North Carolina Newspapers

TV 4 I' PUBLISHED EVERY MONO AND THURSDAY GREENSPORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915 VOL. 94 NO. 32 ;TABLISHED 1821 HP RO TA M-WUt- ill ; 1 . " ! " ."t : ;: : r . . . : - - - , Sal f .JS?"?. F0M f4TTBBS OF INTER L ALl THE v FAB AND NEAR. ' HE W11" THE PAw:k . V RE sehall Yesterday. The last ex- vhition haseoau s- !b UO , vtprdav afternoon nlaveQ neic j GrecnsDoro v. v.ue Greensboro winning by the )f 1 by the teams. to 2. .wire o ' t Widen Street -The city com- Ssioners have aciea iauiaui; na tion presentea a iew uays i i av.. for the wiaeuiug ui abuc The street will be wid- aeo askinp - a ' .t& ' ;treet ihn-e feet; 18 inches on either Fire was dis- l ire l ni- MorninR v.-ere.l about 7.30 o'clock thismorn- . lmiice on Schenck street in 1 1 .3 Dr. M. itoyai r arrar nuu before it r-unty r-.v before c,-;llins , -.nf'l hy :, , ..onsiderable damage '.as extinguished. The prompt ar ,..val of the fire department saved buiUinS from total destruction. B1,K kading Charged. Joseph a Willie iiatv.i-1 ui ifcuv.D.j.Me,M was given a hearing Tues- United States Commis- 'ner Collins on the charge of oper- a blockade still. Commissioner considered the evidence of . it insufficient and dismissed the t. a'rant. Flection Carried. The election on j - proposition of issuing $15,000 in b nds for the purpose of rebuilding r burned high school building at Jamestown was held yesterday and mried by a good majority. There Tu-re 90 votes for the bond issue and s,ven aeainst. with 33 registered voters failing to vote. Fverett Routh Dead. Mr. Everett I. Routh died Monday at the home rf his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M Two Weddings Misses Emily and Elizabeth Westbrook, daughters of Mr. S. W. Westbrook, of Atlanta, were married in this city Tuesday at the residence of their uncle, Mr. C. W. Westbrook, , where they have made their home for the past few years. Miss Emily Westbrook and Mr. Wiley H. Simms, of College Park, Ga., were married at 5.30 o'clock in the afternoon and at 8.30 in the evening the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Westbrook and Mr. Clif ton L. Leak, of this city, took place. Both ceremonies were performed by Rev. Dr. C. W. Byrd. Fire at Normal College. A small blaze in a room in the rear of the Spencer building at the State Normal and Industrial College about 8.30 o'clock Tuesday night called out the fire department. The flames were extinguished quickly and with scarce ly any damage. The firemen were called from the Normal College to the home of Wash. Ingold, on East Washington' street, where a blaze in the room was extinguished. The same house caught fire again about 4 o'clock yesterday morning and was badfy damaged, the building and fur niture being almost destroyed. Baseball Season Opens. The sea son of the North Carolina Baseball League opens today with teams rep resenting the following North Caro lina cities: Raleigh, Durham, Greens boro, Winston-Salem, Asheville and Charlotte. Greensboro opens the season in Charlotte and the first game here will be played Monday, when Raleigh will come to Greens boro for three days. Those who think, move and have their being in the baseball world will find life worth living for the next few months. The war, politics, business and everything else save baseball will be relegated to the rear i Tj'.h. ;n soutnern uuiuora. ne was Closing rjxercises. The closing i vears old and had been ill -for exercises of the Brightwood graded T ) S 1 1 A l I I 1 1 !M 11 . -m m- i forne time. in aaauion io uis yur- bciiooi win oe neia next Monaay :ts. he is survived by two sisters evening, Tuesday morning and Tues- Walter Kast, of Richmond, Va., day evening. There will be exer- -r.A Mis Eva Routh, of Proximity. T. funeral and interment took ; arr- Tuesday afternoon at Bur u s ( hapel. the services being con-:n- by Rev. G. F. Milloway. C1. Chapman Here. Col. W. H. 1 ..apnian, formerly of Richmond, ' a . w!;o was appointed revenue .ir.t at Greensboro March 1, ex ' .arising places with Col. T. H. Van 'rford. who was transferred to "';:cr. nmnd. arrived Tuesday and as 'imi riiarpe of the office. Col. r".apr;ian has just recovered from a vf-r- attack of pneumonia and is " i 1 1 quite feeble. He has been sta- "nffi in Greensboro as revenue ent bernre and has manv friends and throuehout the territorv e offif-o serves. Hitch School Contents. The pub- hitfh schools of the east central strut of the state, embracing the (unties of Alamance, Caswell, Chat- am. havidson. Durham, Forsyth, iranviiu-. Guilford, Lee, Moore. Montzomejy. Orange. Rockingham, roks, Vance Wake and