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HICKORY, N. C. FRIDAY EVENING SEPT. 29, 1916
Price Two Cents
RIAL CHANCELLOR
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ASSAILS GREAT BRITAIN MAKES BIG
s That Country is Germany's Most Obsti
Enemy Says Every Available Weapon
II be Used to Bring Her to Terms
Dramatic Speech.
M
Associated Press.)
i London, Sept. lii), Cor-
TSfrvo until victory is
,-Yhstatr was told yestcr-
, , lor von Bethmann-IIol-
rg to the full text of
h i li was published here.
r declared that this
. -;it as made Germany's
vr than last year.
:!uik upon CJreat tfltain
! that that country was
, one international anar-
.'ther and was after all
no; obst'nate enemy.
mi statesmen," he said,
. hesitate to use against
cscry available instru-
.-It' that would really shor-
,ir --such a statesman
irired" the chancellor de-
nil thv chanct'lor ex-
. will not be permitted to
i ' while her houie is burn
in .ist first extinguish the
iha'nVlor had conclud
hstag adjourned until
UKON DROWNS
IN A WELL AT SPRAY
NATIONAL
i
RAC
E
STILL VERY
LO
RECORD
t, 29. One of the most
uv'denta that has ever
this section occurred at
Paul F. Darron late Tues-
n when John, the eight
of Mr. and Mrs. Barron
in the family well. A
was drawing water while
:iv'ni ahout the well '
ecu rig the least danger
upon the covering and
way of a decayed plank'
I t i'kip'ated thc lad to
f the we 1. It required
quarters of an hour to
iv to the surface.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 29. Brooklyn and
Philadelphia arec lose to a tie in one
of 'the most exciting finishes seen in
mary years in the National League.
Brooklyn has the advantage of a tech
nical half game, but the Phiiadel
lhias are closer than that in percen
tage, because they have played more
games. Brooklyn and Philadelphia
will play today and tomorrow and
then Brooklyn will end the series with
New York.
Philadelphia will end the series by
playing six games w th Boston, who
still has an outside chance.
1 1 the American League Boston is
2 1-2 games '.n front of Chicaco. hav
ing dropped back half a game yes-'
terday by losing to New York, while
Ch'cago and Detroit were idle.
Bo.iton now has only to take three
games out of five remaining games
to win the pennant.
(By Associated Press )
Pans, Sept. 29. Three "German
aeroplanes shot down in two minutes
and a half by a stop watch in the sec
ond exploit of Lieut. Georges Guyn
emeyer. Incidentally Lieutenant
Guyenemer, who is known as "king of
the aces" fell 10,000 feet but was un-1
hurt.
Guyenemyer went ito the rescue of
a French machine wh'ch was hard!
pressed by German machines. He
brought down two in 30 seconds. He
was looking for a third when a shell
burst under h'm, and sent his ma
chine crashing downward.
"I gave myself up for lost," he
said, "but after fabing 5,000 feet I
thought I would struggle all the
same. Suddenly, something hanoen-
ed and my speed d'minished, then
tnere was a resounding crash and a
violent sheck. When I recovered my
wits, I wa.-s in the midst of the frag
ments of my machinei and practi
cally uninjured."
AIRMAN MEN WON'T Mf BOYS AND GIR
IN NEW YORK IN JUDGING
STRIKE CONTEST
LS ANGLO-FRENCH TROOPS
GAIN MORE TERRITORY
GOLD TO EUROPE
MAY FOLLOW
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(By Associated Press.)
New York. Sept. 29. Labor un'on
officials who attempted to organize a
general strike here and in Westchester j
county in sympathy with the striking
street car men refused today to ad-j
m l defeat and still claimed that near
ly 200,000 men were on strike. j
They announced, how.evfer, that ef
forts to call out others will be post
poned until Monday next.
The most serious disappointment
suffered by the labor chiefs was the
action yesterday of the allied build
ing trades with a membership of 100,
000 and teamstejrs with'' 20,000 in
postponing a decision on the strike
issue. '
The strikes in trades outside the
street carmen include about 10,000
brewery workers and machinists. .
