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You Will Find
Spring Styles in
Young Men's
Suits
Nobby but quite
conservative, t h e
lines are promi
nent but are blen
ded strong with
easy wearing com
fort. They fill the
want of tne young
man that needs
value for his price.
Spring style Hals
in soft and stiff
shapes.
Soft Shirts in the
newest patterns
and best fabrics,
sizes 13& to 18 and
lim lengths 31 to
34.
SI Regal Shirts always
a bargain at $1.
Savoy Shirts $1.50.
Boyden Shoes $6.50.
Crawford
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300 South Elm St.
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B. L. FENTRESS
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Gtt&cm with A. Wayland Cook
Fi&her Building
Greensboro, N. C.
Notary Public.
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S. CLAY WILLIAMS
rooks, Sapp & Williams
Attorneys-At-Law
GREENSBORO, X. G.
OCU56 In Dixie Insurance Building
DR. J. W.TAYLOR,
Fitting Glasses a Specialty.
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Attornoy-at-Law
610 BANNER BUILDING,
Greensboro, jr. o.
CsbKTibe to The Patriot.
TO SHOT OFF ALL SUPPLIES
WILX. ENDEAVOR TO ENFORCE
BLOCKADE AGAINST
GERMANY.
If the combined fleets of Great
Britain and France can prevent it,
no commodities of any kind except
those now on the seas henceforth un
til the conclusion of the war shall
reach or leave the shores of Ger
many. This is England's answer to Ger
many's submarine blockade, and it
is to be effective forthwith.
Premier Asquith, reading from a
prepared statement, made this an
nouncement in the house of com
mons Monday at a session which will
be historic. Studiously avoiding the
terms "blockade" and "contraband"
for these words occur nowhere in
the prepared statement the pre
mier explained that the allies would
attempt to "detain and take into
port ships carrying goods of pre
sumed enemy destination, ownership
or origin."
The premier emphasized, however,
that vessels and cargoes so seized
were not necessarily liable to con
fiscation, and begged the patience of
neutral countries in the face of a
step likely to injure them. He added
that in taking such a step the allies
had done so in self defense.
"We are quite prepared," he went
on, "to submit to the arbitrament of
neutral opinion, and still more to
the verdict of impartial opinions,
that in the circumstances in which
we have been placed we have been
moderate; we have been restrained;
we have abstained from things that
jqe were provoked and tempted to
do, and we have adopted a policy
which commends itself to reason, to
common sense and to justice."
Curiously, the German reply to
the American note seeking to solve
the situation growing out of Ger
many's declaration of a naval war
zone, was handed to Ambassador Ge
rard at Berlin Monday and Premier
Asquith, in his speech, said that
Great Britain and her allies were
still considering carefully the Amer
ican note to them on the same sub
ject. That the British government
had rejected the proposal, he de
clared, was "quite untrue."
Cost of the War.
The tremendous cost of modern
warfare, which the premier esti
mated now at $7,500,000 daily to
the allies alone, and likely to grow
to $8,500,000 or more by April, was
the theme of that part of the address
not dealing with the blockade. The
premier gave the figures in asking
for a supplementary vote of credit.
making a total of $1,810,000,000 to
prosecute the war to March 31,
1915, which the house unanimously
granted.
The entire struggle with Napoleon
cost England only $6,155,000,000
and the South African war only $1,-
055,000,000, according to Mr. As
quith.
The Premier's Statement.
The premier prefaced the readings
of his statement with these words:
' The statement declares in suffi
ciently plain and unmistakable
terms the view we take, not only of
our rights but of our duties."
The statement is as follows:
"Germany has declared that the
English channel, the north and west
coasts of France and the waters
around the British isles are a war
area, and has officially notified that
all enemy ships found in that area
will be destroyed and that neutral
vessels may be exposed to danger.
This is in effect a claim to torpedo at
sight, without regard to the safety
of the crew or passengers, any mer
chant vessel under any flag as it is
not in the power of the German ad
miralty to maintain any surface
craft in these waters this attack can
only be delivered by submarine
agency.
