- ft1'' 1. ' f ' 's 'i, l PATRIOT' . 'i f f t I .' ,' PUBLISHED EVERY MONttAY AND THURSDAY 5TABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1915 VOL. 4 NO. 1 1 MtMEK'N RRfRP FARM FAR AND NEAR, Koctdr. Rev. L. W. Black i. rnifrly of Scotland Neck, ,l to High Point to become !.,. Lpiscopafl church in lnI.. MTice. The Pre:-byterian )i t it- ciiy united last N.w Year's union com- ..p. j.i the First Presby- (i i,,,n Harris Dead Mrs John : .i: tieen in ill health ,;. .i yesterday morn- . l( ek ;t her home ::..-!. The funeral and ;.ike plac- til is after- ,, ; ,,i lim tihm. The county n held a regular and transacted rou- ".' board is holding inday t j go over the r r s school account and : : . r r. ii: !M'n t of funds. v ii !;. nu in H'T. -R''v. J. E. r of tl Firt Lutheran - ,, r,:fentlv re-I'ivod a c-all ,, . .ii.futH (if the First Luth I., nchburr;, Va.. has , ti: rii ueli ' o the prati- ; eensbc ro congrepa- !,v.!,-m1 ( 'liecks. The American National Bank has declar . il semi-annual dividend . ov. its capital stock of : dividend checks for an ;. i.unt of $16,000 have ; ;w the stockholders !;.. Mr. Klapp MhitIvhI. Rev. S. ,-:,',!. , i this ritv. a well known :.:-;er : the Christian church, rind - ni- (Millie, of iiuffin, were j -: -! la.-1 ,'ediiH3day at the home j hridt . The ceremony was per- ! lev. P. X Klapp. of Elon l-p a t.ro'h.rr otthe groom. in'iii'ir N'iison - l ne aiuiudi k-ai -''i-- season amoug tue niej- .: jrriv d aud ntanv Clreens- i . Leusc- are now busy :. inventories. Some of the ..; n.'-rchants have lini.-hed tlie k and. most of the 'others will do within the m-t week or two. -iiurda.i a ihkI I)a. Saturday . Idisy day in (Greensboro. The - uere filler! with people, the . in town b.-inp especially larpe - i -non after the holidays. The Louses, especially those that r-.-- and invite the patronage of t-njoyed a good trade, iued esteniay. Mrs. J. N. Graves : p'leumonia yes rday morn - . ... r home at White Oak. She . : . ars old and is survied by -: .nl am! two eiild1(n. The a ill be held from the home : :. ,r, a1 A ( 'ole 'k and in'.er ::,;u!r in Greene Hill cemetery. l east Right. The annual ban n Friday night l:-y the mem : liie local police and sheriff's .' n what is described as a - ::.t. The banquet was spread - . table on the third floor of :,a!i and consisted of almost " ' .: - imaginable that is good to '!!-( ;-irl Dies. .Yiss Mary .. member of the senor class Greensboro College for Wo : : i'ridav night at her home .ille. Miss Brown was call--iKjrtly before the holiday's i-ath of an uncle and con ' ; .' umonia soon after her ar- - 1 ,i tuml During the month : .her the officers under Rev - :.t Vanderford, of this citv, -ritory embraces Xorth Car- parts of South Carolina and : aptured 67 illicit distil the captured stills 44 were ' I'arolina, 22 in South Caro : 'ne in Virginia, -'igatetl Death Saturday Cor- ' '.-burv. Sheriff Stafford and ' iiysician Jones were called Summit to investigate the colored baby concerning re were reports of foul play. ' "und that the child had died iural causes, aggravated by ' : '-SS. and negligence. ' f s Hirths and Deaths. The f report in the office of Mr. v i'"e: v-ommissioner of public sho.vs ihat during the year : deaths occurred in the city, 'J'ing negroes ana 158 be'ng people. During December 26 occurred, 19 bemj negroes ' whites. During the year 422 en were born, 301 whites and ngroes. Candidate For PyeideBt. Col. F. "P. Hobgood Jr.," who will aain rep (Tesent Guilford in the state senate duringf the session of the legislature to convene Wednesday, is a andi vlate for election to the office of presidenr pro tern, oi the senate. He Is opposed by Senator O. Max Gard ner, of Shelby. The e.ection will take place at the Democratic caucus tomorrow night. New Revenue Men. Mr. J. P. Stell. formerly chief field depuey in the internal revenue service ii: the fourth district., has been transferred from Raleii-h to Greensboro and be comes a member of Revenue Agent V-Hnderforri s force. Mr. T. H. Allen, formerly of Greenville, S. C, is an other new member of Mr. Vander ford's fore . He is connected with the income tax division of the ser vice. Shot in the Foot. Mr. Ernest Thornton, of Burlington, is a patient at St. Leo'- hospital receiving treat ment for a painful wound inflicted in one of his feet by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. Mr. Thorn ton had returned to his home Thurs day evening from a hunting trip and was handling his gun when the wea pon was dscharged in some manner, the entire load taking effect in his foot. Aged Woman's Death. Mrs. Julia Kdward.