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GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, HARCH 18, 1915
VOL. 94 rJO. 32
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LOCAL NEWS IH BRIEF F0M1
uATTEKS OF INTEREST TO THE
' READERS OP THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
' srliool Closing The public school
t iamance will close Saturday
night March 2 0, with a play entitled
Tompkins' Hired Man." The pub
j;c iS cordially invited to attend.
Trip to Asheboro. The next trade
boosting and get acquainted trip of
Greensboro business men will be
Trade to Asheboro on the 26th inst.
7r trip will probably be made
! --Touch the country in automobiles.
Mi. W. M. Brown Dead. The fu
iral of Mrs. W. M. Brown, who
Monday night, was held yester-
v afternoon at Mt. Zion church,
i , ar Trinity, the services being con
( urted by Rev. Ed. Suits. Mrs.
Crown is survived by her husband, a
stcr. Mrs. R. C. Short, and a broth
Mr. G. L.. Kirkman.
tvcd Work. The city commis
. ntrs yesterday afternoon took
-.-.Minunary steps to advertising for
for permanent paying of the
, :ii important streets in the spring
(. ocram. These streets to be firs
n-ived are Walker avenue, West Mar-
-t. North
Elm and Asheboro, in-
( inline.
the Fayetteville street sec-
ti?n.
Two Weddings. Two weddings
cf interest will take place in the city
Th!5 evening. Mr. Eugene C. Sykes
l;nd Miss Edith Foushee, a daughter
tJ: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Foushee, are
to be married at the bride's home at
7.30 o'clock. An hour later Dr.
Wade II. Braddy and Miss Margaret
Rue wU! be married at the home of
i'.e bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
F. Rice.
Mrs. H. H. Lloyd Dead. Mrs. Bed
H Lloyd died Tuesday night at her
i . me on East Bragg treet, follow
Ir.c a leng illness. She is survived
V iu-r husband and two children,
h;r father and mother and other rel-
;nes. The funeral vas held yester-,
y afternoon from Asheboro Street
Baptist chuch, the services being
inducted by the pastor, Rev. R. P.
Walker.
Kleotion Orderetl. The county
c mmissioners held a special meet
ing Tuesday and granted a petition
r-r a ?15,000 bond election to re
place the Jamestown high school
building destroyed by lire a few
eeks ago. The election is to be
If-ld on Tuesday, April 20. A. F..
Johnson was appointed registrar and
V. E Futrell and R. E. Bund were
n:.med as pollholders.
Returns to Greensboro Mr. John
I. Holden, one of the Southern's
r::ost popular engineers, formerly of
tUs city, but for a number of years
a resident of Spencer, has purchased
iu.e old Holden homestead on Elam
avenue and will move back to
Greensboro, where he will reside in
t:,e future. His host of friends here
:11 welcome Mr. Holden and his
c- od family back to the city.
Baseball Activities. The various
T-ams of the North Carolina baseball
league are already begining their
diamond activities and the various
players r.re arriving daily atthcities
. nere they will appear in the na
f.wnal pastime the coming season.
Nws comes from every city in the
N-ague announcing the beginning of
---tivlties and it will not be long un
' hex scores will appear to delight
baseball fans.
Mr. Faniels Coming. Secretary
' !: Navy Josephus Daniels has ac-I-t-(!
an invitation from the
-" iiboro Y. M. C. A. to make a
; !! in this city on the evening'of
29. The local Y. M. C. A.
' uelit previously to secure the
' m !! of the secretary of the
He is nationally recognized as
-v.;,t advocate of the Y. M. C. A.
i;e has the distinction in asso
ition circles of having inaugurated
: ( V. M. C. A. aboard the warships
'he United States.
Held For Court. Walter Jessup
v -iven a hearing before Justice of
' Peace D. H. Collins Monday, the
;.?. against him being that he in-
r liitfcl a state's witness. It was
'ViVgr-d by the state that during a
1r!al before Justice of the Peace
s mms last December, Jesaup ap
rnar hed a witness, Sanborn Roach,
'"d told him that if he would not
s Vf- any evidence everything would
b all right, but that if Roach did
:vf pvider.ee damaging to the de-ff-ndants,
he, Jessup, would make it
,y own personal business and have
f'oach arrested for retailing. Jessup
held for the April criminal term
, Superior court under a bond of
s:oo.
Diert Saturday. The father of
Mrs. A. G. Biggs, formerly of tnis
city, died Saturday at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Biggs, in Asheville. He
was Mr. Moffett Black, of Danville,
Ohio, and was 66 years of age. He
had visited his daughter in Asheville
a number of times and had been
with her only three weeks on his
last visit before death occurred. The
body was carried back to Ohio where
the funeral will be held.
