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GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2&, 101S
VOL. 04 HO. 34
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LOCAL NEWS
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June 1 open
Pitchers' Battle. -In what is de
scribed as the prettiest game of base
ball played at Guilford College this
season the Guilford team Tuesday-
afternoon defeated the University of
South Carolina by a score of 2 to 0.
It was a: pitchers battle between
Mu'rohison, of Guilford, and Adams,
of South Carolina. Guilford's
pitcher allowed only three hits and
Open Today. The
Js for the $250,000
b! action to be held
..,v So iar vcw i sirucK out 15 men.
lben shown in the approaching elec- Negro rp Rilled An un-
I Known negro tramp died at St. Leo's
hospital Monday evening as the re-
tior-
Ma
Styrs.
of northern Guilford, and
Vf icS
0 were married last night at the
China. Dr. John N.
deliver-
home of the bride
address on
f Wnshineton. D. C
Ml.js, l "
d a scholarly and interesting ad-
r'nl 1 p ffi fnr Wo-
ArPzs at ecuauu
suit of injuries sustained earlier in
pearl Williams, a popular the day when ne fell under a moving
freight train in the Pomona yards of
the Southern Railway. Both legs
were severed above the knees. He
was attended by the- Southern's lo
cal surgeon, Dr. E. R. Michaux, and
buried at the expense of the railroad
Takes on New Line. Mr. E. P
nnav nieht on "The Progress I n
,UUii""J w via, ti uu uaa u waa ua.gou l n i,uc
on,i Prospects 01 onina. i road machinery business in Greens-
lost Two uames. ine ureeus- i Doro for a number of years and is
h?o baseball team lost the first two f well "known to many readers of The
2anes played here with Raleigh this Patriot, has taken the agency in this
week ana iook. coi.civici,jr 0 foU. WJ i territory ior tne Jonnjjeere line or
farm machinery and is prepared to
care for a large volume of business.
Mr. John L. Phipps, a well known
gentleman of the Mt. Hope church
community, is associated with Mr.
Craven in the capacity of salesman.
Pretty Church Wedding. Mr. Os
,car J. Daniel and Miss Lucy Cop-
W lson.' It is a very attractive place, noon at 5.30 o'clock at the FirstBap
Mrs. Christenberry Dead. Mrs. G." tist church, which had been beauti
H. Christenberry, wife of the pastor fully decorated for the occasion. Rev.
the score of 3 to 0. The ureens
boro team will be in Asheville for
the remainder of the week.' ;
Purchase New . Home. Mr. anfl
Mrs. Charles H. Dorsett, who recent
ly sold their home on East Wash
ington street, have purchased the E.
W. Lyon home, in Fisher park, ad-
CRIIJIHAL COURT IH SESSION
FIGHT OP PREACHERS AIRED
MURDER CASE CALLED
THIS MORNING.
Judge Lyon and his juries have
been ' making good progress in the
criminal term of Superior court this
week, though it is hardly possible
that all the cases can be disposed of I guilty of larceny in two cases and
by the adjournment of court Satur- J given sentences to the county roads
Abraham Jackson,, white, was sen
tenced to the roads for a term of
eight months for the -larceny of a
bicycle.
John Payne, colored, was found
guilty of committing an assault with
a deadly weapon but waa allowed to
go upon the payment of the costs
and the sum of $14 to the man whom
he assaulted.
Alfred Martin, colored, was found
day afternoon.
L. R. Noah is foreman of the
grand jury, the other members of
that body being: S. G. Blaylock, D.
L. Burnsides, J. C. Bull, Edgar E.
Davis, R. R. Anderson, J. W. Win
chester, A. M. Lewis, r! P. Garrett,
Robert Forsyth, N. F. Johnson, J.
L. Hawkins, R. S. Wimbish, A. S.
Voss, A. H. Murray, Charles Ward,
Charles F. Hackett and E. E. Clapp.
The case charging Jeff. Dorsett
and Ed. Walker, both colored, with
the murder of John Swaim was call
ed this morning. The jury isto be
selected from a special venire of '60
men summoned by Sheriff Stafford
GREAT BATTLE 111 PROGRESS
GERMANS MAKE FIERCE AT
TACK ON ALLIED FORCES
IN FLANDERS.
by order of the court. The selection pronounced.
aggregating 10 months.
John Womack, colored, was given
a road sentence of three months for
the larceny of a chicken.
. i
; Ha Wilson, a white woman, was
found guilty of being a vagrant, but
prayer for judgment was continued
upon her promise to return to the
home of her father and report at the
next term of court and show good
behavior.
