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vol. 94 rao. 17
LOCAL NEWS JNBRIEF FOBfifc
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Seriou-sly Ul. Mr. Will R. Rankin
seriously ill at his home on West
is
Market
sMrt- as
street and his condition la
to occasion alarm on the
of relatives and friends.
par
jH-atli r infant. aiary u-yaia.
fwr-months-old daughter of Mr.
Mrs. Peter Womble, died Satur
r.iornins at the home of her pa-
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on f'Sl L.ee oliccl, luuuniug
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in ei bipeids.
Kevival Ends. The revival meet-
L- ; iicit l.aii been in progress at
Vt -r.mst r Presbyterian church for
; e p;it ten days closed last night.
""n r ('."(' ''' or 40 professions of
'.luion during the special services.
ApiKMidieit is Operation. Miss
Ainnien. a daughter of Mr. L.
M. n, nun. underwent an operation
: r append K'iLis at St. Leo's hospital
j, das ago. Her condition is
;iUf:ift ni and a speedy recovery
fxpefled.
Aued Woman Dead.--Mrs. Wil
.sr: Andrews died yesterday after-
te.
.or
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,t l.er nome eignt or ten mnes
..: the city at the advanced age
ears. The funeral and inter
will take place at Lee's chapel
"'rnoon.
eball Officers.- The directors
CJfcE '
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. f tiu
(Ireenslioro Baseball Associa
:or. i.ave elected the following of fi-J
i
. ers for the ensuing season: Robert
Sloan, president; Rev. Father
Vincent Taylor, vice president; E. E.
Pam. secretary and treasurer.
V. .J. Horney Dead. Mr. F. J.
h'orney, a .ell known business man
-f High Point, who had been a great
-ufferer from rheumatism for years,
died at his i.ome yesterday morning,
tie w; s ) ears old and is survived
by his widow and two daughters.
Dath of M. M. Teague. Mr. M.
Ai. Teague died Saturday morning at
ie home of his daughter, Mrs. D. G.
atterson. on (iorrell street. He was
o'.i years old and had been ill for
- jine time. The body was carried to
liberty yesterday afternoon for the
: uieral and interment.
Attendel llrotlier's Funeral. Mr.
'leeree A. Grimsley, Mrs. ('. ('. Tay-:-,t
and Miss Alice Grimsley were
failed to Snow Hill, Greene county,
Friday to attend the funeral of their
Nrotker. Mr. John I). Grimsley. The
:e-eased was 64 years old and a well
k do 'a n citizen of his section.
ail Ray's Job. Carl Ray, who
..iade reputation as a baseball player
.. hile a student at Whitsett Institute
nd later was a star member of the
Winston team, has gone to Orlando,
'la.. to join the training camp of the
'hrniingham, Ala., team, in the
onthern league, of which he is to be
i member this year.
Former Resident Dead. Mr. H.
J. Williams, who resided in Greens-
or a number of years ago, died
-ai irday at his home in Fayetteville
t the age of 7 4 years. The body
brought to Greensboro yesterday
-fternoon and interred in Greene
iill cemetery after a short service
inducted by Rev. Dr. ('. W. Byrd.
Work Plentiful. Mr. M. L. In--ran..
of the Guilford Battle Ground
..eigi horliood, received a letter re-
enrl from his son, Mr. W. H. In--rani.
of Colfax, 111., in which the
i-ateinent was made that work in
na- section is plentiful and that It
s r.ot difficult for a man to get a
; t
:'0 a month and all expenses
r aej
S,
v e r t
The
i on
le at Pleasant Garden. - -An ad-
sement on the eighth page of
Patriot calls attention to an auc
sale of household and kitchen
'"'irniture. farming implements and
Lher personal property to be con
ducted by Mr. Luke W. White, of
'leasant Garden, Wednesday, be
ginning at 10. 30 o'clock in the fore
jooii .
