PUBLISHED EVERY
ESTABLIlVV1821
GREENSBORO, W. C.t THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1915
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VOL. 94 NO. 20
LOCAL HBISjr BBii?
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
!DEUS OP THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR. ,
n and Thunder. Greensboro
,aR visited yesterday afternoon By
ohnwers of rain, accom
two e-
i. iVmnrlar anH a 'Poll
anied bv mucu hiu.u.v.j.
of hail- . 1
Guilford College. In an interest-
ne game of baseball in this city
Monday afternoon Guilford College
defeated Elon College by a score of
l lo I The game was witnessed by
ab0Ut 300 people.
Charge of Abandonment. Frank
Baldwin.
M-ns eive
of Washington townsnip,
a hearing before Justice
of the peace Collins Monday on a
charge
of abandonment preierreu uy
his wife
He was held for the Su-
x 1 n frr rf 1 1 f O
rvorinr
C0lir- Uliuci a, uwiiu.
5(j (XH) For IjOI. ivie&Biss. uuuu a.
aIld j. F. Hodgin yesterday sold to
Mr L. Richardson, for a considera
lion of $6,000, the lot on the south
eoSt corner of South Elm and Lee
,"reets. The lot is 78 by 105 feet
and is considered a desirable piece
of Droperty.
.vnrk Weddine. -Mr. Ernest
C York, a son of Mr.'and Mrs. G. C.
York, of this city, and Miss Alma
Cox, of Durham,, were married Sun
day evening at the home of the
bride's mother. They are at home at
the residence of the groom's parents,
on Gregory street.
Rahall Saturday. The baseball 1
teams of the University of North
Carolina and the University of Vir
ginia, old-time rivals, are scheduled
to play a game at the Cone Athletic
park Saturday afternoon. The game
is expected to attract a large crowd
of spectators from this state and Vm
ginia.
Married Last Night. Mr. Bynum
A. Lamb, who is connected with the
grocery firm of Hiatt & Co., and Miss
Fieida Cox, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Cox, were married last
r.ight at 8.30 o'clock, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Shuford
Peeler at his home on West Lee
street.
Died Tuesday. Mr. R. Lee
Adams, a young man of McColl, S.
( ., who was brought to Greensboro
several weeks ago for treatment in
a local sanitarium, died Tuesday.
Two of his brothers
when the end came,
by his parents, five
were with him
He is survived
brothers and
three sisters.
Mrs. Reitzel Recovering. Mrs.
Robert R. Reitzel, of Liberty Route
-, who underwent a serious opera
tion at St. Leo's hospital, March 22,
when a tumor weighing 12 1-2
pounds was taken from her, is re
covering nicely. Her physician
states that she may be able to return
home Saturday.
Joseph Pegram Dead. Mr. Jos
eph Pegram, of Kernersville, died
yesterday afternoon at St. Leo's hos
pital, where he had been a patient
for some time. He was 41 years old
and a well known citizen. The body
as carried to Kernersville last
sight and the funeral and interment
"'ill take place today.
Warrant Dismissed. A. M. Brit
tain, who is engaged in the sawmill
business near Brown Summit, was
oefore Justice of the Peace Collins
Monday on a charge of selling li
'iuor. After hearing the evidence,
Squire Collins dismissed the warrant
and taxed the prosecuting witness, a
-Mrs. Hill, with the costs.
liuys Good Property. The Odell
hardware Company has purchased
rom Mr. T. M. Pichard the lot and
three-story brick building adjoining
'ne company's warehouse on South
f)avie street. The price paid for the
property, which is in the heart of
he wholesale district and consider-
valuable, was $8,500.
