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Lb Saturday on a warrant charg-
Mm with fraud in a horse trade
A. t. Lambert. He was held
the Superior court.
fTook Three Games. The Greens
hPball team has begun the
in fine shape, having won the
CTtllree games played with Char
The team is at home the first
Jhree days of the week for a series
'f eames with Raleigh.
Another Trip. The Chamber of
Amerce is arranging for another
ade extension and get acquainted
Tr n for Thursday of this week. The
!"Piness men will visit High Rock,
navidson county, the terminus of the
Carolina and Yadkin river railroad.;
gold Robbery. Just about day
break vesterday morning a bold thief
mashed a plate glass window in Op
Lman's pawn shop, on South Elm
,reet, and made away with about
V -,0 worth of jewelry that had been
loft in the window
hmken with an iron bolt.
Corporation. The Farquar
Heating and Ventilating Company is
a new corporation organized in1
.rapnsboro by S. H. Hodgin, A. J.
Brown, Thomas M. Boles, D. A. Hod-,
onr) s. A. Hodgin. The company
has an authorized capital of $25,000
and $5,000 subscribed
Boy Scouts' Meeting. A meeting
in the interest of 'the movement re-
rentlv inaugurated for the reorgan
ization of the Greensboro division of
the Boy Scouts of America is to be
held at the Y. M. C. A. Friday. Mr.
Robert Nicholson, scout commission
er for Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, will be present and
make an address.
No Court MapiO. On account of
thf observance of Confederate Me1
corial day, there will be no court
on Monday, May 10, which is the
opening day of the next civil term
of Guilford Superior court. Judge
Lyon has given instructions that jur
ors and witnesses who have been
summoned are not to report until
Tuesday morning, May 11.
Class Exercises. The class day
exercises of the 1915 class of the
Convicts Escape. Shortly before
nobn, Friday two negro convicts es
caped trom the force at work on the
High Point road a short distance be
yond the city limits. Despite the
handicap of shackles, they managed
v,;, make a clean get-away. Rest
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number of Children were playing in
the yards and along the road, thus
making it unsafe for the guards to
fire upon the fleeing convicts. Sher
iff Stafford and Deputy Phipps went
in pursuit of the prisoners as soon
as apprised of their escape, but re
turned irf a few hours empty-handed.
One of the negroes was serving a
sentence of 18 - and the other 10
months and both had been on the
roads ince February.
BELOVED WOMAN PASSED ,
TO HER FINAL REWARD.
Miss Rhoda M. Worth, an aged
and greatly beloved woman, died
shortly after 7 o'clock Friday morn
ing at the old Worth home, on Worth
avenue. She had been confined to a
bed of affliction for many weeks,
GEBIIAll TROOPS
ANOTHER BIG EFFORT TO
I rjjAK THROUGH ALLIED
SjNES IN THE WEST.
.jGerman rushes in Flanders
tn. Woevre, where they claim
suffering from the effects of a stroke jle accesses, are believed
of paralysis. She realized the seri- .
ousness of her condition from the Mk through the allied lines
beginning of her illness and awaited lfto&reat. For many days Belgium
the end with patient resignation.
Miss Worth was a remarkable wo
man in many ways and during her
long life left an impress for good
unon thousands of oeople. She was
eeri sealed frnm the observation
qf ;'4iHrals, while German reinforce-
are being moved to tne soum
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JOHN WEATHERLY FOUND
DEAD SATURDAY EVENING.
to 'lake; part in the new offensive,
wMch?lhey hope is to cary them to
horn in aniifnrd r.ountv 78 vears Cafeis.he attack in Flanders, orig
in. t.h iiizht.r of Hiram and inal y-:;4evelied at tne hrencn, nas
tii v. -nr v, .v. Mm00ntQ- Deen tran8ierrea to me unusu hucb
tivps of thf, nioner stock of Quakers hetby the Canadians, on the imme
who performed well, their part in dh? ttght of the French, and here
making Guilford county a happy, aays me men irom ie xju
neacfiful and urosoerous nlace of minion nave oeen engagea m a aeaa
b d v ly,? politest with the. Germans. The
Miss Worth was educated at the G?m.; claim further progress to
ward -xpres and that imusn coun
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teratta'cks have been repulsed. The
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French, A;on the other hand, declare
the ' " allies' counter-attacks continue
with, success and that the British
hold jail their positions and repeat
the Charge that the Germans are us-
gases
itislelteved that a half million
new'German trooDS have reached
Flahders and that more guns and
material are to be used than were
n the North sea, based on reports
!rom Scandinavia of activity by the
warships, the prohibition of shipping
between England and Holland, by
the British admiralty and the an
nouncement from the German ad
miralty that the German high seas
fleet several times lately has been
out in the North sea without en
countering British ships, is causiL
much discussion.
