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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORD
HATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OP THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
111 of Pneumonia. Mrs. H. E.
Tate is quite ill of pneumonia at her
home on Bellemeade street, and her
advanced age and weakened physi
cal condition naturally give occasion
for alarm.
Business Consolidation The bus
iness of the .Southside Undertaking
Company has been purchased by L.
M. Am men & Co. and moved across
the street to the Ammen stand. Mr.
L,. M. Ammen, an experienced under
taker, will be in charge of the con
solidated business.
Buys Business Property. Mr. L.
Richardson has purchased from Mr.
A. F. Brooks the three-story Wick
business building on the corner of
Sonth Elm and West Lee streets for
a consideration of $10,000. This is
considered one of the best pieces of
business property in South Greens
boro. Married Yesterday. Mr. Foy O.
Manguni. of Pilot Mountain, and
Mi&s Clara Hodgin, who has been
connected with the Maddox Drug
Company, were married yesterday
afternoon. The ceremony took place
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Dick and was performed by Rev. R.
G. Kendrick.
Died in Texas. Mrs. John E.
"Wharton, who is remembered by
many people in Guilford county as
Miss Pattie Cole, died Monday after
noon at her home in, Sherman, Tex.
No particulars are known here
further than the information con
veyed in a telegram announcing her
death. The bereaved husband is a
brother of the late W. D. Wharton.
City Bonds Sold. The city com
missioners yesterday afternoon sold
the $100,000 of street improvement
bonds authorized by a vote of the
people last year to the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company, of Bal
timore, and the Wachovia Loan and
Trust Company, of Winston-Salem.
The purchasers were joint bidders,
their bid being $100,590 and ac
crued interest. The sfrle is consid
ered a most satisfactory one.
Mr. Cook's Will. The will of the
late John W. Cook, who was found
dead in the bath room of his home
on Spring Garden street extended
Sunday morning, was probated in
the office of the clerk of the Su
perior court Tuesday. With the ex
ception of a few minor bequests, the
entire estate is left to Mrs. Cook,
wno is named as executrix. While
no appraisal has been made, it is
stated that ex-Sheriff Cook left
property worth about $20,000.
J. J. Phillips Dead. Mr. J. J.
Phillips died Monday night at his
home at Pomona at the age of 68
years. The funeral was held from
the home yesterday afternoon and
interment was made in the new Po
mona cemetery. Rev. Mr. Vestal
conducted the services. Mr. Phil
lips is survived by the following
children: Mr. L. O. Phillips, May,
S. C; Mr. H. C. Phillips, Burling
ton; Mr. W. A. Phillips, Alberta;
-Messrs. G. C. and J. L. Phillips, Po
mona; Mrs. O. M. Osborne, Pomona;
Mrs. J. H. Young, Jamestown, and
Mrs. R. W. Melvin, Pomona.
Held on Larceny Charge. Ross
Low, white, was tried before Squire
D. II. Collins yesterday afternoon on
tfce charge of the larceny of $40
from Jot Lay ton. The money be
longed to Miss Sallie Amick, of Ju
lian, by whom Layton was employ
ee!, and had been given to him to
keep for a day or two. It appeared
from the evidence that Low was in
strumental in getting Layton drunk
and stole the money while his vic
tim was dazed and unconscious of
his surroundings. Squire Collins
'ield Low for the Superior court un
der a bond of $300, which he was
able to give.
Building Record Good. Mr. Mar
v n Boyles, the city building and
Plumbing inspector, says that, in
spite of the rough weather of the
mter, Greensboro made a good re
cord in the number of new buildings
erected and contracted for. During
tae month of February, which was
very unfavorable for building oper
ations, permits were issued for new
Gildings to be erected at a cost of
22,800. With the approach of
spring, there is a renewed activity
building operations that lends
color to the belief that the carpen
tfers, brick-masons and other labor
ers identified with the building trade
1 have no difficulty in procuring
ciployment for months to come.
TRANSFER OF REAL
ESTATE THIS WEEK.
During the present week transfers
of real estate have been recorded in
the office of the register of deeds as
follows :
The city of Greensboro to Mrs.
Mary M. Armstrong, two small lots
on East Washington street. Gilmer
township. $500.
J. A. Madin to C. A. Pugh, a tract
consisting of 25 acres in Morehead
township, $10 and other valuable
considerations.
