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HICKORY, N. C. MONDAY EVENING MAY 22, 1916
Price Two Cents
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
ENDORSED BY BAPTISTS
Convention Also Favors Abolishing Child Labor
and Sweat ShopsLast Year Showed De
crease in Liquor Consumption
Last Day's Session
STRONG SERMON CHILD
TO GIRLS OF
CLWIONT
ROWNEDINOTE TO BR1TA!
LYNCH
GIVEN
s)u'vilk May '22. Recommenda
lin that the various states in which
,,. l',;iptist convention draws its sup-,-aiso
a total of $805,729 for the
,ir of the foreign mission board
n.l $lt,T.r)0 for the home mission
,,.n-,l and that the federal constitu
,,n lie amended to provide for na
,,nal proliibition were ehief matters
.i.mted at today's closing session of
Southern Baptist convention.
The resolution urging national con-..i-.t'oti.
which came up under the
.ad of temperance and social reform,!
urged congressional legislation!
, make the District of Columbia pro-:
Illation Vcl3 dulciiuvu .j.iay ui wc n-
IS
LONG PRISON
SENTENCE
(By the Associated Press)
London. May 22. Official confir-
i i
The commencement pvercises at
Claremont began Sunday night with
the annual sermon at the Rpformed
church preached bv the Rpv. TT. A.
Welker of Faith. Mr. Welker selected
Ephesians 3:17-19 as a text and from
tnis drew the central thought that
each life should be come a blessing
and in order to be such must be filled
to overflowing with the love of God.
It was a helpful discourse, clothed in
beautiful language, delivered with
earnestness and contained manv
practical suggestions to the young
ladies of the graduating class.
Ihe entire service was most de
lightful. Rev. Mr. Garth read the
scripture and offered prayer. The
choir sang one selection and Mrs. J.
H. Shuford sang a solo. The audience
was large and appreciative.
lonight the annual recital by the
music and expression departments
will be held in the college chapel.
tomorrow night the graduating ex
ercises will be held when eight young
ladies will receive certificates.
po
it that a sentence of 10 years had
i: the l'.aptists on record as oppt
.i i: - t....r;.. .Viil.1 lcilwir Mini '
' . , . . , , been given in the case of Jeremiah C
weat shun, and declared that the i . ...... ,
.ttletneiit of these questions would
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Lynch, an American citizen, charged How One Great City Has Handled its
: rn
l.ling the nation of other
' hv t"
illlol- col
report of the prohibition and
reform committees stated that
eal year showed a decrease in
nsumption. while discussion
1 U 4- . 4".,- nl t
.; the report nrougiu a p.iii ii
:.:pt;ts to leave in their will a sum
,, a;d convention work.
Methodists and Presbyterians leave
novo money to their churches when
he die. according to speakers.
(Vher action taken by the eonven
before it adiourned this after-
n at 1 o clock included a reaoiu-
with having participated in the Irish
rebellion. The original sentence was
death.
PAGE CABLES NEWS.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, May 22. Ambassador
Page at London today cabled that he
had been officially advised that Jere
miah C. Lynch, convicted of conspir
acy in connection with the Irish re
bellion, had been senteced to 10 years
in prison. The first sentence was to
death.
VALUE OF
HELMETS
Tax Problem.
(By J. J. Pastoriza in The Public.)
Alter a briet experience with con
stituional" taxation, the Houston plan
of taxation has been practically re
stored. The Houston plan provides for
full assessment of land values tor
taxation, partial assesment of build
ings and no assessment of bank de
posits, credits and certain other forms
of personal property. The constitution
of Texas provides that all property,
real, personal and mixed, be assess
ed for taxation at its full cash value
When I took office as land and tax
commissioner in 1911 tax dodging was
prevalent in Houston as it is in oth
er places where the general property
tax system prevails. Since each man
did his own valuing the result was
great inequality and unfairness. Big
land holders were favored at the ex
pense of small home owners, and of
the few who made a comparatively
fair return of personal property
So we started to institute the Hous
ton plan. Land and buildings were
,t.. u Aooiot Pi-oso 1 reassessed under tne homers system.