John Wliitsell Dead. Mr. John
Whitsell. a well known citizen of
Gibsonville. died suddenly at his
iome Thursday. He was 55 years
Id and is survived by his widow and
several children. The funeral and
nternient took place Friday at Sha
ron Lutheran church, the services
eing conducted by Rev. S. M. Ran
kin, of this city.
At V. v. i A. Yesterday. Rev.
riobert E. Roe, the new pastor of
Holy Trinity Epi scopal church, was
'he speaker at the vesper services at
'he Y. W. C. A. vesterday afternoon i
and made a most interesting talk on suited, has not developed. In Ral
fcta missionary work in Alaska. The : eigh one hear .talk also that Sena-
service? were open to men and were
attended by a large crowd of both
men and women.
laslonary Speaker. Dr. Mary
missionary stationed at Nu-
chang:, China, made an address
Thursday afternoon before the wo
men's missionary societies of St. An
drew's and Holy Trinity Episcopal
churches The address was deliver
ed in the Sunday school room of
Holy Trinity church. Dr. Glenton is
In this country on a furlough from
her mission work in China.
Adjudged a Bankrupt. C. Hi Mc
Daniel, a well known citizen and
business man of Surry county, a
dealer in horses, mules and other
live stock, was adjudged a bankrupt
in the United States court here a few
days ago and the matter was refer
red to J. E. Alexander, of Winston
Salem, referee in bankruptcy. The
assets are scheduled at $25,519.60,
with liabilities amounting to $24,
969.94. Mock Trial Pleased. A great
many people found pleasant diver
sion Friday night in attending a
mock trial in the gymnasium of the
Y. M. C. A. building. Col. James T.
Morehead presided as judge and the
culprit on trial was Henry W. Whar
ton, who was charged with cheating
in a horse trade. The jury, compos
ed of both men and women, could
not agree upon a verdict and the de
fendant was discharged.
New Management. Mr. A. N.
Perkins, who recently returned to
Greensboro from Charlotte, where
he was proprietor of the Central ho
tel for several years, today becomes
manager of the Guilford hotel, suc
ceeding Mr. J. L. Clements. Mr.
Perkins is one of the best known and
most experienced hotel men in the
state and years ago was connected
with the Guijford, when it was
known as the Benbow hotel.
Special Services. White Oak
Lodge Xo. 187, Knights of Pythias,
held special services of an interest
ing character yesterday afternoon.
The meeting was held in the White
Oak assembly hall and tne principal
speaker was Prof. J. G. Baird, of
charlotte, grand chancellor of the
North Carolina Grand I.)dge of
Knights of Pythias. A number of
I visiting Pythians were present for
Cie occasion, which vas nost enjoy
able in every respect.
Guilford Jessup Tried Guilford
Jessup. who was arrested last week
by Sheriff Stafford for participating
in an affray at Guilford Battle
Ground on the occasion of the
Fourth of July celebration last year,
was given a hearing Saturday before
Squire D. H. Collins and fined $15
and costs. He was acquitted of the
charge of carrying a concealed wea
pon. Jessup left the county after
the fight and eluded the officers un
til taken in custody by Sheriff Staf
ford at Piney Grove school house.
For Abandonment. Sheriff Um
stead, of Mahoning county, Ohio,
was in the city a few days ago and
carried back to the Buckeye state
Dolph Whitsett, colored, who was
arrested early last week on the
charge of abandoning his wife in
Ohio. Whitsett was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Caffey at the home of his
father near Rudd, on a fugitive from
justice warrant issued by Squire D.
H. Collins. The crime of abondon
ment is a felony in Ohio, and if con
victed, things are liable to go hard
with Whitsett.
