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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FOMI
matters of interest to the
Headers of the patriot
FAR AND NEAR.'
Death at Pomona Mills. Mrs. J.
K Upright, wife of the master me
tallic 0f the Pomona cotton mills,
di
ed shortly alter noon r nuay, 101-
inwing
a long illness. The funeral
and interment took place Saturday
afternoon at Landis, Cabarrus coun
iHiarity Fair. The members of
the Greensboro lodge of Elks are
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:.atly interestea in a cnarny rair
will hold in their club rooms
they
,..,vinsr the week of April 12-1". Mr.
(ui"1:1
C m. Vanstory has been made chair
nan of the general committee m ar
1 atgements.
Mrs. McAlister Improving. Mrs.
. C. IcAlister, of Asheboro, who
has been quite ill at the home of her
son, Mr. A. W. McAlister, on West
Market street, for the past two or
three weeks, is reported to be im
proving and it is hoped that she will
be able to return home soon. .
Going to New Mexico. Mrs. E. L.
Stamey and children will leave
Thursday for Alamogordo, N. M.,
where they expect to spend some
time in the interest of the health of
little Miss Eunice Stamey, who re
cently contracted an ilness that gives
her family alarm. Dr. Stamey will
remain in Greensboro.
Aged Man Dead. Mr. J. I). Hor
ner died Friday at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Leonard, of
Revolution, at the advanced age of
S2 years. He is survived, by two
sons and three daughters. The body
was carried Saturday to Salisbury,
the former home of the deceased,
for the funeral and interment.
Snow Yesterday Greensboro was
xisited yesterday afternoon by one
of the prettiest snowstorms of the
year. The snow began falling, about
o o'clock and continued until late in
the afternoon, and but for the fact
that it followed a rain, the groun3
probably would have been cohered
to a depth of two or three incljies.
New Negro School. The city has
received the deed to the lot on East
Washington street upon which the
new colored school building is to be
erected to take the place of the pres
ent building on High street. The
lot is 177 by 348 feet in size and
will afford ample room for the
building that is to be erected upon
it.
Y. W. C. A. Growing. Reports
submitted at the monthly "meeting
of the directors of the Greensboro
Young Women's Christian Associa
tion the latter part of last week
showed satisfactory progress in all
departments of the work. During
the past month 26 new members
fcre received, which brings the to
tal membership of the association
up to 620.
Dwelling Burned. A ten-room
dwelling situated between Greene
Hill cemetery and the Southern
Power Company's sub-station was
destroyed by fire Saturday evening.
The building was occupied by three
f oiored families, who lost practical
ly all their furniture and other ef
fects. The house was set on fire by
children playing around an open
fireplace.
Barn Burned. A barn on Mr. B.
B. Bouldin's place, a short distance
muh of the city limits, was destroy
ed by fire Saturday afternoon.- The
hie originated from sparks from a
fire that" had been built in the barn
To cure a quantity of meat. The loss
amounts" to several hundred dollars,
r. Bouldin has been in Kentucky
ff;r some time as an agent of the in
'emal revenue department.
Sunday Morning Fire. The office
H. Maclenzie, who is engaged in
!i-e steam heating business on West
Market street, was butted by a fire
t-r-at was discovered about 1 o'clock
yesterday morning. All the contents
tlip office, including a number of
uable records and papers, were
destroyed and the building was bad
Jy damaged. The extent of the loss
'n not be known until an inventory
js taken.
Aged Woman's Death. Mrs.
aria Huntington Kingsley died Fri
day night at the home of her daugh
ters, Mrs. W. E. Ashley, on orth
Eim street, at the ripe old age of 90
The funeral was held from
v"e Ashley home Saturday afternoon
t 4 o'clock and was conducted by
tev. Robert E. Roe, rector of Holy
rrinity Episcopal church. Inter
nt was made in Greene Hill ceme
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scroggs 111. Rev. J. R.
Scroggs, one of the most prominent J
members of the Western North Car
olina Conference and a former pre
siding elder of the Greensboro dis
trict is .seriously ill at his home in
Shelby, where he has resided for the
past two years as presiding elder of
the Shelby district. The absent
members Of his family have been
caned to his bedside. Dr. Scroggs
has many friends among the read
ers of The Patriot who will wish for
him a speedy restoration to health.
Novel Sentence Because they de
faced the public school building at
Pleasant Garden and wrote indecent
phrases on the blackboards, Arthur
Brown, John Kindell and Aster Ad
cock will serve in the place of the
hired help for the building for one
year. They will clean up the build
ing, keeping it immaculate, and see
that the surrounding yards are in
fine shape for the entire twelve
months. This sentence was imposed
upon the boys Saturday, when they
were tried before Justice of the
Peace D. H. Collins.