v J I T ond wne pntprpd on tne rolls at full
London, May 22. The value of the vaiue( improvements at 25 per cent
hplmpts which are now being sup- 0f value and notes, banks deposits and
rdipd to the British troops at the household goods were omitted alto-
' front is indicated in an article in the gether. Street railway francises were
current issue ot tne uriusn meuicai assessed tor ine urst Lime m me ms-
.lonrnnl which savs that in a big right torv of the city
where the Britishers were wearing the Full publicity was given to this
. H T . ' I ' I I 11 1 If V III". r I t ' VV I I I I I I 1C LO li bUil V. - - 1 l.lltl lit, V. . . 11V ' 4 - .. - ,
u?. . t nou-e. fiil sermon be- equal to less than one half per cent to the Houstoin banks many deposits
t ,IT he JV- uating class f Catawba and the total number of fractures ot from other cit.es, and local money
tOie int R''lu l,l.ul 11 , , . .. .. ,i...u ... ,,,1Q -rcr r-ant of tV,(- l-.crdid A Imddino-
f l i. t ii .1-hr to a crowded n.'U-e i" muh a uuun r-- u.au nau ut-u ..uo...v.. "
Lolleue la.-t nmni u a i "..u -.... ti,i ,,u ViOWO Vippti i ti,. ni at; nf the
:.. ........... -h:mo i)v. hcnatufr an in uocs. ixcuu wuwv. uuum avi m.
ill Uir i.iiv,v i .. i ... .1 . fV. flvnorion'fl r.t rP- I .. ,'l rt.r. cynA ii'Viilo hmlp vpnt! nfv
..K.i-ti.,1 -is h s iubiect, "I'repareo- sci unwn, ujion m. r A.. lu-'"3CUi , . "r
11 ,vl " - . f iL. .... niiMintmn. tnr titrppn ner Ar.,.,
Dr Schaeler is one oi i-ne cum ivum, as duu. v...f, j : l'm
IN SPRING
TODAY
The body of Master Sam Miller,
three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
'hilo A. Miller, was found in a spring
n southwest Hickory this afternoon,
the child having" fallen into the water
nd drowned. Dr. T. C. Blackburn,
who was summoned, said the lad had
een dead several minutes.
It is believed tht.t the child, think-
ng his mother had gone to the spring
or water, went h: pursuit directly
dinner was over. Arriving there the
ttle fellow slipped on the wet ground
due to today's rain, and tumbled into
two feet of water. The depth and
hill of the water made escape impos-
ible. The body was discovered when
member of the family went to the
spring at l:o0.
News of the tragedy was received al
the Record office a few minutes aftei
t happened. Mrs. L. J. Park, sistej
of Mrs. Miller, said the latter haa
gone to her home to use the telephor
and the little boy thought his mother
had gone to the spring.
The spring is about 100 yards front
the Miller ome.
M
or. declaring that it is alarming to j
t.ott- the frequency that the freedom of
-in-ech and press is being interfered j
with bv mobs in our cities and towns,
ami recommends that police give pro-1
tcct'.on to persons speaking in streets'
or '.n the newspapers. Resolutions
urged that Southern Baptists speak
our in no uncertain terms for free
dom of speech.
PROVED
TO
ENGLAND
COME
NCEMENT
AT
CATAWBA COLLEGE
In 1910, the year before the
V i , m.Tnt nre-ichers in the Re- cent of all casualties, and the latest Houston plan was put in operation,
-m 1 w a his best data show that, in trench fights at the city directory contained 50,490
formed duii i h and uas at nis percentage is as high as 25. names. In 1913 the directory contain-
lat nmni. exercises will "The British helmet," the Journal ed 70,881 names, an estimated in-
The " u S Dr. explains, "protects the side and back crease in population of over 25,000.