NAT L. SIMMONS OF
CHARLOTTE A SUICIDE
Mr. und Mrs S. II. Fara-
:'!.tcr.
Vfthy J .'nr.": rare Com
..!! a one-ten Kissel Kar
- A. A. Shu ford Mill
DEATH OF HICKORY MAN
Mr. Wyatt Haas, formerly a fire
man on the C. and N.-W. railroad
with his home in Hickory, died in
Bristol, Tenn., last week. He was
ra sed at Granite Falls and had a
brother in Lenoir and a sister. Mrs
G. E. Flowers in Hickory. He left
his wife Mrs .Sallie Haas and little
son Frank, three years ago. He was
of a rovingd isposition and brought
great anxiety to his loved ones. His
wife and child have been living in
the home of Mrs. M. E. Henkel ever
since he left home, and they have the
respect and sympathy of many ex
cellent friends in Hickory. Mr.
Haas was bur'ed in Bristol.
Belgians Print Papers
Despite All Efforts of
German Authorities
A.mi.'.a FmO " I Ihe editor of rWjlta
Sent 29 The Bel- and attics, while the editona rooms,
r.,m,nt authorities here business o'.-'
a nee
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...1 i- a ciitw nhpilpd b ree
information of the rcij,;unl( smiles down derisively at
pptarance of patriotic 'on Bissing's vain enoris w captuic
lirussels anc! through-, the editors.
i r f ,a r0r La Patr.e is another of these secret
i defiance of the uer- T4. -,,n,i,a nnW its
, , , i newspapers. n.
and despite all the tjtje tnat jt is a ''non-censored jour-
ierman military ponce.; nai, appearing now, wnere
,f che mysteries of the; it pleases." Another ime i
. T i i t is in t he secona year vl yuu.ia
on of Belg.um how , " tterness of thi3 paper is shown
rs can be pub ished, in a standing line carr ed at the head
tneir tariuui-'' of its euitui aia, iv. -
:,.TYynru on hnur TrlPV Lftrmans oa uti wci
" '-i"" '.wavs" A recent number snowea
and circulate the papers. th Germans "en route for Calas" by
i prce of 50,000 marks wa of tne yser river, with the bodies
i .r a. t V'.non eniHiora slaughtered bv the
, ,.t it k,cpS on "PPeaHnsWan, '"JVr.
samo. Several of the f th t it printg what
are said to have. cengored journals dare not and can-
t number gave the
... .. .1 l. Dram Asnmth in tne
y;,,r hard labor others to j ong" declaring there
-:-ven years, and a woman,.' . . nQ ce until Belgium was
i'v-hcu
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(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Set. 29. The conven
t on of the American Bankers' Asso-i
ciation is expected to close here to
day after adopting resolutions, elect-'
ing officers and agreeing on the place
of meetirs next year.
"Heavy exports of gold from this
country to Europe may follow the
close of the European war," said
Paul M. YTarnburg, vice-governor of
the federal reserve board in address
ing the association here today. Mr.'
Warnburg appealed to the bankers to
forearm by increasing their balances
with the federal reserve bank.
Charlotte, Sept. 29. Nat L. Sim
mons, 43 years of age, a prominent
citizen of Charlotte, committed sui
cide at his home here on East avenue
by shooting himself through the tem
ple with a .32 calibre pistol. His
wife had just left the room, where
he was lying on a sofa, when she
heard the shot. She rushed to find
him with a hole through his right
tejnple and a smoking revolver in
his right hand.
Mr. Simmons had been in bad health
for two years and was subject to pe
riods of despondency at- times, but
no one suspected he contemplated
seif-destruction, although he had said
on one or two occasions to friends
"something seems to teil me to kill
myself."
YOUNG WHITE WOMAN
ARRESTED IN HICKORY
Chief Lentz this morning arrested
a young white woman who was found
in the vacant Chinese laundry build
ing on Ninth avenue, she saying she
had come to town last night. Chief
Len'tz is moving to pull the place, to
gether with the man who are responsi
ble for it, and there may be some ex
posures in a short while.
JAMES H. SOUTHGATE
HAS PASSED AWAY
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''' n.-orship whatever.