4 Cub Stewart, the negro who en
tered the home of Policeman Bray
a few days ago, was found guilty,
but sentence has not yet been passed.
Harvey Brady was found guilty of
retailing, but sentence has not been
A report from London in this
morning's press dispatches quotes
Sir John French, commander of the
British forces on the continent, as
saying the British and French forces
have stopped the German attack.
This, however, only brings to an end
the first phase of the, battle, for the
allies have yet to win back the
ground lost in the great German
sweep.
of the Methodist churches at Ran
dleman and Naomi, died Tuesday
evening, following a long illness.
Mr. Christenberry was formerly pas
tor of the Methodist church at Prox
imity. Rogers-Paschal. Mr. Ernest Rog
ers, who is connected witb the West
ern Union Telegraph Company in
this city, and Mrs. Emily Paschal
were married Tuesday afternoon at
o o'clock at the home of the bride's
father-in-law, Mr. E. F. Paschal, 'on
Wfst Lee street.
(iood Price For Farm. Mr. J.
Rankin Thomas has sold to M. A. M.
Scales a farm of 90 acres in More
liead township, north of the city, for
?1 3.489.50. This is a splendid price
for Guilford county real estate and
is a striking example of the great in
crease in values.
Married a Soldier. Miss Lessie
Skeenes, a daughter of Policeman
Bob Skeenes, and Mr. A. C. Calhoun,
of the United States army, we.re mar
ried Monday afternoon at the bride's
home. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun left
Monday evening for Texas, where
the groom's regiment is stationed on
the Mexican border.
Her Brother Dead. Mrs. Arthur
B. Pearce received a message Tues
day informing her of the death of
her brother, Mr. Joseph Newlin, of
Springfield, Mo., as the result of a
motorcycle accident. He was injured
Monday morning and died that night.
Mr. Newlin was a native of Burling
ton and had been in Missouri for
some time.
Library Stations. Three of the
six sub-stations of the Greensboro
Public library to be established at
J. Clyde Turner performed the cere
mony in the presence of a large as
semblage, of friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel have gone on a
wedding trip that will embrace vis
its to Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Salt Lake City. Mr. Daniel is
a native of Virginia and has resided
in Greensboro for several years, be
ing in the service of the Southern
Railway. His bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Coppedge and a
popular young woman.
Captured Whiskey. Sheriff Staf
ford and Deputies Phipps and Hobbs
took an automobile trip to James
town late Tuesday afternoon and
when they returned to Greensboro
they brought with them three five
gallon kegs and a gallon glass jug
of corn whiskey. The liquor was of
the blockade Variety and was cap
tured in the home of Thomas Patter
son, a white man. Much to their dis
appointment, the officers did not
have the pleasure of meeting Pat
terson, who, it is believed, had been
apprised of the intended visit in
time to make himself scarce. The
contraband liquor reposes in the
sheriff's office, where it is under the
constant surveillance of one or more
officers.
Commencement Exercises. The
commencement exercises of the
Pleasant Garden high school will be
gin Saturday evening with declam'a
tion and recitation contests by rep
resentatives of the two societies.
Rev. Dr. S. B. Turrentine, of this
city, will preach the annual sermon
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
exercises of the grammar grades will
take place Monday evening. Dr. C.
different points in the county have Alphonso Smith, of the University of
been established and are ready to
serve the public. They are at Plf as-
Garden, in the postoffice; at Mc-
T
eansville, in Boone's store, and at
Friendship, in Beeson's store. By
the end of the week the three other
stations will be established at
Jamestown, Summerfield and Brown
Summit. The sub-station will be in
postoffice at each of these places.
Paving Material Here. Several
carloads of material and equipment
to be used in the street paving work
t0 be done in Greensboro during the
next few months have arrived and
contractor, Mr. R. G.'Lassiter,
18 making the preliminary prepara
tions for the task that awaits him.
A kig asphalt plant is to be built
near the railroad siding on East
Washington street, where the mate
nl for the surface paving will be
ni,Hl. It is thought that all the
Paving planned for the present can
completed before next winter.
(,w-tificates to Graduates. The
'aung exercises of the Greens-
""""6 sciiuui ioi ouuuaj
Street Methodist church
day evening, when certificates
awarded to 117 -teachers and
Sunday school workers who
na'l completed the prescribed course.
address on the importance of the
Virginia, will deliver the annual ad
dress Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
graduating exercises will take place
The commencement exercises will
end Tuesday evening with a play,
"A Modern Desdemona, or Mr. Haw
thorne's Niece."
