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.. fit ' '-- ' 1 -K.7. - , .if"" j J 1 ! i V y Ns, j . '(; ,. f PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AM D THURSDAY ESTAPMSHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, ArJUARY 21, 1915 VOL. 94 MO. 0 ... ............ .f I h e -Green sbok o ... 1 Ire-'? 1 . mm imm n . mi' . v - - LOCAL NEWS-,. FORM MATTERS OF IXXEilsl - READERS OF THE PATRi FAR AND NEAR. rv. Welker Dead. Mrs. Emily jane Welker, an aged and well . )Wn .oraan of southeastern Gull .()r,j died yesterday at her home in t Mt. Hope church community. jo i ndergo Operation. Mrs. P. T jiihtill. of Summerfield, entered . i., o's hospital Friday to undergo ..-rimis operation, which will be ....-fnrnK-cl as soon as the attending , ,-ici;ins think she is strong , :L'h to stand it. Ui- Business. Mr. R. G. Stock Alio recently moved to Greens . m from Florida, has purchased , .. wholesale grocery business of - . smitherman Company, which , . into bankruptcy a few weeks In. Branson to Speak. Dr. E. C. on, or me i acuity ui iu vjlii- ,rHty of North Carolina, will de- - an address in the auditorium r,f the Jamestown high school build- e tomorrow night and the public . - (rdialy invited to attend. A. C Wray Dead. Mr. A. C. V, 'ray. who had been ill for several nr.tlis, (ilea yesieruay aueruuuu m , s home near Guilford Battle ) i . rniinii. ne wis i i caio -. ; p.d a highly respected citizen. The ! in. ral will take place at Pisgah M-uiodist church tomorrow morn--:. z at 1 1 o'clock. officers KlecteI. The recently t cted board of directors of the Or pnsboro Chamber of Commerce ia elected the following officers for i. if ensuing year: Charles W. Gold, t , rpi rl en t : Marmaduke Robins, first Mce president ; C. C Hudson, second , ice president; Garland Daniel, treasurer; J. C. Forester, secretary. Social Welfare League. The fol lowing officers of the Social Welfare League of Greensboro have been elected for the ensuing year: A. W. McAlister. president; J. Norman Wills, viqe president; . E. J. Harold, secretary ; ? Treasurer; R. rer of the I'.lanche Carr. C. Boyles, general M. Middleton. charity fund; social welfare treas- Mrs. work- lr. Alderman a Visitor. --Dr. Ed ;:: A. ld-rman. president of the l Diversity of Virginia, and Mrs. Al--. rinan were ' visiters at the State Normal and Industrial College Tues t Doctor Alderman 1 poke brief , the chapel exercises. His re ' :-K- were reminiscei t. He was -,i .. r of literature. nistory and ..(i;um in the college in its early HiM Load in I t Years. Mr. J. T. 1 Tin 'u.-tr and young son. of Brown .-ln.mit Route 1. were welcome caller- at The Patriot office yesterday. Mr Pritchett had just sold the first :vl of tobaceo he had brought to n-- Greensboro market in 14 years -: v. us so well pleased with the re- N at it H a safe bet that it will i ' t , 1 i years until he brings an- r load to this market. rerlaie Bankrupt. The Wil - : N:t Furniture Company, of .: on -Salem. Tuesday filed a peti- voluntary bankruptcy in the ' States court here. Judge ' : !-:,' ,! thf decree and referred r to J. K. Alexander, of Sib-in. referee in bankrup 1 I labilities of the bankrupt ' ' - scheduled at $4. 90S, '' .mounting to $7,733. Meld I iiil.-r it,, ml. - W. C. Lind- i. . -. . . ,. , ..r ..--tv , (U III' l V1AV -:w r. ;. hearing before Justice ' ' ;- I), h. Collins yesterday .ari:.- of disposing of mort - : v-ii.Tiy. J.F.Dillon made the :: outing the defendant of ; .: of u pair of mules on : lo Id mortgages for $325. ridant was held for the Su- ' "' r . , rt under a bond of $ 5 0 0. o( kholders Meet. The annual of the stockholders of the ' arolina Public Service Com-"a- held here Tuesday, when d!o-A ing directors were elected ' - n-uing year: Messrs. Bird r ,, New York; E. C. Deal, of '"totmri); L. H. Hole, of New "K i. J. Hole, of Salisbury; F. ' 'Viiiiainson, of Flemington, N. -' T n. Vanderford. of Salisbury, - Eugene B. Coler. of New York. :-r Williamson is the only new r- ' raher of the board, he being elect- : succeed Mr. Z. V. Taylor, who r-tiro, from the board in an effort ' discourage the belief prevalent in ' quarters that the North Caro- i.r Public Service Company 1b un- rT the dominion of the Southern I f'"fcr Company Interests. Mrs. Crutchfleld's Funeral. The body of Mrs. C. E. Crutchfleld, who died in Lakeland. Fla.. last Satur- ;yVlday nignt was brought to Greens- l . "w Br rr.. i i Afboro Tuesday morning and carried io tne nome or mt. u. g. Fatterson, on Gorrell street, from which place the funeral was held Tuesday after noon. The services was conducted by Rev. Shuford Peeler and inter ment made in Greene Hill cemetery. Hannah-Petty Wedding. Mr. James Hunt Hannah, of Norfolk, Va., and Miss Martha Tomlinson Petty, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Petty, were