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- office: Not being handy
' 'ablishfd address we are
a movable automobile cel-
(T.y Associated Press.)
Durham, N. C., Sept. 29. James
Haywood Southgate, 57 years old, at
one t me candidate for vice-president
of the United States on the Prohibi
tion ticket, and one of the best
known men in the state, died at his
cabin near University Station in Or
ange county at 1 o'clock, according to
a telephone message received by re
latives this afternoon.
He returned to his cabin in Orange
county Thursday afternoon after a
day spent in this city and apparently
was in good health.
MARKETS
:t:tmiiimmmHnt:mmmttmm
COTTON FUTURES
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 29. The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of seven points today, with Decem
ber selling at 16.13 and January at
1G.20. The market soon turned
easier on realizing or scattered liqui
dations before the end of 'the first
hour.
The market closed steady.
Open Close
October 15.82 15.88
December 16.10 16.11
January 16.20' 16.16
March 16.36 16.33
May 16.55 16.50
Wrheat I$1.40
Cotton 15 'i
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DEPUTY
WAR
MINISTER
THE WEATHER
FRED
GERMANY
For North Carolina: Fair tonight
and Saturday; much cooler tonight
and on the coast Saturday: frost in
the extreme western portion tonight
fresh north west Winds.
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i years, and a woman,; fce nQ peace u'ntil Belgium was
ru ns, to five years, i r The editorial was headed:
that a supposed editor' 'Teuton pirates and Vandals"
-kii ..mf nouisnanpra are J-ia
the German autnor-i :9L rion. There
trouble is ended, the , Weekly Review of the
o fol'owing day more prcnch Press, giving articles which
with a cartoon mak- have been 1
ptosecuuon. annear. with hand-
of these secret Pa" gome engravings and colored maps,
r furos'tv. Free .: tv, nelcian story as against
has eiven the most: the German. , ,
.hwiti. romDaring favorably:
patriotism, submit- ith those from the official press bu-
hip whatever. rcau at Paris and unaon. , " therel
clastic, from zero it- jg wen done, showing that there
1 u -Kio tyi pn to gather the
SlSrlS S put Tt in shape The
sheets, mechanically, are even better
than those issued at Pans and Lon
vwino' there must be a large
- i ... u:.iuu"'?"un,''.. j...i;,.tinff nrocess
1 nnnis: iiusmess u'" and first ciass uui)m""k ,
'i. rman domination, we somewhere beyond the power of tne
s,d our advertising pagej Cenn.n. to dwejger th lve3 do
our patrons to keep ineir i.nM fv,;s w0rk is aone, u
T1(JL . M.I- O.I
it is simply lncomprenenD nu w -
th'9, editing, publ shing, printing, rir
".vn Dore'H Scenes in Hell, the innumerable books and
-mon and children in ar- out eW"Pf"' accomplished
v an, ram pled down by a a prer,s s ervice, can lice
Grrman helmet, the face in secret wJG erm
'-r bo ng evidently meant straining Xeheads of editors. It
r i lie Kaiser. Another err- pr;ces on the neaas tQ be an
' -1 "Love's Chagrin" showa takes courage and mgen
"n R ising, the military ! editor in Belgium unu
' nt Brussels, trying to find tions.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, via London, Sept. 29. Gen.
Von Wandel, deputy m'nister for war,
has been dfismiissed' from the war
ministry, according to an official
statement given out by the German
government today.
CATHOLIC ELECTED
L
BRITISH
STEAMER
LORD
MAYOR
ONDON
SENT TO BOTTOM
(By Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 29. Lloyds an
nounces that the steamer Roddam
has been sunk and that 11 members
of the crew have been landed at Valencia.
Mr, Homer M.sk, county agent,
has issued the foil-owing to the boys
and girls of the county: I
We are to have a boys' and girls' (
dairy cow judging contest at 'the f air
again this fall, and have $40 to off er
as prizes to the four best judges. ;
Our county is and shouldb be the
leading dairy county of 1;he s,.ate,
but much depends upon the boys and ,
girls as to our future success In dairy
ing. If you expect to be the lead-j
ing dairymen of the future you must
prepare yourselves. One of the first
steps is to know how to judge a
dairy cow. .
