North Carolina Newspapers

GREEN S D O RO , W - C, MONDAY, MAY 24 191 3 94 no; 1 A' LOCAL NEWSJN nrTlKRS OF INTEREST Vvt- nKRS OF THE PATRK FAR AND NEAR. Elder Williard. Elder P. W. Wil liard preached at the Primitive Bap- church, on the corner or Tate s and Carr streets, last evening at arlv candlelignt. Moves to Greensboro. . " h lias moved to -Mr. W. Greensboro from Concord ana wseu puiu Brown-Belk Company. He with the connected with the JBeik has been rhaiu of stores for j r-iiled Away. Rev E.'' Frank Lee, pastor of Buffalo and Midway: Pres byterian churches, was called to jfewton Grove, Sampson county, Sat urday by a message informing him of the critical illness of Jiis brother-in-law. State Treasurer Here. State Treasurer Lacy spent yesterday in Greensboro and in the afternoon conducted the weekly religious ser vice at the Masonic and Eastern Star home. Mr. Lacy was on his way to Davidson College to attenfd the com mencement exercises. Has Typhoid Fever. Mr. J. C. Murchison, for. many years a resident of Greensboro, is reported to be ill, of typhoid fever at his home in Cfc leston, S. C. Mr. Murchison has beeji located in Charleston for, 'several years as division ..superintendent' ot the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. ' Sold Privately. -The auction; sale of automobiles, accessories,, etc., of the Steele Auto Service ' Company and the, salvage stock of the Ameri can Commission Company advertised for Saturday was not held, owing to the fact that the property had been previously disposed of at private ' sale. Goes to Thomasville. Rev. E. R. Plott. of this city, who has just grad uated from the theological seminary of the German Reformed church; at Lancaster. Pa., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Reformed church at Thomasville and will take up the work the fifth Sunday in this month. Joseph Edwards Dead. Mr. Jos- eph Edwards, a well known citizen of the Muir's chapel community, died at his home Thursday night. He was 72 years old and had been an invalid for many years. He was nevei marriea. i ne iunerai ana in terment took place at Muir's chapel Friday afternoon. Annual Sermon.- The baccalau reate sermon to the graduates of the Agricultural and Technical College for negroes was preached yesterday afternoon by Rev. Joseph Friedland r, rabbi of the Hebrew congregation in this city. The commencement ex ercises of the college will be in pro gress today, tomorrow and Wednes day. Four Graduates. Four Greens boro boys are members of the class that wHl be graduated from the A. & M. College, in Raleigh, tomorrow. Their names and the courses in hich they will graduate are: H. Hopkins, agriculture; H. K.Wither- yoon, civil engineering; L. C. At- 1.; ...... Aiibon, textile industry, and F. E "J'song, mechanical engineering Camp Meeting. The annual camp meeting of the Holiness church is be mg held in the tabernacle on West T ee street. Services are held in the forenoon, afternoon and evening and are being conducted by Rev. L. B Compton, of Asheville, an evangelist f the Holiness. church, and Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Shelhamer, of Georgia ne meeting will continue for a week or longer. 4 Street Paving. The city commis doners have decided to pave North Elm street from Church street to the Clty limits and West MarlrAt frnm Elm to the city limits, the work to begin as soon as the paving of Walk er avenue and Ashehnrn street Is UiPieea. These streets will be Paved with sheet asnhalt. which is considered about the best paving ma- l"iai on the market, f . . . vanaiaato For Moderator. Many opie in Greensboro and Guilford , l w be interested to know at Rev. Dr. J. Ernest Thacker, a ative of this city, who has been pas r i one of the leading Presbyte vlan churches in Norfolk for several -fars, was one of the six candidates Placed m nomination for the office i moderator of the Southern Pres ten an General A m o: . n n, ln NewPrt News,-Va. Rev. backer DreanhH vn nninn . n before the General Assembly anrt . - reived a flattering Aerator. vote for TV. . B - .X 'I . fleeting at Whitsett, A meeting was held-at Whitsett Thursday night in the interest of the proposed ,$2 50, 0 00 court house bond issue., "A num ber of the leading citizens of the community were present and express ed themselves as heartily favoring ' I ball, C. A. Hines, J. Ed: Albright and 1 R. J. M. Hobbs, of this city, made brief addresses advocating the' bond issue. ,' '' Beal-iick Wedding. Mr. J. B. Beal, of Lynchburg, Va., and Miss Nellie Dick, a daughter of Mrs Lena Dick, were married Friday at the residence of Rev. C. E. H6dgin, who perlo,rj5ied Itlte ceremony in the pres ence "of- a few intimate friends. Shortly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Beal' left for Scottsville, Va., to visit the. family of the'groom, after which they will