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AH3 V lffi ATI V P U7P ff ID ICR WEATHER K',e,,r ... ..' ,t least W"u lift ore Fair tonight and Sun- day not much change I in temperature. KFD SEPTEMBER 11, 1915 HICKORY, N. C, . SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS MURDER TRIAw American Woman Adopts a French Village ; S EXAHfN NOW NEARING TABUS MORE WITNESSE i - VAmr.wmWMf.wvcywr cwMAvft-i'ww1wwwv..,....,J... ...... I IN BURKE Ml) j I S , villi g ; KDER TRIAL Ijay ar.u r iicl Get Through Some Time To ilate Show Its Full Hand One Misses Time of Train's Arrival :4n Hour on Fateful Day ii'' It wa i-vi.l.: iiial v..i; before tfaxter's car between 9 and 9:15 .it Cock's store. Lcne Young:. Tallant. ".r.il Baxter were there. The witness raw the party and was with Lone abjut 10 minutes, lie did not iro home at ti that next iiUt went to 1 1 ihlund win. re he spet v .m i s arguing! night with hi cousin Sarah Smith. ta.' jur 'n cro . t-xammaticn tre wuess i i. ay, Sub-, au no was married and his wife . f. : lives with h:m some times.' He saiJ in ) . e yji' ..-tril.-iy,' NV;1-t. jcft hiin five months ago, Uunus the wife having the two children. He what male t,.,,il l i.'sr.if.is wife leave, lie goes to see "cousin IMi.inl'H "fill, the li'A could not tell sclicitor 1I 1 Sarah'' nrottv item Iln said he , 1 . . I J . . .. ; ucmis auout eiunt m n ns or Ton IV tii. "iostW:th Charlie Huffman, a neighbor. . .m. 'j .ti .'urn It has been a month since he .was i.i.-iri); winio drunk, but he did not know where he i t;!en:j Li ' ot The jury grinned. He swore ' he had no idea where he got that liquor. lie said he could not remem '.,xanM''.,d ter anything about liquor but du ll ihi.-- m.Mi'- dared he remembered all about what denied happened on the night cf the murder, l.er.tz tf fixed the time at about 9 o'clock, i. ' '.though ho had no watch. The solicit-U'n'-1 '.r fave the witness four hours to t .1.' n.;j mv before he saw Lone an ! Baxter, i asserti I that but k required 5. Smith said if the , ;, i n t.vo c;-, murder hf.d happened a week later he '-th h" thief. ! Probably would have Torgot the lo 1 " ' ' ''tils. Ho s-iid he saw Docie Herman ,v!y Knhcd as tO;Rt Sarah Smiths that night. He le- :l "'1 t"'-' l'vo';' ; ried having Docie Heiman in hi'? c:;t ii. two separate! at Ccok' store that night, but lie vike lr.ive'v in thought it was the week before. He h'if he riot remember if Lono ioung got . 1 ill I III HUM. f 1 HI - Wuverly Ruc'isill Iltnvy river 'pfiw Fiavter Tlildi brn! sit Cook'i. an exceiien - Ktorp oftor the r:cturo3. That was. The niiirket place in Ilattonehatel, valley of the Meusi, France, which vijjage with its 24U Inhabitants, has been ndopted Iiy Mi; s V.-tfZ Skinner of Ilol.voke. Mass., who id shown at the left, with General Berthelet. Miss Skinner al ready has s-,rt half a million francs mi the town. The State Expects to Present Its Rebuttal This Af ternoon Unless Dock and Cecil Hefner Take the Stand. Hickory Boy Furnishes Real Thrill of Forenoon Morganton, Dec. 18. The defen.Se cil going past Johnson's garage. Ce- commuea touay its euort to estao-j tus car was parked between the lish alibis for Cecil and Dock Hef ner and Lcne Young with emphasis Pastime and the denol. am C.s t-U left and he next saw Cecil about J1:.0 :n the Central Cafe when Ilia J1KI ftn I ,ppi I .inrl t.in ebta rnf n flr-t . . b w tness walked m. lie was with the contradiction from a witness that, witness until 2:30. Lono Young, Baxter Hildebrand and The cross examination was don- by Eill Tallent went direct from High- j the solicitor. Eckard said he toid hi lans to Hickory before "thev made theiriie tne next ay. but he never told trip to the Horseford bridge and back by the Lippard home on 22nd street after midnight. her on the other occasions. Tie in. her this time because he expected to oe a witness, lie was asked if his license was not revoked, and he said ;' irvad ''hict if jur; t-jcrtlicr evid.nco pj-H ut q o'doc by Bi-anar's c'oi tne pitied to tne -..'