The Guilford Insurance and Real
ty Company to J. W. Lasley, a small
tract in Sumner township, $10 and
other valuable consideration.
C. E. Pugh to R. G. Kendrick, a
tract consisting of 25 acres in More
head township, $1,850.
John H. Pegg to John C. Thomp
son, lot fronting on West Bragg
street, in the city of Greensboro 50
by 150 feet, $580.
Joseph A. Hoskins and wife to S.
A. Price, three lots in the town of
Summerfleld, Bruce township, $300
R. H. Wheeler to Paul H. Hardy,
a lot fronting on East Greene street,
in the city of High Point, 56 by 171
feet, $400.
David White to L. P. Ives, four
lots in the town of Guilford College,
Friendship township, $300.
C. B. Clegg to W. M. Brooks, lot
3 in Melrose court in the city of
Greensboro, Gilmer township, $600.
Ida Rudy et al to J. H. Bishop,
an undivided one-fifth interest in
two tracts, the first 150 acres and
80 poles and the second 71 1-2 acres,
township not mentioned. $700.
C. B. Coble and Barbara Coble to
P. N. Smith, a tract consisting of
33 1-3 acres in Fentress township,
675.
Jacob Emery to J. H. Pegg, prop
erty on First street, for $200.
Amos Tatum to Will Tatum, 14
acres in Bruce township, for $290.
J. S. Moore & Co., to V. A. Roy
all, property in MoTeltead township,
for $600.
J. L. Chapel to Alton R. Stuart,
property in High Point, for $166.
Mrs. Effie Anderson, administra
trix, to E. P. Wharton, property on
East Washington street, 120 by 2 35,
for $7,500.
Commissioners Considering Road
Matters.
The greater part of the time of
the county commissioners at their
j monthly meeting Monday and Tues
day was consumed in a consideration
of the road improvement work to be
inaugurated this spring. The com
missioners were in executive session
nearly all of Tuesday, but arrived
at no" definite conclusion. They will
hold another meeting tomorrow,
when they hope to be able to reach
a decision.
The question of whac materials
and methods could be used in the
work to the best advantage is a
knotty one, and the commissioners
have determined to nake the most
thorough investigation possible be
fore they arrive at a final conclu
sion. Resolutions For Mr. Cook.
The board adopted the following
resolutions concerning the late ex
Sheriff John W. Cook:
"Whereas, the board of commis
sioners have heard with regret and
sorrow of the death of John W.
Cook, a former sheriff and efficient
officer of Guilford county; and,
"Whereas, as the members of the
board desire to give expression to
their estimate of him as a man and
efficient officer and the sympathy
for his family in their sorrow and
bereavement,
"Resolved, that in life he was a
true man and citizen of high type
and as an officer of the county con
scientious and fearless in the per
formance of duty.
Resolved, that this board tender
their sympathies to his wife and
family in their affliction.
"Resolved, that a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the min
utes of the board and that a copy be
furnished the family by the clerk of
the board."
Germany Coining Silver.
The German government is coin
ing all the silver it can readily get
hold of. Silver is a half-way house
where credit makes a transient stop
on its way toward ultimate break
down. Great wars soon eat up the
whole substance of peaceful earning
and accumulation. It will take a
century at toVitMWtXktrivre
the waste of the present conflict.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
It is understood on the best au
thority that arrangements have been
completed for taking over the prop
erty on East Washington street on
which options were recently secured
for the Southern "Railway. In' fact,
the representative of the Southern
in the big transaction, Mr. E. P.
Wharton, has taken deeds to several
pieces of the property; and the other
property involved will be transfer
red within the next week or two.
Perhaps this is the biggest single
real estate transaction ever made in
the history of Greensboro. While no
official statement has been made as
to the prices to be paid for the sev
eral pieces of property, it can be
stated as a fact that the investment
of the Southern in the leal will ag
gregate about $250,000.
Until the deal is finally closed no
official announcement can be ex
pected as to the use to which the
property is to be put. Of course it
is understood that the Southern will
erect a big freight depot on the
property, and some people would not
be surprised if a new passenger sta
tion should be built there also. How
ever, that is only conjecture, for it
has been tacitly understood that the
new passenger station was to be
built on th,e lot extending along De
pot street between South Elm and
South Davie streets.
