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Hickory
Daily Record
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Rain, tonight, cooler on
the coast. Thursday
fair and cooler in exr
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Established September n, .1915
HICKORY, N. 0, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1922
?RICE FIVE CENTS
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UDY ASTOR TALKS
ON MAW SUBJECTS
iJ-e Hands Out a Chatty
porters Who Greet Her at Quarantine and
Says She Is Southerner Still, Children
Being Just Mongrels
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. Associated Press.
York, April9. Vivacious
Aster, smiling, chatting con-
h ivuslv una joshing those about
, arrived aboard the steamship
.pk today on her way to Balti
f. where she speaks before the
-American woman's congress.
( greet Lady Astor, native of
;i.'iia, wife of a British peer and
t woman to sit in the house ot
Ik were scores of people.
A the Olympic steamed up the
from quarantine she gave re
ters flashing comment on all
Liner or things L.ioyu ueorge,
oers. prohibition, Margot Aa-
h, the labor situation, the Genoa
eit-nce. th servant problem and
own children six in number.
ai.lv Astor said sno wanted to
. .
ke it clear that she was not in
Verio a on a mission- She is here,
xaid, because she received an in
wn to attend the convention at
imore to discuss matters of in-
fct to women.
Lfter that she in coins to Virgin
ia A here she was Nancy Langhorne,
i' j then to Washington and Chicago
(ti one or two other cities before
t'lining home to her children and
r iidi in Parliament.
i Waking as a Virginian does,
-
hout a trace of British accent,
y Astor said she was still an un-
bnatructt-d southerner. "And
fn I hear Dixie something nap-
she added- Her children, she
ribecL as "mongrel-three-foUrth
ertean.
As to women's place in the
Id she said these of her sex are
as individual as men.
I)ne can't say women do this and
icn do that", she said, "because
don't do things alike any more.
I am just a symbol, not a leader,
declared when some one spoke
... 1 1 iU.
;er position as ncau 01 me wuu-
wcmen who are taking capital
u in the affairs of the world.
t this point her husband cut in
1 a remark that Lady Astor's I
l-e just showed what a bright
X J . . . '
w -
V.an could do. ...
Bure," she remarked, "if I, just
ordinary woman, can do it, then
.. .
K wnai we can expt v,,.. -
nary women.
he clothes nearly all women are
ring nowadays are unfortunate
in her standpoint.
Nothing lets the sex down ..e
Ining about half nakfetf," she went
'There's no usb of ,,'talking
t equality if wo" only" use our
It ty to show our hideousness. Last
M I wore the same gown I wore
t you keep your eyes on your
all the time, you can't keep your
nure." she said.
IJfow about the f tappers and lTHr-
form?" she repeated. "Their
hn arc unfortunate, but that is
ir mothers' fault. The first thing
mther ought to each her children
bedionce."
n running for reelection to her
ie in mirliament. next autumn,
IS Astor said she would not say
lank in her platform would be ex-
y dry. but certainly it would not
wet.
h had never seen a man or woman
Jo hud been made better by drink,
sh'i had seen hundreds ruined by
1 ' .jfii":',1
10 FIGHT FLOODS
the Associated Press. I
l.ittlc Uock. Ark.. Aucr. 1U. An urg-
. 1
DNGHESS IS URGED
' " As two Jovers were bivhwk oh
' appeal to congress for an en,,,C0UCn jn the parlor, the girl stroked
Kfify appropriation to be used in , ier Jover's bearded chin, with her
"itng noou waters was teiegrapn
Washington by Governor McRae
Line of Comment to Re-
NEGRO RELEASED
ON MURDER CHARGE
By the Associated Press.
De Land, Fla., April 19. Pete
Smith, negro, charged with murder in
connection with the death near here
on February 6 of William: A. Shields,
formerly of Moline. Ills., and for
which Mrs. Alice E. Shields, thi
widow, is under indictment for mur
tier, was released from jail today, the
irrand iurv reoortiner that it had
found no true bill.
