North Carolina Newspapers

Vr TT- WATCH T0U1 i r.EL pe(vii subscriber! ' M 4...:4. at UaBt , , before their 'r.piM'iH expiry TTVP TIT (ThTED WEATHER Cloudy and probably hovers tonight and to rn,eri ,-. ItASLiSHED SEPTEMBER .11, 19 HICKORY, U. C., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 2? 1922 ?RICE FIVE CENTS iMSME RUN OVER BY HICKORY : I ?c'jffBE PHES IT HOUSE BONUS MEASURE RENEW CHflRGFHHIGHLAND SCHOOL MUST TWO ! liLKB K L. H- ! .1 a y m k b1 h r? tf V T. T. II., Jr.) ,.,,ted tt1 light iii the Kool-all championship . moon when they lifted boys in tho air and . it in a one-sided affair , !,v locals pounded the beginning of the game ... . : ut minute and kept , 'and spectator? .guess- . villo hoys drew " first : i.;o man uvtv the home . ' ivA inning, hut Jones' n : h" box kept them from U.U act again until the -- v.l-in Foley for States- i i : -nl, !ii hiimr ,,,,.11 Ul UMlllllb " ..v. uv.-' were completely out ' , c. t phase of t"'' . . ui work together in Ti.i., was only one of the , ..!' the vbiting cin'o, tor . a'.lf to pound the old ,, I 7ncd all through the ' .n s had the visitor:- eat. - hand, twirling splen ; s "no Ilickoiitcs presented , ' him. All the locals :'!! they wanted and it i iust ' a matter of runs v ..,!d pile up. The local ..re, runs in the first in ' ,;, the thud, live in the :wo iii the lust. The .-, the hoys were .satisfied iv.n each, v that Statesville high ;; minuted from the , hool baseball champinn-H'.-Uory is to play Star v. .aner f the Chnrlotte , :,ie. This game v.'ill be i. raw afternoon either at ,. Hickory- The place : definitely doeid-d vpou. , 'i; . :i ne good for a , t (he .Stnrto'AM dub. v. as met on the loeal high m. "i about a week ago and I in a game that went In this game the lo ' ,';;i shut out up u:itil thi : "hiwgs, when tlie visitors :i driving several runs in :hv :.eorc '?. However, 'y leys tightened lown i. i:th inning put- over one . s enough for the victory Yes, the chances for ,ver the Star-town boys . !.nt Slaitown always puts i i in a contest and if vie - I.c ii;cii.. the other club t i do some tail playing: ' y vv i r; h over Startown will play the winner v in'-iuding Shelby, Mt. i.:,!a. or Monro;.1, and if in naming me nonom 1 1 ih Will 1 The ! iy the jcal Doys V'!"'Up g a line stcrt and thei e-.-.-cIirigly bright. INGRESS VOTES ran fOR RELIEF Dy the Associated Tress Washington. May 2. President Harding is to be asked by the sen ate finance committee Republicans to approve a soldier bonus bill differing from the house measure only in minor essentials. This was decided at a conference of senate Republicans and the Smoot plan of substituting a. 20-year life in surance endowment was discarded without a record vote. The measure to be taken to the president is known as. the McCumber plan, which would provide for 50 per cent of their adjusted service pay at the rate of $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day for oversea: service. At the end of three years the loan value of the certificates would be 80' per cent of the. adjusted service pay plus -J 1-2 per cent annu ally. Jos. S. McCoy, the government actuary, presented estimates to the committee showing that the costs of the McCumber plan for the fiscal year as $77,000,000; $02,000,000 in the second year, $713,000,000 in the third year and $70,000,000 in the fourth year, with the ultimate cost $4,000, (O(),00O. These costs include pay ments on account of death, cash of veterans entitled to not more than : "0; vocational training and farm and home aid. The land settlement option has been eliminated from thi bill. .Reports With the commencement exercises on Monday, lucsday and Thursday ! ftiiihts ana liraduating exercises on l' i iday night bv the senior class of ' the high school, the spring term ex '-.he highland school effine to a close le.i'tei a most progressive and sac- Hi HlhFS I silo 'L?i$y iJiLU TDflSjQj r ff 1 i 1 i 1 1 l is 1 i ? I i ! . y u y I.