, "Its me Mai Hayn-
es.
'Well Mai," said
Mr. Pou, "you
don't count."
Tho office of Attorney General
James S. Manning is not an infor
mation buereau that is there is no
law for making it such a thing, but
lo'ts of folks have not learned the
lesson yet
Consequently requests for divers
information, records the like which
come addressed to the Attorney
I general must be answered by the
i Assistant Attorney General, Major
Prank Nash. Recent letters called
for everything under the sun, some
of which could not be answered, and
it led Major Nash to send out an S.
O. S. call for help.
'Please make it plain," said Ma
jor Nash, "ths-'t our office is the of
fice o'f the attorney general and not
general attorneys
When- Governor Morrison learn
ed that Col. A. D. Watts had beer
asked to . serve as one of judges ar
the debate at Durham this week be-
Tenmleto'n. whdhvppn the University of New York
aland Trinity Co-llege, and had verifi
ed the report, he calied Colone!
Watts into his office for a final veri
fication. The colonel admitted that he had
accepted and would leave in two
hours 'for the W1est Durham college
As Colonel Watts turned to Gover:
nor Morrison facetiously remarket'
that his heart went out to "poor old
New York" if Watts, is to judge that
debate."
The capital is having the time of
-ts life this week debating whether
an evangelist has the authority tc
say just what he wants from the
pulpit; the argument is on full tilt.
It all began when the Raleigh
Times editorally the first of the
week took Rev. Gypsy Smith to task
foV charging that three officials liv
ing in Raleigh were "living lives as
black as hell." Gypsy closed a two
weeks' series of sermons at the First
Presbyterian church here last Sun
day night making the charge aginst
the three officials on tbat d,iy: The
Times thinks the charge should not
lrve been made without some sorl
of pro'of, and that it should not have
come from a preacher who had snenf
but 14 days in the community. Three
days before the Times had spoker
in highest terms of the preacher
and the preaching, .
The Gynsy converts and friend?
do not like the attitude of the
Times, althc'ugh many who attended
every service think the evangelist
over-spoke himself. However that
may be, the little storm that has been
erettine underway
wiiuiu .. " . ., ... V
F.nd not half that is sam pro ano
con has gotten in tne paper u
j never will, some oi il is iuu w
handle. I . . ! 1 ; .-'Vm
The individual who first said
there is nothing new under tne sun
evidently didn't know much about
of the recent disturbauces created by
s - .-.. "
MARINE IS HELD
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By the Associated Tress.
Norfolk, Va., April 8-
-II is denial
had ever seen of heard of Mrs. Ruth
Mercer and the statement of T. C.
Jones, taxi driver for a Brooks av
enue stand, that he looked like the
man he saw with a woman who was
screaming for help on the Ocpan
View road last Saturday night, caus
ed the police to hold Private Frank
McEntee, of the marine corps, 'on
a charge of feloniously Assaulting
and killing the young woman.
Jones was not positive, he said,
that McEntee was the man he saw
with the woman, who asked him to
save her from the man.
Relatives and friends of Mercer,
who is being held in the county jaii
on a charge of; murder pending fur
ther investigation, will today appear
before Judge Coleman in the circuit
court and ask that he be re'fcased
on bail.
By the Associated Press.
Berlin, April 8.: The German del
egation to the Genoa economic con
ference left Berlin on a special train
this afternoon . The delegation was
headed by Dr. Walter Rathenau, for
eign minister. 'Ghancejlor Wirth
wP,l join the delegation on
French border.
the
SWISS EN ROUTE
By the Associated Press.
Paris, April 8;The Swiss del
egation left Paris today for the Ge
noa economic conference.
ITALIANS TO CONCILIATE
By the Associated Press.
Genoa, April 8. The Italian del
egation upon their arrival "today to
attend Monday's session of the eco
nomic conference reitei'ated their be
lief that the conference vfould be
hopeful. They reaffirmed their
hope that the conference not only
would aid ,the Russian situation,
which was not only of European, but
of world importance.
The Italians in conversation con
cerning problems to be confronted
were agreed that the chief questions
to be discussed were those relating
to complete liberty of commerce
between all countries aided by a
system for stabilizing exchange
rates.
Efforts were being made, it was
said, to conciliate the French and
Russian viewpoint iif order to
bring about better results.
Another thing, Rumor is a pre
sistent bootlegger of misinforma
tion. Dallas News. , ; .
Texas and Oklahoma Towns in Path of Fierce
Wind Storm Badly Damaged Reports Lim
ited by Wire Trouble Six Persons
Killed at One Town
RK OUT PUB
iERIflGE DRIVE
At a joint meeting of Hickory post
and the Woman's auxiliary of the
American legion in Legion hall last
night plans were discussed for the
service drive to te made in the ter
ritory of the Hickory post in the next
few weeks and final arrangements
were left until the meeting next Fri
day night. There was a large at
tendance of members of both organ
izations and Capt. Geo. L. Huffman,
alderman-elect from the second ward,
made a good talk and was given a
rising vote of confidence.
