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WCAL NEWSJORIEF FORU
m rus OF INTEREST TO THE
H?.-- OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
Statistics During the month
1 V'ital
there
were 26 aeatns in
of them being col-
nchnVO
20
There
SIX wiiii. f
u white and 18 colored births.
vere
Supper. The pudhc is
Ire Cream
attend an ice
iollv mvueu v
C upper to be given at the
cream . . honsfi tomorrow
Bright
tWOOa SUWVrx
the Lee's chapel comerence
hV
1ut,ner Hours.-The Greensboro
lir library is now observing sum-
P hours opening at 9 o'clock in
morning and closing at 7 o'clock
! t'ie evening. These hours, will be
observed through June, July and
Aneust. .
" Ice Cream Supper. An ice cream
,nDDer will be given at Battle Ground
Ixt Wednesday night, June 9. The
roceeds will be used to furnish the
Sunday school room in the new
church. The public is cordially in-
Firm Dissolved. Messrs. S. B.
Kersey and S. B. Matlock, who re-
ntlv engaged in the cigar manuiac
this city, have dis-
tunug u""- .-
.nived partnership, Mr. Kersey pur-
tho interest of Mr. Matlock
CUaai"&
in the business. . "
Exercises Postponed. The chil
dren's day exercises at Morehead's
chapel have been postponed from the
first to the second Sunday in Jujae.
The exercises will be held at "2.30
o'clock in the afternoon and the pub
lic is invited to attend.
Court Next Week. A term of Su
perior court for the trial of civil ac
tions and to last one week will con
vene in this city Monday morning.
It will be followed by a week of
criminal court. Judge C. C. Lyon
will preside over both terms.
Death in Concord Mrs. D. B. Col
trane. of Concord, whose .husband
has many relatives in Guilford and
Randolph counties, died at her home
Tuesday, following a two-weeks' ill- j officers when they went to James
ness of pneumonia. She was 58 years 1 town a few weeks ago to arrest him,
old and a native of Kentucky.
Portrait Presented. Dr. J. I.
Foust. president of the State Normal
and Industrial College, has present
ed to the William Hooper school, of
"Wilminertnn. a heautifnllv framed
picture of the William Hooper monu- j
nient which stands on the Guilford !
Battle Ground. j
Annual Meeting. Tne annual
meeting of the North Carolina Chil- !
dren's Home Society will be held in
this city next Thursday night. Gen.
J. S. Carr is president of the society
and a number of other prominent
citizens of the state are identified
"with the organization.
Marriage This Evening The wed
ding of Mr. James T. Morehead, Jr.
and Miss Eloise Dick will take place
in the First Presbyterian church this
evening and will be one of the big
gest social events of the season. A
number of guests from this stati and
Virginia are here for the wedding.
At (ietlisfniflnp. An irp crpam
supper will be given at Gethsemane
church Saturday night' under, the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society.
The proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the church. The ladies ex
tend a cordial invitation to the pub
"c to attend and give them a liberal
Patronage.
Artillery Band. A band is being
organized in Greensboro for the
east artillery branch of the North
Carolina National Guard. It will be
assigned to the corps composed of
the artillery companies in Greens
0' Wilmington, Charlotte, Salis-
Jury, Henderson ville and Raleigh.
wenty-one musicians have enlisted
Ior service in the band.
ing Good Work. Despite the
favorable weather "conditions, the
canning school being conducted at
j State Normal and Industrial Col
ege this week is well attended and
y satisfactory work is being done.
'am has prevented the demon
nations of canning that were to
ave been made on the campus, but
. uom tnis the work is being
on as originally planned.
K Permits. During the
During
'L1nth of
May the city building in
"fcior
1 S S U O1 fl nortrito fr-r 1-i - aiav
ion nf ,-.
residences at an estimated
.-ide ' Ji-v5- This shows a con
sponr v decreas:e from the corre
ii month mi t
a
laoi. j car. .inert
the
vi. uunumg gomg on u
't at the nroeon J V,
a lllv, i v"vul- "tUC, UUW CI ,
tvi:j "vuiic,a iui which i i
in lssued Prior to May being
w'irse of
construction.
ttemembered Here.; Rev. Dr.
Henry W. Battle, whose eloquent
speech at the Confederate reunion in
Richmond Tuesday aroused the vete
rans to a hjgh pitch of enthusiasm, is
pleasantly remembered in Greens
boro as pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city in 1904 and 1905.
He is a son of the late Gen. Cullen
A. Battle, a distinguished officer ot
the Confederacy. Dr. Battle at pres
ent is pastor of the First Baptist
church o Charlottestyille, Va.
