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GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 , 1915
VOL. 94 NO. 9
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LOCAL NEWS IN B
MATTKKS OF INTEREST TO THE
HEADERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
hriner. Coming The next meet
,,i t!.t- Oasis temple of the Nobles
, Mystic Shrine, a high branch
M.'.snnry. will be held in Greens-
:., May ' .
Muiniii lianquet. The annual
., r of the alumni and other for-
-Tudrnts of Guilford College
: . :.t lil in Greensboro Saturday
.!)! u a ry 2 0.'
-l Woman Dead. Mrs. Emily
ii.il late Saturday afternoon
. -nine of her grandson, Mr. D.
v, ! ul.i. r i .-! r Summerfield, at the
. t i au of 89 years,
.fillip' Clark to Speak. -It is an
. -. that Chief Justice Walter
of the North Carolina Su- j
, ruint. will make a speech in
. ..! ty four? house here on the
: - f February 2 2 on the sub-
".i.nian suffrage,
j;. i ei ini; I'ronj Operation The
:r: -n.ls of Mrs. P. T. Highfteld
- rtield, will be , lad to learn
improing nicely fnm
, . r. tii n she underwent at St.
i-pital a lew weeks ago. She
-. to he a;,le to return home
v day:-'.
i 1 "i 1 1 (Veil Here. Rev. C. A.
president of the Xorth Caro
.hodNi Protestant Confer-
vjsitor in the '"ity.
puljiit of Grace
He oc- !
M. P
at the 11 o'clock service yes
aid preach1 I an 'nspiring
r ! u 1 sern on .
Next l air. The next Central
;i fair will be held here Octo-
The
1 .". and will be followed the !
.. v.-t k by the state fair at Ral
: The dates for these and the
:iirs on the circuit were se--'!
. .i meeting of representa-
e various fair associations
I r Saturday afternoon.
Keal Estate Sold. Mr. John A.
sold to the People's Ice
, ('o'l Storage ' 'ompanv, proper
"ii South Elm street, on th w esf
:e, adjoining the W. G. Lewis cor-
v. and running back 1 " t feet to
:. -present property of Fie con. pa
. and north 7" fe- r on South Elm
tr-u Consideration ?:'.4(,'.
Mr. G. IE King Dead. .Mrs. G.
i f
King died Thursday at her home
Kailroad avenue. She was 53
r of age and is survived by her
hand and three children Mrs.
F' King, of Richmond. Va.; Mrs.
'' l, .!!. of High Point, and R.
Ki:.g. of tiiis city. The funeral
Kit'-rment took nlace Saturday
L.
moon at Lee's chapel, north of
city.
oim Girl's Death. Miss Marga
Jackson. the 17-year-old daugh-
of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jackson,
i Fridu morning at ihe home of
' parents on Jackson street, fol-
:ng ;t long illness of tuberculosis.
funeral a as held yesterday af
'i.oori from Spring Garden Street
':' di-t ''iiiirch, the services being
'iv it--! bv the pastor. Rev. W. O.
!n
lankru)ty. A voluntary pe
i bankruptcy was filed in the
' States District court Friday
K. Wolfe, f. jeweler,
None. Judge Boyd made an
adjudging him bankrupt and
M"r was referred to John M.
-"ii. Esq., referee in bankrupt-
''hariotte. The liabilities are
at :,7 18.4a, and the assets
Id I or License. Abdul Addes,
';. who has conducted a store
n-boro for tiie sale of fancy
'"r two months, was in the
pal court Friday charged
'iii-paynient of license tax is
a- rant merchant. He was tin-
' 1,1 and costs, the rine to be re
i wlit-n he complied with the
uuiring the payment of state
"'inty taxes on his business
'i' -fendant appealed and was
in
a $2 50 bond.