Warren. ill hold a track meet and contests ' de lamation , recitation, spelling r;nd composition in Greensboro to morrow night and Saturday. The t -llo-A in ir Giiilfnrrt srhnnlR will bft presented: Jamestown, Pleasant .arth n. Mcintioello and Summerfield. ' '.v Clejininir I'm. This week is r- I w n in CJ rppnstinrn as "clean-UD and it's a safe bet that the m a lone whilp. Dilieent ef- ir- beincr made to clear the irds, vacant lots and all other of all the accumulated 'tr.q ruhhisli Where nronertv tnd householders go to the of Catherine the trash and it in a receptacle at a con- ' plaf-e the city is co-operating t-nt of having the trash haul it to the crematory. Bv of the week the clean-up n will have covered every of the city. "hh Dinner. NTearlv 150 bus- n or tlio citv attenrieo the V . 1 i'll. inner given t)V uie i nam tt merer- Mondav nipht at ('. A. and heard a verv m inn- by Dr. Edward Am ot the Kednatn leciure 'u ih- sut)iert ot cornmun n-.-. 'nor to the dinner ur. to a larce : udience at .1 l opera house on trie sun- Haunted House, or Will i ins ( onio I rue .' i ii is s- t l-it ff r li n c- i -v i ' j 'ittrQP. ,riv of flu. lveeum rnnrsp that was no.'i !,.,) durinK the winter and nH' bv the Baraca and Phllathea U m r- r . m . , CONTINUED ACTIVITY EN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. ELECTION OFFICIALS HADED cises by the pupils Monday evening, the program to begin at 8 o'clock. Mr. W. H. Swift will deliver an ad dress Tuesday morning at 10.30 o'clock, following which there will be a debate on the subject, "Re solved that the government should settle all disputes between capital and labor." The afternoon will be given over to athletic events and in the evening there will be exercises by the primary grades. RO A I) IMPROVEMENT WORK WAS BEGUN TUESDAY. v k 'r:. - r.-rs 'it f The road improvement work the county commissioners have been planning for some time was begun Tuesday on the Greensboro and High Point road. The work was started at the city limits on Spring garden street and will be carried on to the Central Carolina fair grounds and perhaps a mile or wo farther. This is the most heavily traveled road in the county, and in order to accom modate the traffic better, the width of the roadway is to be increased from 10 and 12 to 18 feet. The road is to be of concrete and macad am foundation, with a three-inch layer of asphalt on top. The work is in charge of Mr. D. Tucker Brown, who was recently em ployed by the county as highway en gineer. He is arranging to have work on two roads in nroeress at the same time, and while it has not been definitely settled, probably the next road to receive attention will be the road extending north of the city from North Elm street. The work will be carried on until all the roads leading out of the city are put in good condition. Seriously Injured in Street Fight. Maxton M. Mays is in St. Leo's hospital suffering from serious in juries and A. A. Jenkins, is in the county jail without bond as the re sult of a bloody fight' the two men engaged in on South Elm street Tuesday morning. Mays is suffering from several knife wounds inflicted by Jenkins. The two men are brothers-in-law and the fight is said to have been the result of a grudge of long standing. Jenkins, who is in the employ of the Mowery Transfer Company, wentin to Woolworth's store Tuesday morn ing to collect a bill and claims that Mays, an employe of the store, fol lowed him out on the street and at tacked him, knocking him down. Jenkins drew his knife and cut Mays across the forehead, across one hand and inflicted a deep stab in the back. It is the latter wound that is causing apprehensions as to the. results The real estate market in Greens-. borO and the county has been pretty active of late, and as spring comes on apace there seems to be no abate ment in the 'buying and selling of property. Numbers of transfers of both city and country property are being recorded. Following are among the deeds filed in the office of the register of deeds during the present week: Thomas F. 