7" I Tin e f Na hv lie wi 1 deliver , o?Pthe neck and the temples and the From 1911Pto 1913 banK deposits m-
"art of the face as well, of creased over $7,000,000.
ine Lon aiiu oicu v. i in ine issue -u vuuu.u.uj, -
ating class. Dr. Vance's reputation course, as
L ;, snoaker and preacher will doubt
less draw a large crowd and many
Hickory people contemplate going.
READY
M ARKETS
NEW YORK STOCKS
(By Associated Press )
New York, May 22. The upward
swing mine slock inaiKei was icucn
ed under resumption of trading today,
rails again leading the movement.
Union Pacific opened with 500 shares
with a maximum gain of 5 1-4. Read-
g showed a steady gain of a sub-
stanital fraction. United States bteel
opening transaction consisted of 2,
G00 shares duplicating its -recent re
cord price of 85 7-8, and coppers as
well.
COTTON FUTURES.
(.By Associated Press.)
New York, May 22. A less opti
i
mistic view of pcaca prospects ana
showers in the eastern belt caused a
good deal of liquidation in the cot
ton market today. The opening was
barelv steady with six points advance
on May, with general declines ot
seven points, with the market ner
vous and unsettled during the first
hour.
The market closed steady.
Open1
May 130-2
July .- 13-10
October . .-- 13-08
December . or
January . 3-25
March -- la.oJ
TO
BE SENT
nKtauans
Washington, May 22. The new note
to Great Britain making further pro-H
test against interference with neutral'
mails will probably go forward to-ji
morrow. 1
frl i l . , , f ii i
ant general xeiuiiss. y uie iioneu )
were framed at the state department
but President Wilson will add a fewr I
sentences of his own.
i. ..,
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PRESSED BACK
Y AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE
Allies Punching Italians Over Wide
,P 1 Scope French and Germans Fight Hard,
With Advantage Slightly With Jof
fre's Force Other Activities
ANXIETY FELT f
SIBLEY'
T
(By the Associated Press.)
Continuing their determined offen
sive on the Italian front, and extend
ing its scope, the Austrians have
made further progress on the south
ern Tyrol. The Vienna war office
announces that the peak of the main
ridge has been carried. Several ad
ditional ridges also have been taken
by the Italians.
More than 3,000 Italians were cap
tured in Saturday's fighting, together
with 17 cannon and eight machine
guns, according to the Vienna an-
nouncemet.
Fighting of intense seriousness is
in progress on uead Man s Hill west
(By the Associated Press.) of Verdun, where the Germans are
San Antonio. May 22. Some anxi- battering at the eminences and oth-
ety as to the s'tuation m which the er commaniing positions of Verdun
American troops south of Bouquulas ,
was displayed at General Funston's nuia ttim 0J-
headquarters early today. No official This afternoon's Paris bulletin re-
reports indicating hostile movements ports renewed attacks by the crown
oi any nanas near uoionei ciDiey s nrin..ps, trnons in thia rPg.on. but
two troops have been accounted for, ' . ,
and at last reports two troops of Ma- "ere "jpuiu.
jor Langhorn's cavalry were moving Pans also claims the capture of
forward to join the little force. If several hills that were held by the
this is true, the sixth cavalry which Germans in the Avocourt woods and
has just arrived in the Big Bend , , . n ,
district will be used as a patrol. the beatin8- off of the Germans in an
Officers declared that the sniping attempt to capture uauaremon
wdiich the rear guard of the troops quarry, in the Avocourt sector.
adventurous ride" has formed a junc
tion with the British General Goringe
on the right bank of the Tigris in the
region of Kut-el-Amara, where only
recently a British force under Gen
eral Townshend, after a long siege,
was forced to capitulate to the Turks.
How the Russians made their ad
vance whether along the Tigris val
ley past Bagdad or down through
Persia has not been made known.
Coincident with their arrival, how
ever, comes a report that the Turks
evacuated Bethaiessa, their advanced
positon on the right bank of the Ti
gris, and also have lost to the Brit
ish their Dujaillam redoubt.