In order to give the boys and girls '
of the county a better knowledge of i
the dairy cows, we will hold two dairy
judging schools. The first wi 1 be
held at the Dulih Duliy Farms on
September 30 and the second at R.
L. Shuford's farm on October 14.
Every boy and girl in the county
is urged to attend these meetings.
We will besrin work at 9 a. m. and
trust that everybody will be on hand
at 'ch"s hour. Bring your lunch and
come prepared to spend the day. :
Both Forces Press Forward in Big Drive for Pe
ronne and Bapaume, the British Being Short
Distance From Goal Serbians Re
pulse Bulgarians,
COL OLDS TALKS
10 HICKORY
CHILDREN
Col. Fred A. Olds of Raleigh, well
known correspondent and writer, de
livered a short talk to the school chil
rh cn this morning.
The colonel, while a favorite with
cveiyoody, is a special friend of the j from Bapaume towards
(By the Associated Press)
New drives made by the French l8t
night and tl;3 British this morning re
sulted in the capture of addit'onal
ground in the Somme drive, London
announcer?.
The French gaTn as reported in the
afternoon Paris builet'n was effected
between Freg'court ar r! Morval on the
Peronne-iT?!aptumc( road north of
Rancourt, where the wedge being driv
en into the German line between Ba
pauma and Peronne is almost at its
sharpest point.
Th? r;-v7 ground won by the Britisk
as reported by London lies something
more than a quarter of a mile from
LeFers on the Pozieres-Bapaume
road. Th's nlace is about S 1-2 ITm
which the
ER BIG DAY
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 29 Thef mature
of today's eai-ly stock market was
the extraordinary demand for prac
tically all. the iron and steel stocks.
United States Steel rose to 120 5-8.
Exceptf or steel and other promi
nent stocks of that class, the - issues
have participated only in a minor ex
tent in the remarkable activity of the
past .month. Today's operations, how
ever, were so w'de and extensive as
to place that group in the foreground.
Gains in the forenoon ranged from
one almost to five points in. United
States Steel, Lackawanna, Crucible
and Gulf States Steels, Colorado
Fuel, Great Northern Four, Ameri
can Car and American and Baldwin
Locomotives.
Extensive profit taking shaded
ga'ns before the end of the active
trading.
. Realizing sales had but little ef
fect on pr'ces. Buying spread un
t' it took in some of the "'j-ar brides"
and additional equ'pment issues.
Rails also asserted themselves to
some advantage, especially Union
Pacific and eRadlng. By 1 o'clock
a total of 1,250,000 shares had
changed "hands.
ch ldren and wherever he is known
he is loved. In Raleigh many years
ago he organized the "Sunshiners"
and carried boys and girls every sum
mer on long hikes or took them to
camp. That was before the day of
the Boy Scouts or Camp Fire Girls.
Colonel Olds lias been tramping
through the mountains. He went
into Wilkes county, where he was
called on to speak for good roads and
schools, and then turned his foot
steps towards Grandfather mountain,
Boone and Blowing Rock. He ar
rived in Hickory late yesterday after
noon, and the first thing he did was j men ot Teutonic allies have been made
to accept an invitation from Mr. A. J prisoners and 600 cannon and 2,500
M. West to throw his hook into the ! machine guns and mine throwers have
Catawba. j beep, captured.
! There was frost every morning fori Around Petroseny and Hermann-
tour days at Boone, Colonel Olds said.jstadt in Transylvan'a the Teutonic al-
British in this sector are pressing. The
captured territory comprises a de
fended farm.
On the Macedonian front the Bul
garians have resumed thfeir efforts
to drive the Serbians from their po
sitions on the Serbian border in the re
gion of Lake strovo, but, according
to Paris, this attempt failed.