'lw.x.d Kiikman Dead. Mr. El
d Kirkman, a well known citizen
southern part of the county,
i esjerday morning at his home
' i- Pleasant Garden. He had been
a eek. suffering from a severe
"ack of pneumonia, and while it
as known that his condion was
rious. the announcement of his
b-atii comes as a great shook to his
rends. .Tr. Kirkman was- 62. years
'''. and is siirvived by his widow,
l sons and three daugnters. The
I;i-eral was held from the fan-ily
"idence this morning i. 11 o'clock,
ti services being conducted by Rev.
v H. Ccx and Rev. T. M. Johnson.
Surprise Marriage. Miss Marian
ja Justice, a daughter of Mr. and
A
rs. E. J. Justice, of this city, who
are spending some time in Califor
nia, was married last Wednesday to
Mr. Kenneth Hardison, of Wades
boro. The ceremony took place at
the home of the bride's grandfather,
Judge M. H. Justice, of Rutherford
top, where she had been spending
some time on a visit.
President Can't Come. The del
egation that called on President
Wilson Thursday and 'nvited him
to make an address at the next
Fourth of July celebration at Guil
ford Battle Ground had a pleasant
trip to Washington, but was unable
to secure from the chief executive
an acceptance of the invitation. The
president told the delegation that,
in all probability, other duties and
engagements would prevent him
from coining to Guilford at that
time.
Death of Good Citizen. Mr. C. T
Clark died yesterday afternoon at
his home about fly mil east of the
city, following an illness of several
months. He was 61 years of age and
a highly esteemed citizen He is sur
vived by his widow, a son, seven
daughters and a brothe.' Mr. Milton
Clark, who resides east of the city.
The funeral will take '.lace at Mt
Pl-asant Methodist church this af
ternoon at 3.20 o'clock md will be
conducted by the pastor, Rev. F. L.
Townsend.
Another Veteran Passes. Mr. J.
A. Jones died Saturday night at his
home at Proximity as the result of
a stroke of paralysis he suffered re
cently. He was 71 years old and is
survived bv his widow, a daughter
and three sons. Mr. Jone-. was a Con
federate veteran and a member of
the Guilford camp. The funeral and
interment will take place today at
noon at Bethlehem Methodist
church, in southern Guilford, of
which the deceased was a faithful
member for many years.
Held on Serious Charge. A. Hor
witz and his daughter, Miss Tilly
!Iorwitzk have been arrested on .a
. . -
United States warrant charging
them with concealing bankruptcy
assets and with conspiracy to de
fraud. Horwitz gave a bond of $2,
000 and his daughter one of $500
for their appearance at a prelimi
nary hearing, which will be held be
fore United States Commissioner
Collins Thursday. Horwitz, who for
merly conducted a merchant tailor
ing business here, went into bank
ruptcy several months ago.
Presbyterian Men at Dinner.
The men of Westminster Presby
terian church met in the church for
a dinner Thursday evening. Dr. W.
P. Beall was toastmaster and Mr.
J. C. Wharton, senior elder of the
church, asked the blessing at din
ner. Following the dinner toasts were
given as follows:
"Our Sunday School," by the sec
retary, George S. Sergeant. Mr. Ser
geant has been superintendent of
the Sunday school for the past 21
years and talked about its growth.
"The Baraca Class," by the presi
dent, R. N. Carrier.
"Missions," speaking of the Lay
men's Missionary Conference to be
held in Charlotte, by E. J. Davis.
''Christian Endeavor," by Fred
Phipps.
"Church Finances," by C. C. Mc
Lean. "Systematic Giving," by E. P.
Wharton .
"Future Plans," by the pastor,
Rev. C. E. Hodgin.
fallowing the regular toasts im
promptu talks were given by Claude
Pritchett, Rev. Mr. Boggs and Mr.
Watkin.
Held on Serious Charge.
A. Horwitz and his daughter, Miss
Tilly Horwitz, were arrested Friday
by Deputy Marshal J. C. Kennett on
the charge of concealing bankruptcy
assets and conspiracy to defraud.