Many Stills Taken. The report of
the Greensboro office of the internal
revenue department for February
fias been compiled by the office force
and shows that there were eighty il
licit distilleries found in the dis
trict during the month. A big force
of men were at work during the
month and the showing is a good one.
Of 'he number 4 8 were seized in the
western part of North Carolina, 30
in the eastern part of the state and
one each in western Virginia and
northern Georgia.
Oppose Bond Issue. Citizens of
Davidson county secured an injunc
tion here Tuesday afternoon from
Judge C. C. Lyon, of the Superior
court, restraining the officers from
enforcement of the Leonard road
law, whereby $300,000 county bonds
are authorized for road building.
The petition for the order was pre
sented by Mr. S. E. Williams, of Lex
ington, and Saturday was set for the
further hearing on the matter, when
it will be decided whether the in
junction shall be made permanent
or be vacated.
No Longer Manager. It is an -nounced
that Mr. M. W. Sterne is no
longer manager of the McAdoo ho
tel. It was stated yesterday that
Mr W. D. McAdo'o, owner of the ho
tel, hnd taken charge, and that the
services of Mr. Sterne were termi
natod. The terms of set.lement are
unknown. Recently Mr Sterne in
dicted Mr. McAdoo for forcible tres
pass in interfering with "lis duties as
manager, and Mr. M Adoo was
found not guilty. Late Judge -C.
C. Lyon refused to'makV'a tempo:
rary injunction permanent to re
strain Mr. McAdoo from similar in
terference.
1'icture Caused Arrest. Tom Ad
kins, a young white man, was in mu
nicipal court Tuesday charged with
being a fugitive from justice, but the
warrant was dismissed upon advice
of the police of Roanoke, Va. Ad
kins is a nopcorn vender on Sout'.i
Elm street and happened to bear a
striking resemblance to a photo
graph of Clauie Tate, who is wanted
in Roanoke for robbery. When
shown the photograph Adkins said
he did not blame the officers for ar
resting him, and admitted that it
looked more like him than any pho
tograph he had ever of himself.
However, it was not his picture and
he was not the man wanted.
Injunction Granted. The re
straining order sought in the case of
Wilson vs. Waldo, the motion for
which Judge James E. Boyd consid
ered the past week in Asheville, was
granted by the court. Judge Boyd
announced his judgment after re
turning to Greensboro with the case
under advisement. Each of the par
ties to the suit claim title to 1,000
acres of valuable timber land in Gra
ham county and the plaintiff brought
action to acquire possessiQn. The de
fendant filed a counter suit in the
Superior court in Graham county
two days after the Federal suit was
instituted and the injunction asked
for and granted was to restrain the
defendant from carrying the matter
into the state court.
Real Mean Liquor. Mr. E. L.
Hedrick, one of the special officers
working under the direction of the
internal revenue agent at this place,
says many of the blockaders are
making whiskey from sugar. Mr.
Hedrick convinced that this is the
meanest liquor that has ever been
made from anything. For the pro
duction of "heads" it has no equal.
Saturday he found and destroyed an
illicit distillery near Reidsville and
found 400 gallons of sugar beer.
The still, which was a copper and of
fifty gallon capacity, had not been
placed on the furnace. The officer
found it under a pile of brush near
the furnace. There was a wood
doubler on the ground ready to be
placed in position. The product
wduld have been "single-foot." This
raid was an unexpected one. Mr.
Hedrick had been in Caswell county
and was returning to Greensboro
when he received information of the
plant. No arrest was made, the op
erators of the plant disappearing be
fore the arrival of the revenue offl-'eer.-'-
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NEXT CELEBRATION AT
GUILFORD BATTLE GROUND-
The annual meeting of the Guil
ford Battle Ground Association was
held in this city Tuesday afternoon
the nrincinal feature of the meeting
bein the renort of the nresident.
Mr. Paul W. Schenck. President
Srhenrk's renort stated that the cele-
bration will take olace on July 4. as
usual: that no postponement will be
made on account of the inability to
sur PrpSidPnt Wilson &s thP nrin-
cinal sneaker. It had been surest-
ed that the date of the celebration
be postponed until autumn, but it
has beer, discovered that the nresi-
j .ni v. i,i j 4.-
ucui w in ue uuauic iu aimuu i tuett i
time, this eliminating all reasons for
postponement
The report of Mr. Schenck states
that the legislature continued the
annual appropriation to the society
and mentions the bill which Major
C. M. Stedman has introduced in
(Congress tn make the RatHp Orrmnrl
a national park. The improvement
of the grounds was commented upon
by President Schenck and ne stated
that the contractors will begin next
week the work nf finnRtriwtine- the
concrete foundation for the monu-
ment to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, for
which Congress apnroDriated $30.-
000.