Petrograd also says the Russians
are keeping up their advance on Mo
sul. Around Verdun the fighting be
tween the French and the Germans
j continues with great violence, espec
ially between the Avocourt woods
and the River Meuse, northwest of the
fortress. A French first line trench
and slopes of the west LeMort Homme
have been captured by the Germans,
while the French have taken two G3r
man trenches on the road from Esnes
to Haucourt. Numerous German at
tacks have been repulsed. Berlin re
ports that more than 1,300 French
were taken prisoners and that 1G
machine guns and eight cannon were
captured in the region of LeMort
Homme.
Northeast of the fortress the
French have taken from the Germans
I tV.fi ITaillromnnf nnorrioc n - li - V V a A
128 tons, which left Sweden several , uPn etr,o-lv nm,7rl t,r..j "Qnfii-
ays ago for Germany, is missing and ed 80 prisoners and four machine
is believed to have fallen victim to an guns. On the remainder of the front
the fighting has consisted mainly of
received in slipping on the ice around v;,,i. anflnn,n w Wn , artl lery. duels and numerous comoats
the water tank at Cochran, Va., John . T , " " " T. " . 'n theAirn , 6 aeriali tIStlt'n ,avm-
T. Wrenn pump repairer of ihe Sea- 111 tne laltl tne Swedish coast, tors of both sides were brought down.
board Air Line will receive $3,500 according to a dispatch, leading to
from the railroad. The supreme court the belief that German and Russian ' .
today affirmed the judgment of the . ,,,,, v,,- hs.vfx ,..,..,,, ;n w.tln
North Carolina court for that amount. , -u. , , ,. .; iV . '
X lit: -LJL1L1&U ill ouuuan
THREE KILLED BY CYCLONE, are reported through Constantinople.
(By Associated Press) to have met with a defeat in a battle .
Birmingham. Ala., May 22. -Three with rebellious tribesmen at Carfu.
pe(aUiiS, ."VC,X k0 Lcnlt nf . ,v Possibly because these forces were
or more injured as the result ot a cy- , , . , , . ,
had been subjected to was from a
gang of yilla bandits dispersed.
The German steamer Worm of 4,-
GIVEN DAMAGES.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington May 22. For injuries allied submarine in the Baltic.
IWU
NEWTON
STORES
ARE BROKEN OPEN
clone that struck Sunnyside and Son- needed to help stave oif the Austrian
go 10 miles south
early today.
Close
12.93
13.06
13 08
13.22
13.25
13.39
SECURE PHOTOGRAPHS
OF MEN'S HEARTS
SELECTING A JURY.
(By Associated Press)
New York, May 22. The task of
selecting a jury to try Dr. Arthur
Warren Waite for the murder of h's
father-in-law, John E. Peck, the De
.roit millionaire drug manufacturer,
ai begun today.
A man
.a that he is in the wrong
,i i i i , . i o i i . :
Tt has a so a smootn rouna top. Houston n an. in spite oi tne opposn
It stands away from the head aDout tion 0f a few land speculators, i was
-no thirrl of an inch all around, me rppiPf.t.fii1 in 1913 and again in ivio
.v.1- Kpino- home bv a padded u nverwhelminGr majorities. The
leather band fixed u the inner side of iast time the vote was 3 to 1. A num-
the surrounding steel by a series oi er of Texas cities began to imitate
India rubber buffers, each aDout tne the Houston plan.
thickness of aleda pencil, and about Notwithstanding the general satis-
one inch in length. This detail ot faction which the plan gave, a lew
construction constitutes pernaps tne ianj speculators cieciarea tney -woum
most important' difference between destroy it. One of these filed a suit,
the British and French helmets, ine ciaimin- that it was unconstitutional,
buffers are capable of diffusing and aml 0i,tained from the court a pudg-
neutralizing the force ot a oiow, ment, and an order tnat tne eiiy o
thft closely fitted av all forms of property,
: .. ,' , i x 1,1 V n,l.i Hi-I .. 4. si.4f iiHiSnli and
v ,,i i pv(..' .p ashamed to French neimet, woum uc tuwuuv accorti LJiC
should nevei be asnamm iu K,;n.rai1. h, r tv,P stntp. Th citv appeal-
fL L LU L11C u.""1 1 ' " ' ' I laws " l .. 1.