Revenue Officers Change In pur
suance with an order issued recent
ly by Commissioner of Internal Rev-
enue Osborn, Messrs. T. H. Vander
ford and W. H. Chapman, agents in
charge of the offices in Greensboro
and Richmond, respectively, swap
jobs today. Mr. Vanderford goes to
Richmond and Mr. Chapman comes
to Greensboro. ' Mr. Chapman has
been in the service of the revenue
department for a number of years
and has been stationed in Greens
boro two or three different times in
the past. Mr. Vanderford was ap
pointed agent after Col. W. H. Os
born assumed the duties of commis
sioner of internal revenue and has
had his headquarters in Greensboro
since he went into office.
D. Y. Cooper For Governor.
Writing from Raleigh, the editor
of the Charlotte Observer says: "By
way of political gossip, there is talk
going around the capitol today that
the friends of Mr. D. Y. Cooper, the
well-known banker, manufacturer
and business man of Henderson, will
try to bring him out for the nomina
tion for governor by the Democrats.
Whether Mr. Cooper has been con-
tor McRae may be in the field as
candidate for Congress from the
Charlotte district."
JOHN W. COOK FOUND DEAD
IN BATH ROOM OF HOME.
Mr. John W. Cook, one of Guil
ford county's best known and most
prominent citizens, was found dead
in the bath room at his home on
Spring Garden street extended at an
early hour yesterday morning. The
discovery was made by his little
daughter, who missed her father
when she awoke and went in search
of him. Mr. Cook had been suffer
ing from heart trouble for some time
and this is supposed to have been
the cause of his death.
The position of his body when
found indicated that Mr. Cook had
gone into the bath room to wash his
hands when the attack came upon
him. Mr. Cook and his young daugh
ter were alone for the night, Mrs.
Cook having gone to the home of a
friend in which there was serious
illness.
The funeral will be held from the
home this afternoon at 3 o'clock and
will be conducted by Rev. Dr. C. W.
Byrd and Rev. Dr. S. B, Turrentine
The burial will take place at Guil
ford College.
Mr. Cook lacked one day of being
63 years old. He was born and rear
ed near Guilford College. He was a
successful farmer until elected sher
iff of the county in the late '80s. He
held this office for eight years and
was a capable and popular dfficir.l.
After retiring from the sheriff's of
fice he became interested in the Po
mona Terra Co.tta Company. Last
year he was appointed postmaster of
Pomona.
Mr. Cook was married twice. His
first wife was a Miss Boren, a sister
of the Messrs. Boren, of Pomona.
One child, a daughter, was born tc
this union. She has been dead for
several years. His second wife was
Miss Minnie Blackman, of thi.s city.
She and a young daughter survive.
GUILE RD TRUSTEES
HOLD SPECIAL MEETING.
In response to a petition from
members of the faculty of Guilford
College protesting against the retire
ment of Dr. L. L. Hftbbs from the
presidency of the institution, a spe
cial meeting of the board of trustees
was held in this city Friday after
noon. The protesting members of the
faculty were present and explained
that their protest did not arise from
any objection to Dr. Thomas Newlin,
the president-elect, but was due to
their affection and regard for Dr.
Hobbs. It is understood that the
matter was settled satisfactorily.
Mr. J. Elwood Cox, chairman of
the board of trustees, made the fol
lowing statement concerning the
matter: ,
"The whole trouble arose from a
lack of understanding of the situa
tion. Dr. Hobbs was in the meeting
when the call was made to Dr. New
lin to the office and he heartily
agreed with the action. He had ask
ed us a long time before to prepare
to relieve him of the burdens of the
presidency and he is in thorough
sympathy with the action.
"The trustees have a great affec
tion for Dr. Hobbs. They would not
consider the reduction of his salary,
but he will stay on with the institu
tion as president emeritus, at the
same salary that he has been receiv
ing as active head of the institution.
It is to relieve him, as he is growing
old, of some of the smaller duties of
the office which should be borne by
younger men, that the action of
electing Dr. Newlin was taken."
Says Girl Proposed to Him.
