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,3. Zttt uX;' - - , .-, ( .... .. -i- w- -r -v - ?: V.v".'1;:vi;-.--V. ?"- --: 1-.." . v . - .;-- : PATRIOTif f-fr' ORO PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY ESTABLi 4nj821 GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915 VOL 94 NO. Z SIX ' ''jj ijrREEN SB LOCAL NEWS 111 B MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE READERS OF THE PATRIOT FAR AND NEAR. Doctors to Meet. A meeting of the Guilford County Medical Society will be held in the court house an nex this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Boyles-Glenn. Mr. Fred Boyles, of this city, and Miss Pearl Glenn, of Richmond, Va.. were married Mon day night at the home of Rev. Shu lord Peeler, who performed the cere mony. The bride was in the city on a visit to relatives. Death of Infant. Beulah, the 22-nunths-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. Frank Spencer, died Tuesday even inc at the home of her parents on Railroad avenue. The funeral and interment will take place this fore noon at Springfield church, near Hicti Point. . ' Another Corporation. The secre tary of state has chartered the Southern Ice and Coal Company, of ' ".rtrensboro, with an authorized capi tal of $100,000 and a paid in capital of $300. The incorporators are A. Sherrod, W. A. Sherrod and" C "C. Walker, of High Point. Mrs. W. V. Allied Dead. rMrs. W. F. Allred died yesterday i t her home near Randleman from t;.e effdfcts of a stroke of paralysis she suffered as week ago. She was 77 years of age and is survived by her husband and two children Mr. M. H. ADred, of Afheboro. and Mrs. E. E. Menden iiall. of Greenb' ro. No Cotton Show . On account of the improved condition oi the cotton market and the lack of time in which to make proper preparations for the event, it has been decided by those having the matter in charge to call off the cotton show that was sched uled to be held in Greensboro the last week in January. Many Warrants. During the month of December 11G warrant3 were issued by the city police de partment, an average of almost four a day. The alleged offensesT Included nearly every crime on the calendar except murder. By far the largest number of warrants issuf-d had to do with selling liquor and drunkenness. Bov Breaks I.es Houston Rankin, aged 11 years, a student vt the Pleas ant Garden high school, suffered a broken leg Tuesday afternoon when lie was thrown or fell from a mule he was riding home from school. The accident was caused by tue stumbling -:' the mule, the boy being thrown ov.-t the animal's head. His left leg vas broken above the anKle. Mrs. Mary Branson Dead. Mrs Mar; Branson, an aged and beloved woman of southern Guilford, died Tuesday afternoon at the residence of her brother, Mr. John Tucker, whre .-he had made her home for some time. The funeral took place at the Pleasant Garden Methodist church vesterday afternoon ani was con ducted by Rev. P. L. Terrell. Greensboro Commended In a bul letin just issued by -.he srate board of health Greensboro is commended as a striking example for other North Carolina towns for its achievements in the reduction of the death rate irom tuberculosis to a marked de cree. The death rate from tubercu losis in this city was 226 in 1911, 17 in 1M2 and 105 in 1913. The figures xt 1914 are not yet available. School Affairs. The county board f education held a meeting Monday tri'l went over the school account of fi: r-ounty treasurer. Owing to the t;f-t tli at a report had not been re- -iv ..i as to the amount of money the - ounty will receive from the state tMs year, the apportionment of the tiinds to the various schools was de irrl. It will be made as soon-as t :;e report is received from the state. Real Estate Deal. M'.s. G. W. '.Vard yesterday sold her home place n Spring Garden stree to Messrs. John T. Hunt and R. G. Stockton. The property has a frontage of 300 i'-f-t on Spring Garden and runs back to Walker avenue, a distance of 500 it. The consideration is under stood to have been $10,000. The pur chasers will cut up the property into residence lots and put it on the mar ket. Locates in Greensboro. Mr. A. J. Barbour, who has been engaged in the lumber business at Cerro Gordo, Columbus county, for several years, has located in Greensboro and will make this city headquarters as Southern representative of Mixer & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., oue of the big gest wholesale lumber concern in the country. Mr. Barbour has-been here for several days and his taw ily arrived last night. Rack After 22 Years. Mr. J. W. Lewis, ,who moved with his parents from Guilford county to Utah 22 years ago, is visiting relatives and friends of the family in the county. Mr.' Lewis is engaged in the jewelry business at Garland, Utah, and is con vinced that he, is located in one of the most favored spots on the earth. Mr. Lewis and his people moved from the Hilltop neighborhood, between Greensboro and Jamestown. Made Deputy Clerk. Mr. Andrew