ed, but m the meantime teit come-
Dr. R. W. Wolfe, veterinarian, has pelled to comply ith .the orterfVte
been practically completed, so a new
one had to be made. The assessed
value of improvements had to be
quadrupled. We were also required
to assess all cash, notes, mortgages,
HICKORY MARKETS.
Cotton 12 !"4
Waeat .... $135
It is better to have loved ik1 lost moved to 715 Ninth avenue
x V'iv npvor lovfn at
Fine Progress Is Made
In Securing Interest and
Money in County Fair
.f the fair- association j taining the athletic field.
OI tne lair an.-iu ! -r, e r tt T ; flp inHr.raorl al that
1 1UI. 11 . 11. iJ 1 1 V- I.IUIIULU
The meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce rooms
Saturday evening was largely attend
ed. Chairman Clark called the meet
ing to order and asked for a report
from the canvassing committee. wi.
Hom.'r Mask, on the part of his com
mittee, reported about $l,d00 sub
scribed, with many more to hear from.
Mr. Cloninger, chairman of the city
soliciting committee, reported very
eood progress, and said his committee
f..t assured that the citizens of
Hickory would do their full share.
Mr. II. P. Lutz, chairman of com
mittee on location, said his committee
had nothing further to report.
Mr. George Wootten asked if the so
liciting committees had heard any ob
' jection to the shares being made $..
'lie was assured that no objection
had been made to that amount.
Prof. Frit., president of Lenoir col
lege, was called upon for any remarks
he had to make on the propect, and he
expressed the greatest interest on the
nart of his college in the proposition;
that the fairs of the past had been of
great service to the community from
an educational standpoint, and he be
lieved the nroper thing to do would
be the permanent organization, with
good athletic grounds; that the latter
proposition was of the greatest in
terest to his people, if the grounds
were located near the college, as their
young men could cooperate with the
fair association in making and main-
Pmf Vritv. had said: that the college
would do its part in cooperating with
the fair association if grounds were
conveniently located to the college;
that college athletics ended by May 1,
while city athletics would not begin
until after that date.
Mayor Shuford said he was glad to
hear such encouraging reports, and
that Hickory citizens would cooperate
in every way in getting up tne desir
..l amount of stock.
Editor Berkley said it had been his
exnerience in other states that the fair
Id he made to earn money
I :.. ,,iaAn nf tno recnilar
revenue through a county fair; that
this fact should be brought to the at
the neoDle bv those solicit
ing subscriptions; that competitive
county athletics could produce a very
. .iiTa1 amnse-
attracxive progium ii
ment as well as city amusement.
Upon motion of Mayor Shuford, it
was resolved that the canvassing com
mittees be continued with instructions
to complete their work so that all
subscribers could be notified to attend
a meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce rooms, Saturday, June 3, at 6
p. m., for the purpose of effecting a
permanent fair association and select
ing a site.
Chairman Clark said he was very
fifing at. the renorts and fen.
confident that he could see success in
the near future; that the thing for an
to do was to put some ginger in tne
work and be ready to get down to
business at the next meeting, June 6.
household goods and other personal
nrn i iPY-tv.
vt,. - 4.:;
Thpre was general uissauaiatuu"
and complaint. The small tax-payers,
as a rule, returned their property ac
cording to the order of the court. But
fhp nrp-e ones ana -arwcuiaiiy
had brought the suit, re
fused to assess their buildings at over
so ppnts on the dollar, and some re
- . . .i i j.
i. 1 4 at ps. All out one
1UI IltU Llltill , .