Both organizations here will put
on a house-to-house canvass in ac
cordance with national plans to line
up every former service man in the
country for the purpose of securing
hospital service and compensation f,or
disabled veterans.
The territory of the Hickory post
includes Hickory township, all of
Burke county as far west as Connelly
Springs, LovelaUy township in Cald
well county and Wittenburg township
in Alexander county.
The local high school boys played
yesterday the Morganto'n high school
ba set-all team here. With ex
ception of the first two innings the
game was of an excellent variety.
However, these two innings spelled
victory for the Hickory boys by a
large margin. Mitchell ' for Hickory
opened with a hit and before the
opposition could stop the scoring a
total of seven runs had been regis
tered. On their next trip to the plate
the Hickory boys made six runs and
the final score stood thirteen to one
in favor c'f Hickory.
D. Hawn on the mound for Hick
cry struck out fifteen men and al
lowed six hits while the Morganton
twirler allowed thirteen hits and
stiuck out five.
The Hickory bc'ys will journey to
Salisbury Monday for a game with
the fast high school team of thatj
piiice. Since both teams have won J
pracucany every game piayea mere
is much interest in high; school cir
cles as to the outcc'me of the game,
Jones will be on tho mound for
Hickory when they face Salisbury.
Score : ,
Morganton 000 000 001
Hickory 7G0 000 OOx
Batteries Bolick an;H S'igmo'n :
D. Hawn and Whisnant.
Umpire. Worland Eaton-
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FEDERAL TROOPS
By the Associated Press.
Washington, April 8 Secretary
Weeks today declined to send feder
al troops into New Mexico at the re
quest of Gov. M. C. Meechjam, who
said he might need them to preserve
order in the Gallup coal fields, where
martial law was declared yesterdr-V
as a result of disorder incident to
the coal strike.
COTTON
By the Associated Press.
New York, April 8 There was re
newed realizing or scattering near
months liquidaton at the opening of
the cotton market today and first
prices were eight to ten po'lnts low
er. . .
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October 17.03
December 1--6.96
Close
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January 16.93
In China a woman never thinks of
shaking hands with a man. If a gen
tleman wishes to give a lady a fan,
he does not hand it to her lest their
hands touch. Instead, he places it be
side her. ,
HIGHS AGAIN WIN
FROM M0RGANT0N
IW MEXICO
By the Associated Vxcss.
Dallas, Tex., April 8. Nine deaths
and injury to unknown number were
reported early today as the rult
cf; wind storms starting in west
Texas and sweeping through north
central Texas and south . central
Oklahoma.
First reports indicated heavy prop
erty damage. Heavy rains ac
companied the winds.
Pr the Associated Press. "
Fort Worth. Tex., April 8 A tor
nado which struck Cisco', Tex., nar
here, early this morning wrecked
the depot and toro dowTi a number
of residences and barns, according
to information received here-
By the Associated Press.
Wichita Falls, Tex., April 8 and
man was killed and several injured
in a tornado which wept Electra,
near here, today. Twenty-five hous
es were blown down.
STRIKE SOKAHOMA
By the Associated Press.
Lawton, Okla., April 8 One per
son was killed, scores injured, some
seriously and extensive property
damage caused by tornado which
struck Lawtom early this morning.
Telephone polls were leveled and
houses were destroyed in the su
burbs. ,
SIX KILLED HERE
By the Associated Press.
Ballinger, Tex., April 8 Six per
sons were killed, seven injured and
wrecked several hom six miles
northwest of Rowena, near here, in
a tornado which swept that section
at 1 o'clock this mo-'rning. Communi
cation is badly crippled and it is
feared that fuller reports will dis
close a greater death toll.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, April 8 Serretary
Denby announced today he had or
dered naval ;a l'" "stations closed to
public usa for broadcasting speeches,
lectures or any other form of nori
official communication except mui
dal programs ;to be pihkcd up by
naval stations.
Issuance cf the order followed
an investigation by the department
ir.io the use of the naval radio serr
vico by members of congress in ad
dressing their constituents.
Democratic members declared .that
the use of the radio had been grant
ed only to Republicans and te mat
ter was a subject of much discus
sion, Mr- Dereby, in issuing the order,
said it was temporary . and designed
to stop all use of the radit broad
casting facilities until , a definite
policy had been worked out by the.
government to handle this business.
oy the Associated Press
Wilson, N. C, April 8 Jake Tow-
linson, 45, prominent business man
of this -city, committed suicide to
day by shooting himself with a revolver-
. . .
Mr. Tomlinson had never recover
ed from an injury received, on., his .
head when struck by an automobile
several months ago and members df
family believe this was responsible
for his act. . :
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