Joyner, Jr., who has been employed in the office of the clerk of the Su perior court for nearly two years, yesterday was sworn in as a full fledged deputy. He had not been made a deputy earlier for the reason that the law does not permit one to take acknowledgements and perform other official duties of the clerk un til he is 21 years old. Mr. Joyner at tained his majority yesterday. Young Man Killed. Mr. Charles Pope, a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pope, of Kernersville, was instantly Killed in New Orleans a few days ago when he came in contact with a live eleceric wire. He was at work as a lineman when the tragedy occurred. Mr. Pope was about 30 years old and had resided in New Orleans for somo time. The body was shipped to the Lhome of his parents and the burial took place at Abbott's Creek Monday- , Outlook Favorable. In an adver tieement on another page of today's Patriot the Center Brick warehouse calls the attention of tobacco farm ers to thp.tact that the Greensbero market has opened after the holidays under favorable conditions and that the outlook is encouraging. Mr. J. I. Thomasson, a well known and ex pert auctioneer, who is known to many readers of The Patriot, is now employed exclusively by the Center Brick. Court Next Week. -A two-weeks term of Guilford Superior court will convene Monday morning, with Judge C. C. Lyon, of Elizabethtow, bn the bench. There are 86 feasesKbn the calendar for trial, tmf of crfurse many ot tnem "win not coTrre tip "Tor a hearing. The civil term will be followed by a week's criminal term. Already there are more cases on the docket than can possibly be disposed of in a week's time. The defendants in nearly 100 cases are out on bond and the jail is filling up rapidly. Appropriation Recalled The coun ty commissioners have rescinded an order recently made appropriating $4 0 a month for four months to the Social Welfare League of Greensboro for charitable work, the commission ers deciding that the county will look after its own charity work in connection with such co-operation as may be received from the city offi cials of Greensboro and High Point. In this way all the money expended will go to charity, none of it being consumed in administrative and other expenses. Increased Receipts. The reports of the total receipts of the Greens boro postoffice for the month of De cember and the quarter ending De cember 31 show substantial gains over the same periods for 1913. In December, 1913, the total receipts were $12,075.76 and in December, 1914, they were $12,334.69. For the quarter ending December 31, 1913, the receipts were $38,080.63 and for the same quarter of 1914 they were $34,049.04. The total receipts for the year 1914 were $10,457.12 over the receipts for 1913. Better Marriage Laws. The Greensboro Ministerial Association has adopted and forwarded to Gover nor Craig, to be transmitted to the legislature, resolutions asking that more restrictions be thrown around the marriage laws of this state. Among other things the preacher. want the license to shew the condi-, tion of those to be married, whether single, widow, widower or divorced, and in case of a divorced person the license to contain a statement giving the ground on which the divorce was procured and the name of the place at which it was procarod. Asheboro Libel Case. A disDatch from Asheboro says that Editor Mendenhall, of the Ran dolph Bulletin, and Clyde Ellison had a hearing Monday afternoon before Justice W. D. Spoon, on a warrant sworn out by James Wood, a promi nent Democrat of Asheboro, charging the writing by Ellison and the puoli cation by Mendenhall of an article in the Bulletin of an alleged false and defamatory character. The two defendants made only a perfunctory defense and were held for t;he Superior court under bonds of $20. COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION MATTERS OP PUBLIC INTEREST BEFORE MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD. The montnly meeting of the county commissioners Monday and Tuesday was taken up with the usual amount of routine business and special mat ters. Petitions were received asking for the opening of two new public roads, two new roads were granted and jurors were drawn for two terms of Superior court. The meet ing was attended by all the members of the board. S. H. Goodman was granted the privilege of peddling in the county without a license, on account of phy sical infirmity, the license to extend until May 31, 1915, and to be revoc able at the discretion of the board. John R. Edwards, who was elected county surveyor at the November election, presented his bond in the sum of $1,000, with the Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Maryland, as surety. The bond was approved by the board and Mr. Edwards ;ook the oath of office. Dr. A. T. Millis, the newly elected standard keeper for the county, pre sented his bond in the sum of $200, with H. M. Crutchfield as surety. The bond was approved and Dr. Millis was sworn into office. A committee appeared