,, .c.!. Tirnnertv
eii-ord ThPU n,l(l IIO iciaunai 1"I
The result was inequality as giai,
before Houston plan went into
ation. , i- c
n.-i. nrnvpr TO fit uaiiic a"
cessment, we proceeded to reduce a
-ij:... oonmpnt returned at lui
r.o ,.i-.f r.n the dollar and
vaiut; lu vnij v.. - - , 11
..; n v,nt fin-nre which had
LJ raise; an w t.i.w .-f-, - ,
been returned at less. So we had land
1 f fn -oqIup buildings at
aSSStL-u i"'i
m ,.,f imi some nersonal prop
prtv assessed which had previously
L;0,l Out. of S40.000.000 bank de
posits we had gotten out u","""
the rolls, and out of untold millions
in loans we only got a million in notes
and mortgages. Much of this was the
property of w;dows who had been
left insurance money, of working
In who had saved a little, and of
idiots and lunatics under guardian
CHICAGO WHEAT.
Rv Associated Press)
Chicago, May 22. Prospects that
ito the acreage, the Nebraska
yield might equal tne yieiu 01
had a bearish effect on the wheat
mori-ot inrinv. uiienme' prices wmui
ranged from July at 1.12 to 1-1
and September at 1.12 5-8 to 7-8. were
nrQ,i lw n material setback all
w.y
around.
THE WEATHER
Washington, May 22. For North
Carolina: Cloudy tonignt and ues
nrnhablv showers. Warmer to
night in western portions; moderate
to southeast wmas.
COMPARATIVE WEATHER.
May 21
Maximum
Minimum
Mean
1910
52
66
The stores of D. M. Cloninger and
T HiT O i . XT i.1 XT J-
of Birmingham, offensive, fiO.OOO Italian soldiers have' - 7 oer m iNortn iNewion were
, ' , . . broken into Saturday night, the plate
neen transierrea irom Albania. ..law winHmus hpinr, cmhMi with
The Russians have achieved in part ; rocks or sticks and several articles
one of their main objectives in Asiatic removed from Cloninger's place. Mr.
Turkey the joining of hands with Setzer hasn't missed anything, it is
their British allies fighting against I said. Harvey Clark and his broth
the Turks on the Tigris river. With- I er-in-law, Kelly, are said to be held
out preliminary announcement and ; f or the offense. Mr. Cloninger missed
apparently quite unexpectedly a force a suit of clothes, two hats and some
oi Russian cavalry alter a bold and i dry goods.
Baccalaureate Sermon
at Lenoir College
Sunday; Tonight's Contest
on
1915
80
59
69
(By Associated Press.)
London. May 22. Photographs of
the heart beats of recruits for the
British army now form part of a new
physical examination adopt-ed by th&
military authorities. These are be
ing made in a London hospital where
men whose hearts vary in the least
from normal are put through a series
of tests bv some of the greatest
snecialists in heart complaints in With the baccalaureate and Luther a deep impression upon the large con
Enirland. The new method is said to League sermons Sunday, the meeting ; gregation
nhviat.e the riansrer ot accepting as re- ot the board ot trustees this alter- At meht I'astor u. u. vvessinger
cruits men whose hearts are not sound 0 a d the t exhibit later in the of Cherryville, delivered an excellent
enough to stand tne rigors 01 y. . (.ommencemar and nneeu ne piui aouress ,
id mso r-nn nn thnsp stairs to tne ' ' mpmiiprs -. t.hp 1 .0 pp-p .inner
roof and back," the recruit is told by visitors win iook iorwaru to tomgn, i League. The minister dre-.v many prac-
one of the medical examiners. the junior orators contest, tomorrow tical lessons from the life of JJaniel
On his return to the ground floor Uf in-sn the. liiemrv address -.vill he Annual Concert.