"The law and customs of nations
in regard to attacks on commerce
have always presumed that the first
duty of the captor of a merchant ves
sel is to bring it before a,prize court
where it may be tried, where the
regularity of the shipper may be
challenged and .vhere neutrals may
recover their cargo. The sinking of
prizes is in itself a ouestionaole
act to be resorted only extraordi
nary circumstances and after provis
ion has been made for the pafety of
the crew and passengers. If there
are passengers on hoard the respon
sibility of discriminating between
neutral and enemy vessels, and be
tween neutral and enemy cargoes ob
viously rests with the attacking ship,
whose duty it is to verifv the status
and character of the vessel and car
go and to preserve all papers before
sinking or even capturing it. So
also is the humane duty of providing
for the safety of the crews of mer
chant vessels, whether neutral or
enemy, an obligation on every bel
ligerent. "It is upon this basis that all pre
vious discussions of the law regulat
ing warfare at sea have proceeded.
A German submarine, however, ful
fills none of these obligations; she
enjoys no local coma3ftiwa-
ters in wnicn sn upoiowo, ur uuon
not take her captures within the ju
risdiction of a priee court; she car
ries no prize crew which can be put
on board a prize; sb3 usea no eCect
ive means of discriminating between
a neutral and an enomy vessel: sh
does not receive on board for jafety
the crew and passeng;.a of the ves
sel she sinks; her methods of war
fare are therefore entirely outside
the scope of any international in-.
struments regulating operations
against commerce in time of war.
The German declaration subsM tines
indireriminate destruction for regu-l.-.-.e
i capture. Germany is adopt
ing tnose methods against peacef ii
traders and the uoncombatant crews
with the avowed object of prevent
ing commodities of all klad j, Includ
ing food for the civilian population,
from reaching or leaving the British
!& of Northern France.
United States Will Protest.
Washington, March 1. .All conr
mer:ia! intercourse by sea oMveen
Gcrmanv and the outsice worli? was
lcclared prohibited todjv by i.reat
Titain and Franco Identical notes
presented by the French and British
ambassadors, informed the United
States of this drastic step by the al
lies in reply to Germany's war zone
proclamation. The text of the notes
was tne same as the statement mide
by Premier Asquith in the British
parliament.
If this policy is enforced it no lon
ger will be possible to ship cotton,
manufactured articles and commodi
ties hitherto of a non-contraband
character from the United States to
Germany directly or indirectly and
from Germany the supply of dye
stuffs and other merchandise for
consumption in this country will be
cut off.
The impression was general in of
ficial circles tonight that a strong
protest would be made. The allies'
action was regarded as an unprece
dented and novel step. Officials
pointed out that in the reprisals
which the belligerents were making
toward each other there was singu
lar forgetfulness of the , fact that
whatever might be the violations of
international customs as between
those countries with which she was
at peace.
Assurances given by Great Britain
that today's note was not a reply to
the recent proposals of the United
States for an adjustment of the fen
tire situation gave ground for hopes
that the measures taken might "be
only temporary."
Duty of Americans in the Present
Crisis.
In 1861 it was the American, the
North and South, from their differ
ing battle front across the Potomac
and the Rapidan, which sought the
support, the aid of Europe. Rightly,
properly, Europe, Prance, England,
Russia consulted their own national
interests, not ours; kept the peace
at home and declined to send their
sons to die for an American cause,
an alien issue.
Today our own position must be
the same. Tlie response of our own
government, its determination to
hold the balance of neutrality true
between the contestants, is wise,
honorable, the only possible course
of a government charged with the
protection of the happiness and the
well being of millions of its citizens.
But the hands of the government
should be upheld by a people who
are not led by momentary emotions,
transient anger, to forget that for us
all, for the world itself, it is most
vital that the United States should
pursue its own work, fulfill its own
mission, resist to the uttermost all
effort to draw it as a partisan of one
of the combatants into the battle
line of Europe.
To think, to fedl, to talk as Amer
icans, to recognize that for us Amer
ican interests and American rights
are of primary, of exclusive, import
ance this -is the first duty in the
present crisis. Sympathy, charity,
all that can be done under the Red
Cross or the White, in Belgium or
Poland, in East Prussia or Northern
Prance, to mitigate suffering, save
the helpless this should be done.
But nothing more.
in the tace of an international
crisis we shall serve no cause, least
of all our own, if we are not faith
ful to ourselves, own traditions; if
we do not place our own countrv ak
high in our own scale as the citizens
of Europe now fighting place theirs.
New York Tribune.
Should be In Every Home.