before the board and asked the commissioners to take into consideration the mat ter of making an appropriation to the Carnegie library, in this city, with the understanding that the privileges of the library be extended to all the white people in the county. The board took the matter under consid eration. A rebate was granted to the estate of the late R. C. Yow for 1914 taxes. The board granted the petition fil ed at the December meeting asking for the widening of Spring Garden street extended from the intersection of Forest avenue to Lindley park. A strip of laad ten. leet widle on thJ north side of the street car tracks will be added to the road, making a highway 40 feet wide. It is doubt ful if any stretch of road in the coun ty is traveled more chan This one and the need of a wider road has been felt for a good while. A petition previously tiled asking for the opening of a new public road in Morehead and Center Grove town ships was granted. Th ne- road is to connect the road leading from Pis gah church to Lee's chapel with the road running north from the old Hillsdale road to John Wharton's. Citizens of Rock Creek and Jeffer son townships filed a petition asking for a public road to begin at the McConnell road, on Walter Clark's land, and running thence, over the lands of J. C. Foust, Salem Tesh, D. L. Burnsides, Ed. Andrew, Mrs. Dora Greeson, Miss Maggie Greeson and Mrs. Mary Foust to the creek and thence over the lands of John Gerrin ger, Daniel Iseley, James Friddle, Daniel Albright, J. P. Phillippie, So phia Iseley and Sarah Low and open ing into the Whitsett and Brick church road at Kivett Shepherd's store. A petition was filed asking for the opening of a public road in High Point township, beginning where Kearns street intersects the south eastern boundary line of the city and running in a southeastern direction along and over the trail of the old road for a distance of S00 feet over the land of E. A. Bencini and thence over the lands of Mrs. J. Allen Aus tin, H. C. Kearns, Jr., and Eli Jones to the point where the old Carter road emerges into .the public road leading from Joe Worth':' to Spring field church. Jurors for the two-weeks civii term of Superior court o convene February 8 were drawn as follows: William R. Michael, C. M. Zimmer man, J. L. Whitsett, D. W. Brown, W. A. Staley, T. M. Troxler. A. D. Ger ringer, J. F. Doggett, C. E. Starr, J. T. Shaw, Daid S. Coble, J. E. Han ner, W. H. Miles, S. R. Troxler, J. A. Starr, L. M. Lowdermilk, J. A. Way, R. A. Gilmer, C. M. McLean, W. H. Dailey, Jr., H. N. Hackett, Eli C. Royal, J. R. Painter, A. J. Hooper, Will E. Caudle, P. J. Waynick, W. P. Bennett, T. C. Bray, J. P. Scott, W. R. Pleasants, J. S. Davis, R. L. Ramsey, Arthur Nelson, C. W. Gam ble, C. C. York, E. H. Copeland, Al bert Farrington, T. Lee Modlin, J E. Charles, J. W. Powell, J. W. Gray, Sr., G. A. Hubbard, CharUs L. Leon ard, W. A. Livengood, R. L. Smith, B. W. Marshall, S. M. Hlnes and W. P. Jester. The following jurors were drawn fpr the week's criminal term of cour" to convene January 25: Q. L. Cobb Ed. H. R. Whitsett, John M. Gerrin ger, A. A. Shepherd, G. W. Staley. D. E. Smith. W. H. Chilcutt, D. T. Clapp, J. C. Foust, E. A. Fryar, Simpson In- gold, John H. Fields, C. L. Cockle teece, S. A. "Apple, W. G. Wharton, W. B. Sellars. T. E. Kirkman. J. Frank Ross, W. C. Morton, W. L. Page, G. N. Edwards, J. F. Clark, Joe E. Newman, S. G. Otwell, J. C. Mc Cuiston, B. W. Johnson, E. P. Ed wards, E. E. Idol, J. C. Bratton, A. L. Vickrey, C. R. Case, C. R. Ben bow, E. J. Clinard, A. L. Charles, J. T. Edwards, E. L. Ketchie, J. J. Squires, James R. Coble, J. C. Hedge peth, A. J. Kent. W. M. Turner and H. A. Bencini. The monthly report of Dr. W. M. Jones, the comity health officer, showed during December 1 2 infectious diseases were reported in the county. The county home was Reported as wrell kept and everything possible done for the comfort of the inmatps, although it was suggested that sev eral changes could be made that would be of benefit to rhe inmates. At the jail there was much sickness and much work was done- there. At the county convict camps there was also some sickness, one man having a bad case of pneumonia. During the month 12 lecture were made. 14 charity calls, 2 2 office calls, two mi croscopic examinations, four fumiga tions, and nine diseases were inves tigated. Adjourned Meeting Yednesriay. The commissioners w.ll hold an adjourned meeting next Wedreslay to consider the question of improv ing the principal roads leading out of Greensboro. All these roads are subjected to heavy traffic and most of them are badly in need of repair. The commisioners will discuss the best materials and methods to be em ployed and probably will adopt a def inite program to be followed. It is expected to have all the preparations made for beginning work as soon as spring opens. V WESTERN GUILFORD WOMAN MEETS HORRII'LE DFATH. Mrs. Alex. Inman. who resided with her husband about four miles west of Guilford College, died at her home