'Causey to Mrs. Nancy L. Regans, a tract 40,4.6x410.3 feet on Lexington avenue in the city of Greensboro, Morehead township, $700. H. C. Kearns, Jr., to T. F. Wrenn, a tract consisting of eight acres in High Point township, $600. D. N. and C. S. Welborn to S. I Davis, a tract consisting of one-half an acre in High Point township, $325. M. J. Wrenn to J. Lewis Woodson, a tract consisting of two acres in High Point township, $450. J. E. Younts to John D. Atmns, a lot 50x141 1-2 feet in the city of High Point, fronting on Dewey street, $1,400. Ed Allred and wife to Joab Leon ard and others, a tract consisting of five acres in Jamestown township, $400. J. T. Plott to Dr. C. W. Moseley, four small tracts in Gilmer town ship, near Greensboro, $2,750. R. T. Groome to C. A. Groome, one-half undivided interest in a tract consisting of 100 acres in Jamestown township, $1,950. John E. Sockwell to A. C. Good win, a lot 50x186.7 feet on Belie- meade street, in the city of Greens boro, Morehead township, $4,000. James F. Chrismoh to H. W.Chris- mon, a tract consisting or 6V i-z acres in Madison township, $600. Joshua Warner and wife to J. L. Davis and wife, five lots in James town, $160. A. L. Rankin to J. R. Thomas, a tract consisting of 59 acres in More-, head township, $10 and other valu able considerations. The Real Estate and Trust Com pany to W. G. Balsley, a lot 50x150 feet on Cedar street, in the city of Greensboro, Morehead township, $10 and other valuable considerations. Loretta C. Liles and Floyd Liles to Samuel B. Jones, a lot 45x135 feet on Lindsay street, in the city of Greensboro, Gilmer township, $375. James Snipes and wife to J. M. Al bright and R. S. McNairy, a tract consisting of 31.8 acres in Morehead township, $1,000. S. M. Irwin to Cora L. Prince, a tract consisting of 178,750 square feet in Friendship township, $225. J. H. Millis to S. M. Irwin, a tract consisting of three acres in Friend ship township, $100. M. W. Lewis and wife to R. W. H. Stone, two lots on Pine street, in the city of Greensboro, 75x300 and 150x300 feet. $800. R. W. H. Stone and wife to H. A. Wilson, two lots on Pine street, Gil mer township, city of Greensboro, one 75x300 feet and the other 150x300 feet, $900. W. Millner an wife and Haywood Miller and wife to James and Marga ret Snipes, a tract consisting of 31-.8 acres in Morehead township, $1 and other valuable considerations. C. F. Neeley and wife to Mrs. J. H. Dixon, a strip of land 12 1-2 feet wide by 150 feet long, fronting on West Lee street, in the city of Greensboro, Morehead township, $75. COTntitY COMMISSIONERS AP ipOlNT REGISTRARS AND POlOrHOIiDERS. 5 Tie;. board of county commission ers iield a called meeting Monday andappointed the registrars and judges for the $250,000 court house boncftfeleetion to be held Tuesday, June . The registration books will be, dpened in every precinct in the county on Thursday, April 29, and wilK be closed on Saturday, May 22. DISPOSITION OP CASES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. ORATORY HEARD IN THE MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN. $ The munjeipal campaign ffl, Greensboro has reached the. t3g& of , The Superior court jury in the case wherein Oliver A. York was su ing the city of Greensboro for $5,- stump speeches, something new in 000 damages for personal injuries the politics of this city. The prac- Tuesday returned a verdict for the tice seems to have been inaugurated . defendant. The plaintiff claimed by Mr. J. H. Cook, who is a candi- . that he was thrown from his buggy date for mayor, and for the past in passing from Fields avenue to several nights both Mr. Cook and Spring street about five years ago Mayor Murphy have been speaking and permanently injured. He has in different parts of the city. been unable to work since and is In spite of the efforts of candi- carried aboue in a wheel chair. dates to arouse their supporters, the The city showTed that the drive- voters so far have failed to evince An entire new registration Has teen way where the accident occurred was any unusual interest in the ap- ordered. I private property and that the owner proaching primary and election. The Beyond naming the registrars and had warned the public, including the I nominating primary will be held pollhOlders for the bond election, defendant, not to use it. On this next Monday and the election on the the nnlv business transacted by the ctmwintr tho irv rtnmftri a verdict first Tuesday in May. Under a pro- w . w f I J X-L VS TV AA-L V11V jv-.V'ww - - - . ( i commissioners at Monday's session for the city. vision of the city charter, the pri- was-the appointment of John H. Judee Lvon has set aside the ver- mary is a non-partisan, affair and Whftt as tax assessor for Gilmer dict previously rendered in a dam- may be participated in by all quali- towfcship. He takes the place of age sujt brought by I. E. Jones ned voters, both white and colored, John E. McKnight, who is to be one against the city of High Point, Democrats, Republicans, Bull Meese, of tjbe poll-holders in the bond elec- wherein the plaintiff was awarded a Prohibitionists, Populists, Socialists, tion? at the White Oak precinct. The registrars appointed by