Mrs. Shields was indicted yester
day and when arraigned in circuit
court this morning pleaded not
guilty.
RATES SEEM
Positive assurance of considerably
Uvvtr freight rates for Hickory was
received by Secretary Van Hervie
at the freight rate conference hele
yesterday at High Point, which he
attended.
Thi? fact was firmly established
by a letter from B. G- Brown, assis
tant freight traffic manager ot tne
Southern Railway to the North Car
olina corporation co'nimission, sev
eral members of which also attend
ed the meeting.
The letter is dated April 14th and
addressed to. the North Carolina cor
noiation and in part says: "In regard
to rates between our stations in
western North Carolina and points
in South Carolina, you may rest as
sured that we will dispose of the
detrimental situation as quickly as
it is physically possible to do so'."
The memoers 01 xne corporation
commission attending the jiign
Vnint rato conference felt positive
. .
the IHgt
,,,. i un rntps from the
wcst lms territory would be
materially lowered, 'but also the
rates to the southwest and wher-
rf.wiminatorv freierht
f t Vt "V" v. - '
rates obtain. . .
It is now certain that through tne
proposed merger of railroads by the
interstate commerce commission the
Southern Railway System will bt
the. first to came under discussion at
the . general investigation ordered by
the commission, anu inai iiv nui
ion of freight rates in western North
Carolina will be one of the first tc
be adjusted..
At the High Point conferenco it
was decided to await the carriers
testimony bf the Atlanta conference
and their submission to the I. C. C
of their c'vvn revisions of rates be
fore taking concerted action on the
rate question in this territory.
WHEN LOVE IS BLIND
Hartford Times.
The editor of the Catholic Tran
script made himself clear in reply
ing to some correspondents about
the Irish question ibut ho is puzzled
to understand why a man with a
world full of detached women, love
ly and susceptiDie, couiu maito iovc
to and marry one of the Siamese
twins. He truly says there is no ac
counting for the vagaries of love.
Shakepeare insists that it looks not
with the eyes but tho mind, and
therefore is winged Cupid painted
blind- -
Tudp-e Landis is supervising base-
tall and Wills Hays is regulating
really appear, to need a rehab e
itiike situatiion.
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a shave; you don't have to rub
LOWER
FREIGHT
ASSURED
in
OF
T BOA
In the next to the last regular
meeting before change in administra
tions, city council last night ordered
a sidewalk placed on both sides of j
Eleventh avenue and on Sixth street'
mm
mawecn rngniumi .avenue aim r.igrun ; 0(, to the sacred care of North Cju.
avenue, petitions lor botn having been, olina ave dependent upon Catawba
n'ed. I county for their lives and unless thr:
Tho work of finishing the hard sur-UO0( people of this community eeme
face on Eleventh avenue, expected to their rescue, many of them must
to begin today, will start, as soon as ! be turned out to starve on July 1st.
the weather breaks and the job will ! This is the message sent to the
be completed within 80 days. This
will complete the paving contract on
the Atlantic Bitulithic Company
The Carolina Audit Company 01
Hickory today began the audit of the
city books and accounts. The charter
requires an annual audit of the city
and the liabilities and assets, to
gether with every penny received or
spent, will be shown in a statement
ot much length prepared by the au
ditors. After the meeting adjourned
Mayor Elliott announced that he
would serve dinner Friday evening
to the members of council and the
heads 0 the various city depart
ments at the Buttercup Tea Room.
MR. A BEE'S CAR BURNS
Horace H. Abee, a member of the
firm of; the Elliott Building Company,
mjotored to Lexington yesterday
morning and returned last night on
35. 'He left his car in a garage to
have some adjustments made and
while he was about his affairs the
parage burned up and cleaned out
everything in his machine but the
engine. Mr. Abee assisted the fire
fighters in the use of a new truck.
HARlillRS
TS
By the Associated Press.
