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J -Hi i MlCKOEY i 1 1" "r,. their 11 BMLJ. Eecoed WEATHER Rain tonight and Fri day. Warmer in the in terior tonig-ht and,., in north portion Friday. SEPTEMBER 11; 19 HICKORY, It. C, THURSDAY EVENING,: DECEMBER 7,a922. PRICE FIVE CENTS WD EXPLOSIVES m NEGRO HOUSES ..,f nrtr Commissioner Srotf Rrtnfe iJy in"u . fw . Conditions at New Bern, Where Fire Loss Over Two Million Fire Company was at Rowland Lumber Company Mill. Tt'." .lmnc-iit. estimating 7. Criticising 'L'.'.U.t1 (in and asserting in r.rgn. houses and ;ilfth,ir .hmvlH's, tho state ' Miartmriit Unlay issued id W. A. s. '-it. deputy in- , jf lust w''- incident f tho fire," Iti'iiH-iit n'ti'l l,.v Captain L thf finding f 'SI,1V h,Bh jilhein'i" houses ami ev- ;ht OliuiH f tlu f"'' h( it . . . . . : . shinKK. i-ot by a spurK .... e utta nut' in use ior trra i' , delay f t ho fire depart ir.lt the mm'"." the tate ,:in;it. "five houses were :,wly ami the wind blowing n their arrial. if U partnu-nt arrived it J left a imzzzle and on com inuzzk' found jhat it had a wrench and had to go :ut. jsn f this, Captain Scott riihe Rowland Lumber Com- sfliihwaH outside the town Lithe entire fire department won the scene and precious ; by the company not hav- taro sized coupling, euusius here where the loss was vith a total value of $550,000 Am m n f be! insurance covering $4uu,- Mtesthe loss in the city at ith in.nirar.ee of only $3o,- mkr fire, he reports, was ,;n in a hot box. He suggests Siring private corporations TURKEY TO OUST POSTOFFICE Hy the Associated Press. Angora, Dec. 7. The Turkish na tionalist government, it was announc ed today, has decided that it cannot accept the continuance in Tuikey o the consulates or postoffices of any powers at war with Turkey. It is not clear to whom this action of Turkey applies. Greece is still al war with Turkey and technically tin entente powers are still in a state of war with the Turkish government. A treaty making peaee between the en tente and Turkey was signed at Sevres in 1920, but it nas never beer, ratified. The piesent Lausanne con ference was called primaritly to make peace between Turkey and Greece anc the allies and Turkey. RAILROADS OPPOSE RATE REDUCTIONS M Scott ;mney.s where 1,500 houses an an a of 10 blocks, and 3,0im re mlered homeless, Me colored and are in des- By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. 7. Counsel for the various southern railroads today at tacked the southern traffic associa tion's proposal for reduced rates froir northern points to the south. The l.. .i,lnnl that- the ratps ni'O- tandard sized couplings. " , ..uiM.a wam rpdnv-r said he lound a for-' . , , fof tuat the revenues xo sucn u .ca-wv they could not operate. It was said that if the carriers were compelled to meet water rate com- jpetiiton, they could do so wunom l.rdruin.r their other rates materially. L i! . I ... i 1 ... I p stiHi reuirneu yesieruay Yale's Initial Attack oil Harvard r - - This is how the Yala band v2l v 1 ! form In the enormous bowl Satur- NpM. fL day to blare defiance at the Har- , Xl VV vard Invaders. Old Eli's musicians SfSI fOT1 av show Y they will win, and Har- KfeSfM -KVj vard's band will give them "II." V SMiW VC-il Both the Tale Bulldos and John V - Harvard have t.een well-clawed by M3HeBI vL the Princeton Tiger but despite A- itM their wounds Tale can still glare . "-KW KTWJ at the Crimson and play "Another f STlUfflS': 44! Little Job for the Undertaker" rVMil while the Crimson band retorts oKlT Kfo$J with "Harvard Was a College . ANjSJ When Tale "Was But a Pup." r, 5aP! M RECORD M ULSTER TO STRY MANY SHRIKEHS HEALTH FOR OUT OF IRISH ASSEMBLE D 1DM0IITHS' STATE GHMOTTE ITER QUESTION DISCUSSED BY-COUNCIL S ARE IED B GtHIENT cern, BHMCAL , SCHOOL STANDARDS Nov. ii; Th: L'overnmeiu i in iu;m.' the Tokio and tw technical schools, the wr (.omnifrcial School, the ihtr Xo:mal School and the a Hither School to a .uni- Htu.1. A now dental roll""-' established, and post-gradu- 'Jftfil loe -l.led at If, higher The coui'jic t.f .stnrlv at the r"ign Lantruatre Seho' 'Jtno announcement made length. WILL SEARCH PUCE FOR ESCAPE D WOMAN II OPPOSES hint Bv the Associated Press. Los AnglesDec. 