the commissioners are as follows: Washington T. J. Busick. Nirth Rock Creek Ralph Steele. South Rock Creek J. W. Sum mers. Greene G. M. Amick. North Madison J. Richard Moore. South Madison W. H. Milloway. North Jefferson R. L. Davis. South Jefferson David Forsyth. Glay E. F. Gamble. North Monroe J. J. Mitchell. South Monroe J. A. May. White Oak J. T. Caruthers. Proximity J. J. McDonald. Precinct No. 3 F. M. Hood. Precinct No. 4 T. G. McLean. Fentress J. R. Ross. Center Grove J. T. Highfill. Precinct No. 2 John H. Rankin. Precinct No. 1 J. A. Coppedge. Sumner Oliver Short. Bruce H. C. Brittain. Friendship M. L. Kendall. Jamestown C. V. Richardson. Oak Ridge A. S. Clark. y Stokesdale Frak Jones South Morehead F. M. Fields. North High Point J. M. Sechrest. South High Point No. 1 John Farlow. South 'High Point No. 2 J. F. Hoffman. Following are the poll-holders in the various precincts: Washington Y. W. Brann and Al fred Apple. North Rock Creek C. A. Whar ton and W. S. Wagoner. South Rock Creek John Rankin and E. B. Wheeler. Greene W. M. Thompson and J. B. Corsbie. judgment for $1,375 against the de- etc. , fendant. Jones sought to recover Following are the candidate to be damages because the city of High voted ror ror tne several onices: Point had emptied a sewer line in a creek near his place. Judge Lyon set aside the verdict because he con sidered the amount excessive Divorces were granted in the fol lowing cases: Emeline Sweatt vs William T. Sweatt and Myrtle Willi ford vs. Lawrence Williford. The jury yesterday afternoon re turned a verdict awarding the plain tiff $1,800 in a suit brought by Blanche Dickerson against Seiden berg & Co., cigar manufacturers of this city, for $5,000 damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff was injured by the explosion of a steam pipe while in the employ of the de fendant company. The court is now engaged in hear ing the case of Philip Nelson against the Southern Railway Company. The Mayor Mayor Thomas J. Murphy and J. H. Cook. For commissioner of public safety ' -Commissioner R. M. Rees, R. E, Andrews, D. F. Causey, W. B. Sel- lars and J. T. B. Shaw. For commissioner of public works i -Commissioner J. . GjUes .Foushee and Charles A. Hendrix. For judge. of the Municipal court Judge S. Glenn Brown, W. B. Byrd, J. Grasty Fowler and Thomas E. Jones. THIS NO TIME EVEN TO SUGGEST PEACE TALK. This is no time even to suggest peace talk.. Stoppage of the war at this time would benefit only Ger many. The 'allies have assumed the plaintiff is suing for $2 5,0 00 damages task of crushing Prussian militarism for personal injuries alleged to have to be diverted been received while in the employ of the railroad company in Virginia sev eral months ago. DID MURDERED MAN HAVE TWO FAMILIES? Yesterday's Winston-Salem Jour nal says the veil of mystery which surrounds the past of G. J. Warren, the man who was killed in the Pied mont boarding house on the morning of August 18, and whose body was found in the waters of Muddy creek a week later, may be lifted in the very near future j and it may be found that he, like Sam P. Christy, became infatuated .with Ida Ball and desert ed a family for her. According to a South Madison A. R. Hines and letter received in Winston-Salem by P. M. Michael. North Madison J. F. Doggett and J. A. Wyrick. North Jefferson W. L. Wharton and C. D. Cobb. South Jefferson C. V. Paisley and M. C. Shaw. Clay G. A. Garrett and R. Starr. North Monroe Madison Bevill and L. S. Reece. South Monroe Lewis Hawkins and J. R. Schoolfield. E. McKnight and Oakes and J. White Oak J. B. B. Bunting. Proximity G. D. W. Mills. Precinct No. 3 W. L. Abbott and W. M. King. Precinct No. 4 W. O. Stratford Mr. Ira L.'Sink from Indianapolis, r man by the name of Warren, answer ing closely to the description of the Warren who was killed, has been missed from that city for the past five years, and when last heard from was in Texas. Positively nothing Is known by the local officials of the past life of G. J. Warren, who was murdered, other than that he has a mother, living in Louisiana and that he met Mrs. War ren, then Ida Ball, in Texas about two years ago, where she had gone with Sam P. Christy. According to the letter" received by Mr. Sink, the Warren who has been missing from Indianapolis was about six feet, one inch in height, had brown hair, and long, slim fin gers, and weighed about 190 pounds. and "must refuse from that task." That is the word given Colonel E. M. House, personal friend and "observer-", for President Wilson, who U now in Paris. In blunt, but very courteous lan guage, Colonel House was told that if he desired