Washington, April ID. Approval
by President Harding of the Mc
Nairy bill providing for creation of
.i $350,000,000 revolving fund to be
uised 'ftor development of western
and southern reclamation and drain-
ag6 projects was given today to a
congressional delegation . at the
white house.
CONN NAMED EDITOR
OF JAPANESE PAPER
Washington, April 19. Edward
L. Conn a native o'f Raleigh, and
veil known in North Carolina news
paper circles, leaves here in a day or
two for Japan, where he becomes
editor cf the Times and Mail, an
English paper .printed at Tokyo, but
wned by Japanese. The selection of
Mr. Conn for this work is a decided
jompliment to his ability and char-uter-
Mr. Ccnn began his newspaper
?areer on The Raleigh Times, later
vc'rked for The News and Observer,
.nd. several years for The Baltimore
an. He has run the foreign affairs
lews service here for five yeai's.
The king of Italy has awarded Mr.
renn ' the Crown - of the Cross of
Italy" for newspaper work done dur-
ng the world war.
3y the Associated Press.
Washington, April 19. Orders to
deputy commissioners and heads of
divisions of the internal revenue bu
reau requiring all injuiries for appli
cation for appointment to the bu
reau to be made through the ap
pointment division were issued today
by Commissioner Blair. The orders
have been inforce for several years
and were reissued to facilitate a
more orderly consideration of appoint-
ments A recent application for an
appointment was the reason for the
reissuance to make more effective se
lection of appointees.
COTTON
the Associated Press.
"New York, April 19. Most of
yesterday's late reactions were re
covered in the cotton market during
today's early trading. The Liver
pool cables were somewhat disap
pointing, but the cotton goods trade
showed a good demand, and there
was rain over the lower eastern belt
combined with lower temperatures m
the west.
Open Close
May 18.05 17.98
July u- 17.64 17.58
October 17,70 17.0
December 17.65 17.59
RECLAMATION
BLAIR PLANS STOP
FIR JOB HUNTERS
January .17.58 17.53
Hickory cotton 16c. .
foot ar
dependent m
CATAWBA
Fort two little children ontrust.
j people of Catawba at Eastertide -ky
...w, " j,. ....... w.. jru"f
attorney c'f Hickory, who is endeav -
oring to complete the raising of
Ahn u iL-aV n nrnminonr x rriv-i ei
v-atawut; n iuol4, ui. ,uv, xui uiciuiC gOOU Ot our SCilOCJ.
Near East elief this year to take
care of these 42 innocent little chil
dren. The date slightly more than $1,
500 has been subscribed bv Chris-
county. Si 00 of which was sent Jn to
the state office entirely unsolicited.
This shows what a wonderful appeal
the plight of these children has on
the heart-strings and purse strings
of those who knew of tne Near
East Relief and its work.
This $1,500 will clothe and edu
cate 25 of Catawba's 42 "wards"
and unless the remainder is forth
coming, the other 17 will have to be
turned out to starve on July 1st.
So efficient is the work of the
Near East Relief that each child can
ibe clothed, fed and taken care of on
$5 a month or. $60 a year. This is
made possible through economic
management and purchasing in
large quantities.
Many persons are "adopting" one
of these children by signing a pledge
card which can he furnished by Mr:
Aiken, and agreeing to pay $5 a"
month for the period of cne year.
Just as soon as this card is received
in the state office at Raleigh, it is
assigned to a specific child and its
life is assured for another twelve
months.
In appealing to the peop'2 of Ca
tawba county to aid tho Near 'East
Relief in raising its quota in North
Carolina this year, Mr. Aiken said:
"Many of these children are vic
ims of the great war when their
fathers were killed in defense of the
vast Baku oil fields. Armenia lost
300,000 trocps in this action. Mili
tary experts agree that failure of
the central powers to get this prec
ious oil supply for her war machine
caused Germany's sudden collapse
and thereby shortened the war by a
number of months.