Coble's Croup and Pneumonia
Remedy should be in every home. It
is the new liquid treatment for chil
dren and adults for croup, pneumo
nia, sore throat, hoarseness and all
cold trouble?, and all inflammations.
You just rub it on and inhale the
vapors' while it penetrates; not mes
sy to use and does, not stain the
clothing. It relieves instantly; your
money back if It fails. Sold on a
guarantee hy your dealer at 25c.,
50c. and $1 a bottle. : adV '
A government scientist has de
feated the ..best of the world's ex
perts in the employ of thtj great
Standard Oil Company, and the peo
ple of'the United States, instead of a
giant industrial combination, will
benefit.
Dr. Walter F. Rittman, chemical
engineer of the bureau of mines, has"
invented a process to increase the
production of gasoline from petro
leum 200 per cent and to manufac
ture toluol and benzol, the Impor
tant bases for the manufacture of
dyestuff and high explosives, from
crude petroleum.
Both processes will be so cheap
that !:he United States must hereaf
ter be a considerable factor in the
production of totuol and benzol and,
if necessary, of other oilstuff.
The Standard Oil Company has
had its experts working to make
these discoveries. If tiicy had suc
ceeded, the monopolistic strength of
the Standard would have been at
least doubled.
But the interior department will
now patent the Rittman processes
and will license all manufacturers to
produce the fluids. And. in turning
his discovery over to the govern
ment, Dr. Rittman will gain scien
tific but not monetary fame, some
something which has been the fate
of the majority of American inter
ests. Secretary Lane, in discussing the
invention, called attention to the
fact that while commercially the
worth of the discovery cannot be
overestimated, yet it is inestimable
from the standpoint of national de
fense. '
Heretofore we have been depend
ent on other nations. Germany espe
cially, for toluol and benzol for the
manufacture of smokeless powder
and certain of our best explosives.
Under the Rittman discovery we are
now independent of foreigners and
can produce within the limits of the
United States all of the powder and
other explosives that an army of any
size could use.
And no nation, however powerful,
could prevent the coast defense and
warship magazines being kept full
of material for the big guns.
Try Coble's Croup and Pneumo
nia Remedy for all cold troubles.
It's liquid; you rub it on. if it fails
to relieve instantly, you get yur
money back. adv.
Watch the date on your label.
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and soapy water?
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IL. M. AMMEN & CO.
Fanners!! HDnFetDtioFS surnaB
Have moved from their former location
at 600 South Elm Street to new quarters
across the street at 607 South Elm, next
to Lowe's grocery store.
We have added to our business a de
partment of Picture Framing and solicit
the patronage of the public.
IL. M. AMMEN & GO.
G07 South Elm Street.
Day Phone 488 might Phone 1521
MORTGAGE SATE.
By virtue of the power of sale con
tained in a mortgage made by James
Womack and wife, Liza Womack, to
W. R. McKinney on the 1st day of
April, 1912, and recorded in book 237,
page 374, of the register of deeds of
fice of Guilford county, N. C. default
having been made in the payment of
the money thereby secured, the under
signed will, on
Saturday, Marh 13, 1915.
at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse in
Greensboro, N. C. sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash that
certain tract or parcel of land in the
county of Guilford and state of North
Carolina, Monroe township, adjoining
the lands of J. F. Jordan, D. C. Suggs
and others, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a double gum tree,
thence south 12 degrees 30 minutes
east 268 1-2 feet to a stake; thence
By Spraying Now
With
oivker
Sulphur
Just as the buds are swel
ling and before they show
green at the tips.
1 Bowker's concentrated Lime Sulphur will
destroy San Jose Scale, bark lice, leaf blister
mites, the eggs of many insects, and the fun
gus spores and lichens, cleans up trunk and
large branches, and goes a long way towards
putting the tree in good condition at the
opening of the growing season.
Spray Now and Improve
Your Frxiit
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W
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Complete Stock of Spray Pumpo
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south 23 degrees 15 minutes east 66
feet to an iron near the railroad:
thence south 40 degrees 15 minutes
west 336 feet to an iron stake near
railroad; thence north 23 degrees 15
minutes west 669 feet to a stake in
bottom on bank of branch: thence
north 12 degrees 30 minutes west
268.5 feet to an iron stake corner;
thence north 48 degrees 1 minute east
336 feet to the beginning: containing
7 1-2 acres more or less.
This February 10, 1915.
W. R. McKINNEY, Mortgagee.
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