Parents Bereaved. William Shel
the two and a half years old
Sf)n of Mr. and Mrs. Lee H. Cartland,
ye yesterday morning. The little
'-How ha( never been strong and "tor
s v i :l weeks had been seriously ill.
r-'? iunoral will be held from the
this afternoon at 4 o'clock and
Mil t... conducted by Rev. Dr. Melton
Hie Tuesday Night. Fire about
oviofk Tuesday night damaged
' - -- & P. Tea Company's store, on
'nun i:im street, but the blaze was
"-'m-iushed before it made any ser
' as beadway. The store is situated
-"Xt door to a moving picture show,
v 'lieu was crowded with people at
e time, and there was much excite
ent.on the part of the audience un--
u was ascertained that the danger
as over.
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A Severe Drubbing. The Boston
Braves, of the National Baseball
ague, and the Greensboro profes-
1 team engaged in what was
a baseball game at the Cone
Athletic park Tuesday afternoon. At
the end of seven and a half innings,
when the game was called, the score
stood 14 to 0 in favor of the Braves.
The game was witnessed by 1,500
people.
Real Estate Transfers The trans
fer of the title of Mary B. Sockwell
and others to part of 400 acres of
land in Jefferson township to W. T.
Sockwell, for $1,500, was recorded
Tuesday in the office of the register
of deeds. Mary E. Sockwell and
others also sold 90 acres in Jeffer
son to Robert Sockwell for $2,500,
the deed to this also being filed
Tuesday.
At Buffalo and Midway. Services
will be conducted at Buffalo and
Midway (Presbyterian churches Sun
day as follows: Buffalo Sunday
school at 10 A. M. and preaching at
11 by the pastor. The holy com
munion will be observed and new
members received into the church.
Midway Young people's meeting at
2 P. M.; Sunday school at 2.30 and
preaching by the pastor at 3.3 0
William Sloan Dead. Mr.. Wil
lianf Sloan died Monday night at his
home on Chestnut street, following
an illness of several weeks' duration.
He was about 60 years old and is
survived by his widow and several
children. Mr. Sloan moved to
Greensboro from Parm'ington, Davie
county, 10 or 12 years ago and for
several years had been engaged as
custodian of the Dixie building. The
body was carried to the former home
of the family in Farmington and the
funeral and interment took place at
the Methodist church there Tuesday
afternoon.
Suit Against Dentist. A novel
lawsuit has been instituted in the
Superior court of Guilford county by
Mr. R. C. Prince, who is suing Dr.
A. H. Johnson, a dentist of this city,
for $5,000 damages. It is alleged
in the complaint that the dentist ex-
f tracted a tooth for the plaintiff
about three years ago, and as a re
sult of injecting an anaesthetic with
an unsanitary needle, the plaintiff's
jaw was poisoned. It became neces
sary for Mr. Prince to submit to an
operation, another dentist cutting
through the cheek and removing a
portion of the jaw-bone.
Home on a Visit. Mr. Andrew
Joyner, who for the past 15 months
has held a position under the United
States government in the customs
service at Santo Domingo, in the re
public of San Domingo, arrived
Tuesday on a visit to his family. He
has a furlough of three months and
is undecided whether he will return
x rt "Y- vv
10 oan uomingo or not. He naa a
very unpleasant journey home, the
steamer on which he- was a passen
ger being caught in the storm that
raged along the Atlantic coast Fri
aay ana ssaturaay. Mis mends are
glad to see Mr. Joyner looking the
picture of health.
Wedding at Whitsett. Mr. G. C.
McKaughan, of this city, and Miss
uarne uarmon, or wnitsett, were
married Tuesday morning at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Carmon. The dame of
honor was Mrs. J. Frank Swift, of
Greensboro, a cousin of the bride,
and the best man was Mr. W. C.
Jenkins, of this city. Master J. Frank
Swift, Jr., was the ring-bearer. The
wedding march was played by Miss
Elizabeth Wheeler. Rev. R. E. Red
ding was the officiating minister.
The home was beautifully and taste
fully decorated for the happy event
and the wedding was one of the pret
tiest that has taken place in eastern
Guilford in a long while. Upon their
return from their bridal trip Mr.
and Mrs. McKaughan will be at borne
in this city.
