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GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY FEBRUARY 15, 1915
VOL. 94 WO. 13
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LOCAL NEWS IH BRIEF FO
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
On His Old Job. Mr. Exton Bar
jur has disposed of his interest in
firm of Hiatt & Barker and is
asriB with Thacker & Brockmann,
v, re he served the public accept
ably for several years.
Property Leased. The city com
missioners have leased to R. L. Steed
several acres of land surrounding
the septic tank on South Buffalo
cretk. The lessee will use the land
for agricultural purposes.
Sudden Deatl Mr. William Rich
ardson, a brother of Mr. L. Richard-j-on,
of this city, died suddenly Fri
day afternoon at his home in Selma.
He was 72 years old and is survived
bv his widow, a son and three daugh
ters. To Build New Churcli. The mem
bers of the Methodist church at
1'Ieasant Garden are considering
plans for the erection of a new
church building. . They propose to
build a church to cost not less than
$5,000.
Negroes to Meet. A tall has been
issued for a meeting of the colored
citizens of the city in tha court house
tomorrow night to consider several
questions of local interest to the
race, especially the establishment of
a public library.
Revival Meeting. A series of
Evangelistic services will begin at
Westminster Presbyterian church
Friday night and continue through
the next week. The pastor, Rey. C.
E. Hodgin, will be assisted by Rev.
Robert King, of Kenansville.
Social Meeting. A large number
of the members of the congregation
of Asheboro' Street Friends church
enjoyed a social meeting at the
church Friday night. A splendid sup
per was a pleasing feature of the
evening's entertainment.
Buys Farm. Mr. R. D. Douglas
has purchased from Messrs. W. H.
and Clarence Woods, administrators,
the home place of the late J. R.
Woods, in Greene township, consist
ing of 2 63 acres. The purchase price
was something over $5,000.
Fourteen Arrested. The police
officers of the city yesterday arrest
ed 14 negroes charged with retail
ing, this being the biggest blind tiger
raid made here in a long while. The
prisoners were locked up to await j
trial in Municipal court today.
Home Burned. The home of Mr.
A. C. Coletrane, who resides about
.seven miles south of Greensboro,
was destroyed by fire last Wednes
day night. The members of the fam
ily were aroused by the flames about
midnight and had time to sav-e but i
1'ttle of the household effects.
Adopt Children. Mr. and Mrs.
Fletcher McCulloch, of the Alamance
church community, who have not
ben blessed by the arrival of chil
dren in their home, have just adopt
ed a boy and a girl, and one of their
neighbors tells The Patriot that they
are as proud of them as if it had
befri a case of twins.
Revival Services. An interesting
ari l helpful revival meeting is in pro
frfss in the Methodist church at
Pleasant Garden. Rev. D. H. Co
man, an evangelist of the Western
North Carolina Conference, was call
ed to the assistance of the pastor,
Rev. p. L. Terrell, and has been
preaching splendid sermons.
Miss Barbara Neese Dead. Miss
Barbara Neese, a well known woman
southern Guilford, died yesterday
the home of her brother-in-law,
Mr. ('. M. Jobe. She was 64 years
ld and had been in failing health
' a year or more. She is survived
by her sister, Mrs. Jobe, and two
brothers, Messrs. John and Frank
-N'eese.
increasing Force. The convict
force of the city is being increased
' the city court sending negroes to
thrf'. body instead of to the county
roads. The good weather now is en
abMng the department of public
works of the city government to be
sic work on streets in the greatest
need of improvement and a strong
body of convicts can be used.
Mrs. Frank Sink Dead. Mrs.
Frank Sink died suddenly Saturday
nignt at 11 o'clock at her home
on Spring Garden street. She was
42 years old and is survived by her
husband and seven children The
fur.eral was held from the home this
horning at 10 o'clock and interment
ade in Greene Hill cemetery. Mrs.
Carlton Ledford, of Winston-
alern, a sister of Mrs. Sink, died
last Monday. ' -
j Died L.ast Night.: Mr. G. E. Clark,
j a well known citizen of Greensboro,
I died at his home on South Eugeite
street last night at &.30 o'clock, fol
wing an illness of 18 months. He
was 66 years old a.id is survived by
his widow, three sons and four
daughters. The body was carried
this morning to Charlottesville, Va.,
the former home of the family,
where the funeral and interment will
take place this afternoon.