married in the Moravian church in this city Tues day evening. The ceremony was per formed by Bishop Edward Rond thaler, of Winston-Salem, in the presence of a number of invited friends. Upon their return from their bridal trip Mr. and Mrs. Han nah will be at home in Norfolk. Special Term. Judge James E. Boyd convened a special term of United States District court in Char lotte Tuesday to hear arguments in an injunction suit which the Tryon Light and Water Power Company is bringing against the mountain re- ort town of Tryon, which has sold $25,000 in bonds to construct a new waterworks system, claiming the company now operating does not furnish an adequate writer supply lor the town. Clerk Appointed. Judge C. C. Lyon, who is presiding over a civil term of Guilford Superior court, yes terday signed an order appointing Mr. Charles G. Rose, a prominent lawyer of Fayetteville, clerk of the Superior court of Cumbrland county to succeed Maj. A, A. McKeihan, who died a few days ago. Judge Lyon made the appointment by vir- tue of the fact of bein& the resident jJuu&t; Ui LUt: cupci 1(Jl u - 1 - """"-i in which Cumberland county is sit uated. Grnrory Robbed. The grocery store of Hodgin & Co., on Spring Garden street, a short distance west of the State Normal and Industrial College, was entered by hungry thieves Monday night or Tuesday" j morning and relieved of a quantity of canned goods and other eatables. An entrance to the store was effect ed by breaking one of the plate glass windows in the front with a rock. The officers have ,been unable to discover anything that would seem to reveal the identity of the thieves. Vital Statistics. The vital statis tics for Guilford county for 1914, ex clusive of Greensboro, High Point, Stokesdale and Summerfield, show a big margin between the deaths and births in favor of the latter. There were 861 births and only 397 deaths. The statistics for the towns named are made separately and were not included in the list helfl by Register of Deeds W. H. Rankin. The great est number of births in any township was 162 and the least 22; while the greatest number of deaths was 83 and the least 7. Big Damage Suit. The Superior court has been engaged since Tues day morning in trying a suit for $30,000 damages brought by John T. Hunt, administrator of P. M. Hunt, against the Southern Railway. The argument of counsel was con cluded yesterday morning and Judge Lyon charged the jury this morning. P. M. Hunt met his death last sum mer while crossing the railroad tracks at the fair grounds crossing wesi or uie cnj . ne was in au iu- tomobile which was struck by an in- icoming train from winston-baiem. Three or four other men in the ma chine jumped and escaped injury. Had Splendid Year. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Greensboro Loan and Trust Com pany was held at the banking house on South Elm street yesterday, when most gratifying reports were receiv ed from the officers and directors as to the business of the past year. The reports showed the affairs of the company to be in a prosperous condition, with over $2,000,000 of assets, 16,121 open accounts and net earnings for the year of 11 3-10 per cent on the capital stock of $300, 000. Upon the adjournment of the stockholders the directors, all of whom were re-elected, met and re elected the officers of the company, who are: J. W. Fry, president; J. S. Cox. vice president; W. E. Allen, secretary and treasurer; W. M. Rld enhour, assistant treasurer; W. M. Combs, manager savings depart ment. Mr. W. B. Merrimon has gone on a business trip to Washington, New York and Hartford, Conn. ATTACK ON KING'S PALACE GERMAN AIRCRAFT MADE RAD) TUESDAY NIGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED. German aircraft made their long threatened raid on England Tuesday night and attempted to blow up with bombs the king's royal residence in Sandringham, county Norfolk. King George and Queen Mary, who have stayed at Sandringham with their family, only Tuesday re turned to London. It is not definitely known wheth er the raiders were Zeppelins or aeroplanes, but Zeppelins were re ported as passing over the North sea in a westerly direction and some believed these were the raiders. The night was dark and cloudy, which made it impossible for the people in the town over which they passed to distinguish even the out lines of the raiders, though the whirr of their propellers and the droning of their motors could be heard. A Zeppelin is reported to have been brought down by a warship at Hunstanton, a few miles north of Sandringham. Bombs were dropped in Yarm outh, King's Lynn, Sandringham, Cromer, Sherringham and Beeston. Everywhere, except at Beeston cas ualties and damage to property re- ! suited. The first place visited was the widely known seaside resort and fish- ing