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LOCAL NEWS IH BRIEF
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jTTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
READERS OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Play at Pomona. The pupils of
the Pomona graded school will pre
sent a comedy entitled "Jasper's
Farm" in tne auditorium of the
school building tomorrow night.
Revival Next Week. A revival
meeting will begin in the First Re
iormed church Sunday and continue
until Easter. Rev. Harry A. Wel
der, who recently came to Faith,
Rowan county, from Pennsylvania,
will do the preaching.
Collecting Statistics. Mr. George
T. Bowen, of Person county, a spe
cial agent of the census bureau, is
3n the city gathering statistics of
Greensboro's manufacturing plants
;ln1 industrial enterprises. The
work will keep him here for some
tirae.
Closing Exercises. The closing
exercises of the Summers school, in
Washington township, will take
place Saturday, beginning at 11
o clock A. M. A play, "Valley Farm,"
will be given at night. An invita
tion is extended to the public to at
tend the exercises,.
New Corporation. The charter of
the High Point Warehouse and Stor
age Company was filed in the office
of the clerk of the court yesterday.
The company has an authorized cap
ital of $25,000, with S5.000 sub
scribed by H. D. Sears, F. M. Pick
ett and R. H. Walker.
New Quarters. Mr. Gilliam Gris
som. who is in charge of Republican
state headquarters here, has rented
offices on the ground floor of the
Guilford hotel building, on the Syca
more street side, and will occupy
them in a few days, moving from the
present location over Grissom's drug
store.
Inspecting Material. Mayor Mur- S pedge register for the section of the
phy and Mr. J. Giles Foushee, com- city lying west of Elm street and in
missioner of public works, are ' Morehead township. " The primaries
spending a few days in Wilmington j and election are open to all residents
inspecting certain street paving ma- j of the city who were eligible tc vote
terial with a view to, its possible for the Guilford legislative delega
adoption for use in paving streets tion in the last election and who
in Greensboro. The city officials have been in their present pfecinct
hope to he able to be able to start for a period of at least four months,
the street improvement work about I New Revenue Men. Mr. W. H.
the middle of April. I Darby, of South Carolina, has been
To Visit Raleigh. Prof. W. C. commissioned a special employe of
Jackson, of the chair of history at i
the State Xormal and Industrial Col
lege, will accompany his class to
Raleigh Saturday to spend the day
in the stato capital. They will visit
the hall of history, the state mu
seum, the capitol and other points
of interest about the city. The hall
of history is now becoming a valu
able feature for those who are
studying history.
Dinner Last Night. Mr. C. Gros
venor Dawe, of Washington, who is
connected with the United States
Chamber of Commerce, a well known '
traveler and lecturer, was the .speak
er last night at a "get together" din
ner given by the Chamber of Com
merce in tiie dining room of th Y.
1. C. A. Mr. Dawe spoke on "Com
immity Service" and was heard with
interest by a goodly number of
'Jreensboro business men.
A Correction. In the list of legal
lights and measures printed in last
Thursday's Patriot the weight of ma
tured onions was given as seven
Pounds a bushel when it should have
been 5 7 pounds a bushel. The in
formation was furnished The Pa
'not by the state agricultural de
lrtment and a notice received from
The department this week says the
inisiaKe vas du- to an incorrect copy
made of the original Dill.
luc Yesterday. Fire yesterday
"nernoon badly damaged the Doak
residence property, on East Wash
nton street. The fire appeared in
rhe attic and is supposed to have
caught from the kitchen flue. It
was burning fiercely when the fire
rnen arrived and was extinguished
f f ter hard work. The interior of the
t'Uildinfr Was deluged with water,
h aid almost as much damage as
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has !!()t been ascertained.
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eMtion in Bankruptcy
In the
r'!tf 1 States, court here Tuesday
fTdiiors filed a petition in bank
ruptcy against L. R. Clark, a mer
chant of Thomasville, who, it is al
"ed. owes debts in excess, of $3,
,r'0 that he is unable to pay. A sub
poena was issued citing the respond
ent to appear before Judge Boyd
APril 1 to show cause, if any exist,
'hy be should not be adjudged a
bankrupt. Zed Griffith, of Thomas
ville, was appointed temporary re
civer. ... -
.Penry-Tysor. Mr. Alden C Pen-
ry, of Winston-saiem, ana miss
Mabel Tysor, of this city, were mar
ried Tuesday at 12.30 o'clock at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Tysor, on Eugene street.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Dr. C. W. Byrd and was wit
nessed by a number of relatives and
friends of the young couple. Mr. and
Mrs. Penry have gone on a bridal
trip to Washington and New York.
