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READERS OF THE PATRI
FAR AND NEAR.
I Diversity Trustee. Mr. John N.
Yson has been selected as a mem
be of the board of trustees of the
l -r vorsity of North Carolina.
Mr
Dick 111. Mrs. R. P. Dick,
n raonchnrn's nldpst and m naf
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e .ived women, has been quite ill
,-riil days.
i rosses of Honor. All Confede-
i. veterans who desire to receive
s of honor are requested to ap
at once to Miss Lizzie Lindsay,
this city . fcr the necessary appll
;on blanks.
vien Will Attend. The junior
College will entertain the senior
l.-j; of the same institution Satur
(i3 eening, and for the first time
ilie young ladies will have as their
-ursts their friends of the opposite
To Swap Jobs. Mr. T. H. Vander
:'ord. revenue agent at Greensboro,
and Col. W. H. Chapman, holding a
similar position in Richmond, Va.,
ar to exchange offices. Col. Chap
men has been in the service for many
Years and has been stationed in
Greensboro before.
Died Yesterday. Mrs. Arthur
0 onior died yesterday afternoon
a; rer home on South Elm street,
k. lowing a lingering illness. She
.i.s 3 5 years old and is survived by
husband and five children. The
funeral and interment will take
pir.ee tomorrow.
Adjudged Bankrupt. Alec L.
Sherman, trading as the Gastonia
(Lthing Company, of Gastonia, was
adjudged a bankrupt in Federal
rojrt here yesterday. The liabilities
scheduled at $9,255, with assets,
r ludine exemntions of $6,500. The
c. ..tier was referred to iteieree rtoo- i
:.r. at Charlotte.
To clean Up City. Preparations
a leir.z ade for the annual ob-yK.'vam-f
ui clean-up" week in
Greensboro, whb-h will take place
during the latter part of March or
IT. h'r.-t of April. The work will be
directed by tiie city health depart
ment, with the assistance of various
-:vif organizations and private indi-
To Meet Tonight. The Greens
boro training school for Sunday
s.'-rool workers, which had an auspic
io:: opening on last Thursday even
ir.f. wiii hold its second meeting this
-vfning at West Market Street Meth
1 '-r.-st church annex. J. M. Brough
t Jr.. of the Raleigh bar, will de-l:-r
the first of three lectures on
err anization and management.
Missionary Visitor. Mrs. Motte
Martin, a missionary of the Southern
Presbyterian church in Africa, is
Pending a few days in Greensboro.
- comes upon the special invita
t -'.n of the missionary societies of
t." Presbyterian churches of the city
while here will meet with these
Pieties and tell of the work being
& ':omplished in the field in which
is laboring.
Henley-Xunn Mr. Frank R. Hen
J:.of Raleigh, and Miss Virda
l-'in, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Nunn, of Guilford College, were
r... -.Tried Tuesdaj' evening at 8.30
' 'lork it the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J h. Moorefield, on Bellemeade
'f T. The ceremony was perform
r by Rev. R. G. Kendrick, of For
f" Avenue Baptist church, and was
iifssed by a few friends of the
inn couple.
Nw M. I Church. The formal
'r-'-nirig of the new Metnodist Prot
rhurch at Oak Ridge, which
r plaf s the structure destroyed by
r ' v hen Oak Ridge Institute was
:-'n?-d. will take piece on the fourth
v-:iday in this month. The special
vireS will be held at 11 o'clock in
forenoon and the sermon of the
v ii'sion will be preached by Rev.
' A. f'ecil, president of the North
' oiina Methodist Protestant Con-
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rried to Burn House. Sheriff
Afford was called to the Caffey
r:ofe. near Hopewell, yesterday
horning to take into custody M.. C.
mbeth, a white man of apparently
' " years of age and mentally unbai
led, on account of his attempting
to set fire to his home. When the
?-eriff arrived the man was carry
lr the furnishings from the house
al placing them on a trash heap,
en asked what he was going to
j). he replied that he was going to
start a fire. The unfortunate man
a carried to the county home. , .
Mrs. W. J. Johnson Dead. Mrs.
W. J. Johnson, of Mayodan, Rock
ingham county, died Monday night
at St. Leo's hospital, following an
operation. She was 39 years old and
is survived by her husband and five
children. The funeral took place in
Mayodan yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Johnson, before her marriage, was
Miss Lily May Walters, of Madison,
and was a sister of Dr. D. A. and Mr.