.arils on liie ine n cross examination, Rudisdi to ' r..:t said he had never t iken his wn f from th a picture show. He went to Hickory " frdlV.vcJ by 'on tie train and reached home about ";'.:"; um 1' i- midnight. He goes neory every Sat- ;r. a ' he evi , I' Mt (lliC urday night. He saad o. 1U r"aciK-i Hickory at 7 that night. Ho went t two picture shows, staying at one tn hour and the other about half i.r n hour. He admitted bemp n court r. c?lV;i o t.) toupic oi limes auout vinvvv. Hil(.-lvar.'! came dear on the stlling charge. il tentative investi- wilnesa in trlv Iturli- presented he u li::s been drunk but did not is i; know in a:, D., a;.y arrivv : r-.'CM.!, a L.!;' m v-', ui'k'.-' if !'i I Hi" ,-!.',.. i 'rth. ; i ' tn !,-!: .. oM t.i 'naif t,.,j 'Ught ti, ! the train run- whore he got his liquor, whether l? u.uk in tv.,vais day or niuht, he was by hims'f nived at l.)n ov with somebody or in the public !::':. He sr.id rca ov n th? woods. He also did nat ii 'ilull' know how much he paid for it. . . .. Other Mildebr&nd ViS thSnighti Dan Hildebrand, Baxter's, second .native made cousin. sa:d ho saw the boys in Goo& , ;!,' (;Ut- vh-i store between 9 and 9:15. He said The S'iulhcrn Henry Smith was there. The witness , v that it cams left the others in acut half an hour. ,s:'j;. Cross examined by Mr. Self, the wit- ! t 1 i the pic, nes did net remember the picture hi : . id s'vnt a:: :-,avv that night. He remained about a!: h )!h of th"i-,n, ilOUi.. He said he was in Hickory the i '-.V" arrived at week before. Oh, yes, he had heard ii i n hour I that Lippard was killed between 9 i.u jjn- wains ; ,,nci q o'clock, lie cua not cu.-icuhs !v; ; l.-an leftiCiiSe wt he was summoned la?,t .eek. lie said he was nearly drunk and if ,.,, two mordhs a?ro and an un- r ...id", n . a d.i tha f fla ifie records u:- f .a M.nftwn man he met ill the VOad askeo aug invited t' iram it wih , ... . i i Ho .nnht ike nim li iu u uuiiix. p ii .iiI iiu .rev.nt wrecls , It? ' "';V loin, ine sooiiuvi '"ui'i"-" !a path in the woods just "lfi- u.-it-m.sy mst him. Coin , fj4r 5. I the witness met him. Going more into Th t (Vt lnlltail about two drinks, Hiltfcbrand "il H th"irlaid he met the stranger as he wirf he (,vdopmen!sr turning from the laurel where U .0Vf ii h-; fui . I'iJ'l ; ' ')Mt! I,,, 'f tVi'i v , mjr. h'M(r,!;r, f great interest.; had gone to nay a man wno nau wu.- fc so fullv. the td for him. that I! n th t it will' make i Eugene Hildebrand, Baxter's brotn hilt ient. reiiliMi,., a-n in TTickorv arriving there a- 'Mum in this ;)0ut 3 o'clock. He was at Cooks store i menace to the frcm au hour to two hours and was I wno is b!ougnijWjth Baxter, Fate- Miller. Lone iVrnin in Baxters car to Horsl'ord i-.timony bridce and back by Piedmont factory. aw the defen-1 Baxter bought some meat at Crargr saw tne paity CECIL STAND , Morganton, Dec. 18. Cecil Hefner cook the stand in his own behalf this afternoon and gave an account of his movements on the night of tha tragedy. He followed Carroll Eckard's outline closely until Solicitor Huffman put him under cross examination Then Hefner said he did not remember teliing Lentz or anybody else Sunday or at any other time that Glenn Lippard asked hi m for a cigarette after 15 ran Sunday morning. He said that he ran from the hospital on a punctured tire past Johnson's Garage, parked his car in front of the freight depot, and left it there until 3 o'clock when he returned from Em mett Mitchels. He said he then drove across io Hefner's stable and took it out next morning at 8 o'clock and had the puncture repaired. He denied driving up and down Ninth