Arrested For Theft Three young
white men giving their names as
James Benjamin, James Thompson
and Eugene Hessee were arrested
here Friday on suspicion of being
guilty of the theft of a quantity of
clothing in Roanoke, Va. They
were arraigned in Municipal court
yesterday and ordered held until the
charge T-cainst them could be thor
oughly investigated. When arrest
ed they had in their possession sev
eral garments that were identified
by a KoanoKe business man as
clothing that had been stolen from
his store.
Ship Cotton to Russia. The J. E.
Latham Cotton Company, of this
city, has just filled one of its largest
orders, the purchaser being a large
concern is Moscow, Russia.. The
shipment, instead of making the 4,
000 mile trip across the Atlantic
ocean, will go through the Panama
canal, by way of Vladivostok nd
over the Trans-Si Derian Railway, a
distance of more than 15,000 miles);
or more than two-thirds the distance
around the world. This routing is
necessary on account of the danger
to shipping in the European waters
of the Atlantic.
Prof. Foust Named. At a meet
ing of the county school board Sat
urday, to consider the extension of
the work of the Greensboro public,
library to the rural districts of he
county, Superintendent Foust was
designated to represent the board in
the matter. He becomes ex-officio
a member of the library board of
trustees and will sit witn that body
in determining the manner in which
the $1,500 appropriated by the
county shall be used in carrying the
circulation of the library into the
country districts. Through this new
department it is intended that the
public library will be made as acces
sible to the rural population as it is
to that of the city.
Cornerstone Laid in Storm. The
cornerstone of the new house of wor
ship of the Church of the Covenant
was laid yesterday afternoon; and
aespite tne snowstorm that was in
progress at the time, a crowd of 200
or more people gathered on the
church lot for the exercises, which
were of a very interesting nature
ine services were opened with a
prayer by Rev. A. W. Crawford and
Rev. Charles E. Hodgin read the
scripture lesson. Appropriate ad
dresses were made by Rev. Dr. Mel
ton Clark, Mr. A. M. Scales and Rev.
R. Murphy Williams, pastor of the
church. The stone was lowered in
to its place by Mr. P. R. Coble, one
of the two oldest members of the
church. The new church is to be a
handsome structure that will cost
about $30,000.
Shot on a Train. Arthur Haynes,
a member of a theatrical troupe that
has been playing in this state for
several weeks, is a patient in St
Leo's hospital suffering from a pis
tol shot wound inflicted by a fellow
passenger on northbound train No
30 yesterday morning about 2
o'clock. The shooting was occasion
ed by Haynes remonstrating with
the man for making impertinent re
marks to some of the young women
members of the company. The
trouble occurred just before the
train reached the station in this city.
As the train was coming to a stop
the man who did the shooting jump
ed rrom tne steps or a car and ran.
Several railroad men and others
about the station gave chase, but the
man made good his escape. Haynes
was shot in the right hip and the
wound is not considered; dangerous.
Deaths From Pneumonia. Mrs.
Tabitha Hester died Friday morning
at her home three miles south of the
city, following an illness of pn mmo
nia. She was 80 years" of age and
for a number of years had resided
with Miss Martha Coe, the two wo
men living alone. The funeral and
interment took place Saturday after
noon at Moriah Methodist.-Protestant
church, the services being co .du led
by the pastor, Rev. T. M. Johnson.
Miss Coe, who was ill of pneumonia
at the time of the death of Mrs. Hes
ter, died shortly after noon yester
day. She was 66 years old and a
daughter of the late Wesley Coe.
The funeral and interment will take
place at Moriah church this after
noon, the services to be conducted
by Rev. T. M. Johnson.
New Officers Elected. The an
nual election of officers of Greens
boro Lodge No. 602, B. P. O. Elks,
took place at a regular meeting of
the lodge Friday night , and resulted
as follows: J. C. Pierce, exalted
ruler; T. J. Murphy, esteemed lead
ing knight; W. B. Merrimon, es
teemed loyal knight; C. M. Van
story, esteemed lecturing knight; E.
P. Ross, secretary; F. N. Taylor,
treasurer; W. R. Butler, tiler;
Julian Price, E. G. West, L. J.
