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BUSHED SEPTEMBER 1 1,1915. HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, vr-&jh" 1 ' PTilCfc, J-k ocnia
v- the Associated Press.
' Washington, Dec. 5. President
Harding broke n precedent today by
pfiwittins: the second day of the now
confc'tvss to pass without delivering
-n, address "on tne statc f the union.
It was said at the white house tha?
no date hail been fixed for the presi
dent's appearance before the senate
nml house, but that he expected to
cuiiipMi' his message in time to deliver
it bet'oic the end of the week. Oft'eie.l
..i.i..,! tio formal explanation of the
,hv. but said that press of buvslnes
-uvvititcd him from preparing hi
iuiilrcss for the second day.
There is no provision of l-vv rc
mli,iiu' that the president report to
(ontftesn at the beginning of the an
imili .short session, tho eonstitutloi
mcitlv requiring that ha should "give
t,i the congress information as to the
urate of the union and recommend foi
fin.ir enrsHlcration such measure af
he xhouhi judge necessary and ex
tieiit."
fly th Assciuted Press.
Washington, Doc !.- A contest ap
pcareil eei tain today between Senator?
Siinmmis of North Carolina and Robin
(,n of Arkansas for the Democratic
natc leadership in the next congress
tosueeced Senator Underwood of Ala
tiinia who is to retire as leader vol
imt.uily heeaiise of his health. Friond
u( both began an active campaign to
day. .though- neither senator has ex
pressed himself.
Senator Simmons is the rankinj.
Democrat in point of service and wa
chairman of the finance committee dur
ir.jc the Wilson administration. Sena
te Robinson, also a veteran but
yt'tmprer man. has been in the public
eye fur some time and was chairman
of the last national convention at San
Kranciseo. DKNIES MOTION
By the Asociated Press.
Oxford, Miss., Dec. 5. Judge E
R. Holmes overruled the demurrer o'
Gov. M. L. Russell asking that the
petition of MisS Frances Birkhead be
dismissed on the basis of no grounds
fur action when his coust convened
this morning.
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By the Asociated Press.
Charlotte, X. C, Dec. 5. Governoi
Morrison left here early today iot
New Bern to make a personal tavestl
Sftion of the 3,000 persons rendered
homeless by the fire last week Prior to
hi departure the governor issued
an appeal to North Carolina citizens
t( aid New Bern by sending contri
butions to Mnvor Fdward Clark.
Governor Morrrison discussed the
situation over the telephone with ad
jutant fieneral Metts who said con
ditions in the fire-stricken city were
ni,re acute than was at first thought.
The Rovernor was asked to go theic.
The housing situation was the most
cute The governor will go from
Raleigh to New Bern by automobile.
COTTON
tho Associated Press.
.Yw V.uvVl TW;. n. The cotton
market was firm at the opening to
,lay with first prices 11 to 21 points
'KhtT. There was covering and prob
4,ly fresh buying on reports that
Tfiviit,. returns indicated a ginning
of nly ! (;t),ooo hales to December 1,
"n in.li.aled total crop of 9,640,000
tales, .
Open
Close
March
? (! ETAOIN
Member
January
March
May
1 .
25.06
25.oa
25.13
25.03
24.35
24.37
24.49
24.42
2-1.11
d,y . 24.75 '
hickory cotton 21 1-2 cerits.
ROBINSON SEEKS
LEADERSHIP
OFSENATE
1IIS1
II view of cm
By the Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Dec. 5. Clarn rv.Vm.
climbed out of a window in the wo
man s section of the county ia:l ejfrlv
couav and eseaupd.
She was under a sent?ncci of ton
years to the penitentiary alter con-
VlCinvi nf U 1. . . , .
. v.wj, lIu. summer muv.ar ol
Alhpro Alio rl ci ii
iutnuuns), one va neici ir
jail pending the result of an anneal.
With the aid of several stoci saws,
her escape was effected at 2 m.t
according to a report to the sheriff
by the jailer. Belief was expressed
that she had been, aided by other
inmates.
After crawling out of the window,
die dropped to the roof of an aijoin-
'ng building and disappeared.
The escape was not discovered h;
? i ii.. lit .
jan aumorities lor several hours. JU
is believed she escaped in an auto
mobile.
SUGGESTS ORGANIZATION
OF COTTON COMMISSION
Memnhis. Tenn.. Dec. .S Plans for
the organization of a permanent e.ov
ernmentai cotton eommi.lsirtn. with
representatives from everv cotton wro-
uucing orate ior tne .purpose ot iv
JI 1 1 .1 r.. .
unwiif nuinK leRisiaiion Dy tne otates
vhich will aid in solvincr nroblem:-
now confornting the industry wen
proposed here at the second annua'
meeting of the cotton commissionr
composed of delegates named bv the
Governors of 12 Southern States.