avenue early Sunday morning Hefner admitted that his car was punctured at 9:45 Saturday night, that' he refused to haul anybody else and that he diet not attempt to get the tire repaired until next day. He told of hauling liquor and women on a number of occasions and related 6 times he had been indicted for offenses starting with the' Dr. Nicholson burglary when he was 13 years eld. His whole story was an effort -to alibi his whereabouts on the night of the tragedy. It was evident when court recessed j lt.wa,s last Juno- He was also taken for dinner that the defense was near1??? 1 but Tid he (1 , jf .. , ,. . t,lti nt know why. He said he was the end cf its long list cf witnesses; tut eff for takintr a dr:nk ono in a and that any important testimony, while. He denied b.ijiino- limmr ift. would have to be given by the pris oners themselves if the evidence was not disclosed soon. Tha defense endeavored to prove by Carrol). Eckard and Cora Church said he did not know whether he had the reputation for hauling liquor and women. He was at Emmett Mitchell's many times. Thev are kin to hi-v. j He said Cecil made the arrangements lor him to e;o out that Saturday Flfii'ESS HELilF SjEiITlIi IF WEbi NEW - EARTHQUAKE ic o r p as p ui-DpiPHs pnai ounnifc i&i Si pIH'RIn HlnhlSi" Lit"" irllSLIi Hi ly ULssiy liiiOibi HO HI yiio UaiJ 111 UnOLU ! nubULLu HL (BY MAX ABERNETHY) Raleigh, Dec. 13. North Carol cotton and tobacco farmers vho h::o been thrown into financial ruin by this year's low prices for their pro ducts can dSTy hepe f? relief through the help that will be Hven by reviv ing the war finance corporation n being urged by Senator Simmons ether Southern representatives Congress. S S EH um t mm m By the Associated Press. Wiliiamston, W. Va, Dec. 17. This thriving little city of some 7, 000 persons, the political and busi ness center of the great Mingo county coal fields where a strike of miners has been in progress since last July, presents, under military oc-1 cupation, an appearance similar I s j that " of many another town during ir.e war. Khaki, fast becoming a novelty in most, places, is so common in the Thn op. nu n ia expressed by v. j Williamson distict that miners ar.d rumber cf lcad:ng men who are i mountaineers no longer turn to lock ,1,., ,-.. n:,. i 'n ,vm-iW ,n-iv,;-;:1.- at the passing soldier, or stand to :;r.d J.:u:'i:-.es:i intero:;tr.. Such action is gaze cn tne sentry befove Colonel Herman Hall's headquarters in tl, .:ec . :::iiy, it is p .lnted mt, as a ; COunty courthouse. Hera in Willian: meanr. of providing credit to '-hcson wnere there has been no violence farmers and will stabilize the fman-1 the .soidier carries his bayonet at L,ial .situation particularly in the , hig niPj Dut i the region arouni south and west. . iChatteroy and Matewan, minin The general public apparently has ; towns nearby, every sentry paces h:s never realized the plight the .North j fceat with bayonet fixed. Caiolina farmers are in as the rasulij Military occupation and mddificd of the fall ing prices. Figuras com- j martiai lavv made necessary by the piled by the North Carolina coopera-. disorders of the past few months, 0 i''wn 10 and 11 stcre. He also! i,(1M(-"-; ' viruiriation the vit- at Cook's store. 4 i!.';' : '!1 him l, c0' On cross exam '" lit;. was ,. ,, ,.i rnn,.v hi'l I I, I V CI01.V , '"s in li; bfctWl i.r, ,. " t til.- ,, Ner .... . lh',;;f,".'. Hii,.,.),' ;:, ; Hp s Lou, "'.k's xtcr. I , and d'.i id -umnioned. 'ct t( epileptic 1 rie of them on 1 ' I and said that mi to attend kford b.vbfr :i i , Y- ! rn .vnsj examination tne wimtan The 1 hed Hickcrv about- 3 clock. He reached home about 2 o'clock by the moon, as his watch was not running. He left Hickory in Hs said Lone nau a subpsena for ' j t f liquo;. IIe said he had no oth- er business in mcKory m-" around and drink with the boys The ...