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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
fV. Nicholson 111. Mr. J. W.
Nicholson suffered a stroke of par
alysis a few days ago at his home
on the corner of West Market and
cedar streets. His condition is not
carded as especially a'arming.
foarleinan-McCuiston. Mr. Clar
enc Fogleman and Miss Elizabeth
Mc 'listen were married Saturday
nieM. the ceremony taking place at
; 2 o'clock at the ho:ne of the
r; ;(, s father, Mr. J. T. McCuiston,
(,n West Lee street, and being per-ior-ned
by Rev. Shuford Peeler.
School Entertainment. A play
(.n:;tled "Josiah's Courtship," will
i e jriven at Shady Grove School
house in Jefferson township, five
rlr-s east of the city, next Saturday
jiisrrt. February 13, beginning at
o'clock. An admission- of 10
certs will be charged and the pro
cef:s will go to the benefit of the
scfc- ol.
Held For Court. L. and I. Buck
Tla'.:!, of High Point, who were ar
rested recently on warrants charging
ther.i with violating the bankruptcy
law? by withholding property, were
given a hearing Saturday before
United States Commissioner Collins
ni held for the June term of United
States District court in this city un
der bonds of $500 each. "
Little Boy's DeatpL Hardy, the
four-year-old son Mr. and Mrs.
Hardy T. Gregory, died yesterday
morning at the home of his parents
or. West Market street, following a
short illness of acute indigestion.
The funeral will be held from, the
hoiLe this afternoon at 4 o'clock and
wH be conducted by Rev. Dr. C. W.
Bvr 1 and Rev. Robert E. Roe.
A judged Bankrupts. The Way
V?.ynick Paint and Oil Company, of
rh's city, has filed a petition in vol-
Mtary bankruptcy4iJ
States court and an order of adjudi
cation has been signed referring the
matter to G. S. Ferguson, Jr., ref
eree in bankruptcy. The liabili
ties are scheduled at $2,538.97, with
assets amounting to $1,518.43.
Court Met Today. A civil term
of Guilford Superior court was con
verted by Judge C. C. Lyon at 9.30
o'clock this morning and will con
tinue for two weeks. In addition to
a r.eavy caienuar to oe irieu, tuerw
are a number of important motions
to be argued, and it is safe to as
Furre that the court will have no
trouble in consuming the time al
lotted to it.
Adjudged Bankrupt. A. M. llad
ley, a merchant of Graham, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the United States court here Friday
afternoon and an order of adjudica
tion was signed by Judge Boyd, the
matter being referred to G. S. Fer
guson, Jr., referee in bankruptcy.
The liabilities were scheduled at
? 10.910, with assets amounting to
?10.347.34.
Returns to Greensboro. Mr. W.
K. Hccktt, a Guilford county boy,
ho has been engaged in the hotel
business in Danville for some time,
has returned to Greensboro to spend
a :w months pending the comple
iior. of a handsome and up-to-date
';-.el in Danville of which he is to
he manager. It is expected that the
u-. hotel will be thrown open to
t :.- public not later than early in the
i a'.h
Rescue Home. The rescue h mie
ir-r fallen women that has been con
duced -on Silver Run avenue for sev--ra:
years by Rev. W. R. Cox and his
: so eiates has been incorporated by
7 - secretary of state under the
11 rr.e of the "Greensboro Rest Cct
''i:'." The incorporators are Rev.
R. cox and Messrs. Joseph H.
Armfield, J. L. Crouse, M. L. Holli
t;i;. . C. H. Ireland and E. P. Whar-
Alter 'ie Tigers. Reociiitly the
oifir-ers of the law have been making
strenuous efforts to break up Jie
blind t.er industry in tiv mill vil
iases t i h of the city, and as n re--ilt.
it is said it is now much more
difficult than formerly to buyntox
ieantp at Proximity, Revolution and
hito Ouk. During tho past tew
''ays six white men and two negroes
have be-sn convicted before Justice
' the Peace Rogers, at Proximity,
and held for the Superior court un
der Lunds of $50 each. The defen
dants are: Herbert Made, Keason
Urown, L. N. Hinsley, L. JI. Snow,
Lester Jaivis, all white, and Joe
Hooper aad Jim Green, colored.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF
To Change Courts. A bill has
- m drawn and will be introduced
jA the legislature within a few days
providing for changing two terms of
Superior court in Guilford county
from civil to criminal terms. It is
proposed to change the June and De
cember civil terms to criminal terms.