town of Yarmouth A man and a woman were killed, a number of persons were injured and much damage to property was done by the raiders. Their visit lasted less than 10 minutes. Four or five bombs were dropped in Yarmouth. When the attack be gan the authorities gave instruc tions that all lights be extinguished and other precautionary measures) were taken. Few signs of panic were seen during the raid. F. P. HOBOOODWR., CHOSEN MASONIC GRAND MASTER. Raleigh, Jan. 20. The North Car olina Grand Lodge of Masons tonight elected Frank P. Hobgood, Jr., of Greensboro, grand master to succeed John T. Alderman, of Henderson, re tired. A. B. Andrews, Jr., of Raleigh, was advanced to deputy grand mas ter; Claude L. Pridgen, of Kinston, to senior grand warden, and George S. Norfleet, of Winston-Saelm, was advanced from the appointive office of senior grand deacon to the first elective officer of junior grand war den. The grand lodge received today the reports of the Masonic orphan age at Oxford and Masonic and East ern Star home at Greensboro, both showing splendid conditions. The home at Greensboro, opened within the year with 65 capacity, re ports its $10,000 debt taken care of in a 100-day campaign for dona tions, and there are being pressed at this time two classes of pledges to the maintenance fund that will as sure ample means for the full ca pacity service at the home. One is pledges of $100 each by the lodges, payable $25 annually, and the other individual pledges of $5 per year for five years. The home wants 100 of the lodges pledges and has secured 51: it wants 1,000 of the individual pIedges and has quite a large num- Der Trouble in New Yor.k Governor Whitman, of New York, has not vet been in office three j weeks, but already there is every in dication of a break between him and the Republican state leaders. The trouble seems to be that the gover nor takes his promises of reform and retrenchment seriously, while the bosses are principally interested in ripping Democrats out of office, with a view to putting their own men in, and in preventing the aboli tion of positions they wish for their own crowd. Altogether the possi bilities of a first-class row seem ex cellent. Returns to Old Job. Mr. C. M. Waynick, , who has been holding down a desk on the Charlotte Ob server for several months, has re turned to Greensboro and resumed his former position as city editor of the Daily Record. Mr. Waynick Is an energetic and capable young newspaper man and has many friends in Greensboro who are glad to welcome his return to his first lore. JOHN SWATM SHOT AND SERIOUSIiY WOUKDED. Mr. John Swaim, of Pleasant Gar den, is in St. Leo's hospital suffering from a serious bullet wound inflict ed by ah unknown, highwayman and the officers of the law are exerting every energy io capture his assail ant. The shooting occurred last evening about 7 o'clock near the South Buffalo bridge, about a mile south of the city limits. Mr. Swain had spent the afternoon in Greensboro on business and was returning to Pleasant Garden. Just after he had crossed the bridge that spans South Buffalo creek two ne groes jumped from the" side of the road and called to him to halt. One of the negroes seized the horse by the reins and the other one laid his hands upon Mr. Swain, who cried for help and attempted to beat off his assailant. In a moment the ne gro drew a revolver and fired at Mr. Swaim, who fell in the road. Both negroes then ran off. Mr. Swaim's cries were heard by several young men returning to the city from a hunting trip and they hurried to his assistance. In . re sponse to a call, Sheriff Stafford and several deputies and police officers were on the scene in a few minutes. The wounded man was carried to St. Leo's hospital, where an exami nation showed his injury to be of a very serious nature. The bullet en tered his right side and penetrated the liver. The officers spent the night searching for the two negroes, but met with no success. The search was renewed this morning. ALLIANCE TO OVERTHROW CARRANZA AND VILLA. El Paso, Tex., Jan. 20. A move ment has been started in Mexico to eliminate both Carranza and Villa, it was learned tonight in authentic re ports from the, interior. GeDkjAlvarol Obregon, Carranza's chief 4eads the movement with Gen. EulallsfcifSBgeiTeZ;, the national con vention's provisional president who recently fled from the capital. They have agreed together and with sev eral of the Carranza and Villa lead ers, it is reported, to organize an in dependent movement to establish a lasting peace. This agreement, it was said, dates back to the early part of the present month. Several prominent Villa officials have been jailed or met execution as a result of the new movement, it was reported here. Luis , Benavides, General Villa's private secretary, is reported