-.j. - tM 1,0 AA not see Henry was in Craig' ,,7 ,i rwi TTerman at Sarah 11 uX?k Smiths at 10 o'clock-. He said he had " ; i ' made no arrangements 10 . . .j party. He ,r m w i(rht. He was asked it until about 12' " AV narne anv other time when :,;s left also. I Jf. ZJn.t at Dan Cook's store A' T 7.,l'r',s!!at the same time, and could not re Md he did noti" "e m t throush the paces as to where he got his liqa r,r, but his memory failed him. He finally remembered that it was a 1 el low Huffman who gave him the di.nk that night. Denies Any Liquor rru. i:;fM nsVpd Hildebrand ?f ii" did not speak, he and his crowd did not make liquor 'loss exmaini- and haul it to Hickory? He denied it. . t noon n KlrtrU'51iir at his watch. Tie said ne naci nevci Dvt.. live crop reporting service as to c.': cotton situaticn in North Carolina is interesting if deplorable. North Caro lina farmers who raised cotton ihi-. year find that the actual cost of pro duction was thirty-two cents por nml Tha averaere mice of tnis same cotton per pound for the year fourteen and cne-half cents. Cotton seed' on December 1 was selling for only $22.00 per ton. Inasmuch as the farmers consti tute jnore than 70 per cent cf the total population in North Carolina it ia readily seen that their plight., fi- nnnc iallv. affects virtually business interest in the state. Another fact that has been ovcr 'coked with reference to the farmers L i; unfits for 1919 and 1918 on cotton. A careful destination reveuls fW. their profits for those years 1 the n until they II-j heard their 'Is About It a second cousin aid he was a 'i ween 'J and i):30 1 no liaxter at have little effect on Williamson. The people go about their ordinary tasks as usual, viewing the soldiers with in difference, except at guard mount which never fails to attract an ap preciative audience, willing and anx ious to express its approval of the nation's fighting men. Mercantile n niandagbvz,gef Diei Mercantile and banking interests unite in the expression that the use of federal troops at this time is n mighty good thing, if for no other reason than that they give a sense of KPfiiritv f nr everv side nf the indus- evMrv ... Immediately upon their arrival, the provisional battalion from Camp Sheman took up the task ef clean ing the city of its- physical and morj al defects. First they gave the court house a thorough overhauling, and 3v the Associated Press. Rome, Dec. 18. New earthou shocks completely cauned the des truction of an Albanian village. Te pelenia, according to reports receiv ed here. The tremor was accompanied by tidal waves and landslides. Twenty-two are known to be dead, and the buildings are racked. --&- lie also told o walking South mountains for liquor, of 1 whip In oEIIIjfi By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. 18. Two airplan es left Mitchell field here today, in search for the missing naval balloon left here Monday with three airmen and has' nt been heard from since. -""v . ... 1. 1 i: will net equal anything ner w.iai. 1, . fhen turr)ed th2ir attention to ths u l.oon rnresented. As one mem-;,. ,,.-v. ber of the department of ancultuie aftgr the strcetSj an, ,.w.avVorl thp farmrs nrofus wei -. I , , ,. . . fl. remarked the farmrs moiits w:l :about the same time took up the mostly fables. As compared witn . moraJ tion Undesirables were every other line 01 duw.. -, notified that they could no longer re. fomprn' nrofits have been negiigi-1 . . oc,Va v; -, . r f ; 1 menu 111 me ci 1 jr. uui n.r, b!e. As a general rule 25 per cent is directly by the civil authorities the average prplit mace Dy wiwu under the directing e of the growers on the last two years crops. sod;ers In the outlying mining districts where there has been more or less disorder since the strike was called conditions are also reported as much better. Strong detachments of sol' diers have been sent to a number of points and their presence has beeri FINANCE SOUTH'S FOREIGN TRADIi By the Associated Press. New Orleans, Dec. 18. An inform al meeting was held here today pre paratory to the stockholders meeting ( marked by aimost perfect order it .. . " ' "K 1 'i ihat h'1 saw tlvm stir has never soiu any "muui ;-ion January 1 ux .i-du..,; .... ' J''!',1 ' e,e arrested. 