It is believed that such an arrange
ment would go far toward relieving
the congestion of the criminal dock
et that exists at present.
To Operate Box Factory. Rober
son & Strader, of Belew's Creeic,
well known sawmill and lumoer
men, have a force of laborers at
work building a box factory they
will operate on property they pur
chased some time ago between ihe
eastern entrance of the Central" Car
lina fair grounds and the extension
of West Lee street. The plant will
be in operation soon and is expected
to employ from 15 to 20 men reg
ularly. Laymen's Meeting. Arrange
ments are being made to have
Greensboro and Guilford county well
represented at a big convention of
Presbyterian laymen to be held in
Ch.irlotte February 16-18 under the
auspices of th laymen's mi.onary
movement. Some of the -heat known
religious workers in the country are
to attend and take part in the con
vention, which is to be one of the
most important religious gatherings
in the state this year.
To Sell Bonds. The city commis
sioners have decided to open bids
on Wednesday, March 3, for the sale
of the issue of $100,000 of bonds au
thorized by vote of the people of
Greensb oro last May for improving
ihe streets of the city. The general
ly unsettled financial condition of
the country, due to the European
war, made the sale of the bonds last
summer or fall appear inadvisable,
but it is believed that chev can bo
disposed of now to good advantage.
Farm Brings Good Price. A pub
lic auction sale of the farm and
much of the personal property of Mr.
the; ; Tabernacle
section oi jiay lownsnip, was neia
Friday, tht sale being conducted by
the Southern Real Estate Company,
of this city. Mr. Harper M. Coble
bid in the property for $5,662.80.
The farm consists of 125 acres and
is in a good state of cultivation. It
sold for a price close around $4 5 an
acre. Mr. Hinshaw is preparing to
move to Hoke county, where he has
bought a farm in the sandhills coun
try.
New Business Concern. Mr. Jes
se Armfield, of Thomasville, cash
ier of the Bank of Thomasville, has
rented quarters on the first floor
of the Banner building and is pre
paring to embark in the stock,
bond, and brokerage and insurance
business under the name of the Gate
City Trust Company. Mr. Armfield
is a son of Mr. W. J. Armfield, of
High Point, one of the best known
business men and financiers in the
county, and is himself a youn bus
iness man of splendid ability. In en
gaging in busines in Greensboro Mr
Armfield will not sever his connec
tion with the Bank of Thomasville
or give up his residence in that
place.
Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas c Jboust, wno are among
the oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens of Alamance county, will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage at the nome near
Graham tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs
Foust are the parents of Dr. Julius
I. Fuost, president of the State Nor
mal and Industrial College; Prof
Thomas i. 'oust, county superin
tendent of schools; Prof. Frank L
Foust, principal of the Pleasant Gar
den high school, and Mrs. A. L. Hen
ley, of this city. Many friends will
join in extending felicitations to this
aged and well known couple in ex
tending the half-century roilepost in
their married life.
Mrs. J. P. Huffman Dead. Mrs
J. P. Huffman, who was well known
to many readers of The Patriot, died
about 1 o'clock Friday morning at
her home at Elon College, following
a short illness of a severe cold and
asthma. The news of her death
came as a great shock to her friends,
few of whom knew of her illness
Mrs. Huffman spent the greater part
pf her life in Guilford and has
number of relatives and friends in
this county. She- was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Low, of thiscoun
ty, and a sister of Messrs. J. H. and
W. F. Low, of Greensboro; Mrs. B
B. Greeson, of Alamance county, and
Mrs. D. W. Ramseur, of Guilford
She was a faithful member of the
uerman Reformed church.
Told Good Stories. Mr. R. T.
Wyche, the well known lecturer and
story-teller, entertained an appre
ciative audience at the Greensboro
College for Women Friday night. He
gave a number of selections from
'Uncle Remus" that stamped him as
an impersonator and lecturer of no
mean proportions. Mr. Wyche is a
brother of Dr. J. E. Wyche, a lead-
ng dentist of Greensboro, andv has
made for himself quite a reputation
s a lecturer and entertainer. He is
always heard with pleasure in
reensboro.
Robbed a Train. Irvin Holly, a
young negro of this city, was given
a hearing in Municipal court Satur
day on the charge of robbing a
Southern Railway freight train last
November, and upon being found
guilty, was sentenced to the county
roads for 12 months. The defendant
gave notice of an appeal and was
leld under a bond of $300 for his
appearance at the next criminal
term of Guilford Superior court.
fiolly was arrested in Richmond a
ew days ago and brought back to
Greensboro for trial.