There again have been reports of
Zeppelin airships making their ap
pearance along the northeast coast
of England. These reports lack con
firmation. No bombs have been
dropped on the- coast towns and it
is thought probable that if Zeppe
lins again have been along the North
sea coast it was for the purpose of
reconnoitering for the German fleet
CONTESTS OF THE EAST - "
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLS,
GREENSBORO'S FIRE LOSS
LAST YEAR WAS SMALL.
Mr. John Weatherly, who lived
alone on his farm about six miles
east of the city, in the Young's mill Greensboro Seminary, the predeces-
neighborhood, was found dead in spr of Greensboro Female College,
his barn Saturday evening- about 6 and New Garden Boarding School,
q'clock.;. The disVeTy was made by now Guilford College. Upon com
a neighbor whff had icalled to -deliver oleting her education she became a
some mail. Not finding Mr. Weath- school teacher, and for half a cen
ip.rlv in hit resiiifintie. the caller- went. I tnrv or more was one of the best
to the barn, where the dead body known instructors' of the youth in !n??D8 containing aspnyxiaung
was found lying on the floor. this section of the state
Coroner Stansbury, accompanied It was as a Christian, however,
by Deputy Sheriff Shaw, went out that Miss Worth's life shined bright
in response to a telephone message est. She grew up in the faith of the
and madfi an investigation, but an Society of Friends and was ever ac
incmest was not considered neces- tive in the work of the church. Un- P?0?1 Ior tne original attempts to
sary." All indications pointed to the til prevented hy 'physical disability, destrpy;the allied armies in the west
fot thot Mr Wnothoriv Hio-i a notn. ! eho wn n faithful nttAnr!nt nnon attempts wnicn met wiui ianure
ral death. He had not been seen bv the services of the church and de- bottt in '.August and in October
any of his neighbors since Thursday, lighted to minister wherever she felt the meantime the eastern iront
and it is supposed that he died either she was needed among the people 18
surrounding her.
Miss Worth is survived by two
brothers Messrs. William H.Worth,
with whom she naa resided ior a
number of years, and Mr. Joseph S.
Worth, of the county
The funeral was held at Asheboro
Street Friends church Saturday at
Thursday evening or Friday morn-
insf while attending to ' his duties
around .the barn.
Mr. Weatherly was about 65 years
of 'age and a most estimable citizen.
He is survived by three sons and
four daughters, who are: Messrs.
W. M. and R. M. Weatherly, of this
city; John Weatherly, of Washing- ternoon the services being conduct-
ton; Mrs. J. M. Phipps, Mrs. George
Hackett, Mrs. C. O. Reynolds and
Mrs. George Forsyth. He also leaves
four half-brothers Messrs. J. A., J.
P., J. L. and Frank Allred.
The funeral and interment took
place yesterday afternoon at Ala
mance Presbyterian church, of which
Mr. Weatherly had been a member
for many years. The services were
ed by the pastor, Rev. Fred 'E.r
Smith, in 'the presence of many be
reaved relatives and friends. The
boyd was conveyed to Guilford Col
lege and interred in the Friends
burying ground at that place.
ADDRESS BY FAMOUS
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKER.
C. Murray, and were attended oy a
large congregation of sorrowing rel
atives and friends.
Greensboro high school were held conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. E.
Friday night in the auditorium of
The school building. John McAlis
ter, president of the class, presided.
Miss Adelaide Van Noppen read the
class history, Gordon Hunter deliv
ered the oration, Miss Kirk Callum
recited the class poem, ,Miss Ellebre
Brodnax made the 'prophecy and
FATALLY INJURED IN
AUTOMOBDLE ACCIDENT.
The closing session for the pres
ent season of the Greensboro train
ing school for Sunday school work
ers was held Thursday night in West
Market Street Methodist church and
was featured by an address by Mr.