City City Tax Rate. The city
commissioners have fixed the tax
rate for Greensboro for the current
year at $1.30 on each $100 of real
and personal property and the poll
tax at $3. With a few exceptions,
the license taxes remain as they have
been. The tax on each automobile
kept for hire is raised from $20 to
$3.0 a year. Bowling alleys will be
required to pay a tax of $20 for
each platform. A tax of $200 is
placed on palmists or fortune tell
ers. City Asked to Aid. A delegation
of physicians and other citizens ap
peared before the city commission
ers Monday afternoon and asked that
the city arrange to bear the expense
of .th.e treatment of Greensboro, char
ity patients at St. Leo's hospital. Dr.
J. W. Long directed attention to the
fact that .the; hospital; has neve turn-
Led ' away a patient for. the lackV of
funds and; stated- tha$f during C the
past nine years 1 , 3 25 charity patients
have been treated from Guilford
county, about two-thirds of them be
ing residents of Greensboro. The
commissioners took the matter un
der.advisement. '".-vj
Retailer "Arrested. Tom Pa'tter
sona white man of Jamestowny who
has been wanted by the officers1 for
some time on a charge of retailing,
was ' brought to Greensboro yester
day by Deputy Sheriff Joe Phipps
from Roanoke, Va., where he was
arrested for the county Monday. The
grand jury at the last term,!of court
returned a true bill against Patter
son and it is presumed that he will
be, tried at the approaching criminal
term of court. Patterson eluded the
but they seized 14 gallons of corn
liquor they found in his home,
the bride's parents,. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles T. Weatherly, in the Pleas
ant Garden community. Miss Rachel
Tucker presided at the piano and
rendered Mendelssohn's wedding
march as the bridal party entered
the parlor, which was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. Rev. P.
L. Terrell was the officiating minis-
ter and the impressive ring ceremony
of the Methodist church was used.
Dr. L. E. Hockett was the best man
and Miss Mary Weatherly, a sister
of the bride, was the maid of honor
Mr. and Mrs. Yow left last evening
for a honeymoon trip to Asheville
and other places in the mountains.
Wedding Yesterday. Mr. Thpmas
S. Yow, of AsheborO, and Miss Marga
ret Male Weatherly were married
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Community Meeting; A commun-vj
ity meeting will be held at the South.
Buffalo school house Saturday even
ing at 8 o'clock for the purpose of
discussing and reviving interest in
affairs that concern the community.
It is hoped that some kind of an or
ganization may be effected which
will have for the purpose the bet
terment of the homes, the improve
ment of agriculture and the general
improvement of the community.
Among those expected to make talks
on practical subjects at the meeting
are Mr. J. G. Frazier, of Guilford
College; Miss Grace Schaetfer, agent
of the canning club work, and Mr
E. H. Anderson, the county, farm
demonstration agent. An invitation
is extended to all farmers, their
wives, sons and daughters ; to be
present.
For Passing Worthless Checks. -
Mr. W. B. . Streeter; who made his
headquarters in. Greensboro for sev
eral years while . serving as superin
tendent of the North Carolina Chil
dren's Home Society, was arrested in
Asheville a few days ago on a war
rant charging him with passing
worthless checks on two mercantile
firms in this city, the Vanstory
Clothing Company and the Wallace
Clothing Company. The checks were
for $20 and $15 and both were given
in exchange for cash. A few days
later they were returned by the,
Asheville bank on which they were
drawn with ' the endorsement, "in
sufficient funds." Mr. Streeter set
tled the matter wUfixrat coining to
Greensboro fpr Jljy putting up
the ash for the two checks and pay
ing the costs of the action.
ONLY FEW VOTE FOR BOHDS
SLIGHT SUPPORT FOR COURT
HOUSE AND OFFICE BUILD
ING PROPOSITION.
Not since the dispensaiy was done
to death 15 years ago has any insti
tution or proposition -received such a
body blow at the hands of the sov
ereign voters "of Guilford county as
that given the $250,000 court house
bond issue in Tuesday's election.
.With a light registration throughout
the county, the bond issued lacked
considerably more than 2,000 of re-
ceiving a majority of the registered
votes. The exact figures will be
known when the county commission
ers receive and canvass the returns
today.
The four precincts in the city of
Greensboro, with a registered vote of .
1,190, gave only 470 votes for the
bonds, being 126 votes short of a
majority of the registered vote.