be afhome in Lynch burg., . . Receiver Named. In th.e Superior court Friday Judge C- C. Lyon namied Mr. W. M. Combs as receiver of the Greensboro Floral Company, the appointment of a receiver being made upon the application of Mr. C, B. Bogart. Mr. Bogart formerly owned the business, "but sold" it a short time ago, and it was to"' projtect himself for deferred Dayments that leifistttut6o: theA ourt prpce'edings. Phe business wilt be cpntin'tted. by the repeiter . : p " 7 Moihdck.J4r " yonA-s A., Gilmer has issued invitations tojthe marriage ofher-granddaughter, Miss Mary Eloise Dick, and Mr. James T. Morehead, Jr., the ceremony to take place in . the First Presbyterian church Thursday 1 evening, June; 3, at 8 o'clock. Both Mr. Mpr.ehead and Miss Dick are membefe-iof two of Greensboro's oldest and most prominent families and the- an nouncement of their approaching marriage is of interest -to many peo ple throughout t&e state. . : : ProX. iHghsmltli Resigns.-Prof . Jf A. Highsmith, who has been prin cipal of the Pomona graded school for the past two or three years, has resigned the position in orden to take a course next year in the Pea body Teachers' College at Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Highsmith is a well equipped school man and has given entire satisfaction at Pomona. ' He will be succeeded by Mr. W. G Sneed, who has been one of the prin cipals of the High Point graded schools for the past several years. Climbed Buildings. A crowd of several thousand people, .Thursday afternoon had the rattier thrilling experience of seeing a man climb the walls of the Guilford hotel and the Dixie -buildings. The climber, whose name is" H. H. Gardiner and. who was advertised as "the human fly," scaled the walls as easily as the or dinary .man could ascend a ladder. The mart is employed to travel over the counjry arid perform this 'dan gerous stunt as an advertisement of a new soda fountain drink bearing a name similar to that of his satanic majesty. -: -. - Convention Closes. The annual convention of the North Carolina Diocese of -the Episcopal church. which was held in this . city- last i - week, adjourned Thursday afternoon to meet next year in Henderson. The convention was attended by 65 min isters and about an equal number of laymen and was pronounced the most successful held in many years. About 100 ladies attended the meet ing of the woman's auxiliary to the board of missions. Before adjourn ing both bodies sent telegrams to President Wilson endorsing his course in dealing with the critical situation confronting the cduntry. Russia Begins Offensive Movement. Late reports from the European war state tnat tne Kussians, - witn strong reinforcements, have crossed the San confluence- with the Vistula and are advancing southward in an effort to outflank the Germans, who. crossed the San in the vicinity of Jaroslau. They also are striking hard at the Austrikns in Bukowina, but apparently have made no furth er headway there nor with their of fensive in the Opatow region. The latter offensive, however, was a movement to uncover the German flank in Galicia, which it succeeded partly in doing. In -the Baltic provinces the Ger mans claim to nave aeieatea tne Russians in tne region of Shaxli and also to have repulsed the Russian r attacks from the' Dubvsa and Nie-. i w r .. . - ' J men rivers'. I . Tn-the West there has. been a se- tries of attacks along the greater part but no action of first I of the line; importance,. COLUIEHCEIIENT EXERCISES IN PROGRESS AT STATE NORMAL AND GREENSBORO COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,. The commencement exercises of both the State Normal and Industrial College and Greensboro College for Women began yesterday morning with the baccalaureate sermons. The sermon at the State Normal College was. preached by Rev. Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church of Charlotte. Rev. James H. McCoy,, D. D., of Birmingham, Ala., a bishop of the Mi E. Church, South, preached the sermon to the graduat-1 ing 'class of the Greensboro College 1 for Wotten. Both sermons were learned and eloquent discourses and were heard by large crowds. , Bishop McCoys sermon was de livered in West Market Street Meth odist churchr the auditorium of which Was filled to overflowing. The distinguished divine took his text from Isaiah 40:30-31, "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fail; but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and nof be weary ; and they shall walk and not be faint." The text, said the speaker, leads appar ently to an anti-climax first, to fly; second, to run, and, third, to walk. But such is not the case, for after all most people need! the Lord in walking in the every-day, common place things of life. The great events and occasions are not the lots of many people, nor of anyone gen