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PAGE THREE HICKORY DAILY RECORD m ' "ssa THURSDAY, EVENING MARCH 17, 1921 G R AN TODAY D D Dorothy alton -IN- "A Romantic Adventuress 9 . A Paramount Picture You'll Want to See The muse iirrado revel at the ruinous 'ow Orleans Car nival. IVhiiuI t.' if scenes on the "first nig; it" f a big l'.rpadway revive. A DixL- belle exploitoil in New Yor.k'li monoy marts. ('Lady Roautiful'j ' masked dance at a imillionaiiCo' midnight party. The great Yh Harvard football game. Gambling for love" and gold in the "devil's play ground V at Montv.' Carlo. 3D ssaeeasassssffnip. nriiTMnril ill MTU TliTlflTl Tif MT DENIES THAT SEVERN STOLE THE AIRPLANE Elizabeth City. March 17. W. J. Tait of Coinjcck, father-in-law of Bennett Severn, for whom a. warrant! wes issued at Miami. Fla., a few days ago charging him with the theft of a seaplane, cUnied that Se vern had stolen the craft, declaring, the seaplane was owned by Hoivard F. Hillisrd cf Orodon, N. J.. and tha't Severn w?s ;utir.rized by Hilliard to move tin mat! i:ic from Miami. Mr. Tait claim:; the seaplane had been operated b'- a man- in -Florida under contract wf.h the ewner and that when the agreement was brok en .the owner authorized his son-in-law, who, Mr. Tait stated is a cousin cf Hilliard' to bring the " seaplane Inordh. ! Severn arrived in Currituck last Friday and left on Saturday for Cam ''fn. N. J., where. Mr. Tait stated, he expects to fight the charge made against him 3t Miami. ' JOHN SPRUNT HILL IS I ELECTED HOSPITAL HEAD j Euiham, March 16. John Sprunt I it'll ? i j l i tM ; mil. son in law oi me iaie ueuijje w. watts was today eiccteci to suo- J ceed Mr. Watts as president of the iTVE-fc Wl A 23 Watts hospital in this city, which was turned. th' meeting over to Geo la founded more than 25 years ago. Lyerly, who had been given charj SPE CIAL FREE OFFE R L. To Introduce BAB dHtnWlN- V HUMS FLO O RLA Hero is an opportunity which will not soon present itself a'fc'ain. The coupon printed below when filled in and presented at pur store with 10c will entitle you to ' ,k One A Pint Can of Floorlac x v One good quality varnish brush 'Jfl ?'3.fi2t!i 80 15 Total value 45 The quantity will be sufficient to refinish a chair, small table, cupboard, etc. Floorlac is one of the famous Sherwin-Williams Products. With Floorlac, a surface can be stained and varnished in one Operation." Itis manufactured in a variety of shades which are designed tiS imitate closely the colors of expensive woods such as mahogany, oak . t etc. Floorlac is very easy to apply N and dries in a few hotirs. Samples of Floorlac colors can be seein at our store. Bring your signed coupon in today, as this introductory 'offer is good for' a few days only. COUPON Name Address Town This coupon and 10c entitles bearer to 1-4 Pint Can of Floorlac and one varnish brush. (0:ly one of eac hto each purchaser). Abernethy Hardware "Co. We have one hundred horses, mares and mules for sale or ex change. In this lot of stock we have some real . nice mules, weighing from 350 to 1,000 pounds and several pair of ex tra fine large mules, weighing as much as 2,640 lbs. a pair. We have as good a lot of Farm Mares as we have shipped this season. We also have a few pair of good, big horses weighing as much as ),200 pounds a pair. Please call and look over this lot of stock before buying or ex changing. We also have the number we advertise. & Son HICKORY, N. C. Dr. Jake H. Shuford; speaking at the weekly luncheon cf the Rotary Club this ; afternoon discussed the new law requlnnsr certificates cf health by young people before thsy can obtain licenses to marry as a step in the right direction anf declared that the question, of clean bodies and mindis was one of the biggest that confront people. The law has serious defects, but it is up to the oeople to create a sentiment that will result in a single standard .of morals. Dr. Shuford said uarents coul daporoach lha subject in, a way to divest it of all mystery and prevent young peo ple acquiring knowledge from tne wrong, sourcesi The people need to be informed of thei tragedies that re- Isult from violations of the moral law. After President Watt Shuford had read letters f rem : the Rotary Clubs at Greensboro, Greenville asd Nor folk fwelcomng ths ntyAi member, he L charge