Thej' were carried before the TInited
States commissioner, Mr. D. H. Col
lins, and there required to give
bond, Mr. Horwitz $2,000 and Miss
Horwitz $500, to guarantee their
presence before the commissioner
for a preliminary trial. Both gave
the bonds and were released.
It was stated that goods valued at
from $4,000 to $5,000 re alleged
tc have been concealed from the
trustee by the indicted. Mr. Hoi
witz was a merchant doing business
cm South Elm street, in the Ben
bow block and on East Washington
street. The bankruptcy decree was
signed during last summer in the
Federal court.
SUPERIOR COURT ENDS
BUSY CRIMINAL TERM.
The January criminal term of
Guilford Superior court adjourned
Saturday afternoon. The last busi
ness to come before the court was
a case brought to test the validity
of an ordinance requiring all drug
stores; restaurants and oth'ii similar
places of business in H;.gh Point to
close on Sunday. Tne attorneys
reached an agreement as to the facts
and the case will be carried up to
the Supreme court.
The last jury trial was a charge
of retailing brought against June
Willard, who was found guilty and
sentenced to the roads for 12
months. He gave notice of an ap
peal to the Supreme court and was
held under a bond of $1,500.
Oscar Goodman, whito. was found
not guilty of trespassing.
N'tmr. Hill, white, was sent to the
roads 12 months for assault and bat
tery. John Henry Lax, negro, was found
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon and was fined $25 and the
costs. In a case charging carrying
concealed weapons he was fined $20
and the costs.
Will Lax, negro, was found not
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon.
Ed Barnes, negro, was found guil
ty of an assault with a deadly weap
on and was taxed with the costs.
John Williamson, negro, was
found not guilty of retailing.
A. L. Bryant, white, charged with
having liquor for sale, entered a
plea of nolo contendere and was tax
ed with the costs.
Grand Jury's Report.
The grand jury was discharged
Thursday afternoon after making
the following report:
"We visited the county offices and
so far as we could see everything is
in good condition. We also visited
the jail and found the surroundings
very clean and comfortable. The in
mates seem to be well cared for.
"By instructions) f the cour we
did not go to the convicts' camp, the
roads to these camps being almost
impassable and they were visited
only a short time ago.
"We passed on 12 bills, ten true
bills and two untrue.
"We visited the work house and
found things in very good condition
with six white males, two white fe
males, 14 colored males and 19 col
ored females. They all seem to have
comfortable rooms and we think are
well fed and cared for. We found
on hand two work mules, five milk
cows, four yearlings, 200 fine chick
ens, three pork hogs, one sow, three
pigs, 300 bushels of corn, 20 bush
els of wheat, 50 bushels of oats, 20
bushels of sweet potatoes, a lot of
rough feed and farming tools and
machinery sufficient to run the
farm. Mr. Scott, the keeper of the
county home, says he has 25 acres
sown in wheat, 10 acres in oats and
two in rye.
"We find some of the buildings
need recovering as follows: The
front part of the asylum and two
houses in the yard, used by inmates.
We recommend that they be covered
with tin shingles.
"We also think there should be a
shed built to the present barn on the
west and south side and tear away
the old log barn and the log hut
which now needs repair. We think
the shed to the barn should be cov
ered with galvanized iron.
"We recommend that a well be
placed near the work house, and a
tank be erected suitable "to furnish
water for the work house and county
home and water closets be placed in
the work house or houses and coun
ty home and outbuilding where nec
essary, water to be piped from tank
to these closets and sewerages run
out from said closets so as to keep
the county home and work house
in a sanitary condition."
Canada to Have Triple Aid.
The Canadian Parliament will be
asked to vote $100,000,000 toward
the expenses of carrying on the war
in Europe, at the session which be
gins next month, according to a dec
laration made by George E. Foster,
minister of trade and commerce, in
a speech before the Canadian Club.