Pruning and Spraying Demonstra
tion. Mr. E. H. Anderson, the county
farm agent, announces the following
pruning and spraying demonstra
tions: Tomorrow, at 10 o'clock A.
M., on Z. L. Groome's farm, in
Groometown ; tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock, on W. M. Clark's farm,
four miles south of town; Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, on Blair's
dairy farm, two miles east of High
Point.
A public meeting, under, the aus
pices of the Farmers' Union, will be
held at the Hallsville school house
tomorrow night for a discussion of
the subject of orchard improvement.
A special representative of the
state department of agriculture will
accompany Mr. Anderson at all these
meetings.
County Treasurer Bill Iead.
The Patriot last Thursday stated
that there was more or less curios
ity as to the fate of the bill that was
expected to be introduced in the leg
islature to abolish the office of
treasurer of Guilford county. It de
velops that , the bill i.as not been and
will not be introduced during the
present session. The Guilford mem
bers of the legislature took the posi
tion that, inasmuch as the question
was not an issue in the last cam
paign and had not been discussed to
any considerable extent by the peo
ple of the county, they did not care
to take upon themselves the respon
sibility of introducing the measure
and putting it through the general
assembly.
The county commissioners and the
members of the board of education
did not pursue the matter further,
and thereupon it appears that the
subject was dropped. However, it is
not improbable that the matter will
be introduced into the next cam
paign in this county.
The Judge Carter Investigation.
'Former Supreme Court Justice J
S. Manning, of counsel for Judge
Carter in the Carter-Solicitor Aber
nethy contempt case and attendant
charges against the moral character
of Judge Carter, has issued a lengthy
statement summarizing the develop
ments in this famous and sensation
al case, most especially as it has pro
gressed before the house of repre
sentatives, the judiciary committee
No. 1 and the special committee to
investigate, which has now set the
investigation to begin March 22.
Judge Manning calls attention to
the provision of the revisal that in
investigations befpre committees of
the legislature appointed for the
purpose witnesses are entitled to re
cover 10 cents the mile from the
person at whose instance he comes
and yet, he recites, in the face of
this there has been special legisla
tion for the state to bear this ex
pense and per diem for witneses that
Solicitor Abernethy may bring be
fore the committee. He charges that
the investigating committee has, re
fused to heed the plea of Judge Car
ter and his counsel for Immediate
hearing and etttement before the
legislature adjourns.
THE C0O1ITY C01I11E1IGEIJEHT
WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 THE
PROGRAM.
Preparations are being made for
the cdunty commencement of Guil
ford's public schools, which will be
held this year at the Central Caro
lina fair ground on Saturday, April
17. The program will be similar to
that of last year and contests w ll
be held in recitation, declamation
and athletics. County Superintend
ent Foust has sent the following let
ter to the teachers of the county
calling, their attention to the com
mencement and explaining some of
the details in connection with the ex
ercisest "In order to select those who will
take part in the recitation and decla
mation . contests and the athletic
events, tf; is necessary to hold a town
ship meeting for the purpose of se
lecting (these contestants. I am desig
nating Saturday , March 20, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, as the time
for holding the townsnip contest.
This Wmtest will be held in each
township at the same place as was
designated for holding the contest
last yjear. If you do not know where
the meeting was held in your town
ship, 'the children of the school can
tell you the place.
"I?X?8e Wh Wln in the townsnlP
preliminary in recitation and decla
mation, will meet in Greensboro on
Fridsjy. April 16, for a second pre
liminary contest to select two boys
and (wo girls to speak on Saturday
April7.
"About, the same prizes will be of
fered, this year as were given last
year$ The county commencement
last ear was a decided success and
we Ifcpe to make it a greater event
this 3jear." ,
Thjk exercises will begin at 10
o'clock in the forenoon and the pro
graj$ will he ahoujas .follows:
1. Parade around the race track.
The line-up in this parade will be
as follows: Whitsett band, county
board of education, school commit
teemen, seventh grade graduates,
high school pupils, boys' corn club,
girls' tomato club, schools by town
ships. 2. Song "Carolina."
3. Invocation.
4. Recitation and declamation
contest.
There will be three contestants in
recitation and three in declamation,
selected by a preliminary contest
held on Friday, April 16.
5. Presentation of certificates to
seventh grade graduates.