- ! 3 i f. r mivit. EBiNGE IS READY TO TIE UP DEBTS By the Associated I'ress Washington, May Harry M. Daugherty, now attorney jcessi'u' year. This was the firsc high general, had received a fee of $H'3,O00 for obtaining the release of Chas. W. idorse, New York shipbuilder, were repeated in the senate today by Senator Cairaway, Democrat of Ar kansas, ant denied by Senator Wat son, Republican of Indiana. The Arkansas senator said the re port was based on public informa tion. Senator Watson of Indiana said he had talked with Mr. Daugh erty, who denied the report. Senator Moses, Republican of New Hampshire broke into the discussion to say that (William G. MeiAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, had received large fees in collection with contracts given to Mr. Morse, re cently made the basis of criminal prosecution here. ISME 1 STB HI SHORT Tiff i.'y the Associated Press. Paris, May 2. The American dent I'anding commission has informed !hc French go crmnent observation.! on what it has to offer concerning the payment of interests on French f'ebts and the amortisation of the capital- The mat.'er will be referred tcf the ; -mister of finance who is expected 'o frame a reply to present to the '"amber of depulties. Fn' A 'donated Press. . iui -iun, May 2. Appropria M, nuO.OOO for the relief of ;n tin- Mississippi valley "i,n;id favorably today by the i 'm mmaiittee. The bill will i. (I I lirough the house and - I'ailers also have (promised it immediate consideration. ALL NATIONS INVITED IJy the Associated Press. Washington, May 2. Notice was rent recently through the state de partment to all of the allied nations t; which the United States made war loans that the American fund ing c em mission was prepared Ito en 'cr negotiations looking toward con version of he debts into Song time ecurities. Formal reply, so far as could ho learned today, had net been receiv ed from any of the nations', but Croat Uritain has indicated si will ingness Itio comply and negotiations will be entered into with that nation ,ithin a fortnighlc. IF MILLION IS ASKED BY BIG jy the Associated Press. Montrose, Va., May 2. Cross-examination of Roger D. Kastlake, chief petty officer United States navy, was completed shortly after the opening of court today in the trial of Miss S.i rah K. Knox, charged with the murder of his wife, Mrs. Margaret Kastlake. The witness was re quested to hold himself in readiness. Silas E. Terry, chief of police of Fredericksburg, who then took the -land, testified to respect to the house and surroundings, where the murder v-:i:- committed. ACCUSES EHfLDTE o a inifiiif liHHimm jy the Associated Press. Pomland, Ore., May 2. Charges at the united typothatae of Ameri ca, an association of employing- prin ters, is opcraiting in restraint of rade will be heard here today be fore C- E. Chioatc, a member of the federal trade eomnus'sion. The prin cipal witness is Ray Fennel!, sccre- iry-manager of the Portland union. 10 E By the Associated Press Washington. May 2. Investiga tion by the commerce department in- schocl commencement to be held ativo underlying difficulties in the coal iiigniand schoei. .. i industry, such as intermittehev of ihe school had ten teachers durinff . , and irrctrula,;iy 0f pr0. the past year, seven of these in the "x. . . . . pumary and intermediate depart- i du,ction, is 'oenig expea,..ea was meiJ.s and three in the high school- ' learned today, with a view to secur- Tne uverage daily attendance for i?T,, wh''c'n miaht be used in the the tntiic school was' 308 whila the ' ' d admIn;strat;c,a piau for rc. high school had an average ci o3. r . . al , . . On Monday evening exercises were j organizing trio coai industry. j'iven bv the second and sixth grades'! Hi'i r the administration's LUOyLllu Olio ULUIiLnuL hi ..t-n tkath old. of Alton and on 1 uesdav nigtiL tv uie TiiStt,iari for a no. ii'.iru graues. xn m&u kj-jui inipils gave a play "A Poor Married