1 Hickory nnd'did not know that Hick- Banking Company which is caitalized ation which the military was compell- it!,,,:,;;- nine mile. iLyjjple came to his houaC for ftt $7,000,ooo to finance the south's ce the sarmin, fy Wi,h ';u.l' Ib-avnerl He" Jaw ! ( Continued on Page Three) regin trad, in staple products. rying pistols in violation of the West By the Associated Press. Marion, Ohio, Dec. 18. President elect Harding conferred today with James A. Reed, Democrat, cf Miss ouri, a bitter opponent to ne Versail les treaty, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, an alvocate cf the treaty with reservation on plans for world peace. Cabinet appoint ments were discussed with Harry M. Daugherty Harding's - preconvention manager, and Senator New of. Indiana. Virginia pistol "totin'" law. This was solved by sending deputy sher iffs into the districts jyhere it was known large numbers of men were armed, each deputy being accompan ied by a soldier. The deputy confis cated the weapons, but the Foldin was ric-ht with him to see the sur render was peacably made. Hun dreds of pistols rifles and shotguns were obtained. and Fannie Mitchell that. f.";l Hef--night with a woman he was never out ner was out on the Alexander county ,With before- 1,3 nied violating the road irom about 8:30 to 10 o'clock' tT . , , . , , fw 1. .1 , r 1 He said hfc talked to Lentz on that he was se&n m tne Central Cafe, Tuesday, but he denied telling him at 10:30 and that he went with Carroll; that the first time he saw Cecil Ilef Eckard to Emmet Mitchell's house ner Saturday night was between li. where the party remained until 3 ,and ,12 o'clock and declared he told o'clock Sunday morning. In his w Ae ,Tut Twit!1 Gtcil- Then he . J.. , , , . ,:ent to see Mr Lentz again, he said, cross examination EcKard admitted to make sure that Mr. Lentz under that he did not get home until 12 :30 j stood his first statement. He was Sunday afternoon. ' ! Put on his guard as to the first time Emmet Mitchell told of his alarm! fe alked Mr; entz about fchig . u i. . .to Emmett Mitchell's about 11::J0. over the aissappearance of h1S wife 0 redirect examination,. Eckard Lid and EmmeLt intimated that her con- he toid his wife Sunday morning af duct was about all he could stand. ter the body was found, said he" told He let the jury think that a few more;!113 Wlfe about the ride and stuck to offenses of this nature and he could I Vv cmca lestny not stand, it any longer. , r-., r,-r i ? i oia Oiouie, a married woman oi . West Hickory and a sister of Emmett reJ Miteheih with whom she tpent Sa:- . Ilrdrnr vi'friif MArnr nv. on C1, turnip sometimes with two gallons! sih Herman f7u t:.r his personal use and carrying it nie Mitchell. She told of going to all 20 milt;;. He rilated some charg-aue station wnere they met Cur h?t had been mde against h-'m I Eckard and Cecil Hefner. That wui jt-i saul thls Saturday night v(i about 20. From theie they weni -., .u, -i t , , , ,v, aiu Aioxaiicer, Cecil going wiu: only occasion wiien he had kept, Kani:i,. She repeated much cf open house until Sunday morning. ; Eckard' had said. They lemained It was Fate Miller who furnished' there an hour., returned to Hickory, the real thrill of the forenoon. This cirove out a mile and waited Ct n,i. ti: i i. . , . j i cil and Dannie, who came back in Hickory boy was mCraigs