R. F. Walters, of Greensboro.
To Amend Charter Senator Hob
good yesterday introduced in the
senate a bill that amends the char
ter of the Greensboro and Northern
Railroad Company and authorizes
the submission of the question of
bonds to aid in the construction of
the proposed road by various towns
and townships in Guilford, Alamance
and other counties that the road
would touch in reaching connection
witn the Seaboard or Norfolk South
ern from Greensboro.
New Marble Yard. Mr. F. E. Tip
ton, formerly of Hendersonville, has
opened a marble yard at the corner
of North Elm and East Gaston
streets, and is prepared to serve the
public with all kinds of monument
and tombstpne work. Mr. Tipton
came to Greensboro from Martins
ville, Va., where he was engaged in
business for several years. He has
had 17 years' experience in lettering
and carving work and is well equip
ped to render satisfactory service.
Insurance Meeting. The annual
meeting of the Dixie Fire Insurance
Company was held in the company's
offices here yesterday. There was a
large attendance of stockholders and
directors. The election of new direc
tors by the stockholders and new of
ficers by the directors, left the per
sonnel of the management of the
'company unchanged. The company
has decided to concentrate its busi
ness in the states of North Carolina,
"3outh Carolina and Virginia, and has
Reinsured its business in the outly
ing states. The company will con-
cities of New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. The Dixie is the largest fire
insurance company south of Phila
delphia. Aged Woman's Death. Mrs. Wil
liam Medearis died Monday morning
at her home at Belew's Creek, For
syth county, at the advanced age of
S5 years. She had been suffering
from a deep cold about two weeks
and her death was not unexpected.
The funeral and interment took
place Tuesday afternoon at Bethel
church, in this county. Mrs. Me
dearis is survived by three sons and
two daughters, who are Mr. N. H.
Medearis and Mrs. J. A. 'Dean, of
Winston-Salem; Mrs. Sallie Lin
ville, of Belew's Creek, and Messrs.
W. F. and J. H. Medearis, of Greens
boro. Mrs. Medearis was an earnest
Christian and had been a member
of the Methodist Protestant church
for about 70 years.
What a Guilford Woman is Doing in
Missouri.
Mrs. Christopher Field, of Monroe
City, Mo., has been kind enough to
send The Patriot her poultry and
dairy report for 1914, and if any
other Patriot subscriber has made so
good a report, we should like to hear
of it.
Mrs. Field reports the following
receipts for the year from her flock
of from 450 to 500 single-comb
White LegTiorn chickens:
Eggs to the amount of $746.23
Chickens 90.19
Total $836.42
Butter and cream during
vear $ 81.30
Total $917.72
In her note to The Patriot Mrs.
Field says:
"I will send in my chicken report
so that my friends in old North Car
olina will know that I have not been
idle. Poultry is only a side line with
me, as I am a farmer's wife and have
four children and most usually a
hired man to cook for, and in addi
tion, do my own sewing, washing
and ironing, and make butter, etc."
Mrs. Field writes that the weather
in her section of Missouri is "right
creepy." At the time she wrote the
snow was six inches deep and the
thermometer registered 16 degrees
below zero.
Banker Sentenced.
C. H. Raine, formerly president
of the Mercantile Bank, of Memphis,
Tenn., yesterday was sentenced to
the federal penitentiary in Atlanta
for five years for misuse of the mails
n rnnnection with the failure of his
bank. He had previously entered a
iplea of guilty
TO ESTABLISH MODEL DAIRY
CEASAR CONE WELL OPERATE
SPLENDID FARM FOR HIS
MILL PEOPLE.
Mr. Ceasar Cone is perfecting
plans for establishing and conduct
ing a model dairy farm that will ca
ter almost exclusively to the trade
of the people inhabiting the mill vil
lages north of the city. The W. D.
Wharton farm, which is owned by
the Cone interests, and which con
sists of about 200 acres of land suit
able for the business, will be utilized
for the dairy.
Mr. W. B. Thacker, a practical and
experienced dairyman, has been em
ployed as manager of the business.
He is now engaged in buying cows
with which to stock the dairy. It is
understood that about 100 cows of
the purest and best breeds will be
placed on the farm to begin with
and that others will be added as
the demands may justify.
Dairy barns and other necessary
buildings will be erected as early as
possible, and it is understood that no
expense will be spared in their con
struction. It is said that Mr. Cone
will spend as much as $20,000 on
his principal dairy barn.
Since Mr. Cone and his associates
never do anything by halves, it may
be expected that the new dairy will
be the best that money will equip.
