North Carolina Newspapers

t WATCH TOUD LABEL Record subscriber should renew at least Ute days before their ascriptions expire. ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER v,v the Associated Tress. V.av lo Due, Fiance, April 24. Vu-e will, if neee,ssar und.t'1 t tkc uU'iU' to see that the treaty of Wi ,;ilos is executed if the Ger ,iUi: . default in their reparu) ions luviuenU Pimier r uncart) im'j -tiiucl in a speech in the depart ment of Mouse today. -The iMst day 0t' May when the (iii'.nnns must either accep the con i!i.'urs laid down by the reparations tr;iv:nission or default in their pay nn nt is an important date to France," aid the premier. It is France's iT.i:t y asserted the premier, to as--,i.ib- the duty imposed by the tu-;ty. All we have ever asked, nnd nil we n-k today, is the execution of the tM-aty," said M. Poincare, "and that we must have an! shall have 'I he pu.ve of Eiiropc depends up un t. Our future and on.' national pn iiity depend upon ii. 1: is not by precipitate action cr ty decisions without reflection 1 that wt' will obtain it. It is by per- nciving and methodical action, but it must be done" The premier declared he ardently lioj.cd for the cooperation 0t the i.l:- iu ca.se Germany defaulted, lui m cording to the terms of the f.i, iy, he added, "each irfty take Mieh measure cs are deemed neces sary and we will not suffer it that our unfortunate country succumb under the burden of reparations al ongside of a Germany which dues not nike the necessary efforts to discharge her debts." ACTRESS Bv the Associated Press. Nashau, N. H., April 24. Virginia P,trson, motion picture actresw, who was to have spoken at the First IJaptist church herelast night, was prevented at the last minute by the deacons. They instructed the pate- tor to announce mat me avn.. kv.is for the good of the church. A crowd which had filled the au- (lUonum l.or tne nri " history was present to Mxr Miss Pearson tell of efforts to raise the oral standard of the stage. She tuid afterwards that she was invit ed to speak by the pastor, adding that the net ion of the deacons was ap parently the work of people who Re lieved the persons in the tneatrica! business are forever damned." IS POST ttin Anciflte1 Pre 3 cw York, April 24. Trial of .Mia. Lillian Raizen, charged witn me murder of Dr. Abraham Glickstein in hi Brooklyn office, Has .been limen iiitcly postponed, pendinpr the report of a commission which is examining into her sanity, the district attorney announced to (lay. F CAUSED BY OIL finu. icnni. to-vear-old dauightei f Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Icard, who live six miles south of Hickory, died in Pick fl Til TitiUor HosDital about 8 o'clock last night as the result of bun.H received Saturday evening when her dress, on which kerosene od had been spilled, caught from an open lire. The child had ffone to the store for oil and in bringing it. home some ot the fm.1 KiMohed out of the can and pilled on her dress. She went to thf lire to warm and her dress viiught. The injury proved ratal. It was a distressing affair and tne whole community, which knew the parent nnd loved the little girl, " liiieved by the accident. PQINCARE PLAIN READY 10 BUG INTUI FRENCH BANK GERMANY TO PARIS S BARRED CHURGH 1 MEN'S T RIAL PONED IS M BURNS Hickory 11, 1915 By the Associated Press. Bar le Due, April 24 Premier Poincare announced in a speech here today that if the French delegation lit Genoa could not act under the igieed conditions France would have to regretfully withdraw her del egates from the conference. Iy the Associated Press. New York, April 2'4. The possi bility of) Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills, negro champion, meeting in London loomed up on the strength of ill cablegram from George McDonald English promoter, according tc Darling's English fight manager now in New York. The cablegram received late last night read: 'Can you get Wills to come to London to box Dempsey?" Wills when informed of the cable gram announced that he would be "ready to depart on the first beat,' :mt his manaiger offered no com ment except to say that hei could see no reason