Under the nlan sueerested bv A
W. McLean, of North Carolina, whicr
IS
will be acted upon bv the ron
before adjournment on Wednes
uniform act may be formnalted
oreseniaiion to tne ljOgisiatures o!
cotton producing States and whicr
will provide for a permanent com
mission, the members of wTiich wi!"
be named by the Governor of Legisl
ature of each State.
The necessity of uniform Sta.'e
egislation which wouM enable thf
ottortiiroducing1 sections of the eoun-
ry to work together in ontrollincf and
"radicating insect pes-? and the ao-
mtion of better methods of market
ng and warehousing" ths stn,rIo was
trongly urged not onlybv Govern-
nent and State experts, but by i
number of other branches of the nr.
dustry.
Tomorrow Ilenrv C. Wallace, Sec
retary of Agriculture, will deliver
he nrincinal address, outlining the
vork which the Department has done
ind is prepared to do for the cotton
growers.
The act providing for a permanen?.
ommission. as proposed bv Mr. Kc-
joan should by its terms ba declar
ed, confine the action of the Com-
nission "to matters common Interes'
nd about which there shall be no
onflkt of interest" and should pro-
ide. he declared, that ri actions of
'ioh a commission should be recom-
-nendatory only unless end until the
various states concerned shall, . by j
egislatjve act, give atlirmauye sane-
Commission and provide the means ot
uu " --' .
tpkinr the same effective
In his address, Mr. McLean sa-..
hat the most pressing and urgent
question now facing the cotton in-
lu-strv in the South was t.uo con-
rol and eradication of insect pesr3.
Clemenceatr declares we ought ro
ronrpspnted at the Lausanne coi;-
'orflTicp. iust as if h hadn't heard that
we have three keeneyed men at the
a-yholes. Richmond Times jjispaicn.
CITY HELD BY
By the Associated Press.
Tien-Tsin, China, Dec. 5. Reports
received here, say that Chinese bandits
have taken control of Tsmg-Tao,
Shantung, the Kiachow port, whose
stormy career in war and diplomacy
was to culminate-today in its return
to China after 24 years of alien rule,
the first 16 under Germany and the
last eight under Japan. The papula
;a snorted fleeing from the city.
Trains leavinjr Tsing-Tao are said
to be crowded with refugees Chinese
policemen sent from reKing are x
riven from their barracks.
v . i -wnrdinor to the tele-
ine Dunuiko, , ,
gram, demanded $100,000 for the do-
nf nffU-ials held in their hands.
The outlaws hold out ivi u
of their band to be appointed -.o.ernoi
of the city.
NFW GOVERNOR OF IRELANd
Bv tho Associated Press.
U ' JL nor. 5. Official announce
u.nt was made this afternoon of the
i f Timothv Healy as gov-
ernor general of th'e Irish Free state.
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.The out-of-work and the needy are many in New": York despite reports that unemployment is at a low ebb
This breadlinejconducted at Cherry stet.ew York, 'finds its offerings in increased demand at this season.
Mew
Bern
By
Deputy Insurance Commissioner Scott Says Blaze
Was not Incendiary in Its Origin City Needs
Help From Other Places Relief Work Well
Under Way Now.
Mrs 'NEXT
AGAINST
ly .the Associated Pick's.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec 5. William
Hiram Foulkes, New York, general
:ecretary of the new era movement
jf the Presbyterian church,' np?aK
ing befoi'e the opening session here
last night of the . Presbyterian
men's movement, declared that tne
next war" is at hand and "what it
takes generations to write into our
constitution -an alien rabble shall no
destroy."
Referring to what he termed tne
"next war," Mr. Foulkes said, it
"threatens to zreak down our con
stitutional government. The hardest
battle we iig-ht today is between tne
lawabidmg citizen and the lawless
rabble under the guise of personal!
hortr
3v the Associated Press.
West Newark, N: J., Dec. 5. Three.
bandits today attacked the cashier
of the Public Service Gas Company
and a policeman who guarded him
as they left the company's ofices,
felled them with pistol butts and fle.i
with a handbag containing $8,770
in cosh and checks calling for about
$5,000.