Not even the famous Vanderbilt
dairy, at Biltmore, said to be thecfln
est in the state, will eclipse it.
It is the purpose of the manage
ment that the dairy provide for he
needs of the people of the mill vil
lages. At present some of the peo
ple keep their own cows, and their
manner of keeping them leads .o
question as to the sanitary condition
of the milk they produce. Others
buy from just as questionable
sources, in many instances, while
many are doing without milk alf&-
gether, a condition which is consid
ered evil by those interested fci t3&
welfare.
Despite the employment of trained
nurses and other precautions for he
sanitation of the villages, and fc he
health of the people, it is said that
the loss of young babies is still great
er than it should be, and it is believ
ed that the supply of good milk at
reasonable rates would lessen chil
dren's diseases. It will be seen to
that the milk of the new dairy is of
the richest and that it goes into the
homes clean and pure.
Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Foust,
who are among the oldest and best
known people of Alamance county,
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary at their home near Gra
ham Tuesday. A reception was held
from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon,
and during these hours many friends
p.nd relatives called to pay their re
spects to the aged couple.
' Mr. Foust is in the eighty-third
year of his age and his wife is six
years younger. Both appeared to be
in perfect health and received their
callers with a warm welcome.
The children of this aged and
happy couple are: Dr. Julius I.
Foust, president of the State Normal
and Industria College; Prof. Thomas
R. Foust, superintendent of the
Guilford county schools: Prof. Frank
L. Foust, principal of the Pleasant
Garden high school; Mrs. A. L. Hen
ley, of Greensboro; Mr. J. A. Foust
and Miss Mary Foust, of Graham;
Mrs. Lea G. White, of Winston-Salem,
and Mrs. Smith, of Elon Col
lege.
To Represent President.
Washington, Feb. 10. Duval
West, formerly United States dis
trict attorney at San Antonio, was
selected today to go to Mexico as
personal representative of President
Wilson. Secretary Bryan an
nounced the selection. Mi. West's
mission is similar to that of Paul
Fuller, who some time ago conferred
with Mexican leaders and reported
to President Wilson. Mr. West is
commissioned to make general inqui
ries into conditions and to interview
leaders of all factions, making clear
to them the position of the United
States government with respect to
the protection of foreigners and
their interests.
It is understood that while Mr.
West will point out the growing ne
cessity for a permanent settlement
of Mexican affairs, he does not take
suggestions from the United States.
He has lived a number of years in
Mexico and is understood to be fa-
I miliar with the situation.
IB
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EDINGS OF THE STATE'S
LAKERS IN THE SENATE
AND HOUSE,
e bill introduced by Dr. Fos
Randolph, becomes a law the
chair at the state nrison
will f relegated to the junk heap
and. inhere will be no more legal ex
ecutions in this state, for his bill
calls 'Jfor the abolishment of capital
punishment in North Carolina.
Twp bills affecting the forests of
the slate received favorable reports,
one of having allowing the state to
purchase forest areas and the other
to protect the forests of the state
from the ravages of fire.
Mr. Clark, of Bladen, is the author
of an important bill which would al
low husbands to convey their real
property without the signature of
the wife, where the latter is insane.
Despite the earnest plea of Repre
sentative Brockett, of Guilford, the
house refused to amend the law
raising the age of consent from 14
years, the present statute, to 16
years. The Guilford member argued
for the adoption of the substitute
bill which came before the house on
a minority report wrhich changed the
penalty in the original bill, making
it a misdemeanor instead of a felo
ny. He said that he spoke for the
girls of the state of tender age who
were forced to go out into the world
to make a living and be subjected
to the wiles and chicanery of unprin
cipled men. He said that he did not
propose to deal in the sensational
and spectacular but only give the
cold facts. When you sear the soul
of a girl he declared she carried the
scar to eternity. Her wrong step
blasted the hopes of a sister, crush
&a a loving father, brought sorrow
to the face of a brother and sent a
loving- mother to her grave in an
guish and despair. He argued for
Lthe. cause of civilization, the- cause
of womanhood, and begged the mem-
among -men and support the bill.
With hardly a dissenting vote, the
senate passed the Snow bill to pro
hibit the trial of persons charged
with crime in the garb of convicts
or with shaven heads.
Liquor Bill Up.
The joint committee from the sen
ate and house having in hand the
bill of the State Anti-Saloon League
to stop the shipment and delivery of
liquors for beverage purposes heard
advocates of the bill for an hour
Tuesday afternoon under the direc
tion of Superintendent R. L. Davis,
of the Anti-Saloon League, who of
fered a substitute for the original
bill that so changed the measure
proposed ' as to make it possible to
ship wines out of this state and pre
vent only those shipments and re
ceipts of liquors involved in inter
state shipments.