Market
Mayor of Sanford a Suicide.
T. L. Bass, mayor of Sanford.com
mitted suicide at his home Monday
afternoon by shooting himselt
through the heart with a rifle. He
was alone in the house at the time
and his dead body was discovered
by his wife when she returned from
visiting neighbors.
The dead man left a note in the
pocket of his coat, the coat being
laid across a chair nearby, stating
that his continued bad health was
the cause of his determination to
end his life. The note for the most
part related to business matters and
was addressed to his son, E. C. Bass.
Mr. Bass was serving his fourth
term as mayor of Sanford and was a
candidate for a renomination in the
primary held Tuesday.
To Shoot American. Philip E.
McCleary an American newspaper
correspondent at Vera Cruz, has
Prop
g ers was made by Dr. William A.
r'er0Wn' of Chicago, one of the sec
aries of the International Sunday.
caool Association.
" training of Sunday school . been imprisoned and sentenced to be
shot by uarranza aumoriues ior
having sent out uncensored news dis
pahespeciretaryit r Sil4rtBryan
has received an appeal for aid.
of the jury may consume the greater
part of today, or it may be that the
case will be ready for the jury by
the adjournment of court this after
noon. The state has worked up what is
considered a very strong chain of evi
dence against the negroes and there
seems to be little or no doubt of
their conviction. The relatives of
Mr. Swaim have employed Judge W.
P. Bynum to assist Solicitor Bower
in the prosecution. The court has
appointed Messrs. C. A. Hines and L.
Herbin to represent the defendants.
One of the most interesting cases
tried during the term was an indict
ment charging Rev. Gordon Mines
and Rev. I. O. Gray, two Wesleyan
Methodist preachers, with disturb
ing public worship in a church near
Colfax a few months ago. It ap
peared from the evidence that
Mines, pastor of the church,
been conducting a revival meeting
that was not marked by any great
degree of spiritual fervor. At the
close of one of the services Mr. Gray,
a former pastor of the church, made
a talk in which he stated there was
some hindrance to the success of the
revival and charged that the hin
drance was due to the character of
the pastor and his wife. Pastor
Mines took exception to the remarks
of his brother minister and said he
would whip anybody who cast re
flections upon his wife. Without
further ceremony, the two preachers
then went together. No physical
damage resulted from the combat.
Mr. Mines was found guilty and
Mr. Gray entered a plea of guilty.
Both were released upon the pay
ment of the costs.
John L. Bull, Jr., who was mixed
up in the case, was found not guilty.
It was charged that Mr. Bull turned
out the lights in the church when
the fight between the preachers
started.
Earl Keeling, white, entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of per
jury, but prayer for judgment was
continued upon his paying the costs
of the action.
Monroe Herbin, colored, was sen
tenced to a term of two months on
the county roads for carrying a con
cealed weapon.
Casey Jones, a white man, was
given a term of six months on the
roads for retailing.
Bob Patton, colored, drew a sen
tence of eight months on the roads
for retailing.
Ivy Stewart, white, pleaded guilty
to the charge of committing an as
sault with a deadly weapon and was
allowed to go upon the payment of
the costs, besides paying the sum of
$100 to the woman whom he assault
ed and $25 to her attorney.
Troy Fitzgerald, white, pleaded
guilty to house-breaking and was
sent to the county jail for a term of
12 months, the county commission
ers being given leave to hire him
out or send him to an asylum for the
insane.
Carl Robbins, white, was convict
ed of forgery. Prayer for judgment
was continued upon his payment of
the costs and giving bond in the sum
of $100 for his appearance before the
court for the next two years to show
good behavior.
Oscar Holden and Rosco Iddings,
white, were convicted of an . affray.
Holden was fined $25 and taxed with
one-half the costs, while Iddings was
reauired to nay half the costs. Hol-
Sellie Turner and Banks Winecoff
were convicted of breaking into the
drug stores of Howard Gardner and
E. C. Sykes. Turner was given six
and Winecoff eight months on the
roads.
Will Walker, colored, charged
with breaking and entering, pleaded
guilty and was given a sentence of
12 months on the roads.
Richard Jackson was convicted in
two cases, one charging larceny and
the other carrying concealed weap
ons. Sentences to the roads were
imposed totaling eight months.
Raymond Fair, a white man, was
convicted of breaking into Bernau's
jewelry store and was given a sen
tence of six months.