On Elopement Charge J. P. Mas-
sey was given a hearing before Justice-
of the Peace Collins Saturday
afternoon charged with eloping
with Mrs. Rettie Garner, the wife of
O. Garner, of this city. It was
charged that Massey and Mrs. Gar
ner left Greensboro the first of last
August and only returned to the city
a few days ago. During the time the
couple were absent from the city
they are said to have visited Dan-
ille, Va., Norfolk, Va.. Baltimore
,Md., Washington, D. C, and Win-
ton-Salem and High Poitt. Massey
vas held for the April criminal term
of Superior court under a bond of
$200.
Part of Missing Money Recovered.
Thursday's Patriot carried a news
tem to the effect that A. Hill, a
mail carrier in Stokes county, was
missing, together with $3,00p in
money. Hill carried the mail between
Danbury and Watout-Coyjaanaa.
stracted the money before deliver-
the pouch to the postmaster at
Walnut Cove. The following dis
patch from Winston-Salem tells how
a portion of the money was recover
ed: "The Bank of Stokes County has
recovered $1,435 of the $3,000 al-
eged to have been stolen by A. Hill,
route mail carrier last Tuesday.' The
money was turned over to Sheriff
W. C. Slate by J. H. Keaton, of Vade
Mecum, who stated that the money
was given him Tuesday night by
Hill, with the request that $1,000 of
t be given to Mrs. Hill and the re
maining $435 be used in settling
Hill's debts in the neighborhood.
"Mr. Keaton states that he had no
dea that the money was stolen when
it was given him and that he had
no idea of the present whereabouts
of Hill."
City Politics Looking Up.
The municipal political pot is be
ginning to simmer. Mayor T. J
Murphy, Commissioner of Public
Safety R. M. Rees and Commission
er of Public Works J. G. Foushee,
Jr., have announced their candidacy
for re-election and will ask for the
support of the voters on the four-
years' record made by them under
the commission plan of government
It is probable that all three will have
opposition. Mr. Charles A. Hendrix
is an avowed candidate for commis
sioner of public wQrks, and among
others mentioned as probable candi
dates for mayor and commissioner
of public safety are Messrs. E. J.
Stafford, J. Henry Phipps and B. E
Jones.
Killed by Explosion.
Fred Myers, white and aged 37
years, was killed and several others
were slightly injured in Winston-Sa
lem Friday afternoon, when a gaso
line tank located1 in the plant of the
Crystal Ice Company exploded.
Mr. Myers, a machinist in the em
ploy of the Salem Iron Works Com
pany, together with several other
men, was engaged in installing some
machinery in the plant. The force
had just returned to work after the
noon hour when a loud report was
heard and fire was thrown in all di
rections by the explosion of a gaso
line tank. .
Myers leaves
child.
a widow and one
Women on School Boards. The
Alabama legislature has passed
bill to allow women to be elected to
county boards of education.
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE'S
LAWMAKERS IS THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
The joint finance committee of the
legislature has put the finishing
touches on the revenue bill and the
measure will be introduced in the
house today.
Decidedly the biggest change made
in the revenue act by the committee
is that section prescribing the inher
itance taxes. In case of lineal issue
or ancestor, the inheritance tax is
changed from one per cent to $25,-
000, four per cent to $500,000 and
five per cent on all in excess of
$500,000,
In case of inheritance by brother
or sistgr or descendants of such in
stead ht three per cent flat, it is
hree per cent to $25,000, four per
cent to $100,000, five per cent to
$250,000, six per cent to $500,000,
tnd seven per cent in excess of
$500,000.
In more distant relationship and
nheritances by stranger. in blood
he graduated scale starts, with five
ner cent on $:5,000 or less, and in
creases ,- on the same scale as the
others, by graduation of respectively
six, seven, eight and nine per cent,
according to amount. Inheritances
by religious, educational and charit
able institutions are exempted and
the provisions are specified to apply
to all property passing since March
12, 1913.
The Senate Friday killed the Muse
bill designed to break up the state
policy of airing the construction of
railroads jn undeveloped territorj'
by working convicts in exchange for
stock; fand this, with the action of
he hqfiise more than a week ago in
defeating the - Page .idlls to repeal
the adts-.-that authorized the convict
work m"pw , in progress, ie taken to
mean"mat the 19 lo legislature has
now fied this state aid policy at
least p the extent of carrying out
thdJSmiMiim that the state has with
railroad companies for this co-operative
construction work.