Broke Baseball Contract. The
baseball team of the North Georgia
Agricultural College, at Dahlonega,
spent a portion of Monday in the city
and while here engaged in some
pretty warm and plain talk concern
ing the alleged bad faith of the Elon
College team in breaking a contract
to play the Georgians on Easter Mon
day. Elon, it appears, had guaran
teed the Georgians a minimum of
$75 and their expenses from Satur
day night until after the game Mon
day, but instead of carrying out their
agreement, the Elon boys played
Guijiord College in Greensboro, be
ing defeated by a score of 4 to 1. The
Georgians were very sore over the
treatment they had received from
Elon and before leaving here Mon
day afternoon placed their case in
the hands of an attorney.
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM ABOUT COMPLETE.
The program for the county school
commencement, which is to be held
on April 17 at the Central Carolina
fair grounds, is about complete. The
township preliminaries have been
held and those who are to represent
the townships in the various events
at the county commencement select
ed. The preliminary contest in recita
tion and declamation will be held in
Greensboro on Friday afternoon or
night; April' 16.. At this preliminary
contest three boys will be selected to
declaim at the county commence
ment and three girls will be chosen
to recite. The boy who declaims
best at the commencement will re
ceive a gold medal and the girl who
is best in recitation will also receive
a gold medal.
Prizes will be awarded to the
schools as follows: For best ap
pearance in line of march, best per
centage of attendance at commence
ment, best exhibit of school work,
best exhibit of domestk; science
work, best exhibit of work in domes
tic art, best exhibit in manual train
ing work. The school exhibits will
be disposed in the agricultural build
ing at the fair grounds. This build
ing will be open on Friday, April 16,
so that the schools can place their
exhibits.
Prizes will be given for the fol
lowing athletic events: 100-yard
dash, half-mile relay race (boys),
standing board jump, running high
jump, potato race (girls), relay race
(girls.)
Certificates will be presented to all
those who have completed the sev
enth grade and are entitled to enter
the high school. The address to the
seventh grade graduates will be de
livered by Dr. J. L. Mann, superin
tendent of the city schools of Greens
boro. Notice to Committeemen.
It is desired to have every school
committeeman in the county attend
and participate in the couuty com
mencement exercises, and to this end
Superintendent Foust has addressed
the following letter to the commit
teemen:
"As you know,- our county com
mencement will be held at the Cen
tral Carolina fair grounds on Satur
day, April 17, and I am writing this
as a special invitation for you to be
present. The indications point to
even a larger attendance than we
had last year, and I hope to have
every committeeman in the county
present.
"Last year the school committees
attended well and all seemed to en
joy the occasion,, and we hope to
have more of them present this year.
"The parade around the race
track will begin at 10 o'clock, and
we want the committeemen of the
county to lead the procession. I
think this fitting because of the
great work which the school com
mitteemen are doing without any
compensation. We have an excellent
set of men serving as school com
mitteemen in the county, and it is
but right that they should head this
great educational procession.
"Please lend a helping hand to
ward getting a good representation
also from the school of your dis
trict." On Jury With Her Father.
Redwood, Cal., April 6. San Ma
teo county claims the distinction of
being the first county in the state to
present a father and daughter serv
ing on the same trial jury.
W. W. Matson, of Belmont, and
his daughter, Mrs. Elmira Eichen
berger, qualified yesterday to sit on
the jury which is trying Felice Lom
bardi, charged with the murder of a
man in South San Francisco last De
cember. Mrs. Carrie Belton Rhodes, a club
woman of Burlingame, is also on the
jury.
Died Suddenly. Mr. T. A. John
son, who had conducted a restaurant
in this city for a number Of years,
died suddenly about 4 o'clock Mon
day morning in his room over Con
yers' drug store, on South Elm
street. Death came almost without
warning. He had worked in his res
taurant and appeared to be in his
usual health when the place was
closed at a late hour Saturday night.