store, about 20 minJteSm She saw C.J when the Lone i cung party drove to. and Cecil at Emmett Mitchell's k Highland for the first time in his) gether about 11:S0 and left abnuc knowledge, made themselves seen ;;rd: 2:30. She said she was married v' established the time as about 10:S0.' tner 11 ' tt 0t,,r j r-i u i ,i , , i On cross examination, she said hj He shaved iill client m the barber ;Was married to Manson Crou,e ;. sh-p and accompanied them to j. Maiden and is in the army, being t Hickory where he remained with them! home on a furlough at the time, toiic some time. ' ls nearly 20 years old. She said tint The party, he declared on both di-! h.as the firf ride she evf uk VJn4. , . ' . n., , i v.ith a married man since she was lect and cross examination, did not, marrfed. It just happened on that drive direct to Hickory as stated so! right. She said she told her husband positively by Baxter Hilder- i about the ride a couple of das later, brand and others, but leit the Hick-;&he said her husbaivl was at Em-vn- a of t r n i J metts. She said Cecil and Carroll re- oi y road at .Lenoir College-acrl went a i i n i i A i . ' TT . , , . , ,s i turned about 11 o'clock Sunday. Cora to the Horseford bridge by way of thr said she knew she was going out fair grounds. They returned by way with a married man. She said Car of the Piedmont Wagon factory and ro was there when the arrangement Glenn Lippard's home and then pull-!,was made- She said she gets an al j . , ilowance from the government. She ed up at Dan Coos's store. TneicouId see the iights from Cecil's car. restaurant details were as related which turned round. The moon was "ry the otlhe-r witr.fises. Several shining. witnesses told of seeing Cecil Hefner Tc,ls s-:milar Story. , in the cafe about 10:30 Saturday night Fannie Mitchell, who lives on the ,, j-. r, x , , j- , r , Brookford road, re.ated the same and E. C. Johnson said tnat Cecil story aS Cora Crouse and Carroll brought his ear to the Johnson's Gu- Eckard. She said Cecil had a flat tire rage at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, that night. to have a tire repaired j A pathetic incident of the forenoon The state is expected to present probably KfrZ TZf t ; j, j ,,. . v persons was the little baby of Lone y-z rebuttal chis a:t'j:ntoon unless , Young putting jts arms around its Deck and Cecil Hefner take the fathers neck and smiling as the fath stand. There has been no intima-' sPke to it. Mrs. Young ar.d baby tion today that 'they will or hat have been in the court hoUSe a11 week' Lone Young will unbosom himself and 'nni tcld, f XcSh .and ', , . , , "iiii-cu. ana seein? Carroll and Cecil there from tell his story of the affair. j11:30 to 2:30, when they left. She Knew He would Be In It said Manson Crouse and her husband Carroll Eckard said he was with ' were there. From 8 to 9:40 she was Cecil Hefner on Sunday when the 'with Cecil all the time, tody was found. He was with Cecil 1 On cross examination she was ash Hefner Saturday night. Cecil went m ed if before she knew she would be a Central Cafe about 8 o'clock. Witness witness and said she had been. That called him cut -about 8:25 and they said she had been. That was not the waited on Fourteenth steet for two only night she had been out with girls, Fannie Mitchell and Cora Cecil but net often out that way. Crouch and each picked up one. They He generally took her with the three went in the direction of Alexander children. Her husbad did not know county, northeast from Hickory she was going out alone until she told about three and a half miles. That him about it a couple of days after was about 8:45. Cecil and Fannie wads when he suspected it and she got back to the city hall at 9:45. He and Cecil crossed Trade avenue, Ce- ( Continued on Page Two) SHOPPING DAYC TILL J fHPICTMAt M