In High Point, where 1,257 voters
were registered, 47 men had the
hardihood and nerve to risk their
lives, 'their fortunes and their sacred
honor by voting for bonds.
' The country precincts swatted the
bonds with might and main. The
vote for bonds in the rural precincts
was only a little in excess of 25 per
cent, of the registered vote.
While no well informed person ex
pected the bond issue to carry, the
proposition would have made a much
better showing but for the rain that
fell practically all day long. It is
doubtful if ever before an election
was held in Guilford county under
such unfavorable weather conditions.
University Commencement.
At the commencement exercises of
the University of North Carolina yes
terday diplomas were awarded to
138 young men. The literary address
was delivered by Judge A. Mitchell
aimer, of the Supreme court of the
District of Columbia. The degree of
L. D. was conferred on Senator F.
M. Simmons, Governor Locke Craig
and James Sprunt, of . Wilmington
Ordained to Ministry. At an ad
journed session of Orange Presby
tery held in the First- Presbyterian
church of this city Monday afternoon
Mr. Carl B. CraiK. of Reidsville.
preached his introductory sermon
and passed a highly creditable exam
ination for ordination to the minis
try. Mr. Craig is to become co-pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of Reidsville, of which his father.
Rev. D. I. Craig, D. D.. has been Das
tor for about 30 years. He will be
installed in a few weeks.
Another Bond Election. Undis
mayed by the fate of the late lament
ed court house-office building bond
election, the city commissioners have
called an election on July 13 on the
question of issuing $60,000 of bonds
for the purpose of erecting and equip
ping new school buildings in Greens
boro. A new registration is ordered
and the books will open tomorrow
and close July 3. There is little
doubt that the bonds will be voted by
a gooa majority, tor tne need is im
perative and Greensboro has never
yet turned down a school bond issue.
Soldiers Coming. It is announced
that a regiment of the North Caro
lina National Guard will attend the
Guilford Battle Ground celebration
to be held July 3. Adjutant Genera
Lawrence W. Young will be in com
mand of the regiment, which is ex
pected to include practically every
company of the first regiment and
two companies of regulars from Fort
Caswell. Adjutant General Young
was in the cinty.this week conferring
with Mr. Paul W. Schenck, presi
dent of the Battle Ground Associa-.i
tion, as to the arrangements for
handling and caring for the soldiers
while here.
Capt. M. Jordan Dead. Capt. M.
Jordan, who made his home for many
years a short distance south of the
city, died about 2.30 o'clock Monday
morning at the home of his son, Mr.
W. M. Jordan, in Mt. Airy, wfiere he
had been for some time. The body
was brought to Greensboro and bur
ied in -Greene Hill cemetery late
Monday afternoon, following a fu
neral service conducted at West Mar
ket Street Methodist church by Rev.
Dr. C. W. Byrd and Rev. W. H. Will
is, pastor of the. Methodist church in
Mt. Airy. Capt. Jordan had been a
member of West Market Street
churcli for many-vyears. He was 80
years Of age and had been in feeble
health for .quitp a while. He is sur
vived by, two sons, Messrs. W. M.
Jordan, of Mt. Airy, and Ike Jordan.
of this city.
ADOPT. tiEW UEXIGAll. POLICY
' :
THE ADMINISTRATION- TO ASK
FOR COALITION 'OF' THE
BEST ELEMENTS.
President Wilson, in the' name of
the United States, yesterday public
ly called on all factions in Mexico
"to accommodate their differences,"
and set up a government that can be
accorded recognition.
Failure to unite in a movement to
bring peace to Mexico ''"within a very
short time," it Was announced in a
statement telegraphed to 'Generals
Carranza, Villa, Zapata and others,
would constrain the United States
"to decide what means should be
employed" to save the people of the
southern republic from further de
vastations of internal warfare.
Everywhere in official and diplo
matic quarters and among Mexicans
of varied leaning the statementwas
interpreted as
meaning that the
would bring to bear
United States
first to unite the factions in the
choice of a provisional president,
and failing to bring all elements to
gether, would give its active sup
port to those elements which did
agree Ultimate intervention was
considered possible,, but only if a
hopeless condition of anarchy fol
lowed, with no remedy from within
the republid.
i
Washington, June 1. President
Wilson and his cabinet today adopt
ed a new Mexican policy. It has for
its object restoration of order and
the relief of millions of non-combatants
from the devastations of Mex
ico's military elements, which have
brought about conditions described
as intolerable.
The president read to the cabinet
a statement to De communicated to
morrow to the leaders of all Mexican
factions, serving notice that unless
they themselves compose the situa
tion, some other means will be found
by the United States to bring about
the establishment of a stable govern
ment -The gtatem.ejn was approved
after prolonged discussion.