SELL CHARLOTTE CHURCHES
TO SATISFY TAX COLLECTOR
Charlotte. Dec. 5. When 75 nieces
of property were sold here at public
auction for street assessments, the
city of Charlotte acquired two church-
W
3 BANDITS ESCAPE
WITH EAS MONEY
The' Westminister fresoyT.erian.iouna in one smau m.ua-,
church and the Dilworth . Methodist them children. .
church were those which went overi
the blocks Rev. W. B. West, ot 'tne
Methodist edifice, said" his cnurcn
would be redeemed immediately. The
Presbyterian church was said to nave
been sold by a iiuKe,. as tne money
to pay the street assessments .was
collected some time ago. .
OPENING OF NEW HIGHWAY IS
POSTPONED UNTIL LATER DAY
. . -
High Point, Dec. .5 The celebra
tion which has been planned by citl
7n! ot Hieh Point and Winstion-
Salem to mark the formal opening
of the new hard surface road , be
tween the two cities has been in
AnfinitoTv nostnoned. tit was an-
nminoed this afternoon by F. J. Sie
mnn. a rpnresentative Ji the High
Point committee. The celebration
mo eplipdnled to be hld tomorrow
at 'Union Cross, half way between
wirvnn.Snlom , nnd Hiffh I'oint
Dn,i.nn.m..i. w.is npcessafv because
of the unfavorable weather. .: ;
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By .the Associated Press.
New Bern, N. C, Dec. 5. William A.
Scott, Deputy insurance commissioner,
stated today that there were absolutely
no grounds for reports of incendiarism
in connection with last Friday's ' fire.
Mr. Scott has been in New Bern since
Saturday investigating the fire for
(he insurance department.
"I have found that the fire started
from a terracotta flue which had been
in use for years," hg said. "We found
at least six witnesses who saw it when
it was burning above the attic and un
der the roof. There is no evidence of
incendiarism.
"As we know," continued Mr. Scott,
"both fires were due to accidental ori
gin." V
By the Asosciated Press.
New Bern, Dec 5. With the hous-
.'ing, clothng and feeding (problems'
.uu .....
in cuiiiieiuun wiui niiiuving til'.: j,u"u
homeless of last week's fire tempor
arily provided 'for, the relief commit
tees today are devoting most of their
attention to the sanitation and un
employment questions.
Last night passed quietly with
members of the local battery unit and
soldiers from Camp Bragg palroilin:?
the city. -
Governor Morrison will arrive here
this evening to view personally tli
conditions.
Carter Taylor, chief of field woiT
of the southern division 'of the Red
Cross, who is in charge of relief work,
gave out the following statement to
day: . "
"The citizens' re'Hef committee has
the refugee situation weli ii- ham.
Every one of those rendered home1 eft,
by. fire aie under cover and re be
ing fed. None, of the fire ''victim
are suffering at present. Relief in
all its branches is on a wc1! organizes
basis and we are now 'beginning to
inaugurate a definite policy of rc
habiliation. "
"The thing that is receiving .our
greatest atention at present is sani
tation. Every effort to prevent an
epidemic of typhoid or .'influenza; :
being done. All of the nomeless are
being, inoculated with' typhoid vac
cine today.
As many as 17 parsons have been
Ti,e negr0 section of the city
being divided :nto four districts and
is being canvassed daily by Red Cross
nurses to see that sanir oraers
are being carried out. Steady pro
gress also is being made "in finding
work for those thrown oi't of em
ployment on accoun of burned oiu
EmP YOU
DONE tOUR..
CHRI5Tnft3
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HOLIDAY FEAT. ( 1 922 ) No. 1 9
a hotta
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industrial plants and
is hoped that in thj
stores and it
next o0 days
work will be found for them.
"Three thousand refugee- are still
being cared for at a eost of $1,000.
I This represents cash tiisTurs6:nents
alone and does not inclar.o the dona
tions that have been made by the citi
zens of New Bern and other places."
! Bythe Associated Press.
lNasnvme, enn., uec. Anaij'PiB
of whiskey seized at the home of
W. A: Smith, residing near Nash
ville, probably will result in the sub
stantiation or ahiando'nment of the
charge of murder against Smith and
his wife for the death of Russell id his
home in Springfield as the result or
poisoning.
The young high school student aiio
football star bought the liquor whicn
,.. nA - I, . fU
catted his death, at the
nome ot
Smith, according to his companions.
- It is charged that "buckeyes," a
species of chestnuts, were found in
the liquor. Buckeyes were often used
to season whiskey, it is said, but
chemists declare they are a poweriui
poison.
BUTLERS NOMH!
AGAIN Wll SENATE
By.
the Associated Press.'
Washington, Dec. 5.-The nomina
tion of Pierce Butler, of Minnesota
to be an associate of justice of the
supreme court, which failed of con
firmation at the special session of con
gress, was returned,, to the senate ;
today by President Harding. .