Mr. Johnson was about 50 years old
and is survived by his widow and
several children. The body was car
ried to his former home In Chatham
county, where the funeral and inter-
ment took place Tuesday.
MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS
LIST-TAKERS AND ASSESSORS
NAMED BOND ELECTION
IS UP TODAY.
On account of the press of other
business, the county commissioners
did not take up the question of the
proposed court house bond issue at
their monthly meeting Monday and
Tuesday, as had been expected. The
matter was deferred until today, the
commissioners meeting in adjourned
session at 9.30 o'clock this morning
to give it consideration. It is gen
erally believed that an election will
be called to determine whether or
not $250,000 in bonds shall be is
sued and that it will be beld in the
near luture.
In addition to transacting a large
amount of routine business, the
board drew jurors for the May civil
term of Superior court and appoint
ed list-takers and tax assessors for
all the townships except Morehead,
where a liat-taker only was appoint
ed, the assessor to be named later.
The estate of Lonnie Poole was
granted a rebate of poll tax for 1914.
Ben Massey,. J. H. R. Wyrick and
W. H. Long were exempted from the
payment of poll taxes on account of
physical infirmities. Massey and
Long were granted rebates for the
taxes paid in 1914.
Garland Daniel, secretary of the
Central Carolina Fair Association,
appeared before the board and re
quested that the sheriff be instruct
ed not to license any circus to exhibit
in Greensboro during the next fair,
which will be held October 12-15.
The board took no action in regard
to the matter, but doubtless the fair
will be protected against circuses.
The board made an appropriation
of $200 to the Central Carolina Fair
Association, tne money to De ex
pended in premiums for agricultural
A it
exhibits.
Upon petition of patrons of the
distl1ct and the recommendation of
the bounty board of education, the
corninissioners ordered a special
-school tax-election- for the Whitsett
district to be held at J. W. Thomp
son's store on Tuesday, May 11.
An appropriation of $15 a month
was made to the Greensboro Rest
Cottage, a home for fallen women,
with the understanding that the ap
propriation may be withdrawn at
any time.
Salaries Fixed.
Salaries of the clerks in three of
the county offices were fixed as fol
lows:
Register of deeds Roy H. Jones,
$100 a month; John H. McAdoo, $75
a month; Miss Addle Crowder, $50
a month.
Superior court clerk R. H.Whar
ton, $100 a month; Andrew Joyner,
$75 a month.
anerni rj. ti. snaw, si on a
month.
A petition was filed asking for the
opening of a public road in High
Point township, beginning at the ma
cadam road on the line between the
Blair dairy farm and Mrs. Elder's
lot, running thence southwesterly to
n Pm Street beynd the residence
oi u. Hi. t &Tiow, tnence soutnwest-
erly and crossing the Asheboro rail
road and joining the public road
leading toward the brickyard and to
Trinity.
The petition previously filed ask
ing for a public road in Sumner
township, running from the Greens
boro and Randleman road to the
Greensboro and Asheboro road, was
granted.
Jurors for the two-weeks civil
term of Superior court to convene
the second Monday in May were
drawn as follows: T, J. Busick,
James F. Chrismon, B. H. Brown, C.
C. Shepherd, John Q. Curtis, M. T.
Humble, Eli F. Smith, C. E. Homey,
C. V. Paisley, W. P. West, Robert
U. Neece, William M. Smith, Robert
T. Smith, T. R. Lucas, J. N. Longest,
W. C. Rankin, C. C. Parker, G. O.
Coble, D. E. Allred, James Lockamy,
Will Donnell, J. M. Coble, W. Y.
Warren, W. E. Moore, J. M. Foy, O.
J. Denny, J. E. Parks, D. R. Aiken,
N. S. Baxter, R. L. Weisner, J. H.
McGee, T. R. Osborne, J. H. Smith,
J. B. Winfrey, George L. Morris, A.
C. Shaw, Robert E. Bundy, Francis
Lowe, O. L. Pegram, C. E. Bolejack,
Joseph Adkins, W. S. Ferguson, R.