Aged Woman Dead Miss Amelia,
Langley died Friday afternoon at the
home of her nephew, Mr. C. P. Lang
ley, on West Market street. She was
77 years old and had been in feeble
health for quite a while. The fu
neral was held from the residence
Saturday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
and was conducted by Rev. J.. R.
Miller, of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church. Interment was made in
Greene Hill cemetery.
Studying Farming. Many negro
farmers of the state are attending
the fifth annual convention and
school for negro farmers at the Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College
for the colored race. Among the
speakers that have addressed the
meetings are E. S. Millsaps, E. H.
Anderson, C. S. Browne, Doctor Ly
man, Doctor Fulton, Doctor Ross,
Miss Mahler, Prof. E. C. Combs, C.
R. Hudson and others. . All subjects
of agriculture and husbandry are
being discussed.
School Board Meets. The Guil
ford county board of education held
a special meeting Saturday after
noon, in the office of County Super
intendent Foust, to consider several
matter that relate to the education
al advancement of the county. The
only definite action taken was a deci
sion to enlarge the grounds of the
Pomona graded school, this being
made necessary by the increased en
rollment. The establishmnet of a
training school for colored teachers
and other matters will be considered
fit another meeting of the board to
be 'held today.
InsuTance Meeting. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company was held at the company's
home office in this city last Thurs
day, when very satisfactory reports
were submitted of the past year's
business. The reports showed the
insurance in force to be about $43,
000,000, the gain for the year being
about $2,500,000. The assets of the
company amount to $5,500,000 and
the surplus fund is richer by $200.-
000 on account of the accumulations
of the past year. Following the meet
ing of the stockholders, the directors
held a. meeting and re-elected the of
ficers of the company.
Work For the Idle. Mr. W. M.
Weatherly appeared before the city
commissioners Friday afternoon with
a proposition that the city provide
work for the unemployed people of
the community. He thought it would
be a good idea for the city to buy
"fnachinery and do its own street im
provement work, instead of letting"
it out to contractors, and he also
suggested that the municipality
might engage in the manufacturing
business to good advantage. Mr.
Weatherly estimated that there are
about 3,500 idle people in the city
and county, and he thought it would
be a fine thing for the city to pro
vide, jobs for those who are out of
work.
Beautiful Sentiment. Mr. W. J.
Armfield, of High Point, who has
played no small part in the develop
ment of the financial and industrial
life of Guilford county and the state,
has just celebrated his seventy-first
birthday, and in commemoration of
the event he sent to many of his
friends and business associates the
following beautiful sentiment: "At
the age of 71 I can truly say the
world has been erood to me. The
days are very beautiful and life still
has its charm. I hear the music of
the winds, read poems in the sunny
landscapes and see pictures in the
stormy clouds. God rules and is
merciful." Mr. Armfield has thou
sands of personal friends and busi
ness acquaintances who wish for him
many happy returns.
Peace Contest The state intercol
legiate oratorical peace contest for
a first prize of $75 and a second
price of $50 will be held in the audi
torium of Meredith College in Ral
eigh Friday night. Nine colleges
will be represented, these being as
follows: Atlantic Christian College
Wake Forest, Agricultural and Me
chanical, Trinity, the University,
Eton, Guilford, Davidson and Lenoir.
MERCHANTS JOLD ' MEETING
GREENSBORO BUSINESS MEN IN
ANNUAL SESSION NEW
OFFICERS.
The annual meeting of the Greens
boro Retail Merchants' Association
was held Friday night in the Odd
Fellows' hall, on West Market street.
Mr. J. M. Hendrix was elected pres
ident for the ensuing year, succeed
ing Mr. J. Norman Wills. Mr. C. H.
Grantham was elected vice president
and Miss Muriel Joyner was re-elected
secretary.
Discussing the relation of the mer
chant to the bad pay customer, the
retiring president stated that the
merchant should bear in mind that
his goods were his money and that
he was not really favoring a custom
er when he gave him too burdensome
credit. Mr. Wills -reported the suc
cess of &n advertising contract with
a local paper which was paid for by
voluntary subscriptions, and declared
that the tobacco market and other
semi-public industries fyave been aid
ed in their growth by Merchants'
Association propaganda.
To the resolution of 3 year ago
that the association furnish aid to
worthy merchantile enterprises
which are temporarily embarrassed,
by the extension of credit on proper
recommendation, Mr. Wills devoted
a few minutes of approval. He com
mended the spirit of brotherliness
which has enabled the merchants to
aid each other. Upon motion from
the floor, the address bf the retiring
president was made a matter of per
manent record.