-, died yesterday afternoon at 3.3 0 o'clock at the home of her son, Mr. G. N. Fdwards, of Pomona She had been in feeble health for some time and her death was not unex pected. Mrs. Edwards was 79 years of age and is survived by two ?ons and three daughters." The funeral and mterr.ient takes place tod-y at Muir's hapel, the services to be conducted by Rev. W. L. Dawson. Complaint of Koads. There is a good deal of complaint as to the bad conditon of many of the roads in the county. The continued rains and the freezing weather have combined to put the roads, especially those that were graded or worked during the fall, in bad shape. However, the roads are passable and one can travel anywhere in the county, , and this is a great improvement over conditions that existed before Guilford built good roads. City Water Pure. A recent analy sis by the state board of health shows Greensboro water to be absolutely pure. Every day for a period of 3 0 day there was sent to the state board of health, a half gallon of water be fore it went into the filters and half a gallon after it had ben through the filters. The examination of the filtered water showed nc sediment, and all traces of colon bacilli and acid producing bacteria were re moved by filtration. Saved Over 81H.OOO. Under the operation of what is known as the Gordon act, the law placing the of ficers of Guilford county on salaries instead of fees, the county saved dur ing the year 1914 the neat sum of $18,186.89. this being an increase of $4,050.32 over the saving for 1913. The balance for the past year would have been even larger but for in creased clerical expenses, this being .na.l necessary by the increased vol ume of business handled in the court house. Injured by Train. A young white man giving his name as S. P. Cobb and his home as Dnvii e, Va., was found late Friday night lying by a railroad track on th Fociona yards with several bruises about his head and body. lie refused to tell how the accident occurred, but it is thought that he fell from a train on which he. w'.s beating his way. He was seen at the staton in this dty thortlv b.'fo-n the Je;.-nvtuie of south bound train No. 29. The young man was carried to St. Leo's Hospital and given medical treatment, but his in juries were of such a .--.light nature that he was able to leave the hospi tal Saturday and return home C. F. & Y. V. Matter. It is ex pected that Hon. A. L. Brooks and attorney General Bicket: will go to Washington within the next week or ten days to take up with the attor ney general of the United States the matter of bringing suit against the Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line in connection with the ownership by those roads of the dis membered Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. The review of ihe facts of this ownership, prepared by Mr. Brooks, together with Attorney General Bickett's opinion of the case, are now at the department of justice, where officials have the matter uncTer advisement. Mr. Brooks was in Wash ington Saturday, but did not make any definite engagement with offi cials of the department of justice. Occupy New Offices. The South ern Life and Trust Company and the "original four" Greensboro fire in surance companies now occupy offices on the fifth floor of the Southern Life and Trust Company building. The entire floor is occupied by the clerical forces and executive officers of the five companies, the offices be ing as handsome and modern as are to be found anywhere in the South. The offices are reached by a new electric elevator that has just been installed in the building. George Whitesell Dead. Mr. George G. Whitesell, an aged citizen of the county, died Thursday morn ing at 3 o'clock at his home about six miles east of Greensboro. The funeral and interment took place Friday afternoon at Midway Presby terian church, the services being con ducted by the pastor, Rev. E. Frank Lee, and Rev. C. E. Hodgin, of this city. Mr. Whitesell was 78 years of age and is survived by three broth ers T. G. and J. A. Whitesell, of Elon College, and Alphonso White sell, of Randleman. Advert-J.sinci Greensboro. The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce has just issued and is mailing out a booklet entitled "Greetings from Greenboro." The first cover contains the title and the poem of Kipling, "The cities are full of pride, etc." The inside pages are full of informa tion, about Greensboro, its resources and advantages. On the last cover is the following: "A city is as progres sive as its average citizen no more, no les. No man can avoid his respon sibility. He is either helping or hin dering. 