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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
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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.
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