The granite base is being ut in
Mount Airv. The model for the
equestrian figure on the monument
has been finished and is approved by cracked. A detail of poace was call
the fine arts commission. The model ed to push back the crowd, but still
of the small allegorical figure to be the 'secretary- kept on signing, push-
placed on the front of the monument
has also been approved and is. be-
n 2 past ii. hi'htiyp
It was announced by Mr. Schenck
tiat the prize jf $25 offered for th
t inscription for the monument,
ha:l been won by Dr. C. Aiphonso
S.nitb, a Grensb-TO man, now of
the Universitv of Virginia facultv.
President Sfhen-.r Ktntoil that Hip I
inscription is one r.t peculiar liter
ary cliarm and dignity and has re
ceived high praise from many
scrurceir
Death of Mrs. C. R. Benbmv.
Mrs. C. R. Benbow died Monday
at her home at Oak Ridge. Her
ceath followed a lingering illness,
and durng the past year her condi
tion grew continually worse. She is
survived by her huband and six chil
dren: Mrs. Ella B. Merrimon and
Miss Josie Benbow, of Oak Ridge;
Miss Pearl Benbow, of Greensboro,
and James, Clark and Andrew Ben
bow, of Oak Ridge.
Mrs. Benbow was a daughter of
the late Thomas and Lucinda Star-
buck, of Guilford county, and was
born July 15, 1839. She would
have been 7 6 on her next birthday.
She was married on February 10,
1870.
Mrs. Benbow's loss will be keenly
felt, not only by members of her im
mediate family but by a very wide
circle of friends. She was a woman
f multitudinous fine traits of char
acter which were displayed in her
home life, in her intercourse with
neighbors and friends and in matters
affecting the welfare of her commu
nity, while a life-long member of
the Friends' church, and an ardent
supporter of its institutions, she was
no less loyal to the religious and ed
ucational life of her immediate com
munity. Her presence and influ
ence in the community will be sadly
missed.
Judge Peebles Reversed.
Raleigh, March 17. The Supreme
court reverses Judge Peebles' sen
tence of Editors Charles A. and
George Brown, of The Goldsboro
Weekly Record, to 30 days in jail
and $250 fine for contempt of his
court in the publication of an edi
torial criticising fke judge in con
nection with his conduct in holding
a ,term of Wayne county court
The opinion in the contempt case
is written by Judge Hoke and. con
cludes with the declaration: "The
judgment of the lower court is re
versed and judgment entered that
the defendants go without delay
The cdurt holds that the statute
under which Judge Peebles held the
editors to be guilty applies only to
publication of grossly inaccurate re
ports of trials or other matter nend-
ing and that the right to punish
summarily for defamatorv rAnnrtu
and criticisms of matters past and
ended ro longer exists.
Takes Up Work. Samuel L. Rog-
ers. of Franklin, Macon county, who
was recently appointed director of
the census bureau, was sworn into
office Tuesday.
15,000 PEOPLE SIGH PLEDGE
REMARKABLE SCENE AT GREAT
TEMPERANCE RALLY IN
PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, March 16. Twenty
thousand persons saw Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan on
his knees last night at the eonclu-
ion Q plea for total abstinence
at the great temperance rally m the
Billy feunday tabernacle. tie nao
st asked how many persons would
agree to sign the pledge with him
and fUlly 15'000 arOSe- . m&ny
them surging down tne aisie xowara
the platform. Several thousand
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signed tlxe cards as they ran toward
him- There was a crush around the
platform and a thousand hands, -each
bearing,,a card, were extended up to
him bemS him to affix his signa
ture an wlUss their pieage.
Down on his knees went the secre-
tarv and OUt Went his hands. A
score of cards were pressed upon
him. Still on his knees, he took out
his fountain pen and began to sign
using Billy Sunday's much-battered
oulDit as a writing tabie. At first
he signed his full name, but soon
the crowd became so dense and the
cries so insistent that he just affix
ed his initials
The mob surged and crushed
against the platform, hundreds
climbing upon it until it sagged and
ed this way and that by the throng
Somebody finally brought forward a
chair and he was able to rise from
hi3 knees to a more comfortable po
sition. He signed more than l,t00
cards before his "wrist became too
tired to do anything more. Then
Mrs. Bryan, who had accompanied
nim to mis cuy, msisiea uu.t fie ue-
sist.
When the crowd found where
Mrs. Bryan sat, hundreds pressed
upon her to countersign their cards.
