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GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1915
VOL. 94 WO. 1G
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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF hfi
RATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
HEADERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
t Mt. Hope. There will be a
spelling match and pie supper at the
Alt. Hope school house next Saturday
nig'nt, February 27. The public is
Co"iially invited to attend.
young Boy 111. Master Marion
Gar.t, a son of Mr. andd Mrs. M. W.
Gar.t. has been quite ill for several
aavs. but his condition is improved
at '"-he present time. His older broth
er William, has just recovered from
an vllness.
Native of Guilford. Mr. W. M.
McNairy, a young lawyer of Marion
and a native of Guilford county, has
beta elected engrossing olerk of the
-,ta:e senate to succeed Air. William
T. Aycock, who was killed in an au
tomobile accident in Rileigh last
v( k.
Reward For Arrest. Police Of-iic-rs
McFarland, Wray and Bran
.1- arp to divide among themselves
-.ward of $100 to be paid them by
the National Jewelers Association
ior the arrest of Ravmond Fair, who
broke into Bernau's jewelry store
Siu.day night.
Want Street Paved. Property
owners have petitioned the city com
missioners to pave South Elm street
between Lee and Bragg streets. This
section of South Elm has remained
unpaved through all the process of
street improvement in the city, and
after every hard rain or continued
wet spell it becomes practically im
passable. Aged Woman Dead. Mrs. Alfred
Troy, an aged and beloved woman,
died last Friday at her home near
Liberty at the advanced age of 86
years. She is survived by four daugh
ters and five sons. Another son, Mr.
C T. Trov, diedat his home in Con
cord a few weeks ago. Mrs. Troy
was an aunt of Mrs. J. W. Long, of
Greensboro.
Three Games. The Greensboro
tiaseball team will have at least
three games before the season opens.
lon College will be the first to meet
the locals in a practice game. This
will be Saturday, April 3. Next
comes the Boston National pennant
winners, on April 6. On April 13
the Guilford College team will play
a practice game with Manager
Rome's crowd.
Buy Another Hotel. Mr. J. P
Sanders and his associates, who own
hotels in Greensboro, Salisbury
rharlotte and Fayetteville, closed
deal this week for the purchase of
Wright's hotel, in Raleigh The hote
will be managed by Mr. W. E. Hock
ett, who has been associated with
Mi. Sanders in the hotel business for
some time and who recently retired
from the management of the Dan
notel, in Danville, Va.
Actor Died Here. Mr. John Kim-
bar Heath, of Detroit, Mich., died
Monday at St. Leo's hospital, follow
an illness of pneununia. He was
a member of a grand opera company
that appeared here about ten days
prior to his death and was taken il
bile the company was in Greens -oro.
He was a single man and is
survived by his parents. His body
vas sent to his former home in De
rek for the funeral and interment.
Its Status Unknown. There Is a
"easonable amount of excusable
iiriosity on the part of many people
erea bouts as to the fate of the bill
' '.at was drawn and sent to the leg
islature about ten days ago to abol--h
the office of treasurer of Guil
ford county. The Patriot of last
Thursday carried the news of the
rawing of the bill, under the joint
iirection of the county commission
rs and the county board of educa
tion, and stated that it was to be in
roduced in the legislature in a few
lays. If the bill has been intro-
I need, it has escaped the attention
of local readers of the legislative
proceedings.
Annual Meeting Held. The an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
he Gate City Building and Loan As
sociation was held Tuesday night,
when very satisfactory reports of the
past year's business were submitted.
The following directors were elected
for the ensuing year: T. J. Murphy,
W. O. White, Jr., R. C. Hood, G. H.
Royster, W. G. Balsley, H. S. Dori
nell, Dr. W. P. Beall, R. C. Bernau,
f R. M. Rees. A. H. Alderman, J. S.
Michaux and L. J. Duffy. The direc
tors re-elected the officers as fol
lows: w. G Balsley,. president; J.
s- Michaux, vice president: L. J.
Dffy, secretary and 1 treasurer;
Charles A. Hines, attorney.;
Held For Grand Jury. Raymond
Fair, a young white man, who was I
arrested at a late hour Sunday night
a moment after he had broken a
plate glass window in -Bernau's jew- I
elry store and stolen about $150
worth of jewelry, was given a hear-
ing Monday in Municipal court and
held for the action of the grand jury
under a bond of $1,000, in default
of which he was committed to jail.