of me aay s program. -U Id iJlack Joe was isung. fnd Sam H. Farabee stop ped proceedings long enou ghto read a special delivery letter that the read er had received and receipted : for The letter was all right, said the re imcnt. It was on running a newspa per. ( ! . iV Uascom Blackwelder, -Neill Clark and E. L. Shuford made short talks Mr. Shuford discussing railroad possi bilitie.' in the mountain reirion. and then Dr.' Shuford was called upon to make a mere extended talk. Piesidemt Shuford said that at the next-few minutes members would be asKea to , give nve minute talks on their business, with a view of letting ho other fellow knciw; what they were doing. The pi-esident will appoint a com mittee to help former soldiers get more . hein- from the " covcrnment Henry G. Tucker was appointed to prepare'tise program for next Thurs day's meeting. The rneetig- Thursday night. March 31, . will -be ladies' night. The program will De prspared, later. "OUCH! THAT OtD 1 RHElWAHSMr Get but your bottle of Sloan's Liniment and knock the pain 'galley-west" WEREN'T, ready for that last quick switch in temperature, were you? Left you stiff, sore, full of rheumatic twinges? You should have had a bottle of Sloan's Liniment handy that would have penetrated without rubbing , warmed and soon eased up the muscles, quieted the jumpy, painful, affected part and broufit gratifying relief. Helpfulin attacks of lumbago, sciat ica, external soreness, stiffness, strains, aches, sprains. Get a bottle at your druggist's. 35c, 70c, $1.40. . TEN DAYS www and 'l&UgB 1ULES Isl Sprinfield Reppublican. . The friends of Mr. Wilson are get ting unexpected enjoyment from watching President Harding follow in the footsteps of h;s predecessor. It is so isudden! The Jwieary and for lorn Wilsonites, sunken black gloom after the storms of depreciation theii leader has passed through,' were not ;n thi least --prepared for it. PresidentJarding, it is pointed out, hafpflOwed Wilson precedents or adopted' Wilson policies to am as tonishing degree. Hejbegan by call ing off ; the inauguration ball, just as the berated Wilson did in 1913, a nd 'by. .outdoing his predecessor in simplifying the inauguration cere monies. Within an hour after taking the oath of office th3i newi president Emulated Wilson by .appearing in per son before the senate to present 1m cabinet nomiriations ; ;and before tha; eve he' had announced that Wilso's nabit of delivering liis . messages in person to .congress in" joint session might be followed iby him- ,The nomination of pr. Sawyer the csteemedr. ...ihomeothic physician o: Marion," O.. to te a' brigadier-gsnera and serive ias .' the president's medical adviseiJ-tli'ewhite" itoonse,; necessar. ily placed the official stamp , of tlr. new administration's approval upon tihe heatedly-condemned promotion of the then Capt Grayson of the navj medical corps, medcal adviser oi Wilson, to be a rear-admiral. Wil son's apparent determination to keep aiivei the superfluous office- of con troller of the currency for John Skel ton" WilHanw;.who had been control ler for seven' years, now seems vindi cated by President Harding's nomi nation of his old 'boyhood friend. Mr. :rissinger, f or the same place. '4 The chief 'surpriseyfias been the .extent tdwfo hiclutfee -detested Wilsor lioreugn jpcticitps juaive iuccji, -ucauj reaffirmsdi In one- of his front-porch speech- Candidate. Harding declared that there muit be a "complete re versal" of those polcies. But Presi dent Harding's first week was distin guished Iby his "special message to th senate recommendng the ratification cf WilsotfS j $4,dOQ,'00! p reparations treaty f.viith Colombia which the Re publicans of line senate ioreiK" il lations committee in. 1917 denounced as attempted "blackmail." It has been nounced also that the Hard ing administration indorsed as souna the Wilson policies regarding man tps Vin Mesoootamiam oil fields and: the island of Yap- . Tf ic cntpr even that; his admmis frntinn will follow without much de viation the Wilson policy regarding recognition of the present govern ment of Mexico. Mexico, no less Wlho knouis but that the Harding ad ministration may indulge in ' watcn ful waiting" on its own account dur rnff nflvt. vcar or two? n- r,,; ihft adderl that President ITardinc has indefinitely postponed v,;! r-orynspl withdrawal of the Am tho Rhine, where w,-in T1-?'pd it." and that when Sen ifnnv tallc a about PUSiill'J? nl CilVTi , , "4-1 resolution for a separate peace with Germany the resolution wnicn w u he adds cautiously that he speaks only for himself and not for the Har- mg aiTrmisiraLion. xuc latest surprise :a tn,., -vn-ras Wilson administration was criticised for maintaining half ot tne neei m the Pacific ias tead of all of it in the Atlantic, the .Harding administration intpnds to maintain virtually the whole of ifcvin the Pacific. All thiin 10 dajs.,.t What may not happln hereafter ? p. .:. -.