KING SIGNS BILL
By the Associated Press.
London, Ded. King George this
evening gave rpyal sanction to the leg
islation setting up the Irish Free state
as a dominion 'of the empire.
By the Aassociated Press.
Liverpool, Eng., Dec. 5. The local
police' today seized large quantities
of rifles, ammunitions and explosives
discovered on ships sailing fr south
ern Ireland. i
ROBENSON TO BUILD
HOMUi AT JACKSON
Concord, Dec. .5 James P. Coak.
ehairman of the board of trustees ot
the Stonewall Jackson Training
school state's home of correction for
boys' . located near here, announced
here last night that the board of com
missioners of Robeson county had ap
propriated enough money to build c.
cottage at the school following' the
plan adopted by several other coun
ties in the state. Mr. Cook appeared
before : the .: board,, of. commissioners
of Robeson county in October. and
risked, for the appropriation which
! will total about $20,000, ' was ma'le
to Mr. Cook in a telegram from tne
chairman of the board of, Robeson
county. , ; -
There are 13 cottages at. the school
now, seven of which hav heen buili
bv various counties in the state.
J, Paul Leonard, secretary of ihn
North Carolina Merchants' -Assocla-t;en..
r.poke before the Hickotv Mer
chant A-f ociation last night en mat
ters of paj ticular-interest to them k
inis time, lie w-as presented by Neil
vv. uiaric, president ot the local; as
sociation, and at the conclusion of tha
talk, the members discussed inform
ally advertising- and related sirbieets.
The crowd, owing to the severe weath
er and the prevalence of flu here, was
small.
Mr. Leonard gave a short history of
tne growth of the distribution system
m the United States , and argued that
because of this, extensive ore-ani'v-atim.-.
employing many; thousands of per
sons, prices were, better for the pro
ducer. If these men were not in the
distribution business they would be
engaged in production, probably of the
articles they handle, and the result
wouid be lower prices, poor wages and
less general progress.
The merchant is the most imnort
ant of these distributors, Mr.. Ieonard
declared, and this fact is bei-g realis
ed more every day... They bring to-,
gettter something from every part ol
the country and make it available for
the table at all times. Th i ratailei
averages in the United States, acvorrt-
mg to an investigation made by a
special committee,., less than two per
cent net on the article sold. There
was propaganda to the effect that the
merchant was a nrof iteer, but thesa
account the fact that merchants ha;s
to carry large stocks and dispose of
manv articles out of season for les.-r
than the first cost simply to give Ins
customers up to the minute -service.
These merchants were in competition
with each other and sold at the lowest
price consistent with good business
policy.
, Mr. Leonard said that , of the 900,
000 retailers in the United States less,
than 40,iOOO were in organization.
This was less, than four per cent of
the total. ;
The speaker referred to tho nppr.
for strengthening tjie law to require
the advertiser to state the truth in
his copy and urged , a ten per cent
garnishment law in order to protect,
both,. 'the--merchant., and the public
against dead beats. The public pays
the bills of those persons who won';
pay their own, Mr. Leonard said,, h?
declaring- that .iieh-a law-would ten.-to-bring
down, prices.
Here the speaker ipaid that the
multiplication of .good roads made
every' town a competitor and urged
the necessity of raising the standard
here and at other places. It is no
distance over good roads to the largei
cities, and Mr. Leonard declared tha":
the wav to build up a town is to assist
the daily newspaper. He isaid the
Record could be of inestimable service
in bringing trade here if it were give?,
the support due it. He said neonle in
this section should be given such a
good newspaper , that they would not
care particularly for the papors pub
lished elsewhere. If that were dons,
the advertisements would have greater
pulling power. Statesville merchant
decided that they wanted a daily paper
and are giving it their supnnvt.
A good daiiy newspaper, Mr. Leon
ard said, is the best town builder m
the community. .
- Mr. Leonard discussed thp Merch
ants' Mutual Insurance Association,
told of its growth and asked for: a
part of the business. It was agreed
that this association should get a parr
of the business here "and the associa
tion will assist the secretary in writ
ing policies. . ra,!;QS3j
Mr. Leonard was given a vote i of
thanks for coming to. present the
cause of the merchants to the loca
members. . ;
The new board of county commis
sioners, after organizing at Newton
yesterday with J. D- Elliott as chair
man, adjourned to meet next Monday
at 10 o'clock for the transaction of
business. The board employed the
Carolina Audit Company of Hickory
to check up the books turned over
by the retiring county officers to
see exactly where the county stands
at this time.