''They were killing men off at the
rate Cf ' 10,000 a day when the war
ended, and it can be readily seen
that had it lasted six months, a
month, or even a week longer, there
are many North Carolina boys back
home today who would otherwise be
sleeping beneeth a wo'oden cross in
France,
"North Carolina cannot see the
children of these heroes starve or
fieeze to death-
"Then thei'e are children in these
orphanages whose parents gave up
their lives to stop the onward march
cf Mohammedanism and prevent the
Moslems from stamping out Chris
tianity in Armenia. We give millions
to spread the doctrine of Jesus
Christ in heathen lands, and yet
these people gave their lives to pre
vent the spread of the doctrine of
Mchammed in Cihristian lands. Is it
not Christianity's duty to see that
their children do not die horrible
deaths of starvation
"We are also feeding 550,000 ref
ugees made destitute by devastation
brought by the Turks in their hate
for Christianity. AH industries and
crops have been demolished and the
Turks were only driven out of Ar
menia last August. We ara hoping
that when the crops are harvested
late this summer we will be able to
cut down our appropriations for
feeding these adult refugees."
m
PRESIDENT HARDING
New Republic.
He is tolerant, somewhat open
minded and honestly desirous of con
tributing through his administration
to the welfare of all sections and
classes of the American people he
is meeting with enormous and unex
pected difficulties in realizing bis
goodwill. His acciomodlatious Aispo
sition which figures in his own min
as a desire to harmonize discordant
points of view and interest which
are entitled to consultation is begin
ning to look like spinelessness. It is
not merely that, but it may produce
the same results as an infirmity of
will unless he sees the need under
the (circumstances of adopting dif
ferent tactics.
Probably he must either fight or
fail. He is ill-equipped fCr a fight
not only because of his lack of per
sonal authority and popular follow
ing, but because of his want of ag
gressive convictions. Like his party
and his fellow-countrymen, he is in
a transitional state of mind and is
no longer sure of his intellectual and
moral footing. But in the end he is
more likely td fight than he is to
sulk or quit- The prerogatives and
t.rnflit.inns of his hitrh office call for
assertion and his personal credit and
tho success of his administration de
pend upon it. The resources of his
office in the event of a contest are
verv ereat. and in spite of all bis
handfoans he would have a fighting
rhnnpp of vnetorv. But he would
have td choose his ground carefully
and make sure of an issue which he
could popularize with the mass ot
the American people.
PSGS OF PRAISE
Fl SOPERIffi
On behalf of the teachers and
scholars of the Sunday school of tho
First Presbyterian chinch, Hickovv.
we desire to express our sincere anj
hearty appreciation of the se t vices
of cur retiring sunerintenden; Mr.
George W. Hall.
His faithful attendance, smiling
greetings, ever ready acquiescence in
every plan tor the advancement of
the Sunday' school have been an in
spiration to all- His pleasant ami
kindly way of considering others
and conducting the exercises cf the
r 1 i 1 .
Aunciay scnooi m a pieasin'" an.i c!n--
1 nified way has mack i s feel that our
header was woiking for Chiist and
His honorable record of more than
twenty years of service as superin
tendent ..anJ retiring while yet a
young man is one 01 wwc-h we are
proud. Truly he and we are bier.se!
in that little children cf this SumTay
school have grown into young man
hood and womanhood ieehng that tit
all times the superintendent of their
Sunday school, a trusted and true
friend, stcod ready to help them
with knowledge and understandinu
And now, as he rest ires from the
office of superintendent our good
will and gratitude, and love follcKv
him.
We wish to record our grateful
appreciation, not only for the ser
vices rendered in public by Mr. Hall
but for the many deeds unheralded
and unknown requiring sometimes
self-denial and sacrifiice.
We ho'pe that this work, has been
to him a source of more abundant
grace and that officers, teachers and
pupils may continue to have his en
couragement, inspiration and help
which will be none the less needed in
the new relations.
COMMITTEE.
FATTY ARBUGKLE
SHE
DECIS
By the Associated Press.