Afc .Tutvim cii-nimm Ti ThA
body of Mrs. James Graham, who
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was connected with one of North
Carolina's most distinguished fami
lies, wa3 carried through Greensboro
yesterday from Elklns, W. Va., to
Hillsboro, the old home of the Gra
ham family, for the funeral and in
terment. Mrs. Graham was about
75 years old and the vidow of the
ate Capt. James Graham, who was
i son of the late Governor Graham.
one of the state's most distinguished
sons.
Woman Suffrage Speech. Judge
Walter Clark, chief justice of tne
North Carolina Supreme court, ad-
dresed a fair-sized audience in the
court house Monday night on the
subject of woman suffrage. He ad
vanced no new argument and made
no startling declaration concerning
woman's claim to the ballot. Judge
Clark was heard by a crowd of be-
tween 150 .and 200 people, about half
of whom were women. No great
amount of enthusiasm was manifest-
ed for the cause esposed by the emi
nent jurist.
Smallpox in Town. For the first
time in many moons smallpox has
made its appearance in ureensboro.
Two of the patients are negroes,
and both of them have the malady in
a virulent form. Both of them are
confined in a home on Sampson
street, in the eastern part of the
citv. The third case is that of a
white man residing on Mebane
street, near the center of the city.
He has the disease in a mild form
Care is being taken by the health
authorities to prevent the spread of
the contagion.
Iast Call For Taxes. Sheriff
Stafford advertised that, beginning
March 1, he will make his last call
upon the people of the county for
their 1914 taxes. His list of ap
pointments is published on another
page of The Patriot, and it might be
advisable for delinquents to look it
up and govern themselves according
ly. This is the last round the sheriff
or any of his deputies will make for
the collection of 1914 taxes. The
next move will be to advertise for
sale the property upon which the
taxes have not been paid.
Mrs. F. R. McNinch Dead. Mrs.
F. R. McNinch, tho wife of a well
known Charlotte lawyer who is re
membered by many readers of The
Patriot as Miss Mary Groome, a
daughter of Mrs. P. L. Groome, of
this city, died Sunday n!.,ht in a hos
pital in Charlottt-. following an oper
ation she had undergone a few days
previously. She was 34 years of age,
and in addition to her husband and
three young children, ia survived by
her mother, three sisters and a
brother. The funeral and interment
took place in Charlotte Tuesday.
Held For Retailing. Tom " West,
a well known white man of the city
was given a hearing in Municipal
court Tuesday on the charge of re
tailing, and upon being found guilty
was sentenced to the cit- streets for
12 months. The defendant gave no
tice of an appeal to the Superior
court and was held under a bond of
.-3u. ine conv ct'on or west was
O ril 1 i n iTT-
secured upon the evidence of two
young white boys in ad Vstificandurr
proceedings. The boys testified that
they had been selling liuuor and di
viding the profits with West, who
bought and paid for the whiskey.
Dr. Seth Low Here. Greensboro
entertained for a few hours yester
day a distinguished visitor in the
person of Seth Low, formerly presi
dent of Columbia University and for
one term mayor of New York. Ac
companied by Mrs. Low and several
friends, he was returning to New
York from Tuskegee, Ala., where he
had visited Booker Washington's
famous school for the education of
the negro youth, of which Dr. Low
is a trustee. During their stay in
Greensboro Dr. Low and the other
members of his party made a visit to
Palmer Memorial Institute, at Seda
Jia, making the trip in ar auto mobile
and being accompanied by Mr. C. A.
Bray, one of the trustees of the
school. The visitors expressed
themselves as being well Dleased
with what they observed at this well
known edueatiot-al institution for
the jsolored rj&ce. , -
For Better Frnit.-The advertise-
ment of the Odell Hardware Com
Dany. which will be found on the
second Dasre of The Patriot, calls at
tention to the matter of spraying and
the protection Bowker's lime and
sulphur will afford fruit trees. They
retail it in any quantity and at a
price lower than one can make it up
for himself. The advertisement also
shows a cut of the "Kan't Klog
spray Dump, which is worth invest!
gating.
rraae isoosiing mp. a ueiegd-
tion of Greensboro business men vis
ited Mt. Airy yesterday on a trade
boosting and get acquainted trip.
The party, whiclf was composed of
36 men, was met at the station in
Mt. Airy by a number of business
men of that place and given a cor
dial welcome. The visitors were en
tertained at dinner at the Blue I
Ridge inn and later were tendered
an informal reception at the Com
mercial club. The trip was a most
enjoyable one in every respect.
BRIEF IX THE FRANK CASE
PRESENTED BY GEORGIA.