M:uv a delightful comedy, on Thurs- everiiine witn tno , senior ciass meeting the coal st exercises and the presentation of di plomas Friday ixighL There were six pupils who finish ed the high school course thys year, ivtisses Magdalene Kooi, Irene Sox, Edna Sigmon and Messrs. Everctie Sox, James White and Samuel Sox Following the presentation of diplo mas Rev. J. E- Barbe made a fine i;alk on the progress and heeds of the 'school. The following is the senior class program: 1 Invocation Rev- E. J. box. 2 Salutatory Everett; Sox. 3 History and Prejimecy Irene Oration "Knowledge'' TameS 5 Will, and Presentation ot Gilts Edna Sigmon. 0. Essay 'Power of the Human Voice" Magdaline Roof. 7. Valedictory Samuel Sox. 8 Song Class- n j Literary Address Dr Q A. KeuhiicT. i 10 Piano Selection Ziettah INew- ton 11 J. C. Presentatio'n Pcery- of Diplomas Dr. PMlC10ffillFW tf.f Associated Prrs.t. m r;;du!", Pa-, May 2.- Three . P i men wero killea ana a ireigut on th" Haltlimoro and Ohio ad wa i wrecked at Fairview, " mile east of here today, when i"(Omn'ive blew up. The locomo one of the most powerful of 15. A- O system, was hauling a i-('i. it. from Cumberland to biiM.-h. The wattling and all members of the ni- crew were killed ir the AssoMated Press Washington, May 2. A request of a special 'appropriation of $.r)0i0,000 to be used for prosecuting war frauds was sent to the senate today by Pres ident Harding. The request stated tho money would be used in investi gating all charges. COTTON By tho Associated Press. New York, May 2. The cotton market showed renewed strength and increased activity during today's boiler let go with- fartv trading- Thte buying movement ... . which showed strength yesterday appeared to be encouraged by rains in Texas and more favorable politic al news from Europe. Open Mar 18-80 July October J December January !!MIM E-VPERT DEAD the Associated Treea. Iville, 111., May 2.- Herbert " its', internationally known X- and radium specialist, died at h'-rac here yesterday. . .18.20 .18.40 18.4.r 18.f!0 Close 18.G3 18.80 19.02 10.04 18.87 Hickory cotton, 10 l-2c. THE CREATOR OF NICK CARTER i Springfield Republican. Many more famous authors than '.he late Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey have at their death left fewer friends. Iy name his readers hardly know him at all, but the announcement a few days ago of the death of the creator of the Nick Carter stories touched a sympathetic chord in many a memory. It would be in teresting to know how many of the Americans who have won dis tinction in various fields were de votees of these books in youth. They are not at all bad bookts and the ecn :ure which they used, to bear in com mon with all "dime novels" was ex aggerated and based to a great ex lent on prejudice- and ignorance. Crude they necessarily are; in 3 year's their author produced 107G stories with a total of about 40,000, C00 words a book a month, or an average production of some 40CO words a day, the equivalent of four newspaper columns in this type. For such sustained industry there arc few parallels, and the author natural ly did not pause to polish his periods or to elaborate his characters. Even his plots were elementary, with no subtleties of ratiocination sfuch ns may be foiind in Poe, Gaboriau, and Conan Doyle. On the other hand bis hero was in action every momerit and in the Nick Carter stories may be found the prototype of a stirring kind of film drama in which ifhe vonnp" neonle of today take the pleas ure which their predecessors found in thn "vellc'wlbacks." The kindly words now being spoken in behalf of the dime novel may per haps suggest that the ill effects of the "unovies" may not be so serious as the critics fear. There can be a surfeit, no doubt, and the danger of it is greater with the him than with the book, but for many healthy V,nvR the cravinc for tales of thrill ing exploits' is perfectly normal and its gi-atifieation, while