The Dominion has already voted
$50,000,000.
Mr. John T. Wlker, of Cambridge,
Idaho, who lias been visiting friends
and relatives in the county, left Sun
day night for Washington to spend
a few days before returning to his
home.
RUSSIANS CLAIM GAINS
IN THE CARPATHIANS.
For the fourth time 3lnce the war
began the Carpathian mountains,
between Duka and Wyszkow passes
is the scene of a pitched battle.
The previous clasnes were between
Russians and Austro-Hungarians,
but now the Austrians and Hunga
rians have the assistance of the Ger
man armies and are taking a vigor
ous offensive. Despite this, Rus
sian reports assert that the prelim
inery fighting has turned to the ad
vantage of Russia and that prison
ers and guns have been captured.
Simultaneously the Austro-Ger-mans
are concentrating armies be
tween Bukowina and Transylvania
to prevent a Russian attempt to out
flank them, and on the Rumanian
and Serbian frontiers, to check any
effort of the armies of those coun
tries to take a hand in the fighting
on the result of which Austria stakes
much.
The Russians are pushing their
offensive in east Prussia while the
Germans continue their attack in
Central Poland. These operations,
however, are secondary to the battle
in the Carpathians, the outcome of
which is likely to have . a marked
effect on future operations of the
war.
More Vessels Sunk.
A German submarine made r. riid
Saturday in the Irish sea, in the vi
cinity of Liverpool, an.i sank three
British vessels the steamers Ben
Cruachen, Linda Blancii and the
Kilcoan, the last a small vessel. The
Kilcoan's crew was landed yesterday
on the Isle of Man by a coastwise
steamer.
In addition, a German submarine
also torpedoed two British steamers
in the English channel near Havre
the Tokomaru and the Icariar.
Turkish Invasion of Egypt.
The statement that "the Turkish
forces are in practicallj undisturbed
occupation of more than 30,000
square miles of Egypt," sounds rath
er pminous for the British until it
is jfemembered that these 30,000
square miles are absolute desert, of
practically no value to either invad
er or defender. So far as produc
tivity is concerned, the peninsula of
Sinai, the land thus occupied, is on a
par with the desert of Sahara. Wnen
Napoleon invaded Egypt he marched
out of it in a direction just the re
verse of that which the Turks are
now taking. In view of recent Turk
ish performances in war there may
well be doubts whether the Sultan's
soldiers will be able to repeat the
great spectacular success of the
French conqueror.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The senate judiciary committee
No. 1 has decided to report favor
ably the Dunning bill from the
house for the division of the state
intc two judicial circuits instead of
the present statewide circuit that
keeps all the Superior court judges
rotating to every county. The bill
has passed the house and its ulti
mate ratification seems assured.
The bill for the uniform examina
tion and certification of teachers is
set as a special order for next Fri
day. Announcement was made in both
houses Friday that on February 9
there will be a joint committee hear
ing of state anti-saloon league bnis
to stop delivery of liquors for bever
age and prohibit manufacture and
sale of malt for distilling. Both
sides are to be heard at that time. '
The house has passed the Came
ron joint resolution urging that
there be a 50 per cent out in cotton
acreage, the discussion which was
spirited. Representative Blue, of
Scotland county, made the declara
tion that his county raises two bales
of cotton for every man, woman and
child in the county, knows its busi
ness and is tired of advice being
poked at it by people who do not
know.
The bill to legalize service by tel
ephone was passed with Mecklen
burg and a number of other counties
exempted.
May Ron For Governor.
In Washington a few days ago As
sociate Justice Allen, of the state Su
preme court, who has been mention
ed as a possible candidate for gover
nor, was asked about the matter. He
said friends had asked him to be a
candidate and he had thought about
it, but was not thinking seriously of
entering the race. Congressman
Page is a possible candidate.