Senator McAuley, in the senate
and Representative Douglass in the
house have introduced duplicate
Mils requiring examination of rail
road employes and prohibiting the
employment of anyone who cannot
read and write.
The house committee on proposi
tions and grievances Friday after
noon gave a lengthy hearing on a
bill for the reduction of leaf tobac
co warehouse charges from two .nd
a half to one and a half per cent
The committee gave the bill unani
mous unfavorable report, killing
this issue for this session.
The senate committee on penal in
stitutions has voted a favorable re
port for the Ward bill for providing
sponsors for wayward children, a
sort of juvenile court system for
"big brother" supervision of way
ward youths. House judiciary com
mittee No. 2 voted a favorable re
port for a bill to allow $15 per
month for the families of convicts
on the labor of prisoners working
out sentences for county or state
Both these bills are being pressed
by the North Carolina Prisoners'
Aid Society.
The house has passed the Thomas
bill to provide for resales of prop
erty under mortgage foreclosures
where there are increased bids filed
within ten days after the first sale.
The senate has passed the house
bill for the repeal of the long and
short haul clause of the Justice infra-state
freight rate act and it is
now ready for ratification. The Hob-
good amendment was voted down
32 to 10 and then the original bill
passed 35 to 7.
Senator Johnson, of Duplin, in ar
guing for the repeal, charged that
the Justice act originated in
Greensboro, and that "E. J. Justice
has cost the state a great deal of
money, and his theories have proven
ruinous in practice." Senator Gil
liam said that the Justice act has
cost two firms in his town $15,000
Senator Thompson, of Onslow, aud
others said they knew of very heavy
losses the act had forced on great
numbers of business men in addition
to the ruin for short lines.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate today by Senator McRae, of
Mecklenburg county, to amend the
laws as to. building and loan associa
tions so as to provide for "land and
loan associations," this to be done
without in any way affecting or
changing the laws governing the op
eration of the regular building and
loan associations in the cities and
towns.
Another chapter was added to the
pending insurance legislation Satur
day by the introduction of bilbs in
the senate by Senators Weaver and
Miller that are designed to author-
ze the state commissioner of insur
ance to hear complaints of excessive
fire insurance rates and declare
what should be the just and reason
able rates, making public record of
the same, but not going as far as
the pending Seawell bill in the house
does in empowering the -commis
sioner to actually lower the rate.
The senate bills are in line with
the recommendation of Commission
er Young and meet the concessions
of insurance com'panies, which insist
that if the actual rate-making power
is taken by the state, they will with
draw from North Carolina. The
Weaver bill amends a number of
other sections of the general insur
ance laws, specifies qualifications of
agents and adjusters to be licensed,
provides for school of instruction in
fire prevention and. for October 9
as "fire prevention day."
An indirect state-wide stock law
bill came in the senate Saturday, in
troduced by Senator Cohoon, of Pas
quotank, providing that livestock be
prohibited from running at large ex
cept in such territory as the people
therein shall specifically vote to al
ow such livestock at large.
The house defeated the Nash bill
from the senate for the creation of
arbitral courts composed of the clerk
of the Superior court and two com
missioners named by him to settle
differences out of court.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
VISITS GREENSBORO.
The legislative committee appoint
ed to visit the state educational in
stitutions in Greensboro spent Sat
urday in the city and inspected the
plants and investigated the work
fhey are doing. The committee was
composed of Senator D. F. Giles, of
McDowell county; Senator R. D.
Johnson,, of Duplin,1and Representa
The members of the committee
were guests at the regular noonday
meal at the State Normal and In
dustrial College. Informal and short
speeches were made by each of the
visitors. Chairman Giles compli
mented the institution upon the
work it is doing and touched upon
the relation of the college to his
own county, McDowell. Ten students
from that county are in the col
lege now. Senator Johnston talked
along the same line. Representative
Kittrell spoke of the work the col
lege was doing and its influence up
on the state.
The committee also paid a visit to
the state Agricultural and Mechani
cal College for the colored race.
There again short talks were made
and a number of plantation melodies
were sung for the delectation of the
visitors.
The members of the committee ex
pressed themselves as being much
pleased with the trip. They will
make a written report to the legis
lature on their findings at the insti
tutions and make recommendations
as to appropriations, new buildings,
etc.
America and Germany Join in Relief
Measures.