it lasts seems to leave no lasting ill effects. It might be wished that youthful pat rons of the motion pictures were exposed to nothing more demoral izing than exciting adventures oi tne kind so thrillingly depicted in the Nicli Carter stories. Conover's municipal and school el ection which had generated a great, deal of energy, passed quietly yes terday with everyibody taking a hand and the city and school forces headed by C. It. Brady and John A. Isenhour coming off the field trium phant at the end of a long day. There as no bitterness in the contest ana the vanquished, it was said, are as good sports as the winners. Mr. Brady was elected mayor o-ei 1'. L. Hunsucker, the former receiv ing 13G -votes against 00 for Mr. Flunsucker. K. L. Kockett was me jnly member of the opposition to be elected to the board ot aldermen, le winning by a lew votes. UThcrs ?lected aldermen are R. M. Hun- HH-ker, Claude ISnell, Kooerc open- ?er and o. i.owe. Mr. Isenhower received lbo votes for member of the school boaru as .gainst 90 for B. L. Ledwell. Henry ifur.suckcr also received 163 votes to 100 for John Simmons, his op- oonent. 'VY.p women cot in the right in ear nest and worked from 6 o'clock until the polls closed. uation as divulged today in high ad ministr; i' ion circles indicate that these do not contemplate any specif ic 'proposal for settlcmcr..'; of the present .miners- and operators' diffi culty,, but rather 'were concerned with measures to prevent recurrence of the evil. Ltf'SSTEfi m mm mm By the Associated Press. Richmond, Va., May 2. Lady As tor, whio was Nancy Langhorne and who was reared in this city, return ed to this city today for -the first time she was elected a member of the British parliament and was ac corded a greaib welcome. The John Marshall high school band played ! Dixie" as she alighted from her train- I Flowers' and kisses were bestowed upon her by relatives and friends. of he two and . a half years Park, Tenn. The child was found dead in Mrs. Duncan's apartment last Saturday night. Mrs. Duncan lay on the floor be side the boy with three gas jets turn ed on in full force. Mrs. Duncan was revived by a jjhysician. The attempted suicide was believ ed by police to have resulted from a quarrel with R. C. Dunbay, an At lantic City business man who up braided the Woman aftei she had rid. den in a motorboat with another man. A note addressed to Dunbay was clutched in her hand. "Davy, send Iloliis to sister for ue. Fm so tired, I don't want to ive. I love you. Violet." According to the police Mrs. Dun- jay came to Chicago last February from Atlanta after obtaining a di vorce from Duncan. She met Dun- ay here. Dunbay broke the door down when he detected the odor of gas and found the young woman and the hilel on the floor. Her mother, Mrs. A. L. Boyd, of ilton Park was notified. $g--&i By th' Associated Press. New York, May 2 The public ia said to be becoming saner aioout in sanity. Families used to feel it a tev- any of their kin was l cons :wi to ;i nine oil uii , a tau ;.v the Associated Press. Chicago, May 2 Mrs. Black Dun an, a pretty 10 year old divorcee is o- hp-Id in cnnnpctiriTi with thr t-tii:., r,r,i jrioie stigma u any nepnew, lloiiis ioyd,j 7, ... saying went. But thousands of such ncople now go voluntarily to tree nrni v nnroinrsrr . oi rrico; T Alii uLbU Maj. Geo. L. Lyerly was elected president of the Hickory Rotary club to succeed Waiter J. Shuford, whose t?rm has expired. Oscar Simmon: was elected first vice president, Geo R. Wootten was reelected treasurer. Hugh D'Anna secretary and Robt. E Martin, scrgeant-at-arms. The new officers will have charge at Thursday's luncheon of the club. Major Lyerly, the new president, has been active in Rotary since the club was organized over a year ago is energetic and capable and will de vote much time to the job. The club is due another EU'ccessful year under his presidency. CODY OF ITALIAN AT LAURINPAJRG 13 YEARS Tho finals of the Conover graded school will be held tonight and the public is invited. !LIIT By the Associated Press. 