Brandt, J. W. Cone, R. N. Hadley
and J. Frank Palmer, board of gov
ernors; W. B. Vaught, trustee for
three years. Mr. G. S. Bradshaw,
the retiring exalted ruler, was elect
ed to represent the lodge at the next
meeting of the grand lodge, which is
to be held in San Francisco.'
Held His Wheat and Got Good Profit
How Mr. Henry Gordon, of Center
Grove township, made a profit of $ . '
on 50 bushels of wheat by holding
the grain a few months is explained
in a story related to The Patriot by
a business man of this city. It seen'S
that soon after harvest last year
Mr. Gordon sold his wheat to a mill
er in Greensboro at $1 a bushel, de
livery to be made not later than a
certain day. He was a day late in
bringing his wheat to market aha
the best offer he could get was 90
cents a bushel. Mr. Gordon thought
he was entitled to $1 a bushel, and
not being able to get it, hauled his
wheat back home and stored it in his
barn. Recently, when wheat w : .t
to $1.60 a bushel, he hauled his 50
bushels back to Greensboro and sold
it at that price to th.e miller who was
willing to pay him only 90 cents last
summer.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Following are among the trans
fers of real estate recorded in the of
fice of the register of deeds during
the past few days:
Martin F. Douglas to W. H. Pal
mer and Lottie Palmer, a lot 50 by
125 feet on Central avenue, Greens
boro, $550.
w. j. wyncK to a. tl. cook, a
tract of 50 acres in Washington
township, $950.
juanita u. snaw to 1-.. m. warn, a
lot fronting on Fifth avenue, in the
city of Greensboro, 75 by 145 feet,
$10 and other valuable considera
tions.
Talmadge V. Rochelle to Lillie
Rochelle, two tracts a lot on Wil-
loughby Reade street in the city of
High Point, 63 by 137 feet, High
Point township, and a lot in the city
of Reidsville, Rockingham county,
35 by 100 feet, for both, $1,000.
No Decision as to Road Work.
The adjourned meeting of the
board of county commissioners held
Friday to consider matters in con
nection with contemplated road im
provement work did not repult in
any definite decision. As previous
ly announced in The Patriot, the
commissioners desire to select the
very best materials and methods
available in road-building work, and
this is proving to be no easy task.
The commissioners are. making
very careful investigation of the
matter and hope to be able to reach
a conclusion soon, as it is desired
that the work be begun with as lit
tie delay as possible.
Postof fice Robbed.
For the third time within the last
four months the postof fice at West
Durham was robbed Friday night
and about $3,000 worth of stamps
and $100 in money was secured
The door of the safe was blown
completely off and across the room
of the building. The inner door of
the safe was also completely smash
ed so it was possible for the robbers
to get into the interior and loot, the
office of everything in the way of a
valuable.
LEGApED
PRIUAftY BILL
THE JAST IMPORTANT MATTER
pFORE THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Tbu constitutional limit of 60
days iff which members of the legis
lature 5nay receive pay for attend
ing a ession expired Saturday and
found JSieither house ready for ad
journment. Nearly all the mem
bers pledged themselves to remain
in Ralfigh until the work of the ses
sion offald be finished, and it is
thoujglst that formal adjournment
can
had by tonight or tomorrow
test.
Hobgood-Weaver state-wide
d primary bill, which had
ega
passiedathe senate with a number of
amenotnents, was passed by the
houseff Saturday night with still
furth amendments and will be
taken lip by the senate again today.
Thefbill as it stands provides for
holding: a primary for all parties in
the state on the first Saturday in
June and covers all nominations ex
cept those for legislative and county
offices; About a third of the coun
ties, of the state s.re excnpted from
the provisions of the billl
The Guilford primary law was re
pealed so that this county may come
within the provisions of the state
law.
The fight in this legislature for
state control of fire insurance rates
as recommended by the special leg
islative commission for the investi
gation of the conduct of fire insur
ance companies in North Carolina
terminated in the house Thursday
afternoon, when Representative
Henry Page, who, with Represenfa
tive Seawell was a member of the
investigating commission and put
the state regulation through the
house some days, ago, moved, "very
regretfully," as he laconically ex
pressed it, that the house concur in
the senate amendment striking out
all 11 sections of the bill that pro-
yided the state rate regulation fea
ture. Mr. Page said that there was still
some good in the bill in the way of
advanced insurance regulations and
he was unwilling to have the state
lose whatever there was of benefit
left in the bill. The vote for concur
rence was immediate and practically
unanimous.
The Stacy bill for making kinder
gartens a part of public school work
passed the house Thursday.