Upon their return they will be at
home in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Jennie Miles Dead. Mrs.
Jennie Miles, of the Hillsdale sec
tion, died last evening at 7 o'clock
at St. Leo's hospital, where she had
been under treatment for the past
three weeks. Mrs. Mites was 50
years old and a woman who was
held in high esteem by all who knew
her. She is survived by five sons
and a daugnter. The funeral and in
terment will take place at Center
Methodist church tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. T. B. John
son, of Summerfield, will conduct
the services.
Will Locate Here. Mr. R. J. M.
Hobbs, a son of Dr. and Mrs. L. L.
Hobbs, of Guilford College, who re
cently was licensed to practice law
and located in Charlotte, has decided
to move to Greensboro. After grad
uating from Guilford College and
Haverford College, he studied law
in Columbia University, in New
York, graduating with distinction.
Mr. Hobbs has many friends among
the readers of The Patriot who wiil
be glad to know that he is to return
to Guilford and that he will make
his home in Greensboro.
Registrars Named. The registra
tion books for the approaching city
primary and election will be opened
Monday. The city commissio ers
have appointed J. B. Minor register
for the Gilmer township portion of
the city, comprising all the territory
east of Elm street, and J. 4. Cop-
the government in the enforcement
of the anti-narcotic law that werit
into effect March 1 and assigned to
duty under the revenue agent in
Greensboro. He will take up his
work April 1, and it will be his duty
to visit druggists, physicians, den
tists add veterinarians and see to it
that they are meeting the require
ments of the law. Three new men
in the income tax division, who have
been working under the collectors of
internal revenue, will also be added
to the revenue agent's force here
April 1.
Another Ice Factory. A charter
has been issued for the Piedmont
Ice and Coal Company, with an au
thorized capital of $25,000. The in
corporators are J. H. Dixon, W. M.
Perdew, W. B. Ross, Ada L. Dixon
and O. W. Monroe. When a suffi
cient amount of stock has. been sold,
the promoters will proceed to the
purchase of a site and the erection
of a building. Some time ago par
ties in High Point purchased from
the Arctic Ice and Coal Company the
ice plant on West Lee street and it is
understood that it will be operated
during the coming season. If the
plans of the latest company succeed,
Greensboro will be supplied with
three ice factories.
Merchants Active. The directors
of the Greensboro Merchants' Asso
ciation held a meeting yesterday af
ternoon and considered 3everal mat
ters of interest to the association
and the public, special attention be
ing paid to the "trade at home" cam
paign. The merchants are interest
ing themselves in educating the pub
lic to the folly of sending money
away from home to the mail order
houses, and during the discussion
yesterday afternoon a number of
instances were cited showing where
actual financial loss had resulted
from such a practice. The directors
decided to put on a membership
campaign in the near future in an
effort to have every eligible merchant
in the city become a member of the
association.
Seriously 111. J. A. Long, of Rox
boro, a former member of the state
senate and a prominent business
man, is seriously ill at his home. On
account of his advanced age, fears
are entertained for his recovery
STRONG FORT CAPITULATES
RUSSIAN FORCES
MAKE MOST
IMPORTANT CAPTURE OF
EUROPEAN WAR.
The long investment of v the mid
Galician fortress of Przemysl has
ended. Depleted by disease, sub
sisting on horse flesh and surround
ed by a superior force of Russians,
tne garrison has surrendered to the
besieging army after a defense last-
ing many months, which up. to the
present is recorded as Austria's most
notewortny contribution to the war.
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xne newspapers assert tnat me
fall of the fortress marks the most
important capture of the war, not
excepting Antwerp, in that it not
only releases considerable Russian
forces which can be thrown into the
fluctuating struggle in the Car-
I athians, but opens the door to Cra
cow and the plains of Hungary.
It is argued, too, that the moral
effect of the surrender will be tre-
mendous, the allies declaring it will
stimulate feeling in their favor both
in Roumania and Bulgaria-just as
the operations in the Dardanelles
aie causinj? an agitation in Greece
and Italy.
The hoisting of the white flag
over the fortress caused little sur
prise. It was generally known that
the defenders were in a terribly
weakened condition, without food
and ammunition and their endur-
ance was only a question of days.
War office advices report that
nine Austrian generals, more than
300 officers and 50,000 men sur
rendered. With only three days' rations left,
the Austrians endeavored to break
through the besieging lines, but af
ter a seven-hours' battle they were
compelled to retreat behind the line
of forts. Three days later, having
destroyed the fortifications, blown
up the guns and burned the ammu
nition, the Austrians brought out
the white, flag of surrender.