'Rocky Mount, N. C May 2. Ada Tones, noted talking machine star and maker of probably the greatest num ber of comedy records, is in a crit ical condition in a local hospital suf fering from Blight's disease and her physicians entertain no hope for her recovery. She became ill Sun day and her relatives have been summoned. Miss Jones, who in private life is Mrs. Hugh Flaherty, wife of a well known comedian, makes her home in New York. She filled an engagement as the leading member of the Ada Jones Company and apparently was in perfect health Sunday. On Mon day morning, however, members of her company found her desperately ill. Miss Jones has been on tour since September 19 under the direction of the Paramount Lyceum bureau, New York. Charleston, S. C, May 2. That the bodv of Sarmicca Conceppo, an Ital ian, has been held by an undertaker at Laurinburg, N. C, for 13 years. !-. l.r.n rVini'P'C.'i here. With, the X'C- sult that Sheriff Joseph M. Foul not and the. local Italian consul Charles Mauro, have taken up tho matter, Mr. Mauro believing that the Italian agents in Washington will bring the matter before the state department. According1 to C. S. Thompson, oi Charleston, Conceppo while employed by a circus was killed at McL-oJ.i, b. C., and the Laurinburg undertaker was given the body to prepare for funeral. It is believed that Con ceppo's father made at least one navmfint to the undertaker, who is rnwted to have claimed that until he is fully paid he will not deliver the bpdy for burial. The body, in an upright position, is visible from trains at Laurinburg and there is a belief that Conceppo's body is petrified, Mr. Thompson said For 13 vears. Mr. Thompson said the Conceppo body has furnished much comment in Laurinburg and its vicinity. Rumor reaches this desk that Mr Luther Burbank is at work on the production of a non-shrinkable vio let. New York World. Another phrasing of the Golden Rule, might be, Before you wax hni- hpcansp somebody has sifled some of your liberty, pause a mo ment and see what you have done to stifle somebody else's freedom. Houston Post. Of course the new Irish Constitu tion will guarantee all citizens the right to tight. New. York tribune Lodge calls it a bogus bill. Does he mean it won't pass. Greenville Piedmont. IIS lllll FikLj if Hi sQLi iiT t n i rn ri n Luitnoiu i i the I the Associated Press. Now Orleans, iday 2. Wriiic "Jisslssipm river continued steady drop amounting to three tenths oi: a toot at New Orleans in the die last 2 J hours or 1.7 feet below j he high record oi 22.7 recently es tablished, the protection agencies to- dispensanes 'let nervous and men tal disorders." Last year 3,838 persons in New York state made 0,909 visits' to the 40 such clinics conducted throughout the state. Only five or six years ago such a thing a thing was unknown, accruing lo officials of the state charities aid association, which is cooperating in the work. This organization, pointing to statistics which show the tuberculo sis death rate dropped about 34 per cent from 1907. when the organized fight on the white plague began, to 1!;20, expects to show the same re sults in its battle against insanity. The war and the business depres sion that has followed caused a con .sidearble increase in mental disord ers, Aid Association officials declared- The hiave found, however, that enn'mis: worries and diseases are not ' the only waves that shove the mind off an even keel, bo'me people oe come unbalanced by. too much recre ation, just as others skid from the path of sanity because of overwork and domestic unhappiness. What the Association intends to do is' popularize , information con cerning the causes, treatment; and prevention of mental disorders generally- It contends that 40 percent of the 40,000 persons in New Yrork late who are now under treatment in