6. Address to seventh grade grad
uates. Dinner.
Immediately after dinner the
crowd will assemble at the grand
stand and the contests in athletics
will be held on the race track imme
diately in front of the grand stand.
7. Athletic sports.
8. Awarding of prizes.
9. Civic parade.
Many Men Entombed by Mine Ex
plosion. Hinton, W. Va., March 2. After
nearly 12 hours work, rescuers early
tonight had brought out alive only
six of the 182 miners entombed to
day by an explosion in the Layland
mines of the New River and Poca
hontas Consolidated Coal Company
near Quinnimont.
The force of the explosion was
terrific. The stone arch over the
main entrance of the workings was
destroyed; windows within a 300
yard radius were broken, and the
shock was felt for miles around.
A. B. Cooper, who was delivering
groceries to a house within 75 yards
of the mine entrance, was blown
against a telegraph pole and killed.
Guard lines have been established
about the workings and only work
ers are permitted within them. Com
pany officials refuse to give out any
information.
Most of the entombed miners are
of foreign birth, but many are Amer
icans. Election Officials. The city com
missioners have appointed the regis
trars and poll-holders for the munic
ipal election to be held on the first
Monday in May. J. W. Copped ge
was appointed registrar and J. Ed.
Albright and R. G. Hiatt poll-holders
in the Morehead township pre
cinct, while J. B. Minor was select
ed as registrar, with C. E. Pugh and
R. A. Gilmer as poll-holders, in the
Calmer township precinct. These of
ficers will officiate both at the pri-
I marles and the election.
RUSSIANS ARE PUSHING
THE GERMANS BACK.
The Russian armies are engaged
in battles along virtually the whole
eastern front. In North Poland,
they have resumed the offensive
with large reinforcements and are
slowly pushing the Germans back to
the East Prussian frontier. In the
Carpathians and in Eastern Galicia
they are resisting fierce and repeat
ed Austrian attacks.
Except in front, of the fortress of
Ossowetz, which they arc still bom
barding, the Germans, tccording to
the Russian official reports, have
turned their backs on the Russian
railways their first objective when
they emerged from East Prussia on
the heels of the retreating Russians
a short time ago. . In some places,
however, they are fighting stubborn
rear guard actions.
The Russian offensive extends
across Poland to the lower Vistula,
where Russian troops are holding
back the Germans who threatened
their lines south of the river. For
the moment, however, the Carpa
thians is the scene of the heaviest
fighting.
The Austrians, who, despite re
peated defeats and ' heavy losses,
seem to have a never ending source
of supply, have returned to the of
fensive and with the aid of large ar
tillery reinforcements have delivered
vigorous attacks. Austrian head
quarters say that in time these at
tacks will have their effect.
The battle continued all day Sun
day and when it was ended the
slopes of the mountains and the rav
ines were strewn with dead. At
other points along the mountain
ranges similar attacks were deliver
ed and most desperate fighting oc
curred. Still further to the east, near the
town of Stanislau, which once again
is reported to be in Russian hands,
the armies have met and the Rus
sians declare the Austrians have
been forced to retire.
Despite all this heavy fighting in
the east, the Germans are reported
to be sending strong reinforcements
to the west in an attempt to break
through the allies' lines in France
and Flanders. People of the towns
of Belgium have been warned to pre
pare to billet a large number of Ger
man soldiers.
ANARCHISTS FORM PLOT
AGAINST WEALTHY
MEN.
New York, March 2. The discov
ery of an anarchistic plot aiming at
the assassination of Andrew Carne
gie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D.
Rockefeller and his sou, and other
wealthy men, and the inauguration
of a reign of terror and looting in
New York city, was announced by
the police today after they had ar
rested a man as he placed two bombs
in St. Patrick's Cathedral where
several hundred persons were wor
shiping. Today's sensational development
was the culmination of months of
work by detectives in uncovering a
conspiracy, which, they declare, pro
jected a campaign of violence and
bloodshed without precedent in New
York city.
So carefully had the police worked
that the anarchist wad allowed to
light the fuse of one of the bombs
which he carried into the cathedral
Scarcely had the bomb ignited when
one of a hundred detectives station
ed in and about the ch.irch crushed
the sputtering fuse under his heel
and in another moment the plotter
was taken into custody just as he
was about to light the second de
structive instrument.