why Wills should not meet Dempsey. ICE HIT IMA ly the Associated Press. ;ape Charles, April 24. A killing frost with ice covered the entire pen- nsula from Delaware through Mary and and down to the lower end of lie eastern she're of Virginia in Ac omac find Northampton counties Saturday and Sunday night with re sulting damages to crops in all sect-ons- r y the Associated Press. Constantinople, April 24. The apture of Sokia and Scala Nova, ibou,V40 miles south of Smyrna, Asia Ylinor, by Greek troops was con iimed in a Turkish nationalist com nunique received here today. The "J reek aimy has begun its advance iouthward. The Turks are rushing rcrops up in great nusmbers and leavy fighting is reported in the Italian zone. BELIEVE STEAMER IS LOST ly the Associatea Pres. Sauit Ste. Marie, Mich., April 24 The steamer Lampden of the Cana dian light house service, carrying a 2rew of about 17 men, is believed to have sunk in Lake Superior during a storm last week. ; FAMOUS SCIENTIST OF EUROPE WILL LECTURE Washington. April - 23 Rrofes srr Hendrix A. Lorentz. of the Uni f rsitv otf Levden, and one of the leading mathematical physicists of Europe, who is concluding a lecture Atnorirjin universities, will de- an nrlHress on "Problems of iu,ivn PVivRics" before the anunal AV&VUV" .7 nf the Nat onal Academy ot Sr.'ienefl which will open a three-day enoiiinn Viorp tnmf,'rrow. Scientists from all sections of the TTnited States are on the program for discussion 01 ic-pics radius frnm "recent discoveries on the an- niur of man" to "stature and head irom Americans at old families" and mithocnoBiariai uuuieo in . of chorthippus curtip ennis. . TAKiNfi A CHANCE Maortrate of Irish Court (after amonest genera TVio nPYt person that ihmitu "Down with England," I have thrown into the street, Pvi nn nr ( evcitedly Do wid Dcywn England!" 'London Opinion. WILLS MAY MEET DEMPSEY IN LONDON NG TN REEKS ARE BUSY IN ASIA MINOR N ST M HICKORY, H. C.f MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1922 Funeral on An unusual funeral cortege passing ISOROERS M PROGRESS OF STRIKE 3y the Associated Press. Pittsburgh, Pa-, April 24. Dem onstrations against nonunion miners m their way to work marked the progress of the strike in Fayette ounty today. Several men were in jured by mobs in which a large lumber of women wei'e present. The first demonstration occurred .t the mine of the Amend Coal Corn any, four milts from Uniontcwn, vnere a crown oi striKe sympaiau-, ,rs in which there were numbers of vomen armed with pokers and pepper ml hakets met the men en their way to j Heve much at all. He gave manv il lustrations to enforce his points, eit- vork There was something of a scrim mage before the police arrived and lispersed the crowd. MAY LOSE PROPERTY ly the Associated Press. Washinton, April 24 Justice "iailey in the supreme cc'urt of the! ".istrict of Columbia today ruled hat the alien property custodian mnot be required to surrender prop irty of! Grover C. Bexgdoll, valued it $750,000, jf the government proves hat Bergdoll has been convicted of le?ertion and is now a fug-itive from Justice. iADY ASTOR WORE CREPE DE CHINE Baltimore, April 23. FUrt of Balti nore society and all of the iloreign leiegates to the Pan-Amercan Confer nce of Wo'men met Lady Astor today ;t a recaption given by Mrs. John W. iarrett. at whose suburban home tne irst woman member of the House of Jommons is a guest. For everyone the liveliy viscountess iad a bright creetiny or a witty re mark, and with many she talked over he happy times when she was a debu- ante beauty of Virginia. All came iway smiling. Their spirits seemel leitrified by rontact with the viva ious visitor. This morning Lady Astor rested ind worked on one of the speeches die is to deliver. "I don't know which one," she re- . died. Tonight she said her program was o "clean my teeth, wash my face, ind go to bed." Tomorrow she expected to attend some of the committee meetings :pre- iminary to the opening on Tuesday if the convention of the National Leagoe of Wo'men Voters. At the reception Lady Astor wore lavender crepe de chene dress., a necklace of, pearls, and a black pic- I 1 tore mat slanting at a snarp angie over her right eye. START ON LONG JOURNEY FIFTEEN AND FOURTEEN Chattanooga, Tenn. ,April 23. J. j -x u s .iu .""