Defending Georgia's reputation
for proper administration ot justice
Attorney General Warren Grice, of
that state, Tuesday filed in the Su-
preme Court of the United States a
brief arguing against Leo M. Frank's
petition for reversal of the Georgia
Federal court's ruling against hs re
lease on a habeas corpus writ.
The brief declares a writ of habeas
corpus cannot be used "to overturn
virtuollv" Pranb'o rrn vi nt i rn in fl
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state court without submitting im-
portant portions of the record upon
which the conviction was based.
It points out that Frank's attor-l
nevs ask his release solely on allega-
tions of mob violence during his trial
and on his absence from the court
when the verdict was returned.
"The, Supreme -court of Georgia is
second to no state in according trials
free from hostile demonstrations,"
the brief declares.
The attorney general defends the
position taken by the Georgia state
courts that Frank should have rais
ed the points of mob violence and
absence from court on his motion for
a new trial, instead of waiting to in
corporate them in a petition to set
aside the verdict, and adds:
"We believe no case will be found
in the books not in entire harmony
with the position assumed by the
state in this case, and on the other
hand we do notbelieve that the con
tention of Frank could be entered
without doing violence to well-estab
lished principles of law already deft
nitely laid down. And we believe
that, while it is essential to give
every defendant all constitutional
rights guaranteed him when they
are not waived, still we also believe
that for the good of society and in
the interest of government and the
due administration of the law, it is
more important that there should
always be timely presentation of
such questions as here made."
The brief contends that Frank
was bound by the action of his at
torney in waiving his presence when
the verdict was rendered.
"If the court must verify every
move made by the attorney," it is
argued, the court would arouse a
suspicion in the client that the court
mistrusted, the lawyer."
Federal Income Tax
The following notice has been is
sued, concerning the federal income
tax law:
All corporations must -ile their
income tax returns on or before
March 1, 1915, whether they made
a profit, or did business, during
1914, or not.
"All individuals who had a net in-
come of $3,000 or more for the year
1914, whether they have a taxable
income or not, must file their returns
on or before March 1, 1915.
'All physicians, druggists, dentists
and veterinarians, liable to regi3tra-
tion under the anti-narcotic law,
must register on or before March 1,
1915.
To accommodate tax payers this
office will be kept open until 12
o'clock, midnight, Monday, March 1,
1915."
foils n immigrants. Making a
total of 40 colonists to come to -the
territory contiguous to Wilmington,
25 natives of Poland arrived last
week to make their homes in thelthe bI11 of its editorial features
colonies at Castle Haynes, Marathon
and St. Helena. They came f rom
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wiiKesDarre, jpa., wnere iney naa
tAutnnrarilv AAttlmi: .
II) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE'S
LAWMAKERS IN THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
The house has cut the appropria
tion caTjied in the state highway
commission bill from $30,000 to
$i0,00pl and passed the bill by a
vote of J9 to 31 and sent it to the
senatei This was after a lengthy
debate; $n which Minority Leader
William, of Cabarrus, opposed any
appropriation whatever, and after
Representative Hutchison, of Meck
lenburgy spoke strongly for the bill,
insisting that it should be passed
without! the long-drawn-out discus
sion tnsft would quickly pile up a leg
islative "cost as great as the $10,000
,the - billwas carrying
Repri
entative Carr, of Duplin,
introdud two
especially notable
bills dne of them
requiring that
railroad shall furnish . refrigerator
cars within one day after application
is made; and the other that it be un-
lawful pfor any girl under 18 years
old to swork in a factory at night,
specifyng 7 P. M. and 6 P. M.
Senator McNider introduced a bill
to prsrent railroads from issuing
transportation to newspapers in ex
chanjreJfpr advertising.
A bill by Senator Gilliam would
provide expert cotton graders in this
ct.t
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Against 8 Per Cent Interest Bill.
The; joint committees on finance
and ofr backing met Tuesday after-
noon and. eave a hearintr to a nu
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ber of bankers, who urged that the
bill authorizing eight per cent inter
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VUuu6ig uc yaoscu, aiiu incicaiici
voted Jfor an unfavorable report for
the bul. Those who made pleas for
the bul were Charles E. Taylor and
T. E. 'Cooper, Wilmington; L. S.
Covington, Rockingham, and Mr.
Simmons,T,ah attorney of Washing-
tonvfT?TeyI6r emphatic. d especial
ly that if the legislature would grant
this change in the interest law, it
would mean the greatest power for
bringing about commercial and gen
eral business development in 15
years, and would attract much capi
tal to the state that now seeks in
vestment elsewhere.