Frank Abarno was th2 name given
by the man. Latir Charles Carbone.
an 18-year-old boy, was arrested at
his home as the actual manufacturer
of the explosive. More arrests are
expected.
Both Abarno and Carbone late to
day the police reported, admitted
their part ?n the conspiracy. They
assumed all responsibiiUy, denying
that any one else wa involved.
When arraigned late today they
were held without bail.
Young Woman Pardoned.
Governor Craig Tuesday granted
a pardon for Mrs. Janie Noell, the
Salisbury woman who was sentenc
ed to five years in the state's prison
nearly four years ago for her part
in a sensational abduction case in
which the husband of the woman
was sentenced to 15 years. . The
pardon is conditioned on good be
havior. X
Ill THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE'S
LAWMAKERS IN THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
The senate Tuesday afternoon
passed the anti-jug bill from the
house by a vote of 43 to 5, but this
was after, amendments by Senators
Stnbbs and Gilliam had been adopt
ed providing that before it comei
operative it must be ratified at the
polls by the people of the state at a
special election to be held on the sec
ond Tuesday in August; and also
with a further amendment by Sena
tor Gardner that if the bill fails of
ratification at tlv.- lis by the entire
state, then certain speci' ed counties,
32 in all, shall have the act applica
ble to them, anyway, provided the
people of .!ie county voto in favor of
the ratification.
These counties are: Union, Cleve
land, McDowell, Polk. Gaston, Hen
derson. Rowan. Hertford. Currituck,
Camden, Transylvania. Person, Pas
quotank, Gates. Tyrrell. Granville,
Catawba, Ashe, Alleghany. Watauea.
("Columbus. Franklin, Halifax. Chow
an, Haywood, Swain, Jackson, Cher
okee, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Chat
ham and Perquimans.
The house yesterday refused to
concur in the bill as amended by the
senate and a conference committee
has been appointed to undertake an
adjustment of the differences be
tween the two branches of the legis
lature. The opinion Is pretty 'freely
expressed now that the anti-jug bill
will not be passed at this session of
the legislature.
Other Matters.
The senate passed the joint reso
lution from the house e tending the
scope and authority of the house
committee on icvestigation of the
Carter-Abernethy contempt case and
providing for the necessary expenses
of the investigation.
The house Tuesday passed the bill
from the senate to appropriate $20.
000 for the purchase of the top of
Mount Mitchell and preserve tnis
original forest and most valuable
watershed as a public park for the
people of the state. It is the Weav
er bill that has already passed the
senate.
The house reopened the matter of
the passage of the Bynum bill for
allowing absolute divorce after five
years separation where some one of
the statutory cases is involved and
killed the bill by a vote of 50 to 42.
It had passed last Saturday by 4 4
to 43.
The calendars in both bouses are
terribly congested and committees
are reporting great numbers of ad
ditional bills at the opening hour of
every session in preparation for the
final deluge that can but character
ire the last hours of the session Sat
urday and Monday. General expec
tation is that the legislature will ad
journ Tuesday or Wednesday of
next week.
Religion Grips British Army.
National religious regeneration is
in progress in England and the Pu
ritan spirit has seized the British
army, acording to F. Herbert Stead,
of Browning Hall. London, who ar
rived in New York a few days ago.
He is a brother of the lite W. T.
Stead, the noted British journalist,
and came to this country as mlnister-in-residence
at Auburn Theological
Seminary at Auburn, N. Y.
"The result of this war. from a re
ligious point of view," he said
"promises to be a real national re
generation. The British army, par
ticularly the new army being organ
ized by Lord Kitchener, is now fil
led with the Puritan spirit as no
army has ever been since Cromwell's
time. A common expression, even of
the old standing army, is that now
'even soldiers have become relig
ious.' "Rarely do the men go into the
trenches until they have offered
prayer. I heard o several indifferent
companies that would not go into
battle until after prayer, the men
even insisting on their colonel lead
ing them in prayer."
Americans Sue Britalm.
Philadelphia, March 2. Led by
Theodore Cuyler Patterson, of this
city, 35 American passengers of the
Hamburg-American liner Prince
Adalbert have sued the British gov
ermment for 11,000 each, because at
their detention on . that vessel la
Falmouth harbor from Angust 4 to
August S, 1114.
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