-j at Greenville S C to see the world at uiecnvuie, o. to bee xne worm in the limousine of the girl's father, driven by a negro chauffeur in livery and who was arrested on their ar- rival here Friday were married at Rcssville, Gia., a suburb today; The ivitfv nwnt arrived on the scene in? eSSLda3ic termination prosecute .Tuten and the chauffeur for kidnapping, but soon relenting, presented the youngster with his au tomobile, a generous check and start ed them on their reurn to, Greenville. When arrested the youngsters in- formed the police that they had Iplanned to tour the west in the car. RO BERGDOLL Daily mecobb Sledge and Skates ovttejrozejijyaterways from a tiny OR. WRIBHT BEARD FIRST METHODIST Dr. N. J. Wright occupied the pul- i pit of the First Methodist church jcsterdv "morning and delivered a strong sermon from the text, "And without controversy great is the mys-tei-y of religion-" A large congrega tion was present for this service and also for the night meeting when D. M. Litaker, presiding elder, de livered a strong sermon- Dr. Wright made the point; that there are at least two classes of peo ple in thie world those who believe everything anybody says and those peqpie who won't believe anything unless it can be explained to them. The minister said one ought to be l'eve what he knows and more too. beeaiuse there are facts in life and v . - . . 0mh and uplu,Vfcl oniv those things he could understand he would not be- ing the ressurecticn the incarnation nrw'l nt.bev aubst anted facts in the Bible, and declared that if he could, not understand mysteries he knew , ntir.nt ho portinlv had no risht to doubt' the verity of other mysteries j he did not knew about. j . It was a strong discourse center- Sy tne Assosated Press, ing around the divinity of Christ, J Washington, April 24' Appoint who is not an exalted human being, ment of Lieut; q'ov. W .B. Cooper but the Sun of God who has broken . down all distinctions of caste and of, North Carolina to the federal farm class and who has estaiblisbed the loan board to take the place of A. brotherhood of man in the world- j F Lever of South' Carolina, rcsn- Dr Wricht i teacher of the Men's , , . , Bible class in the. Sunday school ami has a large, enthusiastic class. By the Associated Press. Genoa, April 24. The French de legation announced today that it was willing to subscribe to the proposed pact under which the various na tions agreed to abstain from aggres sive nieasmes if satisfactory guaran tees car. bo given. S WERE DENiE By the Associated Press. Washington, April 24. Charges that Federal Judge Orr at Pitts burgh had refused alien miners ap-viUrJno- -Tn-r nntiirnlizatirAi their neo- J fom;s 1 , Lt,u" , . 4. 1 i1R tnenauonai coai an me wcie xi betore the house lawor commiuei: today by Jo'hn Lutteranick an inter" ipreter em ployed !by the union miners ; the Pittsburgh district. 1 . . . , Th . if gto to th5nk a,bout it nnnrxoctlcm between the lack of. oolitica! convictions and the failure ... ITT 1 0f criminal convictions. wasnmg ton Post. COTTON By the Associated Press. FRANCE mm TO SIGN OP FOR PEACE S FORMER ER New York, April 24. There wa.ltextile factorv La Abeja, the em- . 1 !Ji! HjT-.' i 11 v1 1 1 . same scattering nquiuauon ; tvi iuay contracts at the opening oi the cot- loi many weeks 1 he reason for the ..'government's action was that the ton market today in ; preparation fcWners had bcen unable.to rea3h;an the notices to'morrow. New Orleans ( aKreeni'ent with workmen, whoso ili- was a considerable seller here at the start but Liverpool, he continent , ' bnnspq WPr( buvers and commisslon houses werf y"3 the market soon showed net ad- vanced.o'f 9 to 18 points Open Close 17.95 17.65 May -17.90 July -J--17.65 October 17.62 December 17,66 January 17.60 ; Hickory cotton, 16c. 17.61 in Germany village in the Spreewald, near B(?rlin( By the Associated Press. Washington, April 24. Officials of the American legion and other or ganizations of world war veterans were called in secret conferencee to ctey