Marion Lawrence, of Chicago, gen
eral secretary of the International
Mr. Alfred M. Ellison, whose home
Miss Mary Rees read .the last will was in the vicinity of Staley, died
and testament of the class. yesterday morning at t.iv o ciock at
County Tax Assessor. Ex-Sheriff St. Leo's hospital from injuries sus
p. f, innoc Tnao Hoon nnnointed tax tained in an automobile, accident
assessor for Guilford county, the ap- about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon
Mintmpnt hovimr von made bv the Mr. Ellison, accompanied by Mr
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sion to fill a vacancy created by the turning nome irom ureensDoro m onuwi cychucic nave tuuie
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Tesignation of Mr. E. G. Shemll, nis automooiie aau wueu auoui six niau uammg id cbocuuoi j
ho has been aDDointed to a position miles out of the city, on the Pleasant success. The time is coming when
in the office of the' secretary of state. Garden road, something went wrong no first-class Sunday school will
with the steering eear. The machine trust a class to a teacher who has
ance throughout the county and this, ran into an embankment on the side
coupled with his experience of a of the road and turned turtle. Mr.
number of years in the sheriff's of- Ellison was pinned beneath the ma-
ce, should stand him in good stead chine, the steering wheel crushing
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m nprfnrTTiinp- tVio Hntiea of tax as- nis Dreast. Mr. Aurea escaped witn
sessor. a broken collar bone.
Temperance Meeting. A temper- Medical aid was summoned and
arice meeting was held last night at both men were brought to St. Leo's
Grace Methodist Protestant church hospital as quickly as possible. An
under the auspices of the Woman's operation was performed on Mr. El-
rwristian Temperance Union. Messrs. "son in an effort to save his lite, but
it was realized from the first that his
chances for recovery were very
slight.
Mr. Ellison was 65 years old and
is survived by a son, A. M. Ellison,
Jr., of Montgomery, Ala., anof a sis
ter, Mrs. Minnie Hackney, of Dur
ham. He was a nephew of Mr. J. A.
Odell, of this city.
caimexcept in the mid-Carpathians,
where'' the Russians continue to at
tack the Austrians in Uzsok pass and
to the eastward, where the Austrians
and Germans are trying to crush the
Russian, flank. Both sides report successes.-
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Operations in the Dardanelles still
are 'pparenUy confined to the bom-
bjment of the Turkish entrench
ments, while preparations are being
made for landing the allied forces,
part of which is already on Turkish
territory, at Enos and other points.
Italy and Greece continue to "de
bate what steps, if any, they will
take, and Roumania, it is believed,
waits on Italy's decision. It is stated
that Austrian and German diplomats
at Rome are prepared to recommend
acceptance of Italy's terms, but are
waiting for instructions from Vien
na, which has the last word
Greecer too, is considering terms,
which, however, come from the al
lies, and Athens is torn by divided
opinion.
Another Engagement Near Ypres.
That a severe engagement has
Mr. F. N. Taylor, cliief of the
Greensboro fire department, has just
compiled and submitted to, the city
commissioners a detailed report of
the department for the year 1914
The total fire loss in Greensboro dur
ing the year was $44,272.46 on prop
erty valued at $352,174. This is
considered a very good showing and
reflects credit upon the efficiency of
the fire department.
Chief Taylor recommends that the
department be equipped with motor
drawn apparatus entirely, saying this
would both add to the efficiency of
the department and decrease operat
ing expenses. A portion of the re
port follows:
"With the growth of the city the
number of alarms has greatly in
creased over the preceding years,
this year having reached 105 alarms,
The contests and track meet of
the state high, schools of the east
central division held in this city Fri
day night and Saturday' attracted
many visitors. The program opened
Friday night with the recitation con
test at the State Normal and Indus
trial College and the declamation
contest at the Y. M. C. A.
Miss Bessie Woodruff, of the Wal
nut Grove high school, was awarded
the medal as the winner of the reci
tation contest. The subject of her
recitation was "Mammy's Li'l Boy."
There were seven other contestants,
of whom two were from Guilford
Miss Nellie Haynes, of the James
town high school, and Miss Louise
Rankin, of the Pleasant Garden
high school.
The medal for the best declama
tion was awarded to Frank Up
church, of the Cary high school.
There were ten contestants for this
honor, the Jamestown high school
furnishing one in the person of New
lin Hodgin. ,
The spelling content resolved itself
into an unbreakable tie between
Wade Hussey, of the Farmer high
school, and Miss Blanche Farlow, of
the .Trinity high school, both of Ran
dolph county.
Miss Vivian Hayworth, of the
Jamestown high school, was declar
ed the winner of the contest in composition.