- , '4' m,m Wiggs "Dolittle boasts that he never makes a f olo of hiniself ." Wagg "Always gets someone efse to do it fr him, eh ' The Walsh rabbit, unlike the timid sative variety, does its most desper ate fighting after it is down. MISS L. EXUM CLEMENT AND E. E. STAFFORD WED Asheville, March 17. Miss L- Ex um Clement, Buncomba county's, first woman lawyer and the only woman who has been elected tb the general assembly n ims Ktate. having served in' the last session was married yes terdav afternoon to E- E. ' Stafford teleraph editor of the Asheville Citi zen, .at the church of St. Johns m tne Wildeir.ess, 'ori. the Hendersonville highway. They will make their home in Asheville. ' The Christian natioss are those in which there is sale for antifat nostrum while a larce part of the world is starving. Moline. Dispatch. Spri tig Oxhrds N THE SPHING TIKE HIDE'S PEPTO-INGAIi Restores the Quality of Blood- Drives Out Impurities. Builds Up the Red Corpuscles. IMPROVES THE COMPLEXION Standby Among Physicians for 30 Years. In Tablet as Well as Liquid Form You notice complexions in the spring. Jf eople who have plenty ot rich red blood have hps a deep, rosy red, eyes bright and clear. Good complexions are based on the solid foundation of good blood, with plen tv of red cornuscles. ? When blood becomes clogged with impurities, when the red corpuscles are not ab sorbing enough oxygen from the lungs and distributing it to the cells throughout the body, good complex ons fade. Not only that, but you feel tired and exhausted all the time. Your shoulders droop and you lounge around and lean against any thing handy. You lack energy be cause your blood is weak and thin not enough red corpuscles. People call it "Spring Fever." Call itT what you will, it is bad blood. It. weakens powers of resistance. If you feel that way you should take that exceptionally good blood tonic, Gude's Pepto Mangan, for a while. It will make rich red blood. For thirty years it has been a standby among physicians. It will help you to build up this Sprmer All that comes from having gofcd blood with plenty of i red corpuscle; will come to you. When you go to . your druggist'! be sure to get the genuine Gude repto-Mangan, witn-; tne name "Gude's Pepto Mangan" on the pack age. It is sold in both liquid and tablet torm. Both ;have the same medicinal value. Adv In the new Shades and lasts Now on display $7.50 T0 $10. Moretz Wh itener Clothing Company WEARIED OF STRIKES Graz, Austria, Feb. 17. Waaried by endless strikes of all classes of working people, many of them politi cal and nearly all on trivial grounds, the Styrian Physicians Association has formally declared thev will make reprisal. In event of a wanton strike involving communiicattions or traffic or in any way endangering tho public health and comfort they will strike and refuse to visit Or pre scribe for the sick. Mr. Oscar Hawn is expecting to spent the night is Gastonia tonight. YOUR MOTOR CAR GETS HARDER USAGE ?HAN YOUR CARRIAGE ; andf this is especially trying on the FINISH. . Jt has- an erigine for one thing and- an en gine distributes grime and grease, both hard on a fino finish. Let me put a- brand new finish on your car. I guarantee it . will be as good as the orig inal. Very likely it will be better, as I shall use the best and HIGHEST PRICE!) varnish in the voria - Valen- t ine ' 3 Vanadium. The cost will not be any greater than for a poor finish. EARL S. BQLICK Rear CONOVER GARAGE Conover, N. C. New Wearing Apparel for EASTE R Splendid Showing of Stylish Coats, Coat Suits and Dresses New Oxfords and Pumps In all the latest styles are now on display All are very specially priced. Call and let us show you. Hickory, N. C. .t : H V I - it i