America and Germany are joining
hands in relief measures for the
civil population in the war-devastated
districts of Poland. Represen
tatives of the American Red "Cross
and the Rockefeller Foundation, af
ter investigation, found this work
as essential as relief for Belgium.
While American representatives
were negotiating what amounts to a
formal treaty with the German and
Austrian authorities, providing guar
antees not only that imported food
supplies shall not be requisitioned by
the military authorities but that all
ro iuisitions shall come in occupied
regions, a German committee had
begun raising funds to buy food for
a people who officially are their en
emies. Berlin residents subscribed $85,
000 as their first contribution to the
fund. Germans generally were in
vited to subscribe to an appeal is
sued Saturday.
Dr. Broughton Resigns. Rev. Dr.
Len G. Broughton, formerly of North
Carolina and Atlanta, has resigned
the pastorate of Christ Baptist
church, London. Ill health is given
as the cause of the resignation. He
has accepted the pastorate of the
First Baptist church of Knoxville,
Tenn.
GUILFORD BANQUET TO
BE A NOTABLE EVENT
Invitatiors are being sent out to
the annual alumni banquet of Gail
ford College, which will be held in
this city, at the Guilfori hotel. Sat
urday night, February 2 0. It is to
be a notable occasion and a general
invitation is extended t all forner
students of Guilford to be present.
The chief speaker of the occasion
will be Dr. Isa?c Sharpless, presi
dent of Haverford Coll .ge, Haer
ford, Pa. Dr. Sr.arpless has been
president of Haverford for some
twenty-five years is not -mly one of
the greatest educators in the So
ciety of Friends, but is one of the
leading American educator?. Presi
dent Wilson said while he was the
executive of Princeton University
that his aim was to mak: of Prince
ton several Haverfords, thus paying
glowing tribute to the work of Dr.
Sharpless. As an after dinner
speaker Dr. Sharpless is particularly
good, possessing, as he aoes. a keen
sense of humor and a fluent tongue.
The other speakers of the evening
will be Dr. L. L. Hobbs, president of
Guilford College, who will speak of
the policy and ideals of Gui'ford;
Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point,
who is president of the Guilford
board of trustees, and Mr. George
W. Wilsonr '92, of Charlotte, who is
now solicitor for the fourteenth ju
dicial district.
There will be other entertaining
features which will contribute to the
general good spirit of tiie occasion.
A real Guilford gathering and a
thoroughly enjoyable evening is as
sured Train Held Up and Passengers Rob
bed.
West Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 7.
The Palm Beach Limited train of the
Florida East Coast Railroads, bound
from Jacksonville to Miami, wafl
boarded by four masked men at
Stuart, Fla., early tonight and the
male passengers on the observation
platform - robber jot their money and
ed to have been large.
No attempt was made to molest
the women. They were forced, how
ever, at the point of revolvers, to en
ter the car, where several of them
fainted. After completing their
search of the men, the robbers made
their way through the observation
car, but found that a brakeman, who
had caught sight of them, had lock
ed the door.
Revolvers were then leveled at
him and he was ordered to pull the
bell rope to stop the train. When it
slowed down, the four men jumped
to the ground and escaped. Posses
are now searching for them.
Japan Makes Threats Against China
Peking, China, Feb. 7. Japan
has threatened military action to
foree China to meet her recent de
mands, according to a cable message
from the Chinese minister at Tdkio.
Officials say, however, the commun
ication should not be taken too seri
ously.
Public men and newspapers are
urging President Yuan Shi Kai to let
Japan seize by force what she wish
es, as China would be unable to op
pose her, but refuse to grant humil
iating concessions. It is reported
that President Yuan Shi Kai intends
to meet some of the demands, grant
ing Japan such concessions as would
be given to any other country, but
stubbornly resisting any transgres
sion of China's sovereign rights.
The government is observing Ja
pan's requirement that secrecy be
maintained in conducting negotia
tions as it is desired to give Japan
every opportunity of moderating her
demands without losing prestige.
Must Go to Prize Court.
Great Britain had decided that if
the American steamer Wilhelmina,
now on her way with a food cargo
for Germany, is intercepted, her x;ar
go will be submitted to a prize court
so that the new situation arising out
of Germany's action in ordering that
all grain and flour be placed under
control of the government may be
regularized.
Foreigners Safe. A cablegram to
the navy department from Captain
Omar, commanding the cruiser North
Carolina in MedUerranean waters,
said that foreigners and their prop
erty in Syria were safe. Alarming
reports concerning conditions at
Beirnt, the captain said, were with
out foundation and produced a
wrong impression.
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