his pulse rate, breathing rate, and I, , . - r-m rvo, tUo Friends of Lenoir and music lovers
pared with the pulse rate, etc., obtain- University of North Carolina and to
ed before the candidate went stir morrow night the play, "La Belli
climbing. After a rest ot three mm- Marie." will be presented in Lenoir
utes the pulse and blood pressure are Coll auditorium. Wednesday the
ViwIpHo-p nf the o-eneral condi- graduating exercises will be held
t; tnp Vipnrt. obtained bv these The Baccalaureate,
and the other routine methods of Sunday services did justice to the
heart examinations is not enough, occasion.
hmvpvpv. and the candidate is next The hapen aureate sermon was
taken into the electro-cardiograph ched b the Rev B. p Clausen
room. Here he sits with one bare , ,
f ST and his two hands in separate of Wilmington at 11 a. m. The day
hacinq o-f water. Wires lead from was auspicious. An immense congre-
the basins to a complicated electrical gation assembled taxing the seating
apparatus, which, m a word, pnoto- capacitv7 0f the large auditorium
graphs on a moving sensitized film -elected as his texl
the electrical currents generated uy
frightened over the situation. Depos
itors were threatening to withdraw
their money to evade payment of tax
es One banker told me that he had
received orders to send $300,000 east
on that account. Another one said he
had orders to send $75,000 for deposit
in Canada for the same reason.
Realizing that constitutional tax
ation was repugnant we mailed cir
culars to the taxpayers, enclosing -turn
postals on which was printed a
request that the tax office refrain
from taxation ot casn or notes, aim
promising to sustain me should I so
decide. So many signed and retur
ed those cards that we decided again
to violate the taxation provision of
the state constitution. We let it be
known that cash, notes, mortgages
and certain other forms of personal
ertv would not oe taxeu m x.-u-u.
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the different chambers of the heart
in beating.
HORSE TRADERS BEFORE
NRECORDER CAMPBELL
Ewell Brown, a white man, was
bound over to the July term of super
ior court by Recorder Campbell, the
offense being false pretense in a horse
trade last April. Brown gave bond
in the sum of S200. It is . tne second
hm-ao msp tried in the last few
months.
From the testimony of the witness
es Mr. F.well Brown, the defendant,
and Mr. A. K. Hoke and his son, Dex
t.pr. have not been in the habit of
tmdinp- horses for fun. The horse
in question was traded on April 11
last in Highland, and according to
Mr. Hoke nothing was said about two
lame legs and the heaves until aft
erwards. Mr. Brown claims there was
w'v,on vvp started to assess build
at 100 per cent building activity j
- iKSa y assisted Prosecu-d-
will be at but o0 per cent, , w ith 1 de - M r. C . VV A A whltener
tv nreciat.on ior aBe arm utility Mr Rrown. Some of the
"""V, nort Mr. Rrown
Sed during the" year up to the ed. Tliere s arnnsrn Mr. Lee Frye
n Tnlv. That month we let it renewal ot court proceedm . , he the horse three times;
iiiuntu v, l.,;u P,-prs in signing tnen aoooo -- - . , ..
t-v " . , . 1 1 i r,,. fVipir twice it was a-neavimi auu uiil-c h
m!ntS MiS?eaHoS& a-heaving. Mr. M. A. Teague
act reestablished the Houston plan heaye on geveral
yL i ' 11. . Tlr.f Vae ViPPTl
tViat wp would assess build
ings at only 50 per cent and building
activity increased.
As soon as we commenced to tax
cash and notes at the beginning of
1915 our bank deposits fell and in
00 days had decreased $3,864,000. ac
cording to report of the comptroller of
the treasury. Building activity drop
ped off, building permits in 1915 be
ing about $2,444,000 as against $5,
4.'J2,000 for the year immediately fol
lowing the one in which the Houston
plan was adopted. The banks became
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restored in principle, thougn me
building assessement has not been
nlaced at as low a percentage as be
fore All that the kickers have ac
tore. i?-" . , , 4-i,Qr,
lished IS to maivc ticaici Ilie!!
rai
nnm n
tho imnracticability of gene
nronerty taxation, and the advant
ages and esirability of the Houston
plan.
casions.