There were two votes for favor
able report of the bill in the joint
committee, and an effort will be
made to have a minority favorable
report to get the bill on the floor of
the house.
Liquor Bill Without Prejudice.
The senate will get the Gvier anti-
jug bill as it passed the house from
the senate committee on propositions
and grievances with a "without prej
udice" report. An agreement to this
effect was reached Tuesday after
noon after an hour's hearing. At the
same time the committee voted to
strike from the bm the preamDle
tht t nut flQ fanfn thtLf a,polinl is
a narcotic poison and specitymg
other alleged evil effects of drink.
rne committee had a week ago
tentatively agreed to report a substi
tute for the pending bill, and when
the committee met Tuesday after
noon, Senator Gilliam lodged a mo
tion that the committee sustain that
decision, but the committee voted 5
to 4 against tne motion. Then Sen
ator McNeely moved to strike out
the preamble and this was carried.
Then followed the motion to report
the bill as amended without preju
dice and this carried aft;r the mean
ing of the term "without prejudice'
was much discussei, and oxplanacion
made that it means that the commit
tee prefers to take no action and
simply leaves the whole natter up to
the senate to act without expression
from the committee
lne editor of the Charlotte Obser
ver, writing from Raleigh, has this
to say of the probable fate of the
bill
"The prohibition bill will pass the
senate and will be enacted into law,
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Dut Jt will have material modifica
tions from the original Anti-Saloon
League bill as introduced in the
house by Mr. Grier. It will kill the
blind tigers but will still permit
'liquor in the home" in possession,
as it were. The reporting of the bil
by the committee "without preju
dice" means that the committee has
no suSSestions to make as to what
the senate may do with it. The strik
ing out of the preamble simply robs
without affecting its legislative sec-
I ons. The modifications to the bil
I tsji 1 1 4t namnU o naronn
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ihring liquor into the state for hislU?h.
own use. He may bring it in for a
friend, but there must not be ex
change of money or other considera
tion. He can give it to a friend, but
he cannot sell it or receive money
for any service in connection with its
procurement. A man may have it
in his house and dispense it at recep
tions, or in the entertainment of his
friends. But the blind tigers will
not be able to get liquor, because the
clause prohibiting express companies
or other carriers from bringing it in
to the state stands."
Increased Appropriations Asked.
The appropriations asked for by
the institutions of the state and for
special purposes this year are al
most double those which met the
general assembly two years ago. At
that time $2,497,050 was appropriat
ed to the various institutions. This
year already, according to the figures
of Senator Gilliam, chairman of the
fenate committee on appropriations,
the demands have exceeded $3,t75,
530. Two years ago there was also
a bond issue of $387,000 which re
lieved the treasury directly of much
of the. weight of the appropriations.
Already, without the bond issue,
without counting the appropriation
asked by the Mt. Mitchell project,
the highway commission, the fish
commission, . the McRae measure for
a rescue home for fallen) women, the
demands are about four million dol
lars, .whereas the actual appropria
tions at the last general assembly
were practically two million.
Primary Bili Up.
The senate lasr night took up Sen
ator Hobgood's legalized primary
bill and there was spirited argument
or and against the measure.
Senator Hobgood opened the arr
gument for the primary bill, which,
he said, is based on the Hea of party
oyalty on the part of both Demo
crats and Republicans. He explain
ed the bill at length, the votes re
quired to declare party association,
that one may scratch the party tick
et but may not vote part of one bal
lot and part of another, penalty tor
against the nominee of the party is a
fraudulent voting that is. voting
misdemeanor. In reply to a question j
of Senator Ward if there was objec
tion to submitting the question to a
vote of the people at the next gen
eral election, Senator Hobgood in-
isted that there should be no such
delay in giving the people the pri
mary, which he said they were de
manding. The general assembly, he
insisted, should act now without ref
erendum. Senator McNeely offered and ad
vocated an amendment for the pri
maries to be held the first Tuesday
?n Atigust instead of June, as more
convenient for agricultural people.
The house had a lively debate yes
terday afternoon ov?r tl e nine pend
ing bills for allowing the election of
county board of education by vote of
the people, that for Brunswick co in-
ty being the first up that brought
the d'scussion. Th ho ise voted by
a large majority against this and the
rest of the bills, carrying out the
policy agreed upon in the Democrat
ic caucus Monday night.