7.-The home of Ed T. "Gold Tooth" Johnson, pro- moter of a resori in fornia, was tne oDjecuve ; ,'nosse headed by Snerui which left Los Angeles last, night ri.-a PViilins. ham- in search oi mr. ' mer murderess, who escaped . -Los Angeles jail Tuesday following her conviction of the murder of Mis. Alberta Meadows. v.. 4 i (-,-,, 'W"n, Dec. 7. Pronosals for ltnt dfevclormif-nt of fertilize M Muscle Shoal. Ala., were Senator Heflin, Demo who said that gov "Ptration merely meant de- ,ratd thnt Henry Ford's aeceptc-fl and demanded that action on pending h dispose of the property. ;'"Ptcial ink rest are block- in the present congress," ,t8,said, adding that he bo Ills ia.; i. . -aunt's in thi next con- " FOUR ARE INJURED f BVTiOlBOl y the Associated Press. New. York, Dec. 7. Life insurance eath claims up to November 1 showed hat the United States and Canada are xperiencing a health record this year Imost identical with that of 1921, vhich was the best in public health l the country. These claims covering the deaths for the first ten months of 1922, mong 29,000,000 insured persons was ubmitted to the lGth annual conven- ion of the association of life insurr nee presidents here today ,. by Dr. ugustus H. Knight, medical director f the Metropolitan Life Insurance .'ompany of this city. Forty-four life insurance companies hich together average 83 per cent of he total business in the United States nd Canada reported death, claims of .4 with 1,000 lives as compared with .5 last year. 1 The . records of the five companies eporting on industrial life insurance, .hich comprises 53 per cent of the to al of all industrial insurance writ en, shows a death rate this year of .06 per 1,000 compared with 9.4 last ear. IS. PHILLIPS IT By the Associated Press. Belfast, Dec. 7. Both houses of the Ulster paidiament voted unanimously today to "contract out" of the Irish Free state, as permitted under the Ir ish Free state act. By the Associated Press. Charlotte, N. C, Dec 7. Shriners from throughout western North Caro- Una gathered in Charlotte today for the annual fall business ceremonial and hundreds of others were expected ' Eight, engineers,". appearing one at a time, submitted propositions to city ecu:::'1 l'art night for a preliminary report' on t":e Water situation and the most economical means of increasing the supply. Council simply wanted to know : where, ..the city is now and where it will go from here. That was under stood by the engineers, . who made their suggestions accordingly. The city wants to know the feasi bility of obtaining, a gravity supplv, the ccst of improving- and enlarging the present iplant to tak- care of the needs of this community over a period of years and the possibility Of de veloping electric current to operate the nower plant and light the city's ' streets. The remainder of - the cur rent, if any, would be sold at whole sale. On next Tuesday night council will accept one of the offers made by the engineers for a preHminarv report covering the cost of allvbf these pro jects if practicable -or ;of one f them. The idea is to get plenty of water at the lowest (possible rate for the consumers.., , The engineers drew lost and appeared one at a time, the session closing: shortly after 11 o'clock. Those appearing before the board were Vann Livingstone, representing Kyan Engineering Companyn, Colum bia, S. C, Col. J. L balem; Harold M and Mees, . Charlotte ; J. N - .Ambler, Vvinston-Salem: William O. Olesen. Kinston; R. L. Greenlee, Marion; Gil bert C. White. Durham, and . G. H. Bishop, with th Carolina 'Engineerinr Company, Wilmington. while the board heard each engi neer, the others adjourned to the fire station and enjoyed the