about 5 o'clock as the result of burns she received Tuesday morning, when her clothing became ignited while she was standing in front of an open fire. Mrs. Inman had just returned to the house after milkine: and was alone at the time. She was stand ing close to the fire and suddenly the flames leaped over her head, having caught her clothing and flashed up. She ran from the house screaming and a negro man who was passing by rushed to her assistance and final ly succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but only after Mrs. Inman had been terribly burned. Medical aid was calle 1 and every thing possible done for the unfortu nate woman. Mr. Inman was in Greensboro at the time and it was several hours after the accident before he could be located. He was found at the mills north of the city, where he had suc ceeded in obtaining employment only a few minutes before the sad news reached him. The funeral and interment wili take place today at Guilford College Slides in Canal Giving Trouble. Governor Goethals. of the Paiima canal zone, told a house appropria tion sub-committee Tuesday that the slides in the big waterway had prov ed much more extensive than was at first thought. t the point where they occurred, he said, there is a chan nel 100 feet wide and 3.r feet deep, but shoaling has complicated the sit uation. He did not discuss the prob able effect on plans for sending the American fleet through the canal in March, but said the zone government was working the dredges 20 hours a day to clear the channel. At first it was thought 1,000,000 cubic yards of earth would have to be removed, but 1,500,000 already have been taken out and a great quantity re mains. With several war department bu reau chiefs. Governor Goethals went over, behind closed doors, plans for public works and fortifications in the zone to cost $18,000,00). He said that so far as military information Indicated, the fortifications now built and authorized were satisfactory. Brigadier General Crozier, of the rd nance bureau, expressed the same View. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS BOTH BRANCHES ORGANIZED YESTERAY GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE TODAY. The 1915 session of the North Car olina legislature met in Raleigh yes terday at noon and both houses were organized by the election of the offi cers nondnated by the Democratic caucuses Tuesday night. The only legislation enacted was the adoption of a resolution by both houses providing for the appoint ment of a joirt committee of five to represent the state at th- centennial celebration of the battle of New Or leans. It was explained that the members of the com .nittee v. ould de fray their own expenses. Governor Craig's message will be presented to both house.; today. Officers of Senate and House. At the caucus of the Democratic members of the house of representa tives Tuesday night Representative E. R. Wooten, of Kinston, was nomi nated by acclamation for speaker. This came about through a confer ence early in the evening between the three gentlemen opposing him T. C. Bowie, of Ashe; A. F. Seawall, of Lee, and L. H. Allred, of Johnston, in which the situation was canvassed and an agreement reached for all three to withdraw in favor of Woot en. Other officers of the house were elected as follows: D. P. Dellinger, of Gastonia, reading clerk; J. H. Mor ing, of Granville, assistant sergeant at arms. (Col. I. J. Brittain, of Guil ford, was a candidate for sergeant at arms.) The senate caucus selected Senator Q. Max Gardner, of Cleveland county, for president pro tem. Senator Hob good, of Guilford, had been a candi date, but after reaching Raleigh de cided to withdraw. He seconded the nomination of Senator Gardner and asked that he be chosen by acclama tion, which was done. The election of other officers of the senate resulted as follows: R. O. efcM4KMa W. G. Avcock, of Wayne, a nephew of the late Governor Aycock, engross ing clerk; J. H. Burnett, of Mont gomery county, reading clerk: W. D. Gastor, of Cumberland county, ser geant at arms, with B. F. Perry, of Perquimans county, as assistant. The Republican caucuses nominat ed H. S. William, of Concord. for speaker of the house and R. L. Hay more, of Mt. Airy, for president pro tem. of the senate. Charges to Grand Juries a Waste of Time. In charging the grand jury at the opening of New Hanover Superior court this week Judge H. W. Whed bee remarked that he had come to the conclusion, after his four and a half years experience on the bench, that 95 per cent of what a judge says in his charge is a useless consump tion of time. Most of the men who serve on grand juries know what is a crime and their duty us grand jur ors is clear except in some cases in which are peculiar circumstances. "There is no place."' said Judge Whedbee, "where so much money is wasted as in the administration of the criminal law. A great deal of this waste is caused by the grand juries in argument on cases coming up before them for invetigation ; a great deal is