The house received yesterday
through Representative Sea well, of
Lee county, the report of the legisla
tive committee from the special ses
sion on the question of the advisabil
ity of the state accepting the propo
sition of E C. Duncan and interests
he represents to sell the state's 12,
666 shares of stock in the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad for
$949,950. The committee recom
mended that the price should not be
accepted, the property being worth
more than this; but that the gover
nor and council of state or other in
dividuals should be authorized to
negotiate further with, Mr. Duncan
and be empowered to sell it if a sat
isfactory price can be agreed on,
with a specification that within one
year any counties, municipalities or
private holders of stock have an op
tion to sell their holdings at the
same price the state receives.
Dr. Brewer Elected President.
Dr. Charles E. Brewer, professor
of chemistry at Wake Forest College,
was yesterday chosen to succeed Dr.
R. T. Vann,,as president of Meredith
College, Dr. Vann having resigned to
become secretary of the newly cre
ated Baptist state board of educa
tion. Dr. Brewer has the matter un
der serious consideration and it is
believed that he will aeiept.
Meredith College is the Baptist ed
ucational institution for women in
North Carolina and is located in Ral-
JUDGE CARTER CHART ,l
WITH IMMORALITY
In the lower house of the legisla
ture yesterday Representative Clark,
of Craven county filed an amended
resolution calling for the proposed
investigation of the conduct of Judge
Frank Carter and Solicitor Aber
nethy, growing out of the judgment
of contempt entered against AbeT
nethy by Judge Carter at Newbern,
three weeks ago, and specifying
times and places in the charge of
grossly immoral conduct of Judge
Carter with women while holding
courts in this state. Mr. Clark
stated on the floor that it had been
charged that his first resolution
lacked specification and was a "sub
marine warfare;" that he was con
ducting no such campaign and that
while his might be a dreadnaught
advance, it was certainly "open and
above board."
The amended resolution repeats
,the preliminary sections and then
getting down to specifications, is as
follows:
"Whereas, it.tias long been freely
rtalked and discussed that the said
Hon. Frank Carter had been guilty
of grossly immoral conduct with wo
men in the city of Raleigh, while
holding courts in that district, in
Clinton, while holding courts in that
district, in Wilmington while holding
courts in that district, sn Lillington
while holding courts in that district
and Panacea Springs, Virginia
Beach, Va., and at va:ious other
times and places while holding court
of North Carolina, all of which as
sertions, discussions and rumors, if
true are calculated to bring the high
office of judge of the Superior court
into disrespect and disiepute anu
which if not true, ought in justice to
said judge to be set at rest, and,
"Whereas if said Charles L. Aber
nethy. solicitor,' is guilty of the acts
and things charged against him by
the Hon. Frank Carter from the
bench, the said Abernethy ought not
to hold the office of solicitor of thi
fifth judicial district of North Caro-"
lina and it appearing thf.t said Ater-
nethy has requested an investigation
touching his conduct and fitness to
hold said office, etc." .
Then the resolution repeats the
original provision for appointment of
a legislative committee to investigate
and repcrt to the legislature or to
the governor if the commission shall
have adjourned.
The amended resolution goes to
judiciary committee No. 1, which is
to meet agi-in Thursday for the pur
pose of considering further whether
or not there sha?l be favorable re
port for legislative investigation.
INDIANS SEEM TO BE
PUTTING UP GOOD FIGHT.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 24.
Fear that renegade Utes from the
reservation in Colorado will join Old
Polk's band of Piute Indians which
has been battling United States offi
cers near Bluff is expresed in a dis
patch tonight to the Deseret News.
Reports from the Colorado reser
vation say the Indians believe the
white men have killed 25 squaws
and papooses and they are greatly
incensed.
Marshal Nebeker has wired the
United States district attorney at
Salt Lake City and also the depart
ment of justice at Washington that
he will use the 20 Navajo Indian po
lice he has requested be sent him to
assist in tracking the hostiles.
"My men will take care of all the
fighting," he said.
A scouting party yesterday found
that Old Posey, leading a small band
of Indians had crossed the San Juan
river to the Navajo reservation on
the south side.
Another scouting party followed
the trail of Old Polk and about 10
mounted warriors to recapture
Wash, eight or ten miles east of
Bluff, yesterday, but was unable to
determine whether his movement in
dicated an attempt to escape or an
effort to obtain reinforcements.
The fact that so few of the In
dians were with the parties led by
the two old chiefs suggests that their
trips were preliminary to further resistance.
Farmer Disappears. Charles S.
Stowe, a Gaston county farmer, dis
appeared from his home on the 17 th
inst. and all efforts to locate him
have proved unavailing. His wife
thinks he has 'become mentally de
ranged from grieving over the recent,?
death of a child. It said that ,h6 2
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