That the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion may establish in North Carolina
the Patriot's Memorial school, the
senate has passed a bill appropriat
ing $3,500 for the promotion of
North Carolina's claim for the insti
tution. Senator Steadman, of Hali
fax, introduced the bill, which looks
to the location of the school in Hal
ifax, on the site of the home of John
Paul Jones.
Both the senate and the house
Friday passed without opposition
the bill agreed upon by the joint
conference committee as a substitute
for the anti-jug bill that the senate
had amended to require a referen
dum. This means that prohibition
legislation is terminating in a bill
that will limit deliveries of "spirit
ous liquors" to one quart within 15
days to one person and of five gal
lons of malt liquors with not over
five per cent alcohol within a 15
day period when the bill had been
passed without amendment.
The Senate killed the bill for a
constitutional amendment to permit
a system of rural land segregation
between the races. The bill was en
dorsed by the Farmers' Union.
Increased Pensions For Veterans.
An increase of four dollars an
nually is given the Confederate pen
sioners of the state by a bill which
passed the house Saturday. Pen
sioners of the first class will hereaf
ter receive under the provisions of
this bill, $76; second class, $64;
third class, 52, and fourth class $36
annually. The widows of Confede
rate veterans are included in the
fourth class. The bill does not ap
ply to soldiers or widows worth $500
and above.
Another important bill to those
who intend to take up the practice
of law in the state is that which pro
vides that hereafter r, committee
from the North Carolina Bar Asso
ciation will conduct the examina
tions for applicants for license to
practice law in the state of North
Carolina. This relieves the Supreme
court from having to give these
semi-annual examinations.
J Guilford is included in the coun
TP'S,
at theHa
liz
ties for which a bill has been passed
permitting the county commissioners
to provide rules and regulations for
building bridges, specifying the
width of roads, the width of wagon
tires and jother regulations concern
ing roads, and bridges.
MURDER NEAR CLIMAX
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
As the result of a fight yesterday
afternoon in Randolph 'county, about
three miles south of Climax Frank
Garner was killed by his brother-in-law,
Ernest Kime. The trouble oc
curred at the home of Garner and
appears to have been caused by li
quor. It is said that Kime went to
Garner's home drinking and the row
started soon afterwards.
During the progress of the fight in
which the two men engaged Kime
drew a knife v and cut Garner's
throat, the wound resulting , in al
most instant death. .
After the homicide Kime fled
and had not been captured when
The Patriot received a telephone
message of the affair this morning.
Trouble Over Management of Hotel.
It would seem a little tough when
a man is ejected from his own prem
ises at least, that is doubtless the
way it looks to Mr. Will McAdoo,
who was arrested on a charge of
forcible trespass the other day when
he went into the McAdoo hotel and
attempted to take possession of the
property.
The trouble started when Mr. Mc
Adoo engaged Mr. J. It. Clements,
formerly manager of the Guilford
hotel, to take the management of
the McAdoo. Mr. M. W. Sterne, who
says he has a contract to manage the
McAdoo until the first of next Octo
ber, refused to surrender possession
of the building. When Mr. McAdoo
went into the hotel and began, issu
ing orders to servants and other em
ployes, explaining that Mr. Clements
would manage the house in the fu
ture, Mr. Sterne caused the warrant
to be" issued charging his landlord
with forcible trespas-s.
The case was tried m Municipal
court Friday, and after hearing the
evidence, Judge Brown decided that
Mr. McAdoo was not guilty of the
charge brought against him and dis
missed the warrant. Judge Brown
was of the opinion that the matter in
dispute was one that belonged to the
civil courts.
Court Hduse Bond Election.
While no official announcement
has been made, it is understood tpat
the election or the proposition of is
suing bonds to the amount of $250,
000,000 for the erection of a new
county court house will not be called
for any time in the near future. The
county commissioners have discuss
ed the matter informally and decid
ed that. there is no occasion for any
special haste. The election has been
authorized by the legislature, but it
will not be held until later in the
vear, probably in the fall.
Postoffice Department Making Money
The secretary of the treasury a
few days ago received a check from
Postmaster General Burleson for
$3,500,000,000, representing the
surplus in the revenues of his de
partment for the fiscal year which
ended June'30, 1914. For the fiscal
year of 1913 the postal revenue sur
plus was $3,800,004), which also was
turned over to the treasury. In ac
knowledging thl receipt of the check
Secretary McAdoo said these pay
ments were the first representing
surpluses made by the postoffice de
partment since 1836.
Impeachment Proceedings Dropped.