radio pro gram. Premier Sir James Craig stated in tomorrow for the election of officers By the Associated Press, v , v Sandiego, Cal., Dec. 7. Reports reaching here that Mrs. Clara Phillips was seen in Juanita, Mex., yesterday ind that there was a possibility that he had taken refuge in a cabin be- ived to be owned by Ed "Gold Tooth" Johnson, near Point of Rocks on the ocean, proved false today after nvestigation by the sheriff of Los ngeles and a posse. the house of commons today that Ul ster would not appoint a representa tive on the proposed commission to fix the boundary between Ulster and the Free state nor would she be interest ed in the commission in any way. TO PULL AMERICANS : FOR SELLING ARM! By the Associated Press. Hong Kong, Dec. 7. An engineer and storekeeper of the American steamship President Jackson have been threatened to six months imprison ment on a charge of trading in arms. and the initiation of approximately 390 candidates. ;The proposed $500,000 shrine mos que to be erected here was one of the chief topics of conversation today and it was expected thit action would be taken on the matter at the after noon business session. , . . ; - Plans for aiding in the construc tion of a hospital for crippled chil dren, which, is the task of the nation al association, and the question of aiding- the New Bern fire sufferers also were to be taken up.' ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL AT HEMPEL APARTMENT CAN'T MAKE ROADS PAY FOR JEWELRY New York, Dec. 7. Frieda Hempel, operatic star, returning to her apart ment on Central Park west after a concert tour, was notified that the suite was robbed yesterday. . Jewels, furs and apparel composed the great er part of the loot estimated to be worth between $25,000 and $50,000. By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 7. Railroads are justified in refusing to pay. damages for jewelry that is lost or stolen from the baggage of travelers, the interstate commerce commission held today and Mrs. F. Burley Jones, of Kirkwood, Mo., lost a claim of $250, which she made against the Missouri Pacific. ; EH SCHOOL BOY'S BODY FOUND TOD. W IRISHMEN SHOT'FhOwi ft D- the Associated - Press. Washington; Dee. 9. For the first time in years the work of the general land office is practically on a current basis, Commissioner Snry declared to day in his annual report. Final home stead entries are now. acted u-pon with in thirty to ninet" days after the tinal certificate has been issued, he said, and it is n longer necessarv for an entryman to wait two vears or more after having submitted satis factory final iproof for his patent Approximately 5,000 more patents were issued during the fiscal ar than in the previous one, involving an increase of 2.787,000 acres. Of this increase, 2,459,833 acres were covered by entries under the home stead laws, making a total of 9,632, 635 acres patented under these laws. Entries were allowed for 10,367,153 acres of which 7,070,175 acres were taken under the stock-raising home stead act, :and patents wpre taken out on a total of 12,904,821 acresa sub stantial increase over the area patent ed the year previous. Total cash receipts for the year showed a Surplus , of $3,848,598. 'The field service, entrusted with the vin- vestigation of all eh" effecti"- the integrity of transactions involv ing title to public 'qnds, as - as the protection of public lands from trespass or unlawful occunanc" rni- ,' Ludlow, Winston. J ted $199'? and turned over to tho .Booker, with. Mees T.refsurV S'1.79.