in jail at Mexico City. The troops which left Mexico City with Gutierrez have formed a junc tion with Obregon's column and are preparing to enter the capital, ac cording to reports. A Real Trade Balance. Chicago, Jan. 20. For the first time in history the United States is "experiencing the sensation of a real trade balancce" in its favor, Dr. Ed ward E. Pratt, chief of the federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, told the Illinois Bankers' Association at a dinner here tonight. "As a result of development abroad during the last six months," Doctor Pratt said, "we have turned the corner and are facing a new era of business expansion in this country an. era which has made this term 'home market' obsolete and archaic, and put in its place the unfamiliar term 'world market.' " He explain ed that while the export excess in favor of the United States had rang ed annually for fourteen years from $250,000,000 to $650,000,000, "in visible factors" had made this only an apparent favorable balance." J. P. Morgan Optimistic. J. P. Morgan called on President Wilson Monday and told the chief executive that there had been a marked improvement in general trade conditions as affecting inter national exchange and that increase in exports to Europe had decreased greatly American indebtedness to Europe. Mr. Morgan mentioned the credit of $12,000,000 recently established by the Russian government in the United States through Mr. Morgan's banking firm and explained that there was to be no direct loan of , money to the Russian government. On leaving the White House, he said the arrangements for the credit loan would go forward. 1I0RTH CAROLINA HEPS UOYES A BRIEF SURVEY OF WHAT IB TRANSPIRING EN THE COMMONWEALTH. Dies Suddenly John T. Edwards, a merchant of Rocky Mount, died yesterday while on his way from his home to his store. He was 35 years old. Bonds For Roads. Lee county, which two years ago voted $100,000 for road improvement, last Saturday voted another $100,000 for the same purpose. N Live Stock Meeting. The first meeting of the North Carolina Live Stock Association convened in Statesville Tuesday and will be in session through today. Confederate Memorial. Gabriel J. Boney, who died in Wilmington recently, left $20,000 to build a monument or memorial to the Con federaey, to be erected in Wilming ton. Masonic Meeting. The 12 8th an nual communication of the North Carolina Grand "Lodge of Masons met in Raleigh Tuesday and will ad journ this afternoon. The member ship of the Masonic fraternity in this state is about 24,000. Girl Drowned. Two children of J. W. Throckmorton, of Stokes coun ty, going home from school, attempt ed to walk a log across a swollen stream. Both fell in and the 11-year-oid girl was drowned while the 10-year-old boy managed to reach the bank in safety. Want Law Changed. The direc tors of "the North Carolina Mer chants' Association, in session at Durham this week, went on record in favor amending the constitution by constitutional convention. The merchants are particularly anxious to eliminate the homestead exemp tion. Engineer Killed. Thomas S. Stone, of Raleigh, a locomotive engi neer on the Seaboard Air Line, lost his life when a through passenger train from New York to Jackson ville was- derailed at. Osgood, .. six miles north of Sanford, Tuesday night. His colored fireman was ser iously injured. No passengers were hurt. Judge Ruf fin's Statue. The stat ue of Chief Justice . Ruffin, which has been placed in position in the ad ministration building in Raleigh, will be unveiled February 1. Chief Justice Clark will make the principal address, Judge Crawford Biggs will make the presentation speech and the statue will be accepted by Gov ernor Craig. Played Arcund Dead Mother. Mrs. Virginia Helms, wife of Thomas Helms, was found lying dead in the yard of her home in Union county a few days ago, her three little chil dren playing about their dead moth er's body, unconscious of the awful reality. It is supposed that Mrs. Helms dropped dead while walking about the yard. The husband and father was away from home at the time. French Draw Near German Frontier Heavy snowfalls in France and in Flanders have confined fighting almost entirely to artillery engage ments. There has been one excep tion, however, southwest of Verdun, near Pont-a-Mousson, where the French are reported to have ap proached a few hundred yards near er the German frontier. Military men attach considerable importance to operations in this re gion, for, they say, in conjunction with the continued French pressure on the German lines west of the for tress of Perthes, they will check, if against Verdun, around which they have had a half circle drawn since they invaded France. Of the progress of the battles in East Prussia and Poland the official reports