' Officers will be elected next Mon
day. The keeper of the county home
already has been elected for another
year and that place will not need-o
be filled.
Sheriff Geo. F. Bost, who is ill at
his home -; here 'With the fJu' was
unable to be present, but he was
represented by Chas. W. Bagby ana
the oath was administered by proxy.
P. P. Jones of Hickory has agreed
to assist Mr. Bost until he can or
ganize his force. Mr. Jones has had
wide experience in municipal, count"
and federal affairs and Mr. Bost, whf
is unable to start on his new worr,
feels lucky in inducing him to ass is;
in the business.
The .new sheriff has annotated the
following deputies, the others to he,
named later:
R. O. Hahn, Hickory: R. A. Whit?
ner, Jacobs Fork: David Gable, Moun
tain Crk Nathan Bollinger, Bandys;
J
R. McKininnis, Catawba; George
West, Newton,
mm
On .the recommendation of Hickory
physicians, who met last night with
Dr. C. L. Hunsucker, city health of
ficer, council has ordered the schools
f Hickory closed for the remainer
of the week on accunt of the general
prevalence of . influenza. Superinten
dent ; Carver, said today that three
teachers were ill .with the disease,
34 pupns of the High school and about
45 in each of the other two schools,
the situation is even worse in 'the
colored school, it-was said.
The disease is not nearly so bad
this winter as it wis a few years
ago, but it was felt that since so
many of the children were ill with it,
little time would be lost in closing all
the schools for the remainder of the
weeK. It is hope ! to reopen the schools
by Monday.
The following information on influ
enza was prepartd by the North Caro
lina state board of health durrng
the first epidemic ani may be of
service to Record readers at this time.
How And Where Influenza is Spread
1: By earless spitting, . coughing,
sneezing, and using the same drink
ing vessel or towel others have usc-u.
The disease germs are carried in the
spittle and in the little drops of secre
( continued on page six)
ILL HOLE DAIRY
SCHOOL IN S
COUNTIES
Raleigh, N.' C, Dec. 5. Bejrinnin?
January 2, the dairy extension workers
of the sate, cooperating' wim various
county agents, will conduct a series
of eight meetings in the rural schools
of five counties, where cream now is
being produce for creameries, it
was announced today by John A.
Avery, of the agricultural extension
service.;
"Since the beginning of the cream?
ery industry, milk production ha
been more or less, seasonal'.' said Miv
Avery. "It is natural for the dairy'
cow to give her heaviest flow of milk
during the summer months when there
is an abundance of succulent grasses,
and then dry off as fall approaches.
However, thoughtful dairymen find
more profit and also many other
advantages in favor of winter dairying
when feeding is carried on in a business-like
way.
"On the New York butter market
for the past three years there has
been a difference of about 5 cent?
per pound. between the nrice paid
and 92 score butter. The quality ox
butter than any creamery can turr.
out is largely determined by -inequality
cf her cream reciv?d, and this
in turn controlled by the man produc
ing the cream."
These two subjects will be dis
cussed in the eight meeting to be
held in each of the counties to be
designated, he said. School children of
the upper grades, farmers and their
wivete will be asked to atend the
meetings.
KESSHOC:
By the Associated Press.
Washington Dec. .5 Members or '
the new progressive bloc in congress
won their first legislative victory
today by obtaining from the senate
agsPivultu)L-al committee an amend
ment to provide for the direct election
of the president and vice president.
The amendment also would change
the inauguration day from March 4
to the third Monday in January ar.u
members of the senate and ' house
would begin their service on the first
Monday in January.
RALPH THORNBURG WINS
THIRD PLACE IN CONTEST
- Newton, Dec. 5. At the state spell
ing contest held at Raleigh Thanksgiv
ing, Catawba county was represented
by Nora Deal Conover graded
(schools, and Ralph Thornburg of May's
Chapel school. It is to the credit of
Catawba county that Ralph Thorn
burg won third place, being the 84th
speller to go down. To him is award
ed a gold medal and to his school is
awarded a banner. When you take in
to consideration that Ralph Thorn
burg spelled down representatives
from some of the largest city schools
in the state it makes his victory much
more appreciated. Nora Deal, it is'
stated can spell all the words in the
book but is it claimed that some words
were given that were not in the book.
Catawba county should appreciate
the fact that she stands third in the
state in spellings being out-classed only
by Iredell and Durham.
The strangest thinp- is how many
times the real issue in . an . flection
turns out to have been something the
party leaders - sarid wasrr't an'is'suo
at all. Kansas; City Satr.
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