She wasble to put her signature on
a fewr until the pglice cleared a way
through the press and drove the
multitudes back.
This was the dramatic conclusion
of what was probably the largest
and most enthusiastic temperance
rally ever held in this country and
probably in the world the inaugu
ral gathering of the newly-formed
National Total Abstinence Union
an organization formed by the Fed
eral Council of Churches in America
non-sectarian, non-poJitical and
purely personal. This organization
will attack the temperance problem
in the old way by getting people to
sign the pledge and will not take
any action in legislative matters,
holding to the doctrine that by de
creasing the demand the liquor bus
iness will be gradually killed with
out government action.
Secretary Bryan was selected to
give the movement fts start, because
of his long and consistent record as
an opponent of rum-driuking. Phila
delphia was chosen as the place to
start the nation-wide movement, be
cause this city is just concluding the
most remarkable. religious revival of
its history the Billy Sunday cam
paign. The Sunday tabernacle was
designated as the meeting Rlace be
cause it can seat 18,000 persons and
supply standing room for 2,000
more, and also because of its asso
ciations. The results last night justified all
three selections. The size of the
crowd was astounding. Fully 3 5,
000 persons tried to get into the
building, but only 20.00G could be
packed inside. It had been arrang
ed to hold overflow meetings on the
side, but the crowds evidently want
ed to hear Bryan or nobody, as the
disappointed ones went away when
refused admission.
Secretary Bryan was the only
speaker who talked at length. Sev
eral other addresses were made, but
they were brief and the whole
crowd was waiting to hear him. He
delivered a stirring sermon on the
cost of alcoholic drink in physical
and moral 1 strength and in money,
begging and pleading with the audi
ence to forsake the habit.
More Contraband. Great Brit
ain nas added the following articles
to the list of absolute contraband of
war: Wool, woolen ana worsted
I yarns, wool tops and nails, tin, chlo
ride of tin, tin ore, castor oil, paraf-
A11 wax copper, iodine, .lubricants.
hides of all kkids of leather suitable
for military equipment, ammonia
and its salts, urea, anilene and its
i compounds
OPENING OP SPRING WILL
SEE RENEWED ACTIVITY.
With the increasing activities of
the British, French and Belgian
armies, the reappearance on the
coast of Belgium of British and
French warships, and the time draw
ing near for a big effort in the West,
the British public is fol lowing with
renewed interest the daily reports of
operations.
The Belgians, supported by -the al
lies' warships, have consolidated the
ground they have won in the last few
days, while the British have done
likewise with the strip of territory
taken from the Germans near Neuve
Chapelle, and have recovered most,
if not all, of the trenches lost in the
region of St. Elot.
Simultaneously there has been
heavy fighting north of Arras, in
Champagne, in the Argonne and in
the Vosges, in which both French
and Germans claim successes.
All these operations are believed
to be preliminary to the general of
fensive the allies will undertake
when the ground dries.
f The Russians are even more ac
tive than their western allies. The
German offensive against Przanysz
having failed to materialize, prob
ably owing to the thaw, the Russians
have undertaken the offensive, and,
according to their own account, are
advancing successfully along both
banks of the Orzyc river and have
occupied the village of Stegna, on
one of the main roads leading to
Przasnysz from the northeast. At
this point they repulsed a determin
ed counter attack.
The Germans, however, say the
Russian attacks have been repelled
and that they captured 2,000 Rus
sians. In the Carpathians and in eastern
Galicia, the Russians report a series
of successes against the Austro-Ger-man
armies, which, despite deep
snow, have kept up almost continu
ous attacks in the Baligrod region
and in some of thte central passes,
in the hope of relieving, Przemysz.
The Russians 'are closing rotrrid
the fortress and their infantrymen
are within rifle shot of the forts.
From unofficial sources it is learn
ed that the Russians have resumed
the offensive in Bukowina, and a
battle is in progress near the Buko
wina frontier along the Stanislau
Kolomea railway.
In the Caucasus, too, the Russians
again are on the move, and accord
ing to Petrograd accounts are push
ing the Turks back along the coast
of the Black Sea and are threatening
the Turkish armv at Olti. on the
Russo-Turkish border.
The allied fleet continues its oper
atinns in the Dardenelles and off
Smyrna, but no official report of its
progress has been . made for some
days. An Athens report says the
British cruiser Amethyst has pene
trated the straits as far as Nagara
The cruiser is said to have been hit
by three shells, which killed a num
ber of the crew.
There is a belief in some quarters
that the Turks will capitulate, if the
fleet gets through the straits, to
save Constantinople from bombard
ment.