W. J. BRYAN SPEAKS IN
RALEIGH AND DURHAM.
The North "Carolina Conference
for Social Service concluded its
third annual session in Raleigh Sat
urday morning, holding its final
meeting in the city auditorium and
having as its distinguished guest and
speaker, Hon. William J. Bryan.
Hon. T. W. Bickett introduced Mr.
Bryan to one of the largest audi
ences Raleigh has ever given any
man and for an hour and a half on
the subject, "Man's Relation to So
ciety," the speaker intensely inter
ested his listeners. Mr. Bryan ex
pressed himself heartily in favor of
the aims, objects and field of ser
vice of the conference, and spoke
with telling effect on the subjects of
child labor, public healtn and prohi
bition. From the auditorium he
went direct to the house of repre
sentatives, where he spoke to the
legislature on "Man's Relation to
Government."
Mr. Bryan left Raleigh in the af
ternoon for Durham, where he
spoke Saturday night on the subject
of "Man's Relation to God."
The following were elected offi
cers of the Conference for Social
Service for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, A. W. McAlister, Greensboro;
first vice president, Dr. E. K. Gra
ham, Chapel Hill; second vice presi
dent, Mrs. H. R. Hollowell, Golds
boro; third vice president, W. H.
Swift, Greensboro; secretary-treasurer,
Warren H. Booker. Raleigh.
BIGGEST LOBBY EVER
KNOWN IN STATE CAPITAL.
Raleigh, Jan. 31. Members of
the general assembly are fore-warned
that during the coming week
there will be the-biggest and hand
somest lobby in Raleigh that has
ever haunted the hotel lobbies and
the corridors and cloak rooms of the
legislature halls during a session of
the legislature. Indeed the van
guard of this powerful lobby" is al
ready gathering and it will be here
in full force by Tuesday afternoon
when there will be the joint com
mittee hearing of, the Hobgood and
Roberts and ,other bills pending in
the legislature for woman's suf
frage. Mrs. Anna Shaw, the nation
al head or the movement is due here
Tuesday and in the meantime advo
cates of equal suffrage in all parts
of thf state who can possibly be in
duced to come to Raleigh are head
ing this way, inspired by the cam
paign committee, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Archibald Henderson,
of Chapel Hill, who is the head of
the movement ,in this state.
However, the opinior generally
expressed among the lawmakers is
that while the movement may result
in winnirg over some votes not here
tofore openly lined up for suffrage,
there is not the least possibility of
the pending bills passing of a suf
frage amendment to the constitution
this being submitted to the people
at the next general elecrion as they
provide. This legislature, it is in
sisted by those in close touch with
the sentiment of the legislators, is
opposed to suffrage by a large ma
jority and the insistance is that
nothing like a majority of the wo
men of the state have any desire to
exercise the ballot.
New Uniforms For Southern Em
ployes. Hereafter at least 21 engineer
on the Southern Railway will wear
i
uniforms which will hear the com
pany amblem the letters "S. R."
pierced by an arrow. The Proxim
ity Manufacturing Company has pre
pared to present that many engi
neers, all of the Dauv;lh division,
their overall uniforms. This cloth
i? the finest quality denim, ma ?e at
While Oak MillS; and printed ? the
Proximity Print Works, the new
plant northeast of the city.
The engineers wrho will receive
this priced gift from the local com
pany are E. U. Barger, J. R. 1'ret
timan, A. J. Freleand, C. L. Strat
ford, J. M. Stedman, B. D. Morton,
C. L. Mock and G. S. Lane, of Spen
cer; H. L. Reynolds and M. C.Glenn,
of Greensboro; J. G. Powell, of Mt.
Airy; S. S. Moore, of Spray; J. H.
S. Tunstall and N. L. Robinson, of
Mt. Airy; L. A. Atkinson, J. J. W.