The track meet was held at the
baseball park Saturday morning and
the following events were pulled off:
100-yard dash, pole vault, high
jump, 220-yard dash, 44-yard dash,
shot put and broad jump. The
Friendship high school, of Alamance
county, carried off first honors in all
A. Moore and W. A. Julian, stu
nt.s at Guilford College, gave the
nations they delivered recently in
x-t oratorical peace contest and
?roi- A. R. Williams, of the Greens-
ro high school, spoke on the sub
'Which is More Destructive,
War or Strong Drink?" He argued
T: a drink is a greater foe to the hu-
;"-n race than all the wars of all the
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1i"ler-Aiilrev. Wedding invi-
ir :;s reading as follows have been
1 "Mr', and Mrs. J. F. Andrew
t the honor of your presence
' marriage of their daughter,
;" Leola, to Mr. Robert Guy
r r on Mav 5. 1915, at Alamance
!,M rian church, at 5 o'clock P
1 ip announcement of the ap
marriaee of this well
Released Under Bond.
A. A. Jenkins, who cut and seri
ously wounded M. M. Mays in a fight
on South Elm street last Tuesday
morning and was committed to jail
pending the result of the wounded
man's injuries, was given his liberty
Saturday under a bond of $250. Dr.
W. J. Meadows, who is attending
Mays at St. Leo's hospital, made "af
fidavit before Judge S. Glenn Brown,
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J - n voiine- rr.nr.io win Via rprpivp.d oi tne municipal court, tnat nis pa
tient had passed the danger point
and would recover. Judge Brown
set the preliminary hearing for Mon
day, May 3, a week from today.
not had definite training for the
task," the speaker declared.
The Sunday school army is the
largest army in the world enrolled
under one banner, and the world is
just beginning to awake to its great
ness and its power. Striking statis
tics were used in this connection.
bringing out in a forceful array the
figures of Sunday school progress.
There are over 30,000,000 enrolled;
1,600 join every day; an average of
1,000 a day come from the Sunday
school into the church.
(" interest bv a wide circle of
' Troxler and a young man of
ie qualities. He is engaged in bus
lness in Lexington. His bride is an
attractive and lovable young woman
Mr. J. H. vHeath, of the Pleasant
anl a member of one ot the county's Garden community, paid The trIot
Known families. a brier visit saturaay aiternoon. .
Sunday School Association.
Mr. Lawrence said that during the taken Place near YPres is confirmed
past winter more than 80 cities in by officlal reports, but these are so
America have had such training contradictory that the actual result
schools as the one in Greensboro and of tne Preliminary fighting is not
explained that this kind of work has known- " would appear, however,
grown because the leaders of Sunday tnat following their loss of HiU No.
bo and their failure to recapture it,
the Germans have begun an offen
sive from the northeast against the
Anglo-French line in front of Ypres,
the scene of such bloody battles last
autumn, and also against the Bel
gian line farther west.
The Germans claim they drove trie
allies back to the Ypres canal, tak
ing 1,600 British and Fxench pris
oners and a number of guns. The
French admit that the allies had
to fall back, but declare this was
due to the use by the Germans of
asphyxiating gas bombs. Paris as
serts that in counter-attacks the
allies took many German prisoners
and that the Belgians repulsed Ger
man attacks. It is believed that
these operations are only the begin
ning of another battle of Ypres.
Although a dispatch from Hol
land gives a rumor that the Germans
are about to fall back to the Liege
line, to have troops ready for pos
ble use against Italy, should Italy
join the allies, it is considered more
likely in military circles that the
Germans will give battle where they
are, preferring to be the first to at
tack, having learned from recent ex
periences that it is difficult to hold
the strongest positions when an ex
tremely heavy connonade is directed
against them.
Both Sides Claim Victory.
Fighting continues In the Woevre
and here also both the French and
jGerman8 claim successes. The French
in this region seemingly still are on
the offensive and apparently deter
mined to attempt further to squeeze
the German wedge which has its
the largest number ever recorded in
the history of the department for a the events, the total scores being:
single year. There were 67 bell Friendship, 54 points; Siler City, 9;
alarms and 38 phone alarms. Pleasant Garden, 4,
"I wish to lay particular stress in The girls basketball teams from
this report to the importance of put- Chapel Hill, Friendship, Jamestown
ting the whole department as rapidly anQ Summerfield engaged in -an
as possible on a motor-drawn basis, elimination contest at the State Nor
The efficiency of the department mal'and Industrial College Saturday
could be increased 100 per "cent if it forenoon, the honors going to Chap
were possible atthis time to sup- el Hill and Jamestown. These .two
plant every hose-drawn piece of ap- teams played a match game in the
paratus with a modern motor-drawn afternoon. Chapel Hill winning by a
equipment. score of 22 to 5.