to initiate a movement for peace this was not the time. Such a mission was worse than useless. Any real or attempted movement to end the war with German troops holding the long line through French territory and Belgium, would give Germany too great ah advantage. And Colonel House was told that France could view only with disfavor the initiation of a movement for Ger many's benefit. The allies are now prepared he was told, with men, money and am munition to continue the war until Germany is completely defeated. The countries are united on the ne cessity of continuation to ultimate victory. The allies daily are growing stronger, while Germany daily is growing weaker. Any attempt by the United States to bring about peace now would be regarded by Frenchmen, so Colonel House was informed, as an unfriend ly act on the part of Americans. It is understood that Colonel House will communicate the sub stance of the statement presented to him to President Wilson at Washing ton. and W. H. Dailey. Fentress C. T. Weatherly and P. This answers closely to the descrip M. Riley. Center Grove R and H. W. Gordon. South Morehead- and A. B. Hinshaw. Precinct No. 1 J. W. Winchester W. N. Stack Ed. Ex-Congressman Faison Takes His Life. Dr. John M. Faison, who repre sented the third district of North Carolina in the last two Congresses, and J. H. Combs committed suicide yesterday morn- Precinct. No. 2 J. R. Cutchin and ing at his home at Faison, Duplin G. Will Armfield. county, by shooting himself with a Sumner C. A. Groome and J. O. Murrow. shotgun. He had been in poor health for some time and it is thought that this caused him to take his life. He was 53 years old and had long been prominent in busi ness, professional and political cir cles. He is survived by his widow and six children. Dr. Faison was elected to Con gress in 1910 and again in 1914, but F. Summers and C. H Bruce J Willson. Friendship W. H. Swing. Jamestown W I. N. Robinson. Oak Ridge W. W. Mooney and G. W. Lemons. Stokesdale J. G. Orrell and J. W. -S. W. H. Smith and G. Ragsdale and was defeated for a renomination in Vaughn. tion of the murdered man, although the names differ somewhat, the mur dered man's name being G. J. War ren, while the man missing from In dianapolis is Oliver Grant Warren, Albright the letter "G," as will be noted, ap pearing in both initials. The letter to Mr. Sink goes on to state that the missing Warren has a mother still living, but does not state whether she lives in Indianapo lis or Louisiana, and asks for all the information possible regarding the man murdered in Winston-Salem, saying that it is quite possible that the writer (Mr. C. M. Warren) may come to Winston-Salem to at tend the trial in an effort to estab lish the identity of the murdered man. the Democratic convention last year by George E. Hood, of Goldsboro. Deep River J. Lee Charles W. O. Atkins. and Spending Money. It is announced that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany is spending $20,000,000 for new equipment. The Lehigh Valley road is also Investing much money in " ' " W W Don't Have to -Pay. Two men ar rested for refusing to pay for drinks North High Point A. R. Hammer tney took jn a Chicago saloon Sun day were released in court, the judge saying the saloons violated the law by keeping open on Sundays ,and that customers could not be forced to pay f or drinks sold them illegally. and D. S. Gurley. South High Point No. 1 M. L. Burke and Z. M. Silman. . South High Point No. 2 J. J, Griffith and G. 6. Hayworth. Ridiculed Billy Sunday and Hall , Burned. Paterson, N. J., April 20. Devout followers of Billy Sunday professed to see signs of a divine vengeance in the destruction early today of a hall in which the baseball evangelist and his work had been held up to ridi cule. Emma Goldman, "high priestess" of anarchy, addressed the anti-Sunday meeting. She ridiculed Billy Bunday, according to police who at tended the meeting, and burlesqued his actions on the rostrum, ending with the exclamation: "If all those peqple I saw in Sunday's tabernacle last night are going to heaven, then I want to go to hell!" v A few moments after Miss Gold man and her followers left the build ing burst into flames. Firemen had little success in combating the blaze and the structure was destroyed at a loss of $75,000. The police said an anarchist probably dropped a ciga rette. , . Bonds Sold. The commissioners 4f Iredell county have sold at a pre mium of $1,248 $80000 of 5 per hcent bonds to take care of a float' ing indebtedness. 1 . I ' ..V ' hi n a: ::)(' . V fi - r'i'v m Ml :. . i1.. . ..r... 4 "A T r : V; C ' ' T 1, - - a a