Atlanta, Feb. 27. Charging that
he was forced to wed a pretty West
Virginia girl through fear of viol
ence, C. W.. Wannamaker, a civil and
mining engineer of Atlanta, filed suit
for divorce today.
Mrs. Wannamaker was formerly
Miss Cyltie Maxie and is living with
relatives near Bluefield, W. Va. Ac
cording to Wannamaker, he separat
ed from the girl immediately after
the ceremony and fled. '
Wannamaker is a native of Vir
ginia. He was engaged in engineer
ing work near Bluefield when he met
Miss Maxie, and he alleges that she
became infatuated with him and
proposed. He said he protested that
he didn't want to marry and had no
Idea of marrying her. Wannamaker's
next surprise came when an officer
appeared and arrested him. He said
he was taken to Tazewell, where
threats of violence were made, after
which the marriage took place.
Wannamaker says he would have
been shot if he had not married the
girt. Q- - - r . -
Hi THB GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE'S
IAV1AKEKS IN THE SENATE
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AND HOUSE.
The senate has set the an ti-jug bill
as a 8epial order for tonight, when
it hi "erpectetf s the argument will be
concluded arid a vote reached.
The senate- Saturday killed the
Weaverichild' labor bill by a vote of
29 to 8. The vote is declared to be
a complete vindication of the conten
tion of the manufacturers of the
state that' they are not violating the
child labor laws and are ready to co
operate 'in every way possible with
the properly constituted authorities.
Senate Passes Primary Bill.
ThejHobgood-Weaver bill provid
ing for? a' legalized primary for all
political parties was passed by the
senate atl o'clock Friday morning,
following hours of debate and after
many amendments had been offered
and voted down. The vote was 36 to
10. Tfie bill is now in the house,
where long debate and sharp con
test awlajts it.
The amendments offered by the
committee were adopted, but all
those offered after the argument be
gan Wejgr voted down except two,
one by.Senator McRae, of Mecklen
burg, apd the other by .Senator
White. 'The McRae amendment pro
vides for the exemption of 50-odd
counties specified from operation as
to county officers, including mem
bers of the house of representatives.
The White amendment provides that
any one of the counties so exempted
may vote themselves under the pri
mary through petition of one-fifth
of, the voters in the county asking
for the election.
"An amendment by Johnson, of Du
plin, to also exempt a large number
of senatorial districts was lost by a
close rote. The McRae amendment
carried bygone majority. 24 to 25.
Divorce Bill.
The ; atYoVce bill over whjch there
was caf'dib the last
legislature, has bobbed up again in a
slightly amended shape. It has pass
ed two readings in the house and
was about to be put through the
third when it was held up by a
member who wanted to look into it
further. The bill, in short, provides
temporary divorce on the statutory
ground, and permanent divorce after
a separation for a term of five years.
Machinery Act.
For the past several days the
house has been engaged in consider
ing the machinery act. The most
spirited debate has centered around
the question of tax assessors. The
members voted down Representative
Allen's amendment to section 14 and
sustained the report of the finance
committee. The section of the pro
posed bill provides fpr a county as
sessor and section 15 appoints only
one assessor for each township. The
Allen amendment would re-enact the
1913 law which does not provide for
a county assessor, and three men
compose the board of assessors in
each township. Mr. Carr, of Duplin,
offered an amendment leaving the
county assessor but providing for
three townships assessors, but this
was voted down, as was the amend
ment of Mr. Roberts, of Buncombe,
providing for two assessors in each
township. Mr. Valentine offered an
amendment providing that the local
authorities of the county appoint the
county assessor instead of the state
tax commission, but this was lost by
a big majority.
Chairman Doughton had charge of
the bill and was kept busy answering
questions concerning the bill, but
came forth from the battle with fly
ing colors and had the satisfaction of
seeing the house stand by him and
the finance committee, who he said
had taken great pains and much
labor to work out this bill in a satis
factory manner.