Miss Joyner made the report of
the secretary-treasurer. This report
showel that $404.69 in debts has
been collected during the year by
the association for its members.
Mr. R. C. Bernau, chairman of the
advertising committee, told of the
work of his committee in uncovering
fake advertising schemes and pre
venting their successful operation in
the city.
Shop-lifting will be vigorously
prosecuted, regardless of the posi
tion of the thief, when discovered,
the association decided by endorsing
the recommendation to that effect
made by Mr. J. M. Hendrix, who was
chairman of a committee of investi
gation. Mr. H. E. Cartland offered a reso
lution, which was adopted, whereby
the merchants pledged themselves to
prosecute each case of the giving of
bad checks for goods which occurs
n the city trade. It was pointed out
that this misdemeanor is becoming
more common, and after considera
tion of the law under which the cases
an be handled, the resolution was
adopted. By resolution, too, it was
decided to prosecute persons who ob
tain goods for approval and retain
them unpaid for after demand is
made for their return or their money
equivalent.
Mayor T. J. Murphy spoke briefly
upon invitation.
The association endorsed the city
banks' Christmas savings plan.
The work of Mr. Wills, the retir
ing president, was warmly endorsed
by resolution.
Mrs. John A. Barrlnger Dead.
Mrs. John A. Barringer died Fri
day morning at 3 o'clock at the fam
ily home on Ashe street, following
an illness of three or four days of
pneumonia. It was not generally
known that Mrs. Barringer was crit
ically ill, and the announcement of
her death came as a distinct shock
to the community.
Mrs. Barringer was the wife of
Col. John A. Barringer, one of the
most prominent members of the
Greensboro bar, and a daughter of
the late Robert M. Sloan. She was
a woman of deep culture and refine
ment and was greatly beloved by all
who knew her. She is survived by
her husband, and a daughter, Mrs
John D. Waldrop, of Norfolk, Va.,
and four sisters Mrs. t Fannie
Logan, Mrs. Neil Ellington and Mrs.
Julia Mebane, of Greensboro, and
Mrs. Jefferson Scales, of Staten Is
land, N. Y.
The funeral was held from the
home Saturday afternoon and was
conducted by Rev. Dr. Melton Clark,
pastor of the . First Presbyterian
church, of which Mrs. Barringer had
been a member since early in life
Interment was made in Greene Hill
cemetery.
Mr. G. A. Kirkman, of Greensboro
Route 1, was a welcome caller at
Tho Patriot office Saturday after
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TEACHERS OF COUNTY
HELD MEETINGS SATURDAY.
The monthly meeting of the gram
mar grade section at the Guilford
County Teachers' Association was
held in he court house annex Satur
day morning at 10.30 o'clock. Mr.
H. W. Reynolds, principal of the
Center school and president of the
grammar grade section, presided.
Several chapters of "Geographic
Influences in American History"
were discussed by the teachers. Miss
Kime, of the Pomona school, talked
on "The Appalachian Barrier and
the Great Lakes;" Miss Rosa Case,
of the Muir's Chapel school, discuss
ed "The Prairie;" Miss Ida Millis, of
he Guilford College graded school,
took as her subject, "The Story of
the Civil War," and also talked on
"Cotton, Rice and Cane." Altogeth
er the meeting was very helpful' and
interesting.
At the next regular meeting, which
will be held on the 13th of March,
the grammar grade teachers are ex
pected to discuss how to make agri
culture and civil government inter-
estingj
The Guilford
County Primary
Teachers' Association also
held a
meeting in the court house annex
Saturday. Miss Bettie Aiken Land,
of the. Pomona school, president of
the association, presided. Miss
Madgair Coble, of the Pomona school,
gave kn interesting talk on "Story
Telling." This was followed by
Thefitory of the Three Bears," told
by Mj&s Maribell Thomas, of the
Proximity kindergarten, who, in
tellinjf-the story, illustrated tho
principles which Miss Coble had
givenj The story was presented in
such way as to make it realistic
to the children, special attention be
ing given to gestures, tone of voiie,
etc. J
Lizzie Mclver Weathersnoon
supervisor of drawing in the training
school of the State Normal and In
dusxnai "loiterer"' was present iTd-
aiscussed with the primary teachers
the subject of drawing. Mrs. Weath
er3poon is a woman of culture and
has made a careful study of the sub- i
ject of drawing and, therofor ;;s j
ai'lr to give the teachers raar.y holy- I
ful suggestions on this somewhat
rather neglected subject. 7'. teach- !
ers present took advantage of ihe op-
portunity to ask questions anil earn
ed mucn valuable inform r.tuu-.