The specific course the United
States will pursue in the event the
contending factions fail to agree is
not outlined in the president's state-
ment, but the administration's pres
ent purpose is to give moral support
to a coalition of the best elements in
Mexico and accord the government
thereby created formal recognition.
With such recognition would come
an embargo on arms permitting the
constituted government to receive
munitions of war to the exclusion of
all other elements and factions.
That the government's policy, if
unsuccessful in this course, might re
quire ultimate intervention has been
considered, and the intention to in
sist on a settlement has not been
swayed by the possible necessity of
such action. In high executive quar
ters, however, confidence prevails
that the expression of the American
government's attitude will clear up
misapprehensions that have existed
in Mexico as to its intentions and
bring about the desired coalition
government.
The administration's policy is the
culmination of several weeks of con
ferences between the president and
his official family. The return of Du
yal West, who spent three months
personally investigating conditions in
Mexico for the president, was the
deciding factor.
The American Red Cross already
has laid plans for relief work to be
carried out in co-operation with the
state . department. The Carranza
agency here has issued several state
ments denying shortage of food and
saying tne stories oi famine are
exaggerated, but the Washington
government is not taking these into
consideration because of its own re
ports.
Reports from many sections of the
Southern republic were made public
tonight by the Red Cross telling of
looting and suffering. Among these
were telegrams announcing that both
the Villa and Carranza forces were
looting the property of an American
citizen named Ochner af'Collma. One
of these messages said:
"Carranza guarantees futile. His
orders for protection of rights and
property of foreigners largely ignor
ed. It is clear that neither high, off!
cials nor subordinates can enforce
orders even if sincere in desire to
protect foreigners. The situation
now is entirely one of local issue and
graft affecting and concerning the
local military leader only."
f Persons fleeing from Mexico Cityr
the report said, "confirm all the re-
ports of desperate situation- and
agree -in fear of demands on foreign
ers and reprisals if supply of corn
for populace should -fail."
At Hermosillo, Sonora, according
to mail advices received today,
"there is a terrible state of affairs
and there are fears that the looting
of a 'whole town is only postponed."
DR. F. C. HYATT ELECTED
CITY HEALTH OFFICER.
The city commissioners, who have
I had under consiedration for some
time the reorganization and enlarge
ment of the city health department,
have elected Dr. Fred C. Hyatt
health officer for the city and placed
the work of the department in his
hands. He was employed at a sal
ary of $1,800 a year, his term of of
fice to be in the discretion of the
commissioners. It was stipulated in
the agreement that Dr. Hyatt is to
be free after 5 o'clock in the after
noon to devote himself to private
practice.
Dr. Hyatt is one of the best equip
ped physicians in the city and his
selection as head of the health de
apartment is regarded as a most ad
mirable one. He has been a resident
of Greensboro for several years and
has been successful in building up a
good general practice.
In reorganizing the health depart
ment the commissioners enacted the
following ordinance, which explains
the scope of the work of the city phy-
sician and the duties he is to per
form: "He shall examine thi schol chil
dren and look after health conditions
of the children in the city schools,
and especially any child that has
been reported defective in the condi
tion of its eyes, ears, nose or throat.
He shall notify the parent or guar
dian of a child having any defect of
the aforesaid organs, or hookworm
disease, and shall suggest to such pa
rent or guardian the proper course of
treatment, and shall urge that such
treatment be procured. It shall be
his duty further to devote himself
to the protection, preservation and
promotion of the health and health
conditions of the city of Greensboro,
and perform such other duties as
may be imposed upon him by the
board of commissioners of said city
or the commissioner of public safety,
and shall in every available way.
through the press, public addresses
and otherwise, endeavor to educate
the people of the city to &et a higher
value on health, and to adopt such
public and private measures as willl
tend to a greater conservation of life.
"That said city physician shall
hold his office at the will of the
board of commissioners, nd shall re
ceive such salary as may be fixed by
said board."
The commissioners also decided to
employ a man to devote his entire
time to the inspection of meat and
milk and appointed Mr. W. A- Hor
naday to this position, Mr. Horna
day went on duty Tuesday.
Sherman Law in the Way.
Uncertainty over the application
of the Sherman anti-trust act to com
binations formed to promote export
trade is one of the principal ob
stacles in the way of expanding bus
iness with New England merchants,
expressed at a conference with the
federal trade commission in Boston
Tuesday.
After several speakers had em
phasized this statement, some urging
that the act be amended, Joseph E.