Los Angeles, April 19. Silence
pending further developments was
the avowed pclicy of Iloscoe (Fatty)
Ar buckle, whose contracts have been
cancelled and finished screen plays
withdrawn, according to an announ
cement in New York last night by
Will H- Hays, head of the motion
picture association.
"Gosh," was Arbuckle's comment;
when informed of Mr. Hays' decis
ion. Arbuekle was recently acquitted
in San Francisco of a manslaughter
charge in connection with the death
of Virginia Rappe, film actress-
The po'rtly comedian added:
"This is a complete surprise and 1
might say a shock to me. I do not
know what it was all ' about, for I
thought I was coming back."
BABES ARE
GIVEN TO MOTHERS
By the Associated Press.
Montreal, April 19 A couple of
two-year-old babies who got mixed
up in a hospital four months ago
have been returned to their mothers,
mothers.
The babes, Panzy Dyke and Myr
tle Bartlett, (both web-footed were
given to the wrong mothers upon
their recovery frCm diphtheira.
Panzy is fair and Myrtle is dark and
while the parents now say they had
their doubts all along, it was not un
til a third mother began an investi
gation at the hospital that the mis
take was revealed.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, April 19. Represen
tative Samuel D. Fess, chairman of;
the national Republican congression
al committee, who is serving his fifth
term in the house, announced today
his candidacy for the United States
senate.
He will seek the seat now held by
Senator Pomerene, Democrat, who is
expected to be a candidate for reelection.
BEIT
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'fflHMMOK
GENOA CONFERENCE
IS PROBABLY SAVED
In Spite of Indignation Over Secret Russo-Ger-man
Pact, Representatives Will Meet With'
Germans Out of Bounds Some New
Questions That Puzzle Leaders
TODS FORGED
TO ABANDON TRIP
By the Associated Press.
hwI V u t0 forward with their work, but
tuguese aviators who were attempt- Vl r , . .
n tuut. t, i. , , . the Germans are barred from all par
ing a i light from Portugal to Braz 1 f,v- . ,, zT.
will ho -ii . . i tlcPation in the conference. This
will be unable to proceed in their , , , ,
hwimnian f c.4. r, , , V action was laid down in a note yes
hydroplane from St. Paul rock a few 4.11.1 .
hnnrlr w -p j.u , " 1 terday by the representatives of the
hundred mdes from their goal on allied powerg
the American continent because of tituu n
rlnmooo v . Whether Germany will continue at
to II ,1 7h r' T the conference is Ulematical, but
ITaVaS dlSpatCh frOM Pernam-,her delegates are engaged in draf;t-
The message said the hydro-air- Z I
nK roo 0 . , , . .
piane was so badly damaged m effect -
ing the landing that it is no longer !
usable. The aviators, however, ex
pected to save the motor.
MOLLIS DIVORCE
S DECLARE
LLEGAL
By the Associated Press.
Sofia, April 19. The divorce issued
to former United States Senator
Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire
by the pastor of a Unitarian church
is not officially recognized by the
Bulgarian state and possesses no le
gal force, the department of religion
and education of the foreign office
... -"' m xuiyiici legation
o w., x0 " ' -
eign office has not given official
sanction to the divo'ree-
THINKS IT WILL STAND
By the Associated Press.
Paris, April 19. F'ormer Senator
Hollis, when informed of the Bul
garian government's statement that
his divorce was illegal, said:
''All I r-sivp fr enir rniir ia flrif 1 -.
i , x i i
1 ' t - 1 'lrll'iifi T n nn ...n iJ n t 1 . i , J
n.ai auvitc. i ant cuilill-iiril Llld ui-
voice will stand.'! '- I
AUBUCKLE FILM
CONTRACT)? OFF
. New York, April 19. Cancellation
off all contracts for the showing of
films in : Which ;R0scoe. C. (Fatty) Ar-
juckle appears, was announced last
night by Will II. Hays, head of the
Motion Picture Producers associa
tion. This action, he said, affected
nearly 10,000 contracts.