It was brought out by the defense
that Mr. A. K. Hoke sold Mr. Brown
a roan horse once, but this was de
nied. It was Dexter Hoke that sold
the animal, which was a bronco, and
kicker, it was asserted by Mr. Brown
Well, it never kicked Mr. Hoke.
The principals proved good characters.
Pastor Clausen selected as his text
Hebrew 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same
vpsterdav and today and forever."
The sermon was addressed from
the beginning to the graduating class
of 19 for the A. B. degrees and 15
in the special departments. Pastor
Clausen spoke encouragingly to the
young men and women congratulating
them upon their success. The message
was highly appropriate to the occa
sion and the times. The young rep
resentatives of the class have been
held intact by the influences of home
and church until now through the in
pst.imahle. heln of Lenoir College they
stand out upon the mountain tops of
civilization above the level of ordin
ary life. They now face a most seri
ous crisis. The preacher spoke here
of the great Niagara below the falls.
An object hurled mto tne water irom
the bank remains apparently motion
Ipss for a time until caught up by
the eddy it is hurled rapidly with the
current, out of sight. These young
people who have been held together
now these past years are now to go
out from these walks to be hurled out
into the raDid current of life. The one
great need for them and for all in
this changing world is the change
less Christ. Pastor Clausen empna
sized the necessity of each one if he
would succeed in life to take Christ.
No man succeeds without Christ. It
is Christ who has immortalized the
great men of the past. No man fails
with Christ. Christ is the Master
r.hrist must be the mould
lifp rvf the individual. Pastor
in the college auditorium. The audi
treat by the annual concert Saturday
in the college ahditorium. The audi
ence that completely filled the hall
and overflowed into the corridors gave
indication of the rdace this annual
music festival occupies in the graces
of the college community. The open
ing number was the Tannhauser Over
ture. The Misses Maude Abernethy,
Sallie Hamilton, Nellie Dry and Ruth
Rudisill renderd this German classic
with precision and expression, lhen
followed Tannhauser's Evening Star,
sung by one of the young men. Miss
Pearl Miller's recitation of Chamin
ades "Summer" was much enjoyed.
Miss Miller gives promise of a splen
did career, should she specialize in
vocal music. No musical seems to be
complete without the Sextette from
Lucia. Nelson Harte gave this num
ber on the piano. Much pleasure was
given by the Misses Grace Kohn and
Clara Sherill in a vocal duet "I Feci
Thy Presence Near". Miss Ellen
Carrier and Mr. Daniel Ritz followed
with piano and vocal solos respective
ly "Love the Pealoar" sung by Miss
Ruth Corpening was one of the hits
of the evenine Miss Margaret Wanne
neaker gave a delightful renditon on
the piano of the Salterello Caprice. In
"Villanelli" Mrs. F. G. Morgan had
chosen a difficult vehicle to convey an
insight into the wonderful possibili
ties of the trained human voice. Miss
Mary Huffman in "Reveries" by Shel
ley indicated a promising mezzo so
prano. Thos Roroski's Valse was
rendered on the piano by Miss Ruth
Mosteller. One of the most satisfying
number was the lullaby as sung by
Miss Lillian Plonk in a sympathetic
and sweet voice, delightfully accom
nanied bv a violin. A chorus compos
ed of Misses Jo Moore, Margaret
Wannemaker, Sudie Burns, Essie Rob
inson, Doris Hutton and Mary Huff
man gave a splendid introduction of
Buck's "Spring Welcome". The final
number was a piano quartet. Those
participating were Ellen Carrier,
Dora Walter, Grace Kohn, Cornelia
Hamilton. Altogether the concert re
flected great credit on the music de
nartment of Lenoir and the capable
instructors. Hickory is to be felici-
TP OI mumi" , ill l 1 1
Clausen developed tnese tnougnts m wwu uu , vv
a most helpful way. The sermon made I in its educational suburb