The Russian general staff an
nounces that since Gen. Brussiloff be
gan his offensive 420,000 officers and
and he had a fire to get up by. It
wasn't tropical down here last week
either, but tjhe weather mocif'ated
considerably in the last two days.
lies and the Rumanians are engaged
n b'tter fighting but with no impor
tant result havinj? been attained hv
I either side. The situation in the Do-
At the North school Col. Olds waslbrudja region is unchanged.
presented by Supt. Mcintosh to thei On the Macedonian front Paris re
school as a man of wide travel and j On the Macedonian front Paris re-
experience, and one always to be re
membered in North Carol na for his
enthusiastic interest in history and
his love for children. Col." Odds
spoke to the children about his re
cent trip to Mexico, and for twenty
minutes held their rapt attention.
Later Col. Olds accompanied Supt.
Mcintosh to the colored schol and
spoke to the children on a trip which
he made some years ago to Africa.
He stressed in this address the great
advantage the colored man enjoys in
this country as contrasted -to the ad
vantages he would have had in Africa,
and appealed to the colored children
to make themselves law-abiding re
sponsible citizens of their state and
nation.
It was the intention of Col. Olds to
visit the other schools of the city, but
his limited time was entirely taken
up before he had time to visit the
South school and Claremont. He
promised to return some time during
the fall season and visit these schools.
He spoke enthusiast:cally of the
playgrounds that have been recently
constructed and declared, that mi
Raleigh the playground was one of!
the greatest boons imaginable, both'
to the parents and the children.
SMALL BOY DIES
OF FOOTBALL INJURIES
(sssjj paiupossy -9)
Waycross, Ga., Sept. 29. Palmer
Bosworth 14 years old, son of Mrs.
W. J. Eve of Tampa, Fla., died here
today of injur es received yesterday
during a football game. His skull
was fractured when he was tackled by
two boys, spectators say.
The boy with his mother was vis
iting relatives here.
This is the first death from injuries
from football reported in this section
this year.
ROOSEVELT LEAVES
TO
ports tne repulse of Bulgarian at
tacks on both sides of Fiorina. There
have been bombardments by the Brit
ish of pos'tions of the allies, of the
central powers by land batteries in
the vicinity of Dorian and by warships
in the Aegean sea.
Aside from an infantry attack by
the Austrians in the upper Cordevole
valley, which Rome says was repuls
ed, only artillery duels have taken
place, in the Austro-Italian theatres.
Greece's entry into the war on the
side of the entente allet has not yet
beer, announced. An unofficial dis
patch from Athens gives the text of
the proclamation of a divisional gov
ernment in Crete by Former Premier
Venlzelos and Admiral Coundouriotis
which declared that if the king
should decide not to take the lead of
the national forces "it is our duty
to do the needful thing to save the
country from the threatening ruin."
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN
AMENDMENT DAYS
MAKE
SPEECH
(By Associated Press)
London, Sept. 29 Sir William
ITenry Dunn was today elected lord
iv. ay or fo London.
The new lord mayor will take
office in November will ze the third
Roman Catholic lord mayor in recent
years.
The Roddam was a British steam
er of 3,200 tons gross built in 1912.
She left Barry, Wales, on Septem
ber 3 forSavona, Italy, and was re
ported at Gibral.iar September 10.
DR. WOOD TO RETURN
N01NCREASE
(By Associated Pres.)
New York, Sept. 29. Theodore
Roosevelt leaves this afternoon for
Battle Creek, Mich., where he will de
liver tomorrow his second speech in
the campaign. Republicans and
Frogressives will unite to entertain
him.
After delivering his address, Col
onel Roosevelt will return to New
York. He plans to leave on his
western trip in the second week of
October and will speak in several
western cities.
PARALYSIS CASES WILSON WIL
(By Associated Press) 1
New York, Sept. 29 The ep'demic
of infantile paralysis wanes slowly.
Today's health report-gives 26 new
cases for the 24 hours end ng at 10
a. m., which is the same fifure re
ported for the two previous days.
Deaths reported number 12.
PO
L MEET
T
ER
AGAN
times get better.
I'hic address: Care of Ger
r'i"idor at Brussels."
' i. Ksue of Free Belgium
n by Raemaker, adapted
CLUBS TAKEN OVER
(By Associated Tress.)
London, Sept. 29. The, N national
liberal: club and; lhec onstittitiona;!
club, two of the most widely known
London clubs, have been commanded
for war administration purposes.