After the hearing tlvj joint com
mittee went into executive session
and decided to have the bill and sub
stitute with amendments printed and
set the bills for further executive
session consideration on Wednesday
night of next wee.
What some are pleased to call an
other "entering wedge" in the cai:se
of woman suffrage, gained a signal
victory in the no use Tuesdav, when
that body by a vote of 6 8 to 34 pass
ed the senate bill providing that wo
men property owners shall have the
right of petition where eleci'.orss are
to be held in which taxes would be
assessed against their property. Dif
ferent and sundry methods wore
used to defeat the bill, but al! such
efforts failed.
Banks in Fine Shape.
Washington, Feb. 10. Loans and
discounts on the books of national
banks of the country at the clos of
business December 31,1914, amount
ed to $6,347,636,510, an increase
over October 31, of more than $31,
000,000 according to a statement
today by Comptroller of the Cur
rency Williams. Demand and time
deposits December 31, amounted to
$6,346,362,250, an increase over the
amount at the time of the last comp
troller's call of about $167,000,
000. White Man Lynched.
Thomas Tinker, a white man,
charged with shooting and killing
Constable Richard Park, at Melber,
Ky., was taken from the jail at May
field, Ky.f Tuesday night and lynch
ed by a band of 50 or more men.
Tinker killed Park when the officer
attempted to arrest him on the
I charge of housebreaking.
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YOUNG MAN FINDS HIS
WAY INTO TROUBLE.
Elbert B. Tucker, of Greenville, S.
C, spent a few unpleasant hours in
Greensboro yesterday, and after be
ing freed from certain legal en
tanglements, left for home with the
avowed intention of never again vol
untarily setting foot on North Caro
lina soil. Tucker arrived in Greens
boro early yesterday morning and
applied to Squire Dave Collins for a
warrant for Miss Pearl Tucker, aged
16, who was described as a fugitive
from justice.
The complaining witness explain
ed that the girl had been adopted
by his mother some years ago and
recently had left home without any
cause or excuse. An officer found
the girl at the home of a sister,
Mrs. Thomas Calhoun, at Pomona,
and she readily went to the magis
'ate's office, where she told a story
of mistreatment in the Tucker home
that caused her to leave. She ad
mitted that she had been adopted cy
Mrs. Tucker, but said the papers in
the case provided she was to be free
after she reached the age of 14.
When Squire Collins dismissed the
warrant, the girl turned the tables
by asking damages for false arrest.
The magistrate entered judgment in
her favor for $50, and U was about
that time that Elbert Tucker real
ized that he was "up against it' He
didn't possess the necessary amount
of coin to satisfy the judgment and
was about to be sent to jail by
Squire Collins wrhen the girl relent
ed and permitted him to go free.
The young man from South Caro
lina caught the next train that would
carry him home, while the girl for
whom he had come returned to the
home of her sister at Pomona.
In the Superior Court.
Only a few cases, and none of
them of special importance, have
come before the civil term of Supe
rior court that convened Monday
morning. '. ; .
R. O. Brann was granted an ab
solute divorce from Hannah Brann,
and Beatrice Jordan secured a di
vorce from Lonnie Jordan. Neither
suit was contested.
A verdict for the plaintiff was al
lowed in the suit brought by Mrs.
Amanda M. Robinson against the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
and Engineers. The face value
of a policy on the life of her hus
band, who died a few years ago,
w-as allowed, the sum being $2,000
and the interest.
Double Murder Disco vered.
New Britain, Conn., Feb. 9. A
double murder was discovered today,
when the bodies of Rev. Joseph Ze
bris and his housekeeper, Iva Gil
man, were found in the rectory of
St. Andrews Lithuanian church here.
There were bullet wounds in both
bodies and a rope tied tightly about
the neck of each. The bodies were
found in different parts of the house.
The police say they have no clue
to the identity of the murderer. It
is believed that the priest was kill
ed first and that Miss Gilman, com
ing to his rescue, was pursued up
stairs and shot and strangled.
It is known that the priest receiv
ed threatening letters demanding
money. Tools used by burglars were
found in the rectory. It had been
ransacked.
Judge Fined Solicitor.