"During the year the fire truck Saturday afternoon the baseball
has answered 105 alarms, at a cost teams of the Jamestown and Sum-
of $69.22 for oil, general repair and merfield schools played a five-inning
surplus gas. game at Cone park, Summerfield
"The cost of feed for four horses winning by a score of 3 to 2.
for one year is $720. This fire truck
will do the work of six horses. Four VIRGIL SCOTT DIED IN
horses were taken out of service
when we bought the new fire truck.
"At present the equipment of the
department consists of one hook and
ladder, three hose wagons, two
steamers and one triple combination
auto hose wagon and pump."
FIELD DAY EVENTS AT
STATE NORMAL COLLEGE.
NEW HOME IN TEXAS.
Mr. Virgil A. Scott, a well knewn
citizen of northern Guilford, who
left a month ago Friday to make his
future home in Houston, Tex., died
in that city last Thursday morning.
The first intimation his friends and
relatives here had of his illness was
the message announcing his death.
The body reached Greensboro
Friday at the State Normal and early yesterday afternoon, accom-
Industrial College was given over- to panied by Mr. Charles McNairy, a
field day events by the several class- brother-in-law of the deceased, who
es, and a varied and interesting pro- wpnt with Mr. Scott to Texas. The
gram was carried out. The exer- remains were conveyed to Center
cises began shortly after 9 o'clock cnurch, in center Grove township,
with marches by the students in where the funeral and interment
class divisions. The freshmen were took place. The funeral was in
awarded the prize for displaying the charge of the Woodmen of the World,
greatest originality in the march. of which Mr. Scott was a member.
The second event was a Swedish an( was attended by a great throng
Criminal Court in Session.
A week's criminal term of Guil
ford Superior court convened this
morning at 9.30 o'clock. There are
about 100 cases on the docket await
ing trial and it is hardly possible
that all of them will be disposed of
during the term. The case of great
est importance is that against two
negroes, Ed. Walker, and Jeff. Dor
sett, who are charged with the mur
der of Mr. John Swaim, of Pleasant
Garden, who was killed near South
Buffalo creek on the evening of Jan
uary 20. This case is expected to
be taken up Thursday. Mr. Charles
A. Hines is attorney for the defendants.
The two-weeks civil term of court
adjourned Saturday afternoon. In
the suit brought against the South
ern Railway by Philip Nelson for
$25,000 damages for alleged perma
nent injuries the jury awarded thei1
drill, in which the seniors carried
off the honors.
There were a number of athletic
events, including the hurdles, throw-
of people. Rev. T. B. Johnson, pas
tor of the church, conducted the ser
vices. Mrs. Scott is ill in Houston and
ing the baseball, the 80-yard dash, was unable to accompany the re-
the hop, step and jump and a relay
race. The young ladies acquitted
themselves well and showed that
they had received splendid athletic
training.
A silver trophy cup was awarded
to the junior class for winning the
greatest number of the day's hon
ors. An event of the day that may or
may not have been on the set pro
gram was a baseball game between
two teams of students known as
"Ugly Ducklings" and "Spring Chick
ens." There was a great deal of
rooting, and when the game was call
ed at the end of the third inning the
score stood 6 to 4 in favor of the
"Ugly Ducklings."
The strenuous and happy day was
brdught to a close with an outdoor
supper in Peabody park.
mains of her husband home.
S. G. Otwell Injured.
Mr. S. G. Otwell, a well known
citizen of Sumner township, was
brought to St. Leo's hospital yester
day suffering from serious injuries
received early in the day, when a
mule he was driving attempted to
run away. Accompanied by his
daughter. Miss Myrtle, and Miss
Winnie Coble. Mr. Otwell had start
ed to Sunday school at Center church
and had proceeded a short distance
when the mule hitched to the buggy
attempted to run. Mr. Otwell held
tightly to the, reins, and when the
mule found it inconvenient to run,
it began to kick. The young ladies
jumped out of the buggy and escaped
injury further than slight bruises
and shock. When Mr. Otwell jump
ed from the vehicle he fell and sus
tained serious injuries, including a
broken rib. At the hospital he is re
ported to be resting as well as could
MT At St MihiAl. I
The prediction of a naval -battle 1 ca"ers ai Aue iriwl
J. P. Bunch, a worthy and indus
trious colored farmer of Summer
field Route 2. called at The Patriot
office Saturday and left his sub- expected
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