Both buildings are close to the war
off.ee and the ministry of munitions.
L'ke all the clubs fo London these
two have suffered such a large de
crease in membership through the
war that the action of the govern
ment will inconvenience only a hand
ful of the older members.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Aber
ne'.hy, a daughter.
Dr. Ia. Wood who has sold out his
dentistry business to Dr. G G. Scott,1
announces that he will be in Hickory
for a month yet, when he will go'
away for five or six weeks in the hope
of recovering his health. He ex
pects -to return and may engage in
some other business. "But I'm a
Hickory man" Dr. Wood added, "and
am coming back to stay."
Teachers' RecePtion
From 3 until 5:30 tomorrow after
noon the club women of Hickory will
be at home to the school teachers and
patrons of the public schools at the
residence of Mrs. J. Worth Elliott.
I The Record is requested' to announce
that formal invitations were not is
sued, but that the public is given a
cordial invitation to attend.
GERMAN CRUISERS
OFF FOR PHILADELPHIA
('S33JJ pajmoossv ff) !
Long Branch, Sept. 29 President;
vT hon today arranged to have con-j
feverces with newspaper men which j
vs. a feature for the first two years,
cf his administration. Through this
medium he is expected to discuss pol
itics freely.
When Pres'dent Wilson was inau
gurated he began meeting the Wash
intn correspondents, but .d scontin
ued the twice-a-week meetings when
the foreign situation bacame acute.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 29. The Nation
al American Woman Suffrage Asso
ciation announces the designation of
October 7 and October 21 as Federal
amendment days, and on those days,
suffragists all over the country will
mark the progress and status of the
Susan B. Anthony Amendment with
fitting public demonstration.
On October 7, public meetings will
be held by the suffragists of the lo
cal organizations at which will be giv
en the first reports on the canvass of
Congressional candidates. The can
didates' views on suffrage will - be
read, suffrage speeches will be made,
and the voters urged to support the
men who hav dteefcred ifor .equal
suffrage and who have promised their
aid in getting the Federal amendment
through congress if they are elected.
The anti and non-committal candi
dates will have another chance, how
ever, to receive the endorsement of
suffragists. On October 21, a second
series of meetings will be held, and
all candidates who have experienced
a change of heart will be advertised
accordingly. On this day, also a
suffrage tableau will be staged, sym
bolizing the political status of wo
manhood in the various states of the
United States. The first of these
tableaux wflii beg iivfn in Central
Park, New York City. Photographs
of the tableau will be made and sent
to the presidents of the state organi
zations, who will model their demon
strations after the original one as
planned by the National Association.
MAJOR
GOTHRI
EILL
AT HOME IN DURHAM
TO BEGIN SERIES OF
SERMONS SUNDAY NIGHT
(ssaij pe;eioossy eq; a)
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 29. The Ger
man interned crusers Prirz von Wil
helm and Kron Prinz Eitel Fredrick
loft. Hsmnton Roads this morninjr for
Philadelphia. The change of base
was because there was insufficient
room at the Norfolk navy yard.
Hub Bell, a young negro boy
wanted for breaking into the Cali
fornia fruit store, has been surren
dered to the police by his mother.
Rev. A. L. Stanford Sunday night
will beg'n a series of sermons on the
''Four things most detrimental to thej
cause of Christ in the community. Last
Sunday" he asked h's congregation to
give him the'r opinions as to the four
things most, detrimental and from
these he will preach. Like other
ministers, Mr. Stanford has been ask
ed a number of times why he did not
discuss n ore practical subjects and
he has allowed his congregation to
judge these things.
(By Aseeeiated Preea.)
Durham, N. C, Sept. 29. Major
W. A. Guthrie, one of North Caro
lina's foremost citizens and especial
ly well known as a corporation lawyer,
s ill with paralysis at his home in
th's city and physicians hold out lit
tle hope for his recovery. He has
been unconscious for several hours.
Mrs. Cleveland Whitener and Mr.
John. Whitener, who left Catawba
some years ago, are visiting Ifrs. W.
P. Rhoney in the county. .