Davies, chairman of the commission,
asserted that with- both leading po
litical parties committed to the spirit
of the Sherman law, -he thought it
unlikely that Congress would be will
ing to make any change that might
affect domestic trade. Succeeding
speakers then pressed the expediency
of changing the act so as to differ
entiate between its application to
foreign and domestic trade.
GoVernor Jarvis Better.
Ex-Governor" Thomas J. Jarvis,
who was seriously ill for several
weeks at his home in Greenville, is
reported to be improving slowly and
his ultimate recovery is expected.
Owine to his advanced age. his re
covery must necessarily be slow.
Convicted of Manslaughter.
Nine of the ten deputies on trial at
New Brunswick, N. J., charged with
murder in the first degree for having
fired into a crowd of chemical plant
strikers last January, killing two
and wounding a score, were convict
ed of manslaughter. Fifteen others
are under indictment.
GERMaHS MAKING PROGRESS
FIERCE FIGHTING OK EASTERN
FRONT ZEPPELINS MAKE
RAID ON LONDON.
German and Austrian official state
ments agree on the continued pro
gress of the Teutonic allies in the
eastern war zone. Notwithstanding
recent reports from Petrograd that
fighting along the river San, Gallcia,
in the neighborhood of Przemysl was
developing in favor of the Russians,
it would seem that the Austro-Ger-man
investment of Przemysl is draw
ing closer. Both Vienna and Berlin
say that three of , the forts of the
girdle on the north front of the for
tress, have been carried by storm and
that 2,400 prisoners and 20 guns
were taken at these points.
South of the Dniester the town of
Stry .has been captured and more
than 9,000;prisoners taken. An un
official Berlin report says the Rus
sians have evacuated Radom, Po
land. Fierce fighting continues in Galicia
and at some points along the western
line, while engagements between
Austrians and Italians are becoming
more spirited.
Paris admits recapture by the Ger
mans of portions of trenches on the
outskirts of the Le Prettre forest, but
at other points on the western line
claims progress for the allies, nota
bly to te north of Arras, at South
ez, where heavy losses were inflict
ed on the Germans and near Neu
i ville St. Vaast, where the German
works, the French -assert, are falling
into their hands.
Zeppelin Raid on London.
The long expected Zeppelin raid
on London became a -reality early
Tuesday morning, when German diri
gibles passed over several sections
of the city scattering bombs. Four
persons were killed, one was serious
ly injured and others sustained les
ser wounds. Three big fires result
ed from the dropping of the bombs.
Italy's King Fires Gun at Front.
News dispatches from the Italian
front set forth that King Victor Em
manuel, like King Albert of the Bel
gians, intends to take an active part
in the war. During the recent at
tack on the Italian forces on Monte
Baldo his majesty is described as
having taken charge of one of the 7 5
millimetre guns, and even as firing
many shots himself. Subsequently,
for many hours, he watehed the op
erations. It was raining hard, and
when the king finally returned to
headquarters he was wet through
and covered with mud.
In the capture of Monte Baldo,
which dominates Lake Garda. Swiss
newspapers say Italian infantry mov
ed forward by moonlight, from both
the east and west side of the moun
tain. On the top they surprised the
ustrjar. garrison.. After a resistance
the Austrians surrendered.
The Italians are continuing their
advance in the Adige valley, and the
fight in deep snow for the pass of
St. Elvio is still going on. On the
Carinthian frontier the Italians are
said to be holding most of the pass
es and strategic points. The Italians
seem to be going slowly cn this por
tion of their frontier, while they
push their heaviest attacks in the di
rection of Triest.
Kaiser Calls Out Last Line.
The Reichanzeiger, of Berlin, has
published an order calling to the col
ors all first-class members, of .the
Landsturm, or. the final reserve
forces, not previously summoned.
This order does not apply to Bavaria.
Germans in Germany must report
between June 8 and 10. Germans
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outside of Germany as soon as possi
ble.
Death of Samnei A. Denny.
Mr. Samuel A. Denny, a well
known citizen of eastern Guilford,
died yesterday morning at 7.30
o'clock at his home near McLeans-
ville, following an illness of about
six months. He suffered from can
cer of the liver and it had been ap
parent for some time that his recov
ery was impossible. Mr. Denny was
44 years old and is survived by his
aged mother, his widow and three
children. He was a member of
Bethel Presbyterian church and for
some years had been a member of
the board of deacons.
The funeral and interment take
place at Bethel church today at noon,
the services to be conducted by the
pastor. Ret: R. E. Redding.
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