The primary teachers are doiiiji
ood work in these meeting and get
ting much valuable information to
carry back to their school rooms for
practical use. Their meeting:- are al
ways interesting, and the teachers
are very enthusiastic in their work.
MRS. ELVIRA BOON DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Mrs. Elvira Boon, widow of the
late ex-Sheriff C. A. Boon. died
early Thursday morning at her
home near Sedalia. She had been
an an invalid for years and helpless
for a long while. She was in the
eighty-fourth year of her age.
The funeral and interment took
place Friday at noon at Bethel Pres
byterian church, the services being
conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. E.
Redding, and Rev. S. M. Rankin. A
large crowd was present and the
graves of both Mrs. Boon and her
husband were covered with a profu
sion of floral offerings. The follow
ing grandsons of Mrs. Boon served
as pall-bearers: Charles Boon, Percy
Cobb, Clyde Clapp, Leslie, Porter
and Robert Troxler. The flower
bearers were five granddaughters
and one great-granddaughter of the
deceased: Misses Marie Summers.
Lizzie Dick, Myrtle Boon, Nola Dick
and Joy Garrison.
Mrs. Boon is survived by six chil
dren, who are: Mrs. B. C. Troxler,
ot Mill Point; George Boon, of
Greensboro Route 2; Mrs. G. L. Sum
mers, of Gibsonville; Mrs. J. S. Fer
guson, of Hartshorn: E. E. and Miss
Zula Boon, who reside at the old
home. The following eight step-children
also survive: H. M. Boon, of
eMphis, Tenn.; R. A. and R. M.
Boon, of Indianapolis, Ind.; J. D.
and, D. L. Boon, of McLeansville;
Mrs. John A. Cobb, of Greensboro
Route 2; Mrs. Mattie Clapp. of Sum
merfield; Mrs. John F. Dick, of
Greensboro Route 2, and Mrs.
George Summers.
The Patriot was glad to receive a
call Saturday afternoon from Mr.
John S. McMasters, of the Alamance
church neighborhood.
IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE'S
LAWMAKERS IN. THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
The Hobgood equal suffrage bill
had an airing on the floor of the
senate Friday, giving Senator Hob-
good opportunity to warn his fellow
senators that equal suffrage is a
coming issue and that it must win
in this state ultimately. He said
his "house was divideu against it
self," but that this only went to
show that in his advocacy of the bill
he is tied to no apron string.
When the bill came up Senator '
Johnson, of Duplin, moved to indefi
nitely postpone, as the house had
done the duplicate bill by Roberts. of
Buncombe, in that end of the capi
tol. Hobgood strenuously resisted
this and resented alleged efforts to
cut off debate. Johnson insisted this
was not the case and, with reiterat
ed charges by advocates of the hill,
he withdrew this motion and made
another to table the bill and give a
direct expression on the measure.
However, this was finally in turn
withdrawn, and the bill set as a
special order for Thursday of this
week.
Provision for a legislative refer
ence librarian kto perform his duties
under the direction of the North
Carolina historical commission is
made in a bill just introduced in
the senate by Senator Thompson, of
Onslow, and carrying an appropria
tion of $5,000. The librarian would
collect and prepare in accessible
form references for legislative com
mittees, and other state officials tnd
for the counties and municipal gov
ernment, keep the recorls and sap
ply the specifiic informa'ion wanted.
He would also keep the stale revisal
revised up to date and perform any
other duties that the state historical
commission might requiie of him.
Tomorrow will see the final pas
sage of the revenue bill in the house
and its transfer to the senate, where
it is thought that it will come in for
' very few changes, and also. most
probably the final passage of the
machinery bill, which, howveer, has
not come into the house from the
joint finance committee.
Some sort of a state-wide primary
will also come in during this week.
most probably in the senate, where a
sub-committee has been working on
a substitute for the Weavcr-Hob-good
and other primary bills intro
duced. The Weaver child labor bill is to
be a special order in the senate
Tuesday morning, coming up under
unfavorable report from committee
through favorable minority report.
An important special order in the
house is that of the senate bill for
uniform examination and certifica
tion of public school teachers. It is
set for Wednesday at noon.
(irt Another Man's Money.
Carl Larkin. a young white man
about 20 years of age, as ar,,esed
in the Greensboro postoffice Thurs
day just after he bad obtained $15
on a postoffice money order that be
longed to another. He was given a
hearing before United States Com
missioner Collins and bound over to
the next term of Federal court.