Harris. William P'?.dew, F. L. Piper,
A. L. Watson, A. V. Anthony and N.
S. Hunter, of Greensboro.
. Miss Thelma Clymer, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Clymer, is
visiting her sister in Richmond a
few days before going to New York,
where she will take a course' in art.
GENERAL NEWS PARAGRAPBS
SUMMARY OF EVENTS THAT GO
TO MAKE UP THE WORLD'S
NEWS OP THE DAY.
Free Seed Graft The annual row
over the distribution of free seeds
by congressmen came up in the
house of congress Tuesday but fail
ed to displace from the agrictrrfural
bill an item of $225,540 for that
purpose.
Saved by Cork Leg. A story
comes from Winchester, Va., that
W. L. Kuhn, who was thrown from
his buggy into the water while try
ing to ford Shenandoah river, was
kept afloat by his cork leg and thus
his life was saved.
Confederate Reunion. June 1,
2 and 3 have been set as the dates
of the annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans in Richmond,
Va., according to an order issued by
Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander-in-chief
of the veterans.
To Pay For Cattle. President
Wilson has signed an urgent .defici
ency bill carrying $2,500,000 to pay
farmers for cattle slaughtered in the
federal campaign against the foot
and mouth disease. Up to January
1 the campaign had cost the govern
ment $2,129,138.
Pension Appropriation. The an
nual pension appropriation bill, ag
gregating $165,000,000, has been
reported favorably to the house of
congress. The bill reduces estimates
by $1,000,000. It includes an ap
propriation of $100,000 for examin
ing surgeons' fees.
Wheat Seized. A dispatch from
Berlin says the government has seiz
ed all stocks of wheat in "Germany
in order to safeguard the bread sup
ply until the next harfest. This
measure, it is claimed, was made
necessary by the fact that the people
have failed to economize. The stocks
will be distributed according to the
population of the various commun
ities. Prohibit Liquor Shipments. The
house of the South Carolina legisla
ture has passed a bill to prohibit the
shipment into that State of alcoholic
liquors, as provided by the federal
law giving authority to the states
over inter-state shipments of intox
icants. The bill requires every one
ordering liquor shipped from with
out the state to secure a permit from
the clerk of court.
Investigation Ordered. As a re
sult of charges of a deficiency in the
accounts of the public works de
partment of the Dominican Repub
lic, Secretary Bryan has ordered an
investigation. It is announced that
$8,000 of the funds of the depart
ment have been appropriated. The
defaulter is a citizen of the Domican
republic and this government has no
responsibility for him.
To Reimburse Us. In the diplo
matic appropriation bill, carrying
approximately $4,000,000, as per
fected by the foreign affairs commit- '
tee of the house of congress, is con
tained a provision requesting the
president "to take such steps as may
be necessary to have the republic of
Cuba reimburse the United States
:o the extent of $6,509,511" for the
expense of pacification from 1907 to
1909.
Reduce Cotton Acreage. A bill
repealing the cotton acreage reduc
tion Jaw enacted at a special session
of the South Carolina legislature
last October, has been passed by the
house of the South Carolina legisla
ture. It now goes to the senate,
where an identical bill is pending.
The existing law provides that not
more than one-third of each farm
er's land under cultivation may be
planted in cotton.
To Cut Postal Service.
A dispatch from Washington says
the postal revenues are in such a de
pleted condition that Postmaster
General Burleson has given orders
to his subordinates to reduce ex
penses all along the line. To Post
master .Morgan, at New York, direc
tions have been issued to make a re
port on conditions in the New York
postoffice, with a view to reduc
tions. One of the suggestions made
to Mr. Morgan is that he should put
a proportion of the clerks and mail
carriers in the New York office on
furlough until conditions become
better. Mr. Morgan was asked to
consider this and other suggestions,
end there is reason to believe that
arrangements, are now being made
to put the furlough proposal into ef
fect. Mrs. Gilliam Grissom is visiting
friends at her, former home, in Spray
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