A. Strayhorn, M. L. Hayden, F. O.
Sappenfield and' T. Y. Hamilton.
Community Meetings.
The monthly report of Dr. W. M.
Jones, the county health officer, re-
ferred to
the community meetings
that are being held in various parts
I of the county. The meetings have
aroused much interest and the at
tendance generally has been good.
The biggest meeting yet held was
at Proximity, where 600 people were
present. In addition to an address
on health and sanitation by Dr.
Jones, helpful talks were made by
Messrs. Ceasar and Bernard Cone
and "Prof. Thomas R. Foust, county
superintendent of schools
Other
meetings have been held at Gibson- I
ville, where about 200 people gath-
ered; at White Oak, where the at-
tendance was about 125; in the city I
before the civic department or the
Woman's Club, where 20 heard the
physician's talk; at Jamestown, be-
fore the Woman's Club, where the
attendance was 12; at Revolution,
where Zbv people gatnerea.
Dr. Jones has planned to hold sim-
ilar meetings in other sections of the
county.
The report of Dr. Jones stated
that there are three cases of small-
Vox in the county, these betrig on the
county line. The health officer has
had no trouble with smallpox this
season except on the borders of the
county, the disease having been
brought from other counties.
List-Takers and Assessors.
The commissioners appointed list-
takers and assessors for the various
townships as follows, the first named
in each case being the list-taker and
the second the assessor:
Washington township D. M.
Chrismon and Alfred Apple.
Rock Creek J. W. Summers and
L. T. Barber.
Greene W. G. Causey and W. M.
Hanner.
Madison S. T. Liles and A.
Lambeth.
Jefferson R. L. Davis and C.
M.
Pritchett.
Clay D. H., Coble and Vance Gar
rett.
Monroe S. G. Lomax and S. G.
May.
Gilmer H. W. Clendenin and
John E. McKnight.
Fentress H. L. Coble and C. T.
Weatherly.
Center Grove Henry Brown and
Rufus McNeeley.
Morehead' J. B. - Webster. (As
sessor to be appointed later.)
Sumner R. C. Short and J. H.
Johnson.
Bruce J. H. Barker and R. O.
Gamble.
Friendship A. T. Millis and
W. Smith.
Jamestown A. F. Johnson and L.
O. Willard.
Oak Ridge William Brookbank
and Frank Linville.
Deep River J. L. Charles and H.
C. Cude.
High Point R. L. Pritchett and
S. H. Mendenhall.
Miss Jeannette Knight Dead.
Miss Jeannette Knight, an aged
and beloved woman of the Guilford
College community, died Monday at
noon at the residence of her ne
phew, Mr. Cornelius S. Knight,
where she had made her home for
several years. Death was due to the
infirmities of age. She was 85 years
old and had been in feeble health for
quite a while.
Miss Knight was an educated and
cultured woman and possessed a dis
position that won for her the abiding
friendship of all who came within
the circle of her influence. In for-
i t i
mer years sne was a wen Known
school teacher,, and there are living
in Guilford county and elsewhere
many people who cherish her mem
ory as an instructor. She was a wo
man of retentive memory and a ver
satile conversationalist.
Miss Knight is survived by a sis
ter, who resides in Indiana; three
nephews and four nieces. The neph
ews and nieces are: Messrs. R. G.
Hiatt, of this city; C. S. and N. M.
Knight, of Guilford College; Mrs.
James I. Fountain, Mrs. Lola Lamb,
Mrs. M. Vuncanon and Mrs. Blay
lock. The funeral and interment took
place at Guilford College Tuesday af
ternoon at 3.30 o'clock, the services
being conducted by Rev. Albert
Peele and Rev. W. L. Dawson.
Sulzer Acting For "Movies."