Pressure Upon Italy.
Political pressure upon Italy to
pledge its future course tither to the
empires of central Europe or the al
lies, has been augmenting for some
time, and is believed to have about
reached its climax.
According to thoroughly reliable
sources, Prince Von Buelow, German
ambassador, has given formal assur
ances that Germany will be able to
overcome Austria's resistance, and
induce Vienne to accede to Italy's
territorial concessions demanded, to
gether with a free hand in southern
Albania. In addition, the Central
empires would further Italy's ambi
tions in the eastern Mediterranean.
The German diplomat also pointed
out that the marine supremacy of
Great Britain and France would
have the effect of crushing Italy.
Representatives of the allies have
presented the matter in quite a dif
ferent light. They have declared
that the defeat of Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary was inevitable, even
without the precipitation of Italy
In case Italy refrained from taking
part, 3he would receive nothing from
the . allies when settlements are
made. They advance the further
argument that with the conclusion
of peace, or shortly thereafter, the
separation of Hungary from Austria
was to be expected. This would lead
to the absorption of the Austrian
1 provinces of German nationality by
Germany, and the consequent exten
sion pf German dominion to TriaJ
which thus would fore er A lost to' i
taly. In addition Italy would be
forced to abandon Avlona and the
Aegean islands.
NO IMPROVEMENT IN
AFFAIRS OF MEXICO.
Washington, March 16. Condi
tions in Mexico City, as well as Man
zanillo, gave officials concern today.
Apparently the re-occupation of the
capital by the Zapata forces has not
brought the expected relief, for a
large number of Americans and other
foreigners asked the state depart
ment to obtain for them transporta
tion to Vera Cruz while the Swed
ish minister laid before the state de
partment dispatches from the Swed
ish legation in Mexico City in which
conditions were described as deplor
able and "ghastly."
Urgent representations were mado
during the day to General Carraiiza
concerning his troops at Manzanillo,
whose activities have caused foreign
ers much apprehension. The Ameri
can counsel was instructed to keep
in close touch with the commander
of the cruiser Cleveland, now at
Manzanillo. It is understood the
commander has discretionary pow
ers, enabling him to take measures
for the relief of foreigners if an
emergency should develop, although
officials believe the presence of the
warship will have a wholesome ef
fect on the situation.
" Americans and other foreigners,"
said Secretary Bryan, "have express
ed, a desire through the Brazilian
minister to leave the city and I have
communicated to Carranza a request
for transportation. The Brazilian
minister is arranging with the Mexi
co City authorities for their depar
ture." President Wilson expressed him
self as satisfied that those guilty of
the murder of John B. McManus, an
American, would be punished and
that a suitable indemnity would be
made. Not only have assurances to
this effect been giveh by General
Palafox, a Zapata lieutenant in
charge of the foreign office of the
Villa-Zapata government, but Gen
eral Villa himself through George
C. Carothers, American consular
agent, sent word to the r.tate depart
ment today that he would use his
influence to see that the Zapata men
accused of the crime were punish
ed and that an indemnity was paid.
Japan Must Go Easy.
Peking, China, March 17. Offi
cial information reached Peking to
day that the Russian and British
ambassadors at Tokio called upon
Baron Takaaki Kato, Japanese for
eign minister, on Saturday and in
formed him that if Japan persisted
in pressing upon China demands be
yond those contained in her original
communication to the powers it
would be difficult for Japan's allies
to negotiate diplomatically with her
in the future.
It is understood that on the same
day, the United States, acting inde
pendently, although possibly after
consultation with another power, in
formed the Japanese government
that certain of the Japanese de
mands were not in keeping with
treaty agreements between China
and the United States.
The opinion is expressed by both
Chinese and foreign diplomats that
Japan will withdraw a substantial
proportion of her demands because
of the attitude of the powers who
have called China's attention to the
fact that she has no right to make
a treaty with Japan contravening ex
isting treaties with them.
The Japanese minister to China,
Eki Hicki, sustained injuries yester
day by a fall from his horse and his
condition will prevent the holding
of conferences for a few days.
Prohibition in Russia.
There seems to be some misun
derstanding as to the prohibition of
the sale of alcoholic drinks in Rus
sia. According to a report from the
United States consul general at Mos
cow, Russia does not have a, nation
wide prohibition law, but the im
perial government expressed a deeire
to see the traffic in alcoholic drinks
banished throughout the empire,
and the local government put this
wish into effect according" to their
own discretion. Moscow was the first
to act, and at first only closed -the
vodka shops, later adding wine and
beer. Ninety per cent of the munic
ipalities have now. done the same
thing.
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