with. Republican members of the ! sena'e finance committee to discuss soldier compensation. Various plans of paying for the compensation and financing it were given to the vet erans who agreed to discuss thXm among themselves. COOPER IS URGED FARM LOAN BOARI " j Harding today by Senator Overman, j Mr. Cooper is a banker at Wilming ton. Newton, April 24. The following additional prizes were awarded Fri day, county com,mencemcnt day: Bulletin Contest 1st prize, Miss Era Love, Ball's Creek; 2nd, Mrs. Ida Weaver. Kitchen .Contest 1st prize, Mrs. J. A. Moretz, Windy City; 2nd, Mass Neal Setzer, Ball's Creek. Dining Roam Contest 1st prize Mrs. J. M. Alired, Windy City; 2nd, Miss Ora Weaver, Blachurn. - Bed Room Contest 1st prize, Mrs. P. H. McRee, M!t. Olive; 2nd, Miss Bonnie--Setzer, -Ball's Creek. ; S Holme. Grounds 1st wrize, Mrs. (Locke Beatty, Sherrill's- Ford; 2nd, Miss Ruth Setzer, Ball's Creek. --ss--- U. S. CjHAMBERS TO MEET Washington, April 23. European conditions and their effect on Amer ican business are to be discussed at the tenth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to be held here May 10 to 18. The main subject of the conven tion, the chamber amounjfced, was chosen with the resolution that "no plans for the future of American bus iness can be mlade without taking1 into account the Europaan situation including such problems as the alJied debt, reparations settle ments, paper currency, issues, ex changes, 'fluctuations and ocean ship- pine." immfu'"mMKZl MEXICO TAKES OVER PLANT Mexico City, April 23. The gov ernment to'day took control cf the . pioyes or wnicn nave oeen on mke ness had resulted in sympathetic strikes and several disturbance. An administrative board has been ar- , pointed to operate the factory which fa one al thPe iargeBt in thefederal aistrict- Numerous ways of raising that !i rnsnt! irnnrnp Luiun LtflULna i SOME MORE PRIZES GIVEN AT KWTUS 17.68 ..wiry not let Dempsey figai? some 17.65 ' bodv every week 01 so, and devot ? the gate receipts to the Ihiladelpphia Record. fund? GOVERNOR in ni finn By the Associated Press. Waukegia-n. 111., April 24. Governor Len Small went on trial before Judge Claire C. Edwards in Lake circuit lourt at 11:25 today on a chage of embezzlement of state funds. With the last preliminary disposed of 12 men were called to the jury box and the trial of the governor who was indicted last July got under way. 11 MEETING PROVES BIG SUCCESS Newton, April 24. Rev'. C. S. Khkpatrick, pastor of the Hickory MprhorliQl-. flinrr-h. nrpar-hpH two creat sermons at the M. E. church here yes terday. The church was packed to overflowing at both services. Rev. Mr. Kirkpatrick is assisting Rev. W. B. Shinn, the pastor here, in a se ries of meetings. More than fifty per sons have professed faith in Christ since the meeting began. Prof. Rob ert L. Mi'tUm of Atlanta, Ga., is in charge of the singing. He is doing a wonderful work with the young peo ple. It is an ispiration to hear the boys and girls sing since Mr. Milam has been training them. A special feature of the service last night was the duet, "In the Garden," by Prof. Milam and Miss Vera Schien of Catawba College. The services will continue all this week. UN BERGDOLL DENIED Wiassingtori, April 24. The su preme court today denied the appli cation of Irwin R. Bergdoll of Phila delphia for a writ of habeas corpus. irwin, a brother of C. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll is now serv ing four years in the Fort Leav enworth prison, and contended that he had not been lawfully convicted By the Associated Tress Charleston, W. Va-, April 24. Charges of treason growing out ..of the Logan county march last fall were selected today by counsel for the state as the first upon winch union leaders and members are to be tried in the circuit court here. The defense indicate dits intention to file a' de murrer to to the charges of treason and ask that the 'bill be .