Vienna says the fortress for a
long time had faced famine condi
tions. Austrian Troops Revolted.
Mutinv broke out in the starvine
garrison at Przemysl and General
Kusmanek surrendered to the Rus
sians to prevent a disgraceful revolt,
according to dispatches to the Rus
sian war office
On Sunday afternoon the Austrian
commander ordered 20.000 of his
troops to participate in a savage at
tack upon the Russian lines on the
SOUth. His Object was a desperate
dash that would cut a gap through
the line of the besiegers and enable
at least part of the garrison to fight
its way to safety.
In a futile effort to arouse his
troops to one last bayonet charge the
Austrian commander issued a most
stirring appeal. A copy of his last
order, wired here this afternoon, fol
lows:
"Heroes of the Austrian army, I
now announce my last summons.
Tne nonor or our army and our
country demands that I lead you to
pierce with points of steel the iron
circle of the enemy. Then we shall
march on until we join a nearby
Austrian army. We have shared our
last provisions. We must open the
way. We shall open it."
Several units refused to move. Of
ficers dashed back and forth along
the Austrian lines, threatening, to
execute the mutineers.
They stood their ground, however,
and were joined by other groups
who threatened to march out and lay
down their arms to the Russians un
less they were given food.
lienerai KusmaneK called a con
ference of the commanders. At a
meeting that lasted until near mid
night it was decided to surrender.
Germans Recapture Mem el.
The re-capture of Memel, East
Prussia, by the Germans is admitted
by the Russian wrar office, which
says:
"Our detachment, which recon
noitered Memel has retired to Rus
sian territory."
Both Russians and Austrians
claim the capture of several thou
sand men in the Carpathians, and
thus matters there are about evenly
balanced. The battle in Poland con
tinues, with no apparent advantage
on either side.
In the west the operations consist
largely of trench fighting. A com
munication from the headquarters of
Field Marshal Sir John French re
garding recent activities notes little
cnange m tne situation in nonnern
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France, i ne operations or tne ainea
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delayed by bad weather and the
ships which suffered damage in the
last bombardment are being repair-
Ud. A Malta dispatch says opera-1
tions are to be resumed at an early
date and that every precaution is be
ing taken to avoid surprises!
A force of 1,000 Turks who at
tempted to attack the Suez canal
near thie town of Suez, have been
routed. ; The Turks were ' accom-
panied by German officers.
Th rhhbh nniAnoi nf, ronnrtc
that normal conditions now prevail
in Singapore, following the recent
mutiny
Seventeen voune Belgians are re-
ported to have been executed at
ohent bv th firmans AftP.r bavin?
been found guilty of espionage.
British Airmen Attempt Raid.
British air raid on Hoboken, near
Antwerp, where the Germans, are
constructing submarines, another
threatened effort by the Germans in
Flanders and heavy fighting in the
Carpathians are the outstanding
features in yesterday's war news
Five British airmen started from
Dunkirk to raid the submarine yards,
hut only two reached the mark. Two
were turned back by thick weather
and a third landed in Holland be-
cause of engine trouble and was in
terned.
According to a British admiralty
report, two of the submarines which
were oDservea on tne ships were
damaged and the works set afire.
Prior to the war this Plant was
known &s the Cockerill works and
was ownSd by a British company.
When the Germans took the plant
over a high fence was erected around
it and no Belgian was allowed to en-
ter. workmen were brought from
Germany to build the submarines.
Dispatches from the Dutch fronT
tter say that seven German airmen in the court room to elevate the wit
attacked the British raiders, but I v.-"
were outflown.
WOMEN WOODMEN OF WORLD
HELD MEETING TUESDAY.
Thbiennial meeting of the .State
.
Grove of the Supreme forest," the
ladies' auxiliary of the Woodmen of
the World, was held in this city
Tuesday. Mrs. Sarah M. Williams,
of Rocky Mount, the grand guar
dian, presided over the convention,
which was attended by 40 delegates
from various sections of the state
The morning session was given
over to the reports of the officers
and a discussion of the reports and
other matters affecting the order. It
was shown that the membership in
ima aLttLe umms cue past twu ?sai
bad made an increase
made an increase ot 100 per
cent. 1
At the afternoon session the vari-
ous committees reported and officers
were elected for the ensuing term of
two years.
The election of officers resulted
as follows: Delegate to the Supreme
Forest convention. St. Paul. Minn..
Mrs. Sarah M. Williams, of Rocky
Mount; grand guardian, Cora L.