-114 -recovered through i vii dim criminal iicuons in cases oi depredations. During the year 117,533 acres were thus restored to the public domain. During the year 17,932 entries wore allowed under the stock-raising home stead act, bringing the total num ber of entries under the act to 80,323. embracing an area of 31,407,991 acres; 8,399 patents were issued under the law, covering an area of 2.919,819 acres, bringing tho total number is sued to June 30 uo to 14,130,090, for an area of 4,550,416 acres. There were natented under the act of 190S, aunlicable only to the State of Minnestoa, 19,089 acres firing the vear, making the total natented under the act 1,021.920 acres. . Substantial progress was noted in reclamation of djepert land':;; '1.671 final desert land entries were received r and 1,656 patents i issued during Ihe year as against 1,599 patented the year t previous. , Under the Federal Water Power Act, applications aggregating C74,000l acres were received for action as aeamst 552.590 the previous year. ARE MBH By the Associated' Press! : :: Dublin, Dec. 74-Presi'dent' "Gosgrave announced to parliament this after noon that Seanon Hales had been shot and killed and Deputy O'Malley, who was deputy speaker, had been wound ed while they were on their way for the parliament session. The two victims of the shooting were on a jaunting cause proceeding alone the quays when they were at tacked with' revolvers. : . . Deputy Speaker O'Malley's wounds are serious. mm CIUIHO CTiMDC TflnSlFfl 11 III U tJ La UHU2ibU' "a a f.it ;; COTTON ARMERS URGE B ythe Associated Pre , afternoon. The missile did not reacn bomb throwers escaped. ... t-.t- o.t of violence These-are me - - nrJlt5on of reported during : xne the Free State govc. 91 support, Ford's offer.' T RAISE' MK FOOD SMitii BEk'k Tl'KSDAY NIGHT tiU..,,."un iamoua nuniei ICr1" lecture in the auditor Til Ikht as the second "t mil r... - iHftil UM course, uiw' Zr n"v Scouts. He is one lt J mtcresting speakers on 4 -.v'cuu ii,(iay and it 'K t-n.wil will be out to mav CBIPLf SjflBB be- obtained couts or from Lut. By the Associa Press- Los Angles, charlie Chap ance, leading womw or Ch : i ill with pleurisy " an stated, however, tna, Uition is not venous. By the -Associated Press. Washington, Dec. Y. farmers should produce more of their own foodstuff and buy less that must be brought to them by railroads, accord in o- to a survey of opinion among 25,000 farmers, 'made public today hv the department of agriculture. Mparlv 30 per cent of the food con A their families sumeu oy laimcia v..- --- - yearly is not grown by them or in thir I'mmpdiato vicinity, while it is estimated that 79 per cent of the food consumed should be grown on the farms. , The president evidently does not be lieve that persecution, hatred and the curses for er- UlSti"""'"""" -- , . Anv map witn enouen Kiiuwicugc of history to be elected president the rontrarv. that religious proscription is always fertile soil for the culture of any ideas which, for the good of civilization, snoum uc ped out.AshevilIe Citizen. By the Associated Press. New, York, Dec. 7. The cotton Mar ket opened- steady at a decline of one to eight points owing to relatively easy Liverpoor cables and no demand in Manchester. There was considerable Liverpool selling here during the early trading, as well as liquidations, and the market sold about' 12 to 15 points net lower, the market steadied on covering. Open December 24.45 January 24.50 March 24.62 May 24.54 July 24.30 Hickory cotton 24 1-4 cents. By the Associated Press. Asheville, N. C, Dec. 7. The body of Lloyd, Phillips, aged 17, a high school student of Woodruff, S. C, missing since last Saturday, was found by a searching party near Emerald falls, near Chimney Rock, yesterday. The youth is believed to have fallen from the top of the falls, a distance of 250 feet, in an effort to carve his name at the highest point. v ' January t will be thedfme to 'cash in those 19 IS" war savings stamps and the Hickory postoffice is the place to take them to be sent off or exchanged for treasury saving certificates. Post master Miller urges owners of the 1918 issue to bring them to the post- office as s'oon as possible to avoid the rush about the first of the year. The government would be giaa to give treasury . certificates in exchange for the stamps, but is ready, if the owner wants the cash, to have that ready by the first of January. 