Mr. Bynum, of Chatham, opposed
the section under discussion, but ad
mitted the merit of the blil and said
that his constituents were opposed
to it, hence his position. He referred
to the fact that he had voted against
the anti-liquor bill for the same rea
son, that his people were against it.
Mr. Bowman, of Guilford, who had
not heretofore spoken on the floor of
the house, stated that he thought the
Chatham member was mistaken
about the temper of the people of
that county in reference to the anti
liquor bill; that he had just been in
Chatham county and the people
there were not all endorsing the po
sition of the Chatham member on
the liquor question, and he added
I that Mr. Bynum might also be mis
taken regarding the machinery bill.
Mr. Bowman, as a farmer, endorsed
the section and hoped that the Allen
amendment would be voted down.
Mr. Small, of Pasquotank, endorsed
the section and Mr. Darden, of Hali
fax, also added his endorsement, say
ing that the equalization of taxes
was a most complex problem." He de
clared there should not be a pauper
county in the state, and if property
was assessed at its true value there
would not be.
Mr. Grier, of . Iredell, said that
these two sections were the keystone
of the arch and if they are stricken
out the whole structure will crumble.
He said that Chairman Doughton
had been charged with being a stand
patter, but now he was charged with
being too progressive.
Mr. Brockett, of Guilford, praised
the work of the committee and stat
ed that he believed that one asses
sor could better do the work than
three. Mr. Leonard, of Davidson,
was against centralizing power in
Raleigh.
Dr. Kent made a strong speech in
favor of the bill and exhibited a
number of figures to show where
counties in his section were benefit
ed under the 1911 act.
In closing Mr. Doughton said he
vOuld be frank and stated that the
Democratic party was responsible
for the bill. The committee had
considered the political effect and
as well as the business effect and he
was willing to stand by the measure.
Mr. Roberts, of Buncombe, asked
Mr. Doughton why the county com
missioners could not appoint the
assessors as well as the state tax
commission at Raleigh, as it was pre
sumed that the Raleigh body would
appoint the assessor on the recom
mendations of commissioners any
way. This question was very much of a
surprise, coming from the gentleman
from Buncombe, Mr. Doughton de
cla?ed, and he sail hv3 had expected
to hear this k!nA of argument from
otnor sources, but did not think a
man of such broad intellect and pos
sessing so much intelligence as he
gentleman from Buncombe would
talk of centralization of power in
Raleigh.
A Plea For the Orphans.
A plea for the crippled, diseased
and indigent orphans of r.ound mind
was made before the appropatjont
committee Friday afternoon.
R. B. Babbington, S. J. Durham
and A. G. Mangum, all of Gastonia.
appeared before the committee and
asked an appropriation of $10,000
to erect a hospital building for this
purpose on a site already secured.
Some of the most prominent men
of North Carolina are named as the
North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital
board of trustees. Among them are
F. M. Simmons, B. N. Duke, J. Y.
Joyner, Heriot Clarkson, Lee S.
Overman, Junius M. Horner.
The North Carolina Orthopedic
Hospital has been chartered by the
state. The object of the institution
is to care for diseased, crippled or
deformed orphan and indigent chil
dren of sound mind of the state, giv
ing them expert medical treatment.
The need for the institution is ad
mitted. While the appropriations
committee is a sorely harassed body
with demands on them far beyond
their power to fill, yet there are
many who hope the cry of these chil
dren may not go unheeded.
Mill Men Agree on Child Labor Bill.
The legislative committee of
North Carolina Manufacturers Asso
ciation, in special conference in Ral
eigh Friday, agreed on a bill asked
to be passed by the legislature to
strengthen the child labor law, be
lieving that the Weaver bill will be
defeated. The measure that the
manufacturers offer provides that
the county superintendent of schools
"shall" instead of "may" investigate
as to observance of the law as to
children in factories. It also requires
that superintendents of mills shall
semi-annually certify under oath to
the county superintendent of schools
names and times of work by chil
dren under age in the mills, if any
and that in case of failure of super
intendent of any mill to certify un
der oath as required, the superin
tendent of schools shall inspect the
mill or have inspection made, a fee
of $5 to be taxed against the mill
for inspection. Also it is made, obli
gatory on the. truant ioffjeers to in
vestigate and report every case of
violation of the child labor law in
any mill.