give less information than usual. Loquacity seems to be avoided when a big new movement is com mencing, such as that which the Russians are carrying out between the east Prussia border and the low er Vistula. In this operation, as far as can be judged, from the scant de tails furnished, the Russians are making a big sweep to the west and north, evidently trying to prevent Field Marshal von Hindenburg's forces from joining the German troops in east Prussia. Saved 476 Lives. American rev enue cutters saved 476 lives and gave assistance to 210 vessels val ued with their cargoes at more than $9,000,000 during the last fiscal year. MATTERS BEFOKEf THE "j ' GENERAL ASSEMBLT. Judiciary committee No. 2 of the house has voted to report favorably the Dunning bill to divide the state into two judicial districts to be known as eastern and western, the eastern to consist of districts 1 to 10 and the western of the districts 11 to 20. The change is to be effec tive with the beginning of the next fall terms of Superior courts. Another bill introduced in the house provided for three calendar circuits of Superior courts, so- that a circuit requires four instead of six months, each judge completing the state in six years. Representative Dough ton in the house and Senator Ward in the sen ate introduced resolutions to limit the present session of the assembly to 40 instead of the constitutional limit of 60 days. The rules commit tee are considering these measures. In the house Thomas, of Anson, introduced a bill to empower the governor to appoint a commission consisting of two Superior court judges, one Supreme court justice and two lawyers to recommend changes in judicial procedure. A resolution passed by the house tenders felicitations to Mrs. Stone wall Jackson, of Charlotte, and ex presses the hope that she will speed ily recover from serious illness. A bill offered in the senate by Senator Cooper would amend the law as to sales of corn meal so that packages can be of any weight, just so they show weight and whether bolted or unbolted The first effort to break the power of the so-called insurance trust in North Carolina was made yesterday in the house by Representative Sea well, of Lee, when he introduced a bill to enact into law practically the recommendations of a committee ap pointed which investigated the mat1 ter in a thorough manner and made its report to the governor, who later transmitted the same to the, general assembly. . -A bill was also introduced in the and short haul clause of tl Justice act. There has been much discus sion of this act, the smaller railroads claiming that it practically put them out of business. Sit Steady in the Boat. Raleigh, Jan. 20. The most in teresting and significant thing in legislative sessions oday was the initial joint conference of the senate and house committee on finance, with Chairman Doughlon, of the house, presiding. The net outcome is that there is unanimous opinion expressed to "sit steady :n the boat" or "stand pat" in matters of taxa tion and appropriations. All seemed to agree that in the light of the re cent vote on the constitutional amendments especially the tax amendment, the plan for the revi sion of the assessments and taxing system of the state as re commended' by Chairman Travis, of the state tax commission, is a good thing but that in view of the existing conditions it is not advisable to mane tnese re visions at this time. Indeed, members of the joint com mittee seemed" of one opinion that there will be no increase in appro priations at this session and, furth ermore, appropriations for perma nent improvements at state institu tions will have a very great falling off compared witli appropriations two years ago when there was a $500,000 bond issue for permanent improvements. This time it is the declared purpose of the committee to have no bond issues provided at this session and maintenance provi sion for state institutions that may not stint them in this respect is hinted at as about the best that can be expected. Engineers Better Paid Than Gover nor. Governors of seven abates could make more money in a locomotive cab on some Western railway runs than they now receive as chief exec utives, according to a statement of James M. Sheean, attorney for West ern railroads, whose engineers, fire men and hostlers are demanding higher wages and better hours, in outlining the railroad side of the case of the board of arbitration in Chicago. Sheean declared the an nual salaries of the governors were smaller than wages received by some of the locomotive engineers of West ern railroads who ask increases which, he saicT, would amount to $40,000,000 a year. :t:!i- - . ol' : J NVt . ; , p. lvv to ''f , , . ."Af t fir .;p. :. -if, HI . ''If nW,, 'I
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