Rusie Jones and Monroe Hawkins,
negroes, were found guilty of disor
derly conduct. Rusie was sent to the
J workhouse for a term of four months
hadlnrhfipr Monrfte received a sftntcnfp nf
alt'hiontba 'On the roads.
SPLENDID ENDORSEMENT
FOR CITY OFFICIALS.
The city administration was given
a splendid endorsement in the pri
mary Monday, when the voters of
Greensboro expressed their prefer
ence in no uncertain manner for the
present officials. Each of the three
commissioners and the judge of the
Municipal court received a large
majority of the votes cast, the ma
jorities being so decisive as to make
the election to be held next Tuesday
a mere formality. (The. city charter
provides that the two candidates for
any office receiving the largest num
ber of votes in the primary shall be
the candidates in the election.)
The vote was the heaviest ever
polled in a primary in Greensboro,
being about 1,600 out of a total reg
istration in excess of 2,500. Judge
S. Glenn Brown, of the Municipal
court, led all the candidates, receiv
ing 1,193 votes to 403 cast for his
three opponents. Mayor Murphy de
feated J. H. Cook nearly two to one,
his vote being 1,056 to 549. R. M:
Rees, commissioner of public safety,
received 987 votes to 594 cast for his
four opponents. The closest contest
was for the nomination for commis
sioner of public works, Commission
er Foushee receiving 981 votes to
623 cast for his opponent, C. A.
Hendrix.
The total vote received by all the
candidates was as follows:
For mayor and commissioner of
finance T. J. Murphy, 1,056; J. H.
Cook, 549.
For commissioner of public safety
R. M. Rees, 987; D. F. Causey,
438; J. T. B. Shaw, 70; R. E. An
drews, 61; W. B. Sellars, 25.
For commissioner of public works
J. Giles Foushee, 981; Charles A.
Hendrix, 623.
For judge of the Municipal court
S. Glenn Brown, 1,193; W. B.
Byrd, 371; Thomas E. Jones, 19; J.
Grasty Fowler, 13.
The tremendous battle, hegun by
the German attack on the arc-like
front of the allies around Ypres, in
the plains of Flanders, continues
with undiminished fury, and Europe
is awaiting the outcome with undis
guised anxiety.
While the majority of those cap
able of forming an opinion believe
that the Germans, by the stroke they
have delivered against the British,
French and Belgians, are once again
aiming at Dunkirk and Calais, there
are others who believe that it is only
a feint in force to draw the allies' re
serves while preparations are being
made for an attack at some other
point in the long line.
Whatever are the intentions of
the Germans, they certainly made a
successful coup, which, while it did
not break, did dent the allies' line.
The Canadians, who were holding
the British portion of the lines, were
the first to recover themselves, and
in a counter attack recaptured the
ground they had been compelled to
give up, and since then, with their
comrades, have successfully with
stood the German assaults.
The French and Belgians, who re
ceived the blast in fuller force and
were driven back across the canal be
tween Boesinghe and Steenstraate,
were not much slower in recovering
and. according to the French official
reports, succeeded in regaining pos
ession of the cana batfks and much
of the surendered territory to the
east.
There is no inclination, however,
to belittle the initial success of the
German sweep and the work that is
before the allied armies before the
situation can be fully restored.
A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette
describes it as "a masterly tactical
counterstroke," and declares that "if
the Germans have waited long to
take, their revenge for Neuve Chapel
le, they have taken it now." By get
ting across the canal, it is pointed
out, the Germans gained for the mo
ment, command of the new roads,
and if they had not been driven back
would have forced a readjustment of
the whole allied line in the region of
Ypres.
Long trains of German reinforce
ments are going to the front, passing
equally long trains of wounded
bound for the base hospitals. There
is no likelihood, therefore, that the
battle will be over for some days to
come, as the Germans have made'
immense preparations in men and
material for the. offensive, which has
forestalled that of the allies.
That there is no shortage of either
men or munitions is shown by the
fact that the Germans are at the
same time conducting an offensive in
the heights of the Meuse. where they
have made an unsuccessful attack.
according to the French official re
port, in an effort to recapture Les
Eparges.
a wood where there were some 7,600 :
Germans. The place was full of Max ;
ims. Before bur attack some sheila -
were thrown Into the woods.