Larkin and a companion by the
name of Dague, both of whom are
from Ohio, had been serving a term
on the roads for beating a ride on a
train. They finished their terms
Wednesday evening and were ;lis
charged. Dague had written home
for money and was expecting a let
ter. Larkin started To town ahead
of hirr., met the carrier and got the
letter containing the order. Dague
phoned to Postmaster Douglas, ho
found Larkin getting the money
when he went to the money order
desk.
Death of William A Jobe.
Mr. William A. Jobe, a well
known and highly respected citizen
of the Alamance church community,
died at his home about 2 o'clock
Saturday morning. He had been ill
for a long while, suffering from a
complication of diseases, and his
death was not unexpected.
The funeral and Interment took
place at Alamance church yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock, the services
being conducted by Rev. Dr. E. C.
Murray, the pastor.
Mr. Jobe was a good citizen and
will be missed by the people of the
community. He was about 55 years
old and is survived by three daugh
ters and five sons. Hi wife died
about two years agi.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY MATTRg
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
There has been much interest aad
speculation in local real estate and
business circles during the past tew
days over the announcement that the
Southern Railway has purchased or
secured options on practlclaly an en
tire block of property on East Wash
ington street. With the exception ot
the Doak property,, the purchase
and options include all the real es
tate between East Washington street
and the railroad tracks from Lyndon
street to tire sidetrack in the rear of
the wholesale houses on South Davie
street. It is one of the biggest real
estate transactions in the history Of
Greensboro. The amount of money
involved in the deal is not known.
The Southern is acquiring the
property for depot purposes, and it
is understood that the work of con
structing new freight and passenger
depots will be begun as soon as all
the details can be arranged. Thtf
plans look to the erection of thd
freight depot on the Washington
street property and tht- passenger
station on the side occupied by the
freight depot that was abandoned
some years ago, on Depot street, be
tween 5buth Elm and South Davie. --
A efinite annonrcemcnt as to the
plans may be expected as soon as th
Southern completes the purchase of
he various pieces of property in
volved. RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE
IS TO BE CURTADLED.
A sweeping reorganization, of the
rural delivery mail service through
out the United States for purposes
of economy will be completed within
the next six months, in accordance
with amendments to the existing
postal laws and regulations issued
Saturday by Postmaster General
Burleson. The effect of the new reg
ulations will be the discontinuance
of many routes in sparsely settled
communities, the reduction in fre
quency of service of many routes, re-
( aTraigTn-f many routes where
duplication may exist and increasing'
the difficulties in establishing new
routes.
Data upon which changes in exist
ing routes are to be based will be .se
cured by postmasters. During one
month of each quarter every piece
of mail carried by rural carriers
shall be counted and weighed and an
accurate account shall be made of
the number of patrons served.
Routes on which the quantity of
mail collected and delivered has
averaged for six consecutive months
less than 75 pieces per month per
mile are to be discontinued unless
they can be rearranged so as to come
under the new rules.
This regulation will make the
greatest changes in North Carolina
of all the new rules, for three are
many routes serving sparsely settled
communities .vhch canuot show ihe
required number of pieces of mail.
Routes which have service not more
frequent than three times a week
will have the greatest difficulty in
getting daily service. The require
ment for increase of thrice-weekly
service is that 150 pieces of insil per
mile per month shall te lelivered
to families numbering four to the
mile.
Postmaster Douglas says the new
repulations will not affect any of the
routes running out of Greensboro,
but he could not speak as to all the
routes in the countv.
Earthquake and Tidal Wave Destroy
Tonus.
TutuiJa. American Samoa. Feb. 12
An earthquake and a tidal wave
accompanied the hurricane which
swept No Man's, Island of the Sa
moan group, first reports of which
reached here two days ago Fuller
details received today show that
three persons were killed.
Entire villages disappeared. Those
of which traces remained were ruin
ed. All shipping either was destroy
ed or badly damaged. Three-fourths
of the cocoa palms, on which the is
lands depend for nourishment, 3nd
'heir commerce in copra were level
ed and all the remainder injured.
Some plntation were wiped out.
It will be a year before any food
plants can be brought into bearing
again and three thousand inhabi
tants are destitute. T-.e American
gunboat Princeton is conveying food,
clothing and temporary assistance
but the need for further aid is ur
gent. The South seas have known hurri
canes before, but the situation left
in the wake of this on is described
as unprecedented.
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