"After consultation with Mr.
Nicholas Schenck, representing Mr.
Joseph Schenck, the producers, and
Mr. Adolph Zukor and Mr. Lasky, oi,
the Famous Players Lasky corpora
tion, the distributors," Mr. Hays'
statement said, "I will; state that
at r.l request they have cancelled
all showings and all bookings of the
Arbuekle, films. They do this that
the whole matter may have the con
sideration that its importance war
rants, and the action is taken not
withstanding the 'fact that thtey hadj
nearly 10,000 contracts in force for the
Arbuekle pictures."
When Mr. Zukor was asked if the
action of the producers' association
had removed Arbuekle definitely from
the list of sci'een stars he replied:
"We simply left the matter in
the hands of Mr. Hays.. It is up to
him to decide in the future whether it
will be proper to reintroduce the Ar
buekle pictures."
Mr. Zukor said recently that three
Arbuekle feature comedies had been
completed before the arrest of the'aid the children made destitute by
comedian on charges growing out of the destruction of the Knicker -i-er
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. i . , ,
The producers announced short! itheatre ,n Washington.
after Arbuckjfe's acquittal that one I -Una'Dle to visualize the vast ex
of the film would be released as a tent of the United States, the youhg--'
sters believed the collapse of- the
Now tho! Senate proposes to in-,11118 was a national disaster- ' .
vestigate the Federal Reserve Board j Rumanian children have received
and the-comptroller .of the currency. ' much help from their Anierican:
From the investigations that Con- brothers and sisters throujrh thV
gress is conducting one would nat- T, Tl , , s" me
urallv infer that congressmen Jumor Red Cross and they took this'
didn't know much to start with. . method of shjolwing their apprecia
Florida Times Union. ticn. - -
By the Associated Press.
Genos, April 19. 'The Genoa con-1
ferenee apparently has been saved.
For the last two days it has been
tottering on the edge r.f collapse due
to the indignation of some of the im
portant leaders as a result of a se
cret treaty between Russia and
Germany.
Now, however, tfre delegates are
1 ll- ,a uiuusm mat wnne proiest-
' , , . . .. ..
ing their debarment from the discus
sion of Russian affairs, they will be
content to renrain.
. i
By the Associated Press.
Genoa, Apr1 19. Dr. Walter
Rathenau, the German foreign min
ister, conferred with Prime Minister
Lloyd George of Great Britain and
Foreign Mir-ister Chitcherin of Russia
today regarding the barring of the
German delegation from the Genoa
conference.
The Germans will probably submit
a formal reply tonight to the allied
note on this subject.
Many other informal conferences
were held with legal experts of the
various delegations in an effort ,to
bring out the exact scope of thte en
tente. By the Associated Press.
Paris, April 19. The reparations
commission is to be asked to consid-
r ,vwwr iua Tna
er
11 .ivviiivi, fiiv itukiu-vici man i ifHi.v
signed at Rapallc on Sunday viobrt-
cs the treaty of Versailles in re
spert to German-owned property in
Russia. This property is believed to
be held by the Versailles pact.
The French government will await
the action of the reparations com
mission before taking up the ques
tion with the allies
It is held here however, that what-
' ever action the Genoa conference
may take, the allied powers cannot
i tolerate the pact.
in west mm
Persons who travel the" road be
tween Hidkory and Longview will
do well to place chains on their cars
before leaving the hard surface on
Ninth avenue and making the detour
by way of Piedmont and up Tenth av
enue. The rain last night and this
morning has slicked up the red mud.
A Record reporter and Gus Isenhour
inspected the paving being done by.
the contractor in West Hickory late
yesterday. Several - hundred yards
of concrete already had been put
down on a surface as smooth' as
glass and everything-, was in readi
ness to push the work rapidly.
By the Associated Press. - "
Bucharest. April 19. Children in
a village schc'ol near Bucharest' have
contributed $30 in lyre (francs V.-to?
a 1
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