Mabry. Concord: grand adviser, So-
phronia A. Lentz, Albemarle; ttrand
clerk, Mattie E. Morrison, Harris-
burg; grand banker, Mae Thomas, other witnesses from Clinton testi
Ch arlnttp- pranH phaniain. J. T). tied that Judge Carter's conduct
Buice, Charlotte; grand attendant.
Elizabeth Thompson, Greensboro;
grand inner sentinel, Annie Patter
son, Kannapolis; grand outer senti
nel. Annifi PT TVMms Snfinrer: errand
managers, W. S. Charles, Charlotte,
chairman, and Susan C. Rodgers,
Pineville; Annie Rayner, Powells-
ville; Bertha T. Waters, Goldsboro;
Mattie E. Allen, .Stem.
Rocky Mount was selected as the
next place of meeting, and the con-
vention will be held in that city the
second Tuesday in April, 1917.
The convention adjourned at 4
o'clock and at 6 was entertained by
the grand officers at a banquet in
the dining room of Hotel Clegg. At
this gathering the consul comman-
der of the Greensboro camp of Wood-
men of the World, Charles A. Hines,
presided in a happy manner. Speech
es were made by Grand Guardian
Cora L. Mabrv. Grand Banker Mae
Thomas, W. S. Charles, George F.
Wise, S. O'Briant, W. A. Short, E.
B. Lewis and others.
Driven Insane. Driven Insane by
British artillery fire which mowed
down their comrades, 300 German
infantrymen were removed to an
asylum near Aix-La-Chappelle after
the battle of Neuve Chanelle. accord-
ing to a dispatch from Amsterdam
to the Exchange Telegraph Com1
pany in London. An unnamed Ger-
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terioo.
THE GARTER INVESTIGATION
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY AS
TO CONDUCT OP SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGE.
The commission appointed by the
legislature to investigate charges
brought against the moral character
and judicial fitness of Judge Frank
Carter, of the Superior court bench,
began its work in Raleigh Monday,
and while many witnesses have been
examined, nothing has been brought
out so far to cause the public to be
lieve the accused jurist is guilty of
the charges of gross immorality
brought against him. Evidence has
neen introduced which indicates that
he has been indiscreet; ihat he uos-
sesses an irascible temper and has
had trouble with a number of law
yers in his courts.
The investigation, it will be recall
ed, grows out of the action of Judge
Carter in imposing a fine of $50 up
on Solicitor Charles ' Li. Abernethy
foi contempt of court at Newbern
some weeks ago. Hon. R. A. Dough-
ton is chairman of the commission
conducting the investigation.
The first witness called was Col.
John D. Kerr, of Clinton. He testi
fied that he had appeared as an at
torney in Judge Carter's courts a
number of times, the last court by
Judge Carter in his county having
been in 19-12. Of his own knowledge,
he knew nothing of any acts of im-
moral conduct by Judge Carter and
had never ODserTed any acts by the
,udKe tnat would indicate such a
tendency. Asked by Chairman
Dough ton as to alleged arbitrary
and A unbecoming conduct on the
bench by Judge carter, Colonel Kerr
L,m that jnri- rv w Aiior,
canSed a box to be nlaced at the bar
be better observed from all parts of
the court room. Judge Carter order
ed this box removed by the time for
the next court to convene. The sher
iff,, for some cause,- failed to have
the. box. removed and after the court
was conveaed Judge Carter, - in an
evidently angry manner, ordered the
box to be. taken out. T. W. Crump-
ler, the sheriff of Sampson county,
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attempted to take it away and was
having trouble in doing so on ac
count of its being nailed down at
the four corners and Judge Carter
stepped down from the bench and
kicked the box over in such a way
that it struck against Mr. Crumpler,
who afterwards informed Colonel
J Kerr that the skin was scraped from
ins sniu uy luc uua a.s ;nCu ujr
judge.
Another witness, testifying as to
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the box-kicking incident, said Judge
f Carter cursed, saying to the sheriff,
I "I told you to have that damned box
removed."
Mrs. Levy Carter testified that on
one occasion, while stopping at
Wrightsville Beach, Judge Carter
went to her home in Wilmington
with a Mrs. Williams, of Georgia,
and that she saw him kiss Mrs. Wil-
lianis on the cheek.
Henry A. Grady and two or three
with Mrs. Williams, who conducts a
hotel in that town, and her daughter,
Mrs. Towler, had been the occasion
of unfavorable comment. These wit-
nesses gave the two women a bad
reputation.
Mrs. Williams, a woman 60 years
old, went on the witness stand and
vigorously denied all the insinua
tions made against herself, her
daughter and Judge Carter. It was
shown that Mrs.. Towler is in very
poor health' and has spent a good
portion of her time for the past few
years in hospitals.