'They' are not accountable for condtions. The praise or blame is yours or mine." Stamps For Deeds. Since the spe cial war stamp act went into effect the first of December there has been some difference of opinion as to whether or not stamps should be at-' tached to deeds written prior to De cember 1 but recorded after that date. Register of Deeds Rankin has been notified that a ruling by the treasury department in Washington holds that stamps are not necessary' on deeds written before the stamp act became operative. A number of such deeds were recorded in this county last month, and until he re ceived the notice from Washington the register of deeds had been requir ing stamps to be attached to them. Our Clubbing Offer. The clubbing proposition whereby we offer The Patriot, the Atlanta Constitution and the Progressive Farmer all one year for v ill be continued for a while, though we can't say for how long. This is decidedly the best clubbing offer we have ever made or heard of, and we advise those of our friends who wish to take advantage of it to do so at once. The Patriot twice a week, the tlanta Constitution three times a week and the Progressive Farmer once a week will provide your family with instructive, enter taining and helpful reading matter and all for only $2 a year. Died Suddenly. Mrs. Ella Jane Langston died suddenly Saturday evening at 6 o'clock at her home on Arlington street, following a stroke of apoplexy she suffered during the afternoon. The funeral was held from the residence yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock and was conducted by Rev. R. M. Andrews and Rev. R. D. Sherrill. Interment was made in Greene Hill cemetery. Mrs. Langs ton was the widow of ".he late Al pheus W. Langston and in the sixty second year of her age. She was a native of Randolph county and had made her home in Greensboro for the past 15 years. She is survived by four children A.rs. J. W. Thompson, Mrs. R. J. Scnoonover, Ivlrs. Charles W. Edwards and Mr. Charles C. Langston, all of this city. Didn't Need Any Fire. Mr. M. W. Gant, who returned Friday from a pleasant visit to Manatee and other points in Florida, says the people of that state have no idea of cold weather. When the thermometer drops a few degrees and it gets the least bit chilly, the people whose houses have chimneys build fires and begin to speculate on how long the "cold snap" will last. When Mr. Gant reached St. Petersburg one of these slightly chilly spells of weath er was on and the hotel at which he stopped had fires going. But it wasn't cold to Mr. Gant. He had discarded his vest and put on a light coat, and when the hotel clerk asked him if he would like a fire in his room; Guilford's clerk of the court replied: "Fire? Thunder, no! But if you have a palm leaf fan handy, I'd like to borry it." BIENNIAL. ItEPORT OF THE STATENORMAL. COLLEGE. Dr. J. I. Foust, president of the State Normal and Industrial Col lege, submitted a report of the work of the institution for the past two years at a meeting of the directors held Friday. The report showed that the college is in splendid condition and that additional facilities have been provided to care for the con stant! increasing patronage. Two dormitles, accommodating 120 stu dents, have ben built since the last report was made. The roport ahjws that the enroll ment in the scholastic : ear 1912 1913 was as follows: Regular ses sion, 615; summer session, 31$; and in the training-chool, 286. Omitting those counted twice, this is a total of 1,14 83 The enrollment during the scholastic year 1913-1914 was as fol lows: Regular session, 6.':3: sum mer session, 749; training school, 328. Omitting those counted twice, the total was 1,3 43. In the 22 yars that the college has been in operation 6,0 31 students have matriculated jand 717 have gradu ated. All but 33 of the graduates have served the state as teachers. The report showed that the percent age of students at the college who were prepared in the public schools of North Carolina is exceedingly high. In 191-lfJl3, 597 out of 615 were thus prepared for college and m 19 13-1 91 4,-619 out of 633 receiv ed their training in the public schools of the state. During the past two years the en trance requirements have been rais ed to 12 1-2. high-school units. It is proposed to raise the enrollment to 14 units in the near future, making the Normal a standard college. Reports of the work being dene by the extension department of the col lege were made. This department hopes to come in cor tact with a large percentage of the inhabitants of the state and to render them valuaole service. The department has been do.mg good work by lectures from the faculty, .correspondence and bulle tins: . ;' Prof. W. C. Jackson was made dean of the college co rucceed Prof. J. A. Matheson, resigned. The directors decided to as!': the legislature for an increased appro priation for the support of the insti tution. The college is now receiving from the state $90,000 annually for maintenance. BOY ABLE TO WALK AFTER HIS NECK WAS BROKEN. Aubrey Casper, the 11-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Casper died at the home of his parents in this city Saturday evening as the result of in juries sustained