erally, hence the value of the prom ise, "they shall walk and faint not." Bishop McCoy impressed upon his hearers the thought of doing the work of every day well and in this way be prepared for the crisis of life and the great event. Life is not ro mance and mountain-peaks; it is dry facts and the long, even road. He roes are not accidents, but heroic deeds are results of long preparation for the occasion. The annual sermon to the Young Women's Christian Association of the college was preached in West Market Street church at 8 o'clock last evening by Bishop.James Atkins, of Waynesville. The sermon was el- oquent, inspiring and helpful. De spite a thunderstorm that came up just before the hour for services, a large congregation was in attend ance. This afternoon at 5 o'clock the class day exercises will be held on the campus and this evening at 8 o'clock the annual concert 6f the ex- pression department will be given in the college auditorium The graduating exercises will take place tomorrow morning at 10.30 o'clock. The literary address will be delivered by Dr Henry Louis Smith, president of Washington and Lee University. At the State Normal College. The sermon by Dr. Vines at the State Normal and Industrial College was based on the text, "We look not a,t the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seem are tern poral but the - things which are not seen are eternal." He discussed at length the things that are eternal, the soul, character, the kingdom of God on earth,, and heaven. To seek after and to cultivate these was the urgent plea he Impressed on the members of the graduating class. "Only Christianity as expressed in true education can destroy militar ism and bring about the reign of peace and righteousness," said Dr. Vines in the course of his sermon. Continuing, he declared that "we are. always as preachers, teachers and Christians to keep our eyes fixed up on the training of the soul for the highest and holiest achievements and - this will slowly but gradually and surely bring about that ideal time when nations shall beat their swords into plough shares and shall learn war no more." The reference to current events came in his discussion of the souls of men as one of the four great re alities in the "empire of the unseen," as something of eternal value to be cultivated from childhood. While mankind in this respect is slowly and painfully ascending, yet the speaker found that "the colossal cataclysm of the. great war in Europe painfully reminds .us that we have not yet, emerged from the age of bar- &am The Jtddre&s before the Young Wo men's. Christian Association was de livered - last evening by Dr. C' Al phonsb Smith, of the 'University df Virginia. .'. ; Today is being given over to exer cises oy the alumnae of the college. Miss Laura Drake, Gill, secretary, of the co-ordinate woman's .college at Trinity College, Durham, will deliv er an address this afternoon. The annual concert of the music depart ment will take place "his evening. - The graduating 'exercises will take place tomorrow morning at y 10.30 o'clock and will be followed by the annual address by Governor Craig. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. Deeds transferring .real estatehave been recorded in the office of the register of deeds during the past few days. as follows: A. M Scales and R. R. King,- Jr.J, commissioners, to W. E. Phipps, two ots on Fayetteville street, a partvof the. Levi Scott property; one 60 by 68 JEeet,,? 3,000; one 60 by 111.82 by 25 fiy 104.65 feetr $2,736.30. A, M. Scales and R. R. King, Jr., commissioners, to J. B. Stroud, a lot on Fayetteville street, 26.06 by 2606 by 118.99 by 111.82 by 25 feet, $1,- 915. Miss Mary Milton to W. S. Hanner, a lot on Spring Garden street, 50 by 50 by 57 by 133 feet, Morehead township, 10 and other considera tions. W. G. Balsley to Brown Real Es tate Company, a lot on South' Cedar street, 100 by 188- feet, Morehead township, $10' and other considera tions. Brown Real Estate Company to J. L. Jones, a lot on South Cedar street. 100 by 188 feet, Morehead township, $10 and other considerations. W. H. Davis to M. J. Wrenn, a lot in High Point, on - Factory street, 115 by 45 feet, $800. J. F.vGray to T. M. Gant, a lot on Oak, street, in Morehead township, 45 4y 208 feet, $150. Greensboro Loan and Trust Com pany to J. C. Watkins, a, lot oh South Cedar" street, Morehead township" 149 by 10 by 120 by 51 feet, $1, 250. Harriet Morehead to Rufus M. Mc- Kensie, a tract of land in Gilmer township, 17 acres, $25 and other considerations. Allen Peebles to J. M. Albright, a lot on the Battle Ground round, Morehead township, $100. James Peebles to J. M. Albright, a lot of land in Morehead townshiD. $50. John Donnell to Maurice H. Don- nel, a lot on Martin street, Morehead township, 50 by 173.5 feet, $10 and other considerations. S. E. Willis