Testimony was introduced to show
that Judge Carter had shown a fond
ness for a young woman stenogra
pher of Raleigh and that he had
her to accompany him to courts in
several counties
About a dozen lawyers testified
that they had been subjected to
harsh treatment at the hands of
Judge Carter.
W. N. Harris, T. J. Covington, J.
Allen Taylor, J. D. Bellamy and J.
O. Carr, of Wilmnigton, and Maj.
Robert Bingham, of Asheville, testi
fied as to the high moral character
of Judge Carter. The Wilmington
witnesses commended the judge for
his work in ridding that city of blind
tigers
The commission finished its work
in Raleigh last night and goes to
Newbern today to examine a num-
hor nf witnAHSfis in that Dlace with
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I charge against Solicitor Abernethy.
STONEWAM' JACKSON'S
WIDOW DIED YESTERDAY
Following many: months of illnei
and after suffering three days tfOSt
an attack of pneumonia, Mrs. Mar
A: Jackson, widow of Gen. "Stone
wall" Jackson, who achieved undy
ing fame as a leader of the Confede
rate army, died at her home in Char
lotte at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
She had been unconscious since
Tuesday afternoon.
At the bedside when the end came
were E. Randolph Preston and wife,
who was Miss Julia Christian, grand
daughter of Mrs. Jackson; Dr. Gra
ham, a cousin, and other relatives.
The funeral willtake place at the
First Presbyterian church of Char
lotte this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The
public buildings and schools of Char
lotte are closed today in honor of
the distinguished woman . who has
passed away. The business houses
of the city will be closed during the
funeral hour.
The body will be taken to Lexing
ton, Va., accompanied by a military
escort, a!nd will rest beside that of
her husband and daughter.
Mrs. Jackson had been ill since
last August. Her last appearance
was in Richmond, Va., last May,
when, as the guest of the governor
of( Virginia, she was the chief figure
at a bazaar in the interest of the
Jackson memorial.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Meek-'
lenburg county July 21, 1831. She
was the daughter of the Rev. Robert
Hall Morrison, a PresbyteVian minis
ter and founder of Davidson College.
She attended Salem Academy and
College, finishing in 1849. She was
Gen. Jackson's second wife and was
married to him In July, 1857. Jack-'
son, then a major in the United
States army, was serving -as instruc
tor in the Virginia Military Insti
tute at Lexington.
GEN. CARRANZA'S FORCES
DEFEATED BY VILLA'S MEN.
Monterey, Mex., March 23. The
SrsMmportant battle, ip Gen,JVilla
march' again8tTampico ; took place ,
near here today and resulted in the
defeat of the Carranzaistas.
A -detachment of Carranzaistas
troops learning of the approach of
5,000 Villaistas, under General An
geles, embarked upon troop trains.
All of General Angeles' men were
mounted and they started off in pur
suit of the trains' at full gallop. The
engine of the last train was too light
for its heavy load and Angeles' men
soon overhauled it and began shoot
ing. 1
This spectacular running battle
was kept up for three miles during
which the Villaistas gave an exhibi
tion of horsemanship seldom equall
ed. While under hot fire Colonel
Elias rode up and uncoupled the cars
from the locomotive and 2,000 Car
ranzaistas were captured with five
car loads of provisions.
Washington, March 23. The Bra
zilian minister at Mexico City cabled
Secretary of State Bryan today that
General Palafox, Zapata's minister
for foreign affairs, had expressed to
the United States his regret for the
killing of John McManus about 12
days ago at the Mexican national
capital.
Secretary Bryan stated in addition
that indemnity for the death of Mc
Manus had been promised by the
Villa-Zapata combination.
Mr. Bryan did not care to give the
amount of the indemnity which he
said was large and that he had no
information as to whether any ar
rests had been made or how far the
inquiry looking to the punishment of
the murderers of McManus had pro
gressed. New Plan to Raise Income Tax.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
and Internal Revenue Commissioner
Osborn have decided on a partial re
organization of the investigation
force in planning for the 1915 in
come tax collecting campaign. Some
20 special agents appointed last year
have received suggestions that they
resign to make way for trained ac
countants, fitted to handle the bocks
of corporations subject to the tax.
. A. number of these agents already
have resigned, but it is said there
has been objection to the depart
ment's action by members of Con
gress who recommended the ap
pointments. . Officials are still at sea as to how
much to expect under the -tax law
for the fiscal year 1915. Secretary
McAdoo has figured upon $ 80,000,
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