asvlums and hospitals for feeble minded could have been saved from s-rjh a fate if the proper prevent ive measures had been taken in time. It feels that, since the asylums of the country have a greater enroll ment than the colleges, the people ouht to be taught to have themsel ves examined by competent physfc ians if they feel queer. Or if acquain tances so consider Hhem. Th-' most, lionet ul sign tor cuiuuj; lawn insanity is' in the attitude Ol parents and teachers towaru cimu ven in the belief of the Aid AsSocia- t!"if we can help the queer children, we will have fewer grownups in tne future," one official said. rn,,, vnunii-stHS who are back- ,ts ! i .,,. mpvckf need to have their tonsils or adenoids removed, doctors have found- liut ouneio nhiibitioas. anu a i l..U;nrv 11-iniv vnllTl!' neurosis or two hhS ...,....., r minds. In this connection, it was said that some of the doctors sz the , i v,.,-. n c rnnk-p use ui :ay continued tneir won; oi pre ino.siau- -- , , , , J ,.i-,f m-ilvbis vhule others do not oe- ns for higner stages tnan yet re- L.' r "..;' -p.3t;nf nnon consulta- orded. Early reports from headquarters f the lower river board tod.iy r-tatc hat no new danger spots have de cioped and the recent fall in the river has been of great advanUu:e ;o the 20,000 men employed in strengthening- the levees. HUH 3 6 1 V I iff! r, Si DfC r mm. UHUHieLi 1PPJ0 M HUB TQ neppe fr.lrl what to stop worrying about, and field agents go r round to see how they aie getting -Vug- O hers are discovered to be n-ovse off than "'merely nervous as thev most often describe their own condition, and occasionally these Shave to be ser.r. to an institution. Cultivation of health nrougn Pior r--v habits of th mind and the cut p out of bad mental habits is one i'lea that those working on the prob lem hope lid put into the pubhes head. Brooding over being snubi.ee. i.y others, or misfortunes and injur ies" is the thing the experts warn -eonie to stop doing. Work instead if dav dreaming, these experts say i a prettv good way to prevent getting lop-sided between the ears. ?y the Associated Press. London, May 2. The Japanese abinet headed by Takahashi has re-v-gned for the purpose of permitting i partial reorganization of the min istry, says an Exchange Telegraph lispalch from Tokio today. HlGHLAKG ELECTS PROGRESSIVE MEN The citizens of Highland elected - mayor and two school trustees m an interesting contest yesterday and at the same time issued a mandate thait they wanted the progressive inaugurated during the H rv, si- few vears to be continued. May- ls lor Parks 'Robinson was not a candi- i U" Julius E Huffman won over R- A. I Tavlor bv a majority of 27 in a vote ii.f 'anoroximatelv 100- Mr. Huffman New York, May 2 John McCor- j carried his board with him, the new rnn nrnx mi mm U ULUl M un By tho Associated Press. mack has so far recovered from his recent serious illness' that he was a passenger today on board a liner with his wife and family for rest in Ireland. TO FIGHT FLOODS 3y the Associated Press. Washington, Hay 2. An addition al appropriation of $200,000 for work en the Mississippi levees to protect them from floods wras made today by congress, an emergency resolu tion being rushed through both branches. The $200,000 fund is to be devoted to levees which are not under gov ernment control. Congress recent ly appropriated $1,000,000 for;- flood work. The appropriation is avail able for tributaries of the Mississs-ippi. T- T TlTT. ' ti fi I. Bowman. it- ia. .i" Gutherieif. Joseph D. Boliek and C. E." Fry were elected school timstees- Two members hold over and the same piogressive school policies are sure ito be carried on for another year. jlMY M D : IN I l;u E Em s W COUNTED By the Associated 'Press. ROme. May 2 Five dead and. about 100 wounded make up the May day roll of casualties' in Italy. None of the disorders reached any. degree of magnitude. Two socialist halls at Caesar were set on fire.