to W. A. Henderson, a tract of land in High Point, 40,000 square feet, $250. D. S. Freeman to Mary Hanner, a tract of land in Morehead township, 100 by 600 feet, $150. Will Black to Jack Anthony, a' tract of land in Monroe township, half acre, $200. E. E. Mendenhall to J. T. Hedrick, a lot in High Point, $200. Rufus M. McKensie to J. R. Tuck er, Gilmer township, 17 acres, $2 and other considerations. Sarah J. Lanst to C. V. Briggs, a tract of land', township not mention ed, $500." CIVIL TERM OF COURT Adjourned Saturday. The two-weeks civil term of Su perior court closed Saturday after noon. While no cases of special 'in terest were tried, a good deal of bus mess was transacted during the term, over 60 judgments having been entered. ine jury returned a verdict for the defendant in a suit for $2,000 damages brought against the South ern Railway by Mrs. Hattie Durham for alleged mistreatment by the com pany's agent at Jamestown on Sep- ftember 3, 1914. Judgments for the plaintiffs, amounting to approximately $1,000, were granted in two cases brought against W. J. Thompson and J. W Burke by G. H. Miller & Son. A verdict was given the plaintiff in a suit brought by John L. Sulli van against Mrs. Effle Sullivan, his daughter-in-law, concerning the title to a tract of land a few miles south west of the city. The next civil term of court will convene June 7 and continue for ' a week and will be followed by week's criminal term. Mr. John M. Coble, of Climax, was welcome ;caller at. The Patriot ofi fib Saturday; V. ft STATE OF WAR'. M BUSTS ITALIANS WILD FOR jCONFLiICT SERBIAN " ARMY MARCHES ON AUSTRIA A state of war now exists between' Italy and her former allies, Austria and Germany, the formal declaration haying been made by the Italian gov ernment yesterday. Actual hostili ties are expected to begin today. The German and Austrian ambassadors to Italy, were handed' their passports yesterday afternoon. , ; The Austrian troops have been withdrawn from some of the frontier posts and aR 'navigation services in the Adriatic have been suspended. The Italian senate" has endorsed the chamber's action ih granting the government extraordinary powers in the event of war, for .whicjh the whole country appears to -be enthu siastic. ' Simultaneously with the entrance of Italy, Serbia's reconstituted army has fully recovered fro fir the cam paigns which resulted in the Aus trians being driven back from Ser bia, ind well armed and equipped, it is announced, has commenced a march toward the Austrian .border bent on another invasion of Aug-, triah-territory. Thus Austria is be ing attacked from all sides and has still another enemy, Roumania, in prospect, for it has been an open secret for a long time that Italy and Roumania have an agreement to act in concert. Roumania, how ever, is awaiting the conclusion of an agreement with Greece and Bul garia, which also are expected to join the allies, before she takes up arms. Austrian and German forces of ar tillery are concentrating on the front of Trent and a considerable move ment of troops is reported from Mun ich. Great numbers of Italian troops are massed along the frontier, and while the Italian authorities " are guarding the movement of troops with great secrecy, it is kndwn that some 350,000 men. have. been, concen trated on the coast of Italy across the Adriatic from Albania. Reports from the Italian colonies n London, Barcelona, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Buenos Aires and Egypt say that thousands of Italians are ready to answer a call for mobilization and that thou sands of others will volunteer for the war. Italy's Preparedness. It is stated that in the past eight months Italy has spent $400,000,000 in military preparations. Profiting by the lessons of the war to date, particular attention was paid to ar tillery, and her equipment in this arm is said to be unexcelled in the world. .Her artillery is said to be superior to the famous. German and Austrian type, and in military circles there have been rumors that she has evolved a field piece of about three- inch caliber exceeding in range, ac curacy, ease of handling and effec tive of projectile even the famous French "75." Italy has a powerful fleet of mod ern warships. The duke of Abruzzi, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, who is the chief naval officer - of Italy, recently assumed command of five dreadnoughts, the most power ful squadron ever assembled under the Italian flag. In addition, Italy has eight battleships of tne pre- dreadnought type, nine armored cruisers, 13 protected cruisers and the usual complement of destroyers and torpedo boats. She also has 25 submarines. Italy's population is given as 35, 238,000.; Military or naval service is compulsory and universal. Italy's first move on land undoubt edly will be against ' the Austrian frontier. The mountainous charac ter of the country promises opera tions and fighting of the most diffi cult nature. For several weeks past both the Austro-Hurigarians and the Italian armies have been fortifying along the dividing line. , Winter Lingering in the West. Out West winter continues to lin ger in "the. lap of spring. A report from Denver Friday stated that rain and snow had been falling in Colo rado intermittently for three days. The temperature in Denver dropped to 30 degrees, establishing a new low record for this season since 1872. The temperature has beep below the seasonable average in' Wyoming, Utah, western Nebraska and north era New Mexico. ; PEAiCET CONFERENCE: ' . APPROVES-:pREStDEBnVL -Br ' . , ' 9 ' - '-' - ' President Wilson's stand' in the in ternational- crislswas V approved bj the Lake l&ohonk Conference on iln ternational Arbitration, Friday ;nlgh& , at the : conclusion' of its twenty-frst" annual meeting at Lake Mohonk, N. Y. The conference platform declare ed: ' 1 . . . ; ..' ' : "We express our gratitude to .thec president of the United States for steadfastly maintaining the neutral ity of our government andor: assert ing," with firmness clarity and re straint, the ..rights- of ; our peoplef as' citizens of a neutral nation." In addition to.' the paragraph ap proving the ctkm of President Wil son, the platform contained this: ."The Lake Mohcnk Conference on Inrurnctionl Arbitration, although, meeting this year in circumstances thai tend to -discourage the ? hppes euierimea oy xnanyas xo tne main ucuauoc ui seuerai yeiict, - particu larly among the larger and more powerful nations of . the -worlds re affirms. fts faith in he beneficence of the measures for $ the advancement of which-th .conference ,was-fb,UDd- ed. The, present war dailv fnrnisfiM convincing proof of the superiority of "those methods over the resort tO violence. . . "We invite the ttioiightfur atten tion of all peoples and nations seek-. ing a substitute for war to a , con sideration of ; three . following propo sals of a basis for joint action by any two or more powers; to be 'bind ing on the signers: . . . "1. Alt justiciable questions' aria-" ing between the signatory powersnot settled, by negotiations shall "be jsub- mitjed to a judicial tribunal forbear ing and - judgment, both upon the , merits of the case and upon -any question of jurisdiction. V "1. All justifiable questions aris-"? arising between the signatories 'and " not fettled by negotiation shall be submitted to a council of inquiry arid conciliation for hearing.considera- tion and recommendation : "3:i;t;onferences; between the IsW natory powers shall be held from time to time and formulate apd cod ify rules of international law which thereafter shall govern in the decis ions of the judicial tribunal tiofied in Jthe first proposal." men- VERDICT FOR ROOSEVELT IN BARNES LIBEL SUIT. Syracuse, N. Y., May 22. Twelve men chosen as a jury to determine whether Theodore Roosevelt libeled William Barnes when he charged that he worked through a "corrupt. alliance by crooked business and crooked politics," and that he jvas 'corruptly allied with Charles Murphy of Tammany hall," today re turned a verdict in favor of the for mer president. The verdict, was- re- turned after 40 ballots had been taken and the jury had considered. for 42 hours the evidence which was presented during five weeks of the trial. Nineteen hours were consum ed before eleven of the jurymen, who. since the second ballot had stood to gether, persuaded Juror No. 11 Edward Burns, a Syracuse motorman and a Republican to join with them in returning a verdict which Colonel Roosevelt later declared to be. "typi cally American." For eleven or those 19 hours- the jurors in favor of an unconditional J verdict for the defendant talked to the one who, while himself favoring a similar verdict, insisted that the court costs and disbursements should be divhfed between the two princi pals. ; Counsel for the plaintiff will carry the case to a higher court on appeal. It was charged during the progress of the trial that the. court was prejur diced in favor of Roosevelt. Reformed Church Cbwsis. -The annual session of the North ? Carolina Class is of the Reformed church convened in Newton Friday night with a good attendance of min-O' isters and lay delegates. The open ing sermon -was preached by "Rev. -Shuford Peeler, of Greensboro, the retiring president. Rev. Dr. J. L. Murphy, of Hickory, was elected president for the ensuing: year. rm .me session convenea on .the ? eighty-fourth anniverssrv nf ya Classis, Which was organized' at Brick churchy in" the southeastern part of Guilford county, on May 21, 1831. Rev. William A. Murray, .who; is pastor, or a Presbyterian' church; to - 1 Griffin. GTlsitod wUtiTM laf thf j city; Friday and Saturday. is V, -7-' -