New York, April 4. William Sul
zer, former governor, it is announced
at the Mittenthal Film Company's
studio in Yonkers, is posing there for
a motion-picture drama entitled
"The Governor's Boss." Pauline
Hall, actress, has the leading wo
man's part. The play was written
on "the same old bill" clash with
Charles F. Murphy. G. A. Ellis, man
ager of the studio, said it would take
fully two weeks for Sulzer to act the.
six reels.
DR. ALEXANDER TALKS
TO GUILFORD FARMERS.
Dr. H. Q. Alex&nderof Mecklen
burg county, addressed a good audi-
ence of Guilford farmers at -the
Rocky Knoll school house, a few
miles south of Greensboro, Monday. '
He made a very interesting talk.
outlining many of the advantages of
tne Farmers' Union as an organiza
Uion for the advancement of the
farming class and stressing the Im-
portance of co-operation, crop diver-
sincation and other things for which
the union stands.
incidentally Dr. Alexander paid
tribute to the progressive spirit of
the people of Guilford, saying the
county is one of the most prosperous
ot & tne counties of the state. The
speaker called attention to the fact
that, in spite of the advancement of
the past few years, Guilford county
is still far behind in the production
of good supplies. The county will
not be what it should be and the peo
ple will not be as prosperous as they
ought to be so long as they continue
to import foodstuffs that could and
ought to be produced at home.
Dr. Alexander is a strong advocate
of the diversification of crops and
spoke plainly on this question. He
believes the 'only kind of farming
that is successful', especially in this
part of the country, is diversified
farming, and he warned his hearers .
of the folly of depending too much
upon any one crop.
"Cotton and tobacco should be
raised only as money crops, attention
first being paid to a sufficient pro
duction of food products to take
care of the population, und especial
ly of the individual farmer. This
year, he said, must be a year of re
trenchment, and he advisee! against
the use of credit. If the farmer is
lot able to pay for commercial ferti
lizers, for instance, he should do
without them. He designated credit
as the great curse of the South. In
this connectionr he said that fertiliz
er3 tc the value of $20,000,000 were
used in North Carolina last vear, and
census reports show that fully two
thirds of thia was Wasted.
The speaker called attention to
the favorable conditions existing in
this section for cattle and stock rais
ing and urged his hearers to take a
greater interest in this subject.
Dr. Alexander stressed especially
the importance of co-operation on
the part of the farmers in every way
possible, especially in the matter of
marketing their products. He call
ed attention to the fact that in the
past the farmer has had nothing
whatever to do with fixing prices. He
has nurchased his supplies at the
other fellow's price and has sold his
products to the man who has named
the price. He argued that co-operation
and organization would over
come these great handicaps, and that
the cause of the farmer could be ad
vanced wonderfully if small preju
dices and socalled "self interest" be
forgotten in the work for individual
and class betterment.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY NOW
A COUNTY INSTITUTION.
Beginning today, the doors of the
Carnegie library are open to all the
white people of Guilford county in
stead of the- people of Greensboro
only, as has been the case in the
past. This is the result of an agree-
ment between the city and cotih?
authorities, the contract having been
signed yesterday afternoon.
By the terms of the agreement,
the library book fund is increased by
an appropriation of $1,250 made by
the county commissioners, this being
half the amount of the city's annual ,
appropriation. Mr. E. E. Bain yes
terday resigned as a member of the
board of trustees and Prof. Thomas
R. Foust was elected in his stead to
represent the county.
It is the intention of the trustees
of the library to carry this extension
work still further by establishing in
six localities throughout the county
sub-stations for the library. These
stations will be fixed wit-iin the next
ten days. In the meantime the peo
ple of the county are invited to the
library and. will be welcome there.
It is intended to popularize the It
brary and at the same time increase
and bring up-to-date its service. Ac
cording to representations to the city ,
commissioners, the increase in the
book fund will enable such purchases
of new fiction, for instance, as to
make the service quicker nad more
satisfactory to the city ; than Itt was I
under the old system, although the
county will be using .books t -thr.-
same uuw., . ' s .-..
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