Impeachment proceedings against
Alston G. Dayton, federal judge in
the northern district of West Vir
ginia, have been dropped by the ju
diciary committee of the house of
Congress. A majority report, draft
ed by the sub-committee which In
vestigated charges against Judge
Dayton, held that while his conduct
in some instances had been "repre
hensible," there was "little possibil
ity of maintaining them to a con
clusion of guilt." A minority report
recommending impeachment was re
jected. To Make Railroads liable.
The senate bill to make railroads
and other common carriers liable for
actual loss, damage or injury caused
to property they carry, regardless of
limitation of liability or amount of
recovery in any receipt, lading bill
or tariff filed, was passed by both
houses 'of Congress.
TSETSE
GEORGIA MAN KDLLS FIVE
MEN AND WOUNDS 23
Brunswick, Ga., March 6. Armed
with an automatic shot gun. Monroe
Phillips, a real estate and timber
dealer, ran amuck in the business
district here today, killed five citi
zens, wounded thirty-two, and was,
himself shot dead. Of the wounded
Gunner Tolnas, a bank collector, and
Ernest McDonald,' probably will die.
The dead are:
Harry F. Dunwoody, prominent
attorney.
William M. Hackett, undertaker.
R. M. Deaver, policerr.-.n.
L. C. Padgett former policeman.
Qeorge W. Asbell, m .torman.
Monroe Phillips, real estate and
liiriber dealer.
The police believe that Phillips
became suddenly insane because, of
alleged financial difficulties.
It was at the busiest hour of the
day that Phillips, carrying a shot
gun, entered, the office of Harry F
Dunwoody, a lawyer, against whom
he is said to have cherished ill-feeling,
and killed him. Phillips then
shot Albert M. Way, who was in
Dunwoody's office. Although badly
wounded, Way probably will recov
er. Fires Into Street Crowd.
Walking calmly from the office,
Phillips faced a crowd which had
been attracted by the firing. With
out a word he suddenly began shoot
ing into the throng and a wild stam
pede for shelter followed. R. M.
Deaver, a - policeman, - was killed
when he attempted to arrest the
crazed man. Phillips continued to
fire on everybody in sight until he
was shot down by E. C. Butts, an
attorney, more than half an 'hour af
ter Dunwoody had been killed. Butta
had been wounded before he killed
Phillips.
ARM Y CHIEF GOES ON
A MISSION OF PEACE
On a mission . which will be at
tended by much personal risk to
himself ' and those accompanying
him, Brigadier General Hugh L.
Scott, chief of staff of the army, left
Washington a few days ago for Utah
to attempt a peaceful settlement
with the recalcitrant Piute Indians.
As he started he announced that he
would proceed by rail to Morrison,
Utah, then strike into the mountains'
on horseback for a distance of 170
miles through the snow. Besides
Colonel Michie, his aide, General
Scott will be accompanied by an or
derly. It is also possible that he will
take with him some Navajo Indians
living in the vicinity to act as guides
and to make camp.
Reports to the Indian office in
Washington say there now are near
ly 200 Piute warriors off the reserva
tion. They are said to have the sym
pathies of many of the reservation
Indians, and, with three feet of
snow in the mountains and no rail
road communication within several
hundred miles, members of the army
general staff, familiar with Indian
fighting, think a campaign would be
attended by great difficulties.
General Scott has a long record,
not only as an Indian fighter, but al
so as a mediator among the Indians,
whose dialects he speaks and whose
habits he knows thoroughly. War
department officials say he has more
influence with the Indians of the
west than any other white man.
About a year ago he brought the re
calcitrant Navajos into camp with
out bloodshed.
Ask Pardon For Wilcox.
Another effort is to be made to se
cure a pardon for James Wilcox, of
Elizabeth City, who is serving a 30
year sentence in the state peniten
tiary for the mufder of Nellie Crop
sey. He has served something like
twelve years. Governor Craig, who
has the petition from Mr. Roscoe
Turner, attorney of Elizabeth City,
will give a hearing at 11 o'clock on
Wednesday, March 24, at which time
those who favor the pardon and
those who may oppose it are invited
to be present. It is sjfcid that Wilcox
has tuberculosis.
Will Banquet Taft. '
The lawyers of Durham will give
a banquet to ex-President Taft, at
Durham, on the occasion of Mr.
Taft's visit to Chapel Hill, where he
lectures on the 17th, 18th and 19th.
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Veteran Editor Dead.
Thad. R. Manning, former editor
and owner of the Henderson Gold
Leaf, dfe4 Thursday at his home in.
Henderson aged 58. He had been
an invalid for several years,
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