SPEAKER WOOTENJHES
AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT.
Hon. Emmett R. Wooten, of Kin
ston, speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, died in a hospital in Ral
eigh Saturday afternoon as the re
sult of injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident on the a'ght of Feb
ruary 18, when William T. Ay cock,
engrossing clerk of the senate, was
instantly killed and Senator Johnson
of Duplin, and the negro chauffeur,
were painfully injuied. The funeral
and interment took place in Kinston
yesterday afternoon. The services
were attended by committees from
both houses of the legislature, as
well as a number of other members
of the general assembly and state of
ficers. Mr. Wooten was 36 years of age
and is survived by his widow, two
children, his aged mother, a brother
and a sister. He had held a num
ber of positions, of trust and honor
for one of his years. He had served
as city attorney of Kinston, county
attorney of Lenoir county and had
been elected to the legislature for
the last four successive terms. At
the beginning of the present session
of the legislature he v as elected
speaker of the house by acclamation,
the other candidates for the position
retiring in his favor.
Had he lived, Mr. Wooten doubt
less would have been a candidate
next year the Democratic nomination
for attorney general-of North Caro
lina. RUSSIANS HAVE CHECKED
THE GERMAN ADVANCE.
The Russian offensive operations
appear at the present time to extend
along their whole front an indica
tion that they have brought strong
reinforcements into the field. They
have checked the German advance
in North Poland, where the Germans
are reported in retreat and the re
capture of Przasnysz after severe
fighting, has given them an excellent
pivotal point from which to carry on
further operations.
All the Petrograd correspondents
refer to the capture of a large num
ber of Germans as a new phase of
the war, and credit it to a lack of
officers among the German armies
and the large number of young un
trained men drafted into them.
The Russian offensive .extends to
what is what known as the Bzura
Rawka front, where they successful
ly opposed Field Marshal von Hln
denburg's attempt to wdvance on
Warsaw in December and January.
There has been heavy fighting in
Western Galicia and fn the Car
pathians, but no notable changes in
the situation. In Eastern Galicia the
Russians report another repulse for
the Austrians, who again have lost a
number of prisoners.
With Russia it would seem to be a
case of keeping up the supply of am
munition, which the opening of the
Dardanelles would greatly 'assist.
The allies, however, do not antic
ipate that their success in the Dar
danelles undertaking will be im
mediate, for they are now facing the
hardest part of the problem, having
the strongest forts ahead of them,
although the guns of these forts
have not the range of the guns of
the larger ships.
The Belgian army reorganized and
re-equipped again, has been taking
part in the fight for the recovery of
its country and, according to the
French report, has advanced across
the Yser and taken a farm from the
Germans, while its artillery has de
molished two German works.
Otherwise the battles in the West
are still confined to the Champagne
and the Vosges, where both sides
claim successes.
Candidate For Mayor. Mr. J. H.
Cook has announced his candidacy
for mayor and commissioner of fin
ance and will oppose Mayor Murphy
in the approaching primary election
for the nomination. Mr. Cook moved
to Greensboro some years ago from
Cincinnati and is engaged in the in
surance business. Mr. Cook's entry
gives all the elective city officials
opposition. Mr. J. Henry Phipps
has been nominated by the South
Greensboro people to oppose Mr. R.
M. Rees, the commissioner of pub
lic safety, and Mr. Charlie Hendrix
is after the job now held by Mr. J.
Giles Foushee, commissioner of pub
lic works. Mr. William B." Byrd, one
of the younger members of the local
bar, is trying to beat Judge S. Olenn
Brown for the nomination for judge
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