- quashed. JONES BAKER DEAD David Jones Baker was born Jan uary 29, 1839, and departed this life. April 21, 1922, making his age 33 years, 2 months and 22 days. On October 6th, 1870 he was united i nmurriage to Miss Eliza Jane White- ner. To them were born 7 children, Et ta and Baxter of Hickory, John, who died in early manhood in Arkansas Avery F. of Newton, Mrs. C. Deiters oij Colorado, Geo. D. of Florida and Mrs. F. B. McDowell of Elizabeth town. There are ten grandchildren living, one half brother and sister, Calvin Baker rgnd Mrs. Jane Mos tellei. On December 17, 1912 his compan ion preceded him to the grave. In early manhood he connected himself With the Baptist church and remained a member until death. He served his country in the Civil war as a ward master. He was a lover of home and lived a quiet life. He was devoted to his children and put forth his best efforts to make them erood citizens. He had a great faith. . 1 1 .... ' strong nope and love in his Savior. The funeral was conducted from Bethel Reformed church on Saturday arcernoon, April 21, by Rev. W. W, Kowe ot this city. A large crowd assembled to pay tribute to the mem ory of; this aged citizen of their com munity. At a bootleggers bail, according the account of it, we read that the favors were "cunning little wooden tombstones, cleverly representing wood alcohol." Florida Times Union- HIS WRIT TREASON CHARGES AGAINST LEADERS JVEATHEIk Fair tonight and Tues day. Light frost to night, moderate north erly . winds. . , , ?RICE FIVE CENTS mmw IS NAMED FAR ANOTHER Newton. April 24. Sidnev .T Smyre was renominated for maunr of Newton at a largely attended mass meeting in the court house Sit urday night over J. Wilf(ong Yount and Cant. J. W. Poue and T.. W Phillips, A. B. Kuhn and A. O. Yount were named fbr aldermen The meeting- filled the court room and was interesting throughout- Mayor Smyre got a larger maority af the 01er ana the other candidates withdrew. Nominations for th. school board also were made. Fred E. Garvin, R. Lee Hewitt nnd w. n csrio the cnoice of the eonvention. . G. A. Warlick, Jr., presided over the meeting and Dnvid R n.uuo. acted as secretary. . MUST LABEL OflODS Ml 1l 1 1 DS 111 . LLLJilU flU 1 By the Associated Press. Washington, April 24. Manufac turers are required to use trade names and labels which will convey to the purchasing public an accur ate description of materials and in gredients composing- their products, the supreme, court decided today m upholding the federal .trade commis sion in its action against the Win stead Hosiery Company- Justico Brandeis in delivering the opinion of the court upheld the authority of the trade commission to issue an order to the eompany to desist from certain practices pecu iar to the trade, particularly its label, "Merino," as used in its knit gcods, on the ground that it consti tutes unfair competition. MEBRITT WILL DIE 3y the Associated Press. Greenville, S. C, April 24 At tending physicians today enter tained little hope that Herman 'Mer titt, th'i baseman on the Augusta team of the South Atlantic league, ran survive I injuries he sustained ear 'y Sunday morning- when the auto mobile in which he wn' dr-iving with four other members of the team over turned near here. .. 1 ... 1 Mr. Merritt suffered a broken back and while physicians say he may iinger for several weeks, they see no hope of his recovery. The other occupants of the car escaped with minor injuries. 10 1H SUIT IN COURT 3y the Associated Press. Washington, April 2. Counsel Cor August Probst, the Swiss butler who it is alleged wah kidnapped from the fashionable Haling Koak country club near Pittsburgh becase of his romantic interest in the daug-hter of a wealthy member, today filed an ap plication vii.h the immigration au thorities to permit Probst to remain in the United States "six months in dcr to permit criminal prosecution of; those responsible for his abduction." By the Associated Press. Washington- April 24. The sen ate agricultoral committee concluded today its investigation of the offer of; Frederick Engstrum of Wilming ton, N- C, for the purchase and lease of the government's waterpow er and nitrate properties at Muscle Shoals. It wfas decided to begin to morrow the proposal submitted by Henry Ford involving the purchase and lease of the same properties. LM Minn BUS IN WANTS B 1 CONCLUDE HEARING ' ENGSTRUM'S OFFER