in a fall from a horse early in the day. Notwithstanding the fact that the fall fractured his skull and broke his neck, the boy was able to walk for an hour or more and lived about ten hours after the accident. The boy and a playmate were rid ing a gentle horse early Saturday morning when the saddle girth slip ped and both were thrown to the ground violently. The accident oc curred on North Davie street, in front of the residence of Rev. Dr. Melton Clark. Several people ran to the as sistance of the boys, but young Cas per walked off alone and did not re turn home for about an hour. When the boy reached home a phy sician was called and the extent of his injuries ascertained. He grew weaker gradually during the day, al though he got up several times. The funeral was held from the home yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock and interment made in GJreene Hill cemetery. Rev. Dr. Mel ton Clark conducted the services. T. P. A. Banquet. The annual banquet of Post A of the Travelers' Protective Association of America was held in the dining room of the Y. M. C. A. building Saturday night and proved to be a most -enjoyable oc casion. Mr. Eugene McNairy served as toastmaster and toasts were re ponded to by Mr. A. L Byrd. the state president; Mr. C. F. Tomlinson, of High Point; Mr. Walter R. Leak.' of Winston-Salem; Messrs. E. E. Mendenhall, C. C. McLean, Ceasar i Cone and Mayor Murphy. Wr Prisoners in Need. American relief for 70,000 German and Aus trian prisoners of war, scattered through Siberia in prison camps and said to be in need of clothing and medical supplies, is being sought by the Red Cross. ANOTHER ENGLISH SHIP DESTROYED FRIDAY. The destruction of the British bat tleship Formidable in the British channel Friday by a mine or a sub marine boat, although one of those events Englishmen now realize must be expected so long as the British navy is compelled to Keep the seas, has caused widespread grief. This is due not so much to the loss of the ship, which was 15 years old and cost about $5,000,000, as it is for the men about 600 in number who went down with her. So far as known only 141 of the Formid able's crew of 750 were rescued. The British admirality has not given the locality where the disaster occurred and declares it is unable to yay whether the ship struck a mine or was torpedoed, but as the British fleet again has been active in shell ing German positions on the Belgian coast and as German submarines have been more and more using Zeebrugge as a base, the inclination is to believe that a submarine again has been successful in an attack. Artillery Engagement. Fighting in Flanders and northern France has been confineri largely to artillery engagements, except Beth une, where the Germans claim they have taken a British trench. They admit, however, the loss of Saint Georges, near the Belgian coast, which the Berlin official report says it was decided not to attempt to re take owing to high water. In the Argonne region wrhere the battle has been a'nmst continuous for weeks past, the Germans have made a little progress as an offset to which, however, the P'rench declare they have continued their advance ii; upped Alsac. On the whole the situation seems virtually to have reached a position of stalemate. Neither side has made great impression on its opponent's line and both being very strongly en-' trenched, it is considered unlikely that either the Germans or allies will attempt another general offensive until superiority in numbers is at tained by reinforcements. Much the same situation prevails ;n northern Poland, where the Ger mans are reported to have failed to cross the Bzura and Rawka rivers and to he've been unsuccessful in ad vancing along the Pilica river. They are said to be digging themselves in, preparatory to remaining until the hardening of the ground ny the frost make troop movements less difficult. The grow th of the British army is shown by an army orcrer issued con stituting six armies of three corps each. The several generals who cam manded army corps at the beginning of the war now found themselves at the heads of the armies. Pardon For Stripling Urged. A press dispatch from Atlanta says: "Governor Slaton has reserved his decision after hearing t-n; appli cation for the pardon for Thomas Edgar Stripling, serving a life sen tence at the state prison farm for murder. Stripling's relatives and at torney presented the application. The prisoner's poor health was urged. ' in 1897 Stripling killed WJ. Cor nett, in Harris county, Georgia. Hi was sentenced to life imprisonment, but escaped jail before he began serv ing the sentence. Fourteen years later he was accidentally found by a former acquaintance in Danville, Va., where, under the name of R. A. Mor ris, he was police chief. He was brought to Georgia and sent