caused by lawyers in delaying trial of cases: a great deal is caused by the judges in lengthy charges to the juries Will Not Waive Right to Search Ves sels. Although the British foreign office regards wuh high favor the Ameri can government's plan of certifying cargoes destined for Europe, it was said in London Tuesday that England cannot accept such certification as an absolute guaranty of the nature of the cargo in case cause for suspicion arises after a vessel leaves America. In other words, the right of search cannot be waived because of the pos sibility of shifting cargoes at sea. The waiving of the right of search, in the opinion of prominent Birtish officials, would be an invitation for smugglers to carry contraband to sea in small boats and retransfer it to a ship of certified cargo. Exchange of Prisoners In reply to the request of the pope of Rome, the emperor of Germany has agreed to an exchange of such war prisoners as are unfit for further service in the army. It is expected the exchange will take place this month. iBUSSL Dispatches from the field of war in Europe convey theinforrnaticntha two of the three Turkish column which last week invaded the Russian Caucauses have met wth disaster andlhe troops not killed or captured are in disorderly retieai. The column which took Aidasar two davs has been driven out of that town, accord ing to Petrograd official dispatches, and is almost surrounded by the Rus sians, who hold the main roads. An other column which crc ; -ed the fron tier near Sari-Kamysh, on the road to Kars. has suffered even worse de feat, one of the two army corps which composed it being captured in its entirety. The Russians also report another victory over the Austrians in the Uzsok pass, of the Carpathians. Em peror Francjs Jc-eeph-'b -.rmy in this region "is declared to be in full re treat in a rnoirtrfraim pass deep in tsnow, with . Russian cavalry attack ing its flank and rear. Br forcing 4 his pa'Mhe Russians gain control of some of the most "val uable oil fields in Austria, and thusft shut off another source of fuel sup-) plies, which the Aubtro-German arm-'; ies are said to so much need. In north Poland, where Russia is confronted with the most serious task, the weather -is proving a useful ally. The Germans, according to their accounts, are making only slow progress with their offensive opera tions. Little Fighting in the West. Except at the two extreme wings on the Belgian coast and in upper Alsace, where the allies have gained ; some ground, fighting on the western front has been done by sappers, min- ers and artillery. Only at isolated points has the infantry been given its opportunity. A few hundred yards have been gained by the allies among the dunes of Flanders. Lrreat interest attaches to French operations in upper Alsace. The cap ture of Steinbach was accomplished after almost sunerhnman ffnrfa atteTOOn to force their way through to Cenjay, the possession of which would open the door to Muelhausen. Lay Beside Dead Wife Two Days. B. W. Coffman. an aged Confeder ate veteran, was found last week scantily clad, elirgiug to the body "of his wife, who had been dead nearly two days in their home near Edin burg. Va. Coffman was suffering from nunger and exposure. The wife is believed to have suffered an attack of heart disease, and her husband, who is a helpless invalid, rolled to the bedside in an effort to help her. The fire went out and he lay, cold and hungry, nearly two davs. Wheat Highest in 40 Years. Cash wheat sold in Chicago Tues day for $1.36 1-4 cents a bushel, the highest January price in more than 40 years. In consequence, top grades of flour were advanced 5 5 cents a barrel and quoted at 7.1 5. The ab normal European demaud for bread stuffs was held responsible for the rise. Second quality flour that sold for ?5.60 last week was quoted at $6.50 a barrel. Flour that commanded $7.15 sold in August for $5.30. Depression Parsing Away. Reports of mills reopening. rail- j road handlinc more freight and or- deiine: equipment, a revival in the steel trade, retail business improve ment and easier credit coming from many cities in the East and middle West indicate that the depression that settled upon the co-jntry with the spread of the European war is passing away and that the new year is full of golden promise. Eminently Correct. The Charlotte Observer savs "Some of the state officials md mem bers of the legislature are repre sented as being pleased with the sug gestion of the Observer that the safe and proper disposition of the pro posed st.ite-widp primary would be to submit It to the people for adoption or rejection. It is a sound proposi tion that if the people of North Caro lina want a measure of this kind they will vote it upon themseWes if jriren the opportunity. If sentiment in the state runs so strongly in favor of the bill as its advocates woald hare It appear, then these advocates should be the last to oppose submittlnfr & state-bill to the people for their approval." - - - 1 - . v, 1 ; ," i 4 ? i