"We drove them from their
trenches in front of the wood 'and
went right through about five htm
dred yards to the other side. Then
we were surrounded and had to re
tire to the trenches which we had
taken. Here we dug. ourselves in
remaining until Friday morning, the
enemy shelling us all the time with
shrapnel. We filed out Friday morn
ing to 'make room for reinforce
ments. "In our advance we met "with a
heavy fire from both sides. In spite
of this, we mpwed the Germans - be
fore us and recovered three howit
zers which the Germans had left be
hind them in the wood. These we
blew up and we recaptured our own
guns. At this point we . surrounded
sixty Germans and bayonetted forty-
five of them. One German officer in
front blew out his brains. We could
hot estimate thenumber of Germans
slain, but we saw their searchlights
all night looking for the dead. It was
certainly the most awful time ever
known."
Forcing
Tremendous
Dardanelles
Task.
Too great expectations were raised
by the allied fleet's preliminary op
erations in the Dardanelles! declares
a British press representative offi
cially accredited to the expedition.
"The British navy is convinced,"
the correspondent says, "that the
narrows could be forced if occasion
justified the loss of ships that would
result, but unless there were a pow
erful army ready to occupy the Gal
lipoli peninsula the moment the fleet
passed, into the sea of Marmora, the
Turks and Germans would close the
straits behind it so the warships
would -find it difficult to fight their
way out again.
"Nothing amazed the British and
French gunners more than the re
sisting power of the old forts around '
the Dardanelles. -
"Those of SedduLBahr ..andjKum- ,
kale were subjected to a devastating
bombardment in February, yet when
landing parties examined them they
found the material damgae compara
tively small. Although they were
shambles, many guns still were in
tact and one 9-inch piece actually
was found loaded."
The correspondent considers the
Turks such poor gunners that the al
lies would have been at Constantino
ple if there had been only Turkish
troops to deal with. He says, how
ever, that praise must be given Ger
man officers for their skillful use of
the defenses.
Working on Report. The legis
lative commission Monday afternoon
began working oh the report for Gov
ernor Craig and the legislature on
their findings and recommendations
in the Abernethy-Carter , contempt
case. It is expected that the report
will be completed and filed with the
governor within a week. The general
expectation is that the commission
den was also tried on a charge of ?wlll recommend relief for Abernethy
U-espasaing, but was adjudged: not I and satisfactory acquittal for Judge
miiltv. I Carter.
Canadian Tells of Ypres Fight.
The London Evening News pub
lishes an interview with a Canadian
who participated in the recapture of
the guns at Ypres, describing his
personal experiences in the action in
which, according to Sir Jorn French's
report, the Canadians saved the
situation.
ivner DreaKing the line on our
left," says the Canadian in the story
told to the. Evening News," we re
ceived orders to stand by the side of
the canal. Then we were ordered to
proceed immediately to the north of
Ypres. We set off without food or
water with nothing in fact except
our wet equipment, each man taking
400 rounds of ammunition.
"We waited at this point until
nearly midnight, when two battal
ions formed in line by half companies
in extended order. We received the
signal to break through and charge
the enemy, who. were about five
hundred yards away.
"We were at once mown down like
a lot of sheep by the enemy's artil
lery. Some-2,500 of us had to attack
Kronprinz Wilhelm Interns. -Captain
Thierfelder, commanding
the Kronprinz Wilhelm, the German
auxiliary, which entered Hampton
roads over two weeks ago, sent this
message to Collector Hamilton, at
Newport News, Va Monday after
noon:
"Herewith I have to officially in
form you that I - intern. Awaiting
your further orders, I am yours re
spectfully, Thierfelder."
A half hour before this news was
received at the navy department Sec
retary Daniels had approved the re
quest for coal and provisions made
by the officers of the Kronprinz Wil
helm. He said he made no chane-es
in the amount of anything on the list
of requistion. Some of .the officers
noticed that there was no request for
beer, wines or ales, and this was
taken as a premonition that the ves
sel would not go to sea.
The arrangements between the
government and the Kronprinz will
be similar to those adopted in the
case of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
The officers and men will be parol
ed and given the same liberty and
privileges accorded to the officers
and crew of the Eitel.
Capt. Thierfelder gave the serious
illness of 60 members of his crew as
his reason for interning.
To Limit Suffrage. The lower
house of the Florida legislature has
adopted a resolution to submit to
the voters a "grandfather clause"
amendment to the section of the con
stitution which regulates voting. The
proposed amendment would deny the
ballot to all persons who cannot read
or write or ,who,.donot own $500 in
real property, except those who are
lineal descendants of voters in " this
country of the date of- January lx
1867. Friends of the measure claim
enough votes to assure Its adoption
by the senate.
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