to jail." (Before going to Danville Stripling lived in Greensboro and Reidsville. He was engaged in the insurance bus iness in this city. The Patriot.) New Corporation. The first char ter issued by the secretary of "State ihis year comes to a Greensboro con- cern the Tomlinson-Tatum Coal and Transfer Company, which is or ganized with a paid in capital of $8, 000. The incorporators are Tatum & Dalton, J. E. Tomlinson and W. H. Mattiiews. The company will take over the transfer business of Tatum & Dalton and will engage in the coal business at the Cunningham coal yard, which wras recently purchased by the incorporators. To Vote on Suffrage. The pro posed constitutional amendment pro viding for woman suffrage will come up in the house of representatives ort the iiith inst. for a vote. Represen tative Henry, chairman of the honse rules committee, predicts that the amendment will be defeated by more than a two-thirds vote. NORTH CAROLINA NEBS BOTES A BRIEF SURVEY OF WHAT IS TRANSPIRING IN THE CG3IMONWEALTH. Legislature to Meet. The legisla ture will meet in biennial session in Raleigh Wednesday. Died of Burns. Thelma Gibbs, 11 years old. diec in a hospital in Asne vil'e SaturJay as the result of burns received a few days previously at 'he home of her parenls at Black Mountain. Bryaji in Asheville. Secretary of State Bryan arrived in Asheville New Year's day for a short rest. He has been exercising himself by cut ting down trees on the ten-acre tract of land he recently purchased on Sun set mountain. x Woman .Suicides. Mrs. Kirby Simmons took her life Saturday af ternoon by jumping into a well at her home about five miles from Hickory. Ill health is given as the cs-if. She was 21 years old and hac been mar ried abo t a year. Found Dead. John Cauble, for many years a citizen of Mocksville, was found dead in bed at his home a few mornings ago. He awoke dur ing the night and asked his wife to prepare him some medicine, and while she was getting the medicine he expired. Prevented a Wreck. A. R. West stood in the cold and rain for two hours on Christmas eve to flag a train on the Murphy branch of the Southern Railway and prevent it running into a big boulder that had fallen on the track. His service prob ably prevented a disastrous wreck. Accidentally Killed Samuel Brid gers, a well known young man of Goldsboro, accidentally shot himself while hunting Thursday and died in a few minutes. He was climbing a wire fence when the hammers of the gun caught on a wire and the con tents of both barrels entered hid left breast. Killed Her Husband. Mrs. Min nie Evans, who killed her husband, Bud Rvans, in Haywooc county last week, was discharged by the coro ner's jury. It was in evidence that Evans, who was a bad man and had previously attacked the woman with a knife, was after her with a club when she shot him. Suffragettes in Action. It ia stated that woman suffrage head quarters will be kepi open in Ral eigh during the session of the legis lature. It is expected that a con stitutional amendment providing for woman suffrage will be introduced, but of course the legislature will not pass Jt. North Carolina is too con servative a state to countenance such a fad. Rev. Dr. Cole Dead. Rev. Dr. John N. Cole, superintendent of the Methodist orphanage in Raleigh and one of the most prominent Methodist ministers in the state, died Friday morning in a hospital in Charlotte, where he had been under treatment for six weeks. He was 62 years old and for years had been a leading member of the North Carolina Con ference. The funeral was held in Durham Saturday afternoon. Liquor Killed Boy. John Moose and Ben Snipes, white men, are in jail at Statesvilje charged with hav ing given Henry Baley, a 13-year-old colored boy, a sufficient quantity of liquor to cause his death.. After drinking the liquor the boy was found in an unconscious condition i na field and died soon after being carried home. A post mortem ex amination confirmed the attending physician's diagnosis that death was caused by drinking too much Whis key. It is doubtful if Moose and Snipes can be held on a more seri ous charge than giving liquor to a minor. Archbishop of Casterbury in Pastoral Letter Urges Enlistment. London, Dec. 30. The archbishop of Canterbury, in a New Year's letter to the laity and clergy, seeks to give impetus to recruiting by a fervent appeal to all men qualified to bear arms. "The very life of . the empire," says the letter, "may depend upon the response given to the call for men. I think we can say deliberately that no household or home will be acting worthily if in timidity or self love it keeps back any of those who can loyally bear a man's part In be half of the land we love." Mr. P. WIseley, of McLeansville, was a New Year's day caller at The Patriot office. V.,- :' ' r (.: 1 ... 4. i ' I . 1