Newbern, Feb. 9. Probably no
incident in the history of Superior
court circles of Craven county has
caused as widespread interest and
as great sensation as the placing of
'he fine of $50 yesterday on Solic
itor Charles L. Abenethy, by Judge
Carter, of Asheville, who is presid
ing over a three weeks' session of
criminal and civil court.
Judge Carter adjudged the solic
itor guilty of contempt when he re
fused to obey his orders and forth
with placed the fine upon him and
ordered him into the custody of the
sheriff until it was paid. After a de
lay of a few hours Mr. Abernethy
paid the fine under protest and was
released.
21 Drowned in Mine.
Nanaimo, B. C, Feb. 9. Twenty
one men employed in the mine of the
Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited, at
South Wellington, seven miles from
Nanaimo, were drowned by a rush
of water today.
Evidently one of the old flooded
workings of the Alexandra mine,
which has not been operating for
years, was broken into by the men
in the South Wellington, which ad
joins it on a lower level.
BATTLES ARE JN PROGRESS
FIERCE FIGH11NG IN CARPA
THIAN MOUNTAINS RUS
SIANS CLAIM VICTORY.
The Russian and Austro-German
armies are fighting another series of
battles for possession of the snow
covered Carpathian passes to decide
whether the Russians will commence
another invasion of Hungary or evac
uate part of Galicia, as they haver
evacuated Bukowina.
The Russians have issued two offi
cial reports of the operations, claim
ing the better of the fighting. Their
right wing has crossed the moun
tains and has been engaged in a bat
tle near Bartfeldt and Svidnik, on
the Hungarian side of the Carpa
thians. This army, too, threatens the real
of the Austro-Germans, who having
entered Lupkow pass to the east,
have suffered severe losses in a bat
tie with another Russian force.
The hardest fighting has occurred
on the Galician side oi! Tukho'ka
pass, where Sunday the Austro-Germans
captured the heights in the re
gion of Koziouwkha, only to be driv
en back after a bayonet fight which
the Russian report describes as be
ing "without precedent in history."
Correspondents say this battle was
terrific. The Germans brought up
their best reinforcements to aid. the
Austrians, and themselves led the
attack. Backed by heavy artillery,
they assaulted the Russian position
on the Koziouwka heights, but found
hemselves under fire by the Rus
sians on parallel hills and were cut
off from the main German column.
The Russian infantry then attack
ed, driving them back at the point of
the bayonet.
Attack followed counter-attack
until the Russians had gained their
old position, leaving th; slopes, ac
cording to their report, "littered
with bodies of dead Germans."
The fighting here seems to have
been as desperate and aa sanguinary
as that before the Warsaw lines dur
ing last week and so far as can be
judged by official and unofficial re
ports has been just as unsuccessful
for the Germans. The Germans now
have assumed the offensive on the
southern border of east Prussia and
as a result another important battle
is developing in that region. Of the
battle in the northern part of east
Prussia neither official communica
tion speaks. At the other extreme
end of the line, in Bukowina, the
Russians are falling back before su
perior Austrian forces but still hold
the greater part of that province.
There has been little or no fight
ing in Flanders, France or Alsace, al
though artillery and airmen continue
active. It is believed the Germans
are preparing for another attack on
the British line near La Bassee,
which if successful, would open the
door to the French coast, from
which, the Germans hope to threaten
England.
Meanwhile the allies are reported
to be making slow progress along the
coast of Belgium, where the capture
of the Great Dane was of consider
able advantage, as from it almost
the entire coast as far as Osten can
be controlled by artillery.
The Russians are meeting more
stubborn resistance in east Russia.
The Germans have received rein
forcements there. At the same time
German troops appear to have been
withdrawn from at least one posi
tion in the Carpathians.
On the right bank of the Vistula
Russian light horse is sweeping
northward on a wide front, mounted,
and fighting with bayonets afoot.
These troops have driven the Ger
mans out of the villages command
ing the main roads toward the Ger
man frontier. Nadroge, one of the
villages, is only twelve miles from
the German frontier and about
twenty-eight miles east of Thorn.
In the Carpathians the Russians
are moving steadily forward on the
right wing. The Bukowina move
ment is plainly sporadic, the Russian
object here having been to draw as
many as possible of the enemy's
troops eastward, pending an ad
vance on the Russian right.
Merchant Found Dead.
"Jack" Robertson, a well known
retail merchant of Salisbury, was
found dead early yesterday morning
in the room of a club of that town.
He spent Tuesday evening with
friends at the club and appeared to
be in his usual good health. His
death is said to have beep due to
heart trouble. -.;.
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