1 lands released f'rom withdrawal per-egatTon Of made sublet to Abo'-' 1.000 elections under the act were called for as against Knfx last year, and in the maioritv of these cases elections hav been filed and entries allowed subject to the provi sions of the act. Under acts of Congress conferring .pon fnrmr service men the re ferential right of entry for ninety dvf. in advance of other di-ritiop c disposition through survey or resur- vev, . 475.790 'acres were restored to entry, and 1,836,900 acres opened on survey. During the ves ix national forests wer enlarged, five under special acta of Congress, and one reduced. Three hundred more applications for min eral patents were received during the -par than in the previous one, the n 'ications embracne an area of 53.043 lires--.Homestead- entries in Alaska haveJbeen made extensively: 73 origi nal entries were made during tne fiscal year, embracing an area of 10,- 611 acres, while 71 final entries were made. Close 24.63 24.66 24.80 24.74 24.42 MAY OPEN SCHOOLS MORE REFORMS ARE URGED IN OFFICES The new congressman riding the fence on the prohibition question will now join in singing, "Nobody knows how dry I am." Norfolk Virginian- Pilot. ' With' the influenza situation ex pected to show continued improvement during the remainder oi tne weeK, the probabilities are that the city schools, closed Monday afternoon, will be reopened Monday morning. Dr. Chas. L. Hunsucker discussed the ques tion with Mayor Yount today, and u was understood that it would practi cable to reopen the schools... The disease is fairly prevalent in Hickory and this section, but it lacks the violence that accompanied it two and three years ago. The cases are mild. --- , . , Mose of the new cases reported tms week are in families where a member already had it, and the , spread nas rnt hppn extensive. . Nobody , in Hickory, has Decome alarmed over the situation and it is no longer a topic of discussion on the One young fellow who has a mua tha case nas Deen uauiy upocu wciou crVinol rinsed while he was indoors. Ti. i;m.rtiat Iip was reouired Llf wuiiicu in"'; x i . , ' il 4- U 4 I v-t r mncf r-n 1 i - 1 - dren were having a vacation. j sionai men, P,v the "Associated 'Press.1 ' WncViipe-ton. Dec. 7. The national civil service reform league, which be- e-an in its annual convention today took up. the question of removing the postoffice department from politics by the appointment of postmasters . : - vjt. strictly on a "m'erit system, uotne questions concern the, appointment oi pv-sprvice men to enforce the Vol stead act. WILL AI BANKER T TELL ABOUT INCIDENT G0LDSD0R0 OFFICE : BUILDING BURNED By the Associated Press. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 7. Fred A. Davis, Middlesex county de tective, announced today he planned to question a New Brunswick banker , whom he believed had been an eye witness to the murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills on the Philips farm on the night of September 14. According to ; David the foankei, whose name he declined to divulge, has been mentioned in the case and has been questioned at least, but has refused to confirm or deny that he was ork.therPhiliips farm at the time. David, would not indicate why he wanted to question him further. By y- th4 Associated Press.' , " ; ; "Goldsboro, N. Dec. 7 The taw building, a three-story structure, was 'gutted by f ire early today, entailing a loss of about '$25,000. ; The building was occupied by profes- "NEW MEN ENLISTED IN HICKORY CAVALKY I Eighteen members of the Hickory cavalry troop have been discharged in the last few weeks., Capt. Jack Edwards announced today, and ' 11 new men enlisted to succeed them. Those: leaving the service were. not particularly interested in the organi zation, it was said, and did little to improve its standing in the commuity. i f M ' 1
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