North Carolina Newspapers

"V Z4 a'boo-W fnal'i -v 7 PUBUSHGD' EVERY WOMDAY AND THURSDAY TABLISHED 1' GRECrttdtiO, N. C, MODAVr JUUV 12, 1018 VOL 04 rjo. ' CO E5 LOCAL NEWS IH BRIEF FORD RS OF INTEMST TO THE ERS OF THE PATRIOT FAR AND NEAR. Union to Meet. TheMc armers' Union will meet ool house at McLeansville Thjrbua - North ieei nc t Exchange, in ses- iile Farmers' Union will meet lew ., tbp sen a1 T..i.. oq Will n at Asiievnic moi " S ret in Greensboro next year. f tvention Tomorrow. The Sun onH Christian Endeavor nf the North Carolina UUU v- Christian Conference ueet at JL.1011 uncgc lwxw x w . Picnic Wednesday. Members nf the Sunday school classes of the West minister Presbyterian church and the Friends church will gorfor a picnic next Wednesday, July 14, to Guilfdrd Battle Ground- Those going on the outing vj 11 leave, here oq. the regular train at 8:20 in the morning and will return on the regular train in the afternoon, leaving the Battle Ground at 6:30. A big basket dinner wilVbe served on the ground, and a real good time is assured. Three Arrests Made. Deputy day Virginia nr a three days session. If. - T 1 Insurance Business. R. i. f-iH Vii insurance aeencv -vr-i-'av 3Uiu " .-.s to the Keai nistate ana lrust Mr. Murray is a well in- Company - DR. ALEXANDER SPEAKS TO GUILFORD FARMERS. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklen burg county, president of the State Farmers' Union, , addressed a meet ing of the Guilford County Farmers' Union in this city Saturday. He spoke on the subject of rural credits and was heardv with interest by an interested and attentive audience as he outlined the nation's banking sys tem and pointed out its defects. He declared that our present laws Marshal J. L. Boger wentto Asheboro are made for the protection of the Friday to serve warrants on a couple money lender and not for the protec- of parties wanted by the authorities tion of the borrower; that fifty years here. Mr. Boger returned fromReids- ago the farmers owned nine-tenths of ville Wednesday with D. B. Philippi, the property in this country and now REPLY IS HOT SATISFACTORY GERMANY'S FAILURE TO MEET DEMANDS BEINGS ABOUT GRAVE SITUATION,. who was wanted by authorities in Asheville on the charge of blockad ing. Philippi was captured near Reidsville. He gave bond to the amount of $300 for his appearance at the November term of United States District court at Asheville. Peaches Go North. Eleven trains of uerishable freieht. including I r . CD rtmenc superiittendenfOE rpeaches, vegetables and chickens, passed through Greensboro yesterday lor the Northern and Eastern mar kets. There were seven trainloads f0r---il insurance man &nu 0;".e oldest agencies in the city. T.vinan Here. Dr. H. CvLy- 1 7 j wan. depa the international Sunday bcnooi. As sociation, is conducting a department rpiious education at the summer jjhool of the negro A. & T, College.',. Institute Opens. The two-Week teachers institute of the State Nor Eaj ajd Industrial College will open tomorrow morning. This is also a par: of the summer school course. Severai hundred young women are at the college. Engagement Announced. Mrs. A. B. Kimball entertained Thursday af ternoon, announcing the engagement 01 her cousin, Miss Robah May Ker rer to J. Randolph Lowell, of Charlotte. The wedding date has not been announced. Funeral Thursday. Funeral ser vices over the body of Erwin Hodgin Bowman were held Thursday after noon at 4 o'clock at Tehobeth church and -.ore conducted by Rev. W. O. Goo je. The pallbearers were: Mabel Vy:::!;, Myrtle Oof fin. Pearl Win frey and Lovelia Jennings. Dr. Banks Leaves. The last lec ture 3! a series of one week was de livered by Dr. Edgar J. Banks at the Norma! College last night on the 'Bible and the Spade in Palestine." The le ture was regarded by those vho hu.ve been attending constantly as one of the most interesting of the group. Old Officers Re-elected. At Thurs day's meeting of the stockholders of the North Carolina Railroad Com pany, ":eld in this city, the old direc tors -de re-elected, and these in turn elected the old officers. W. H. "ood. of Charlotte, is president, and J P. '00k. of Concord, is secretary and treasurer. f. M. Mitchell Dead. Mr. T. M. -uuche:l died yesterday afternoon at L: o's hospital, following a long illness . He was 6 0 years of age and issui;ived by a widow and five sons, "frlir.". Clarpnrp John Thnrnns nnd Junius and thrpp Hnnp-htora Mrs A T ... - ' 'J.ner. Mrs T? T. SSattoT-fio'M onH they own less than four-tenths; that the farms of the United States aver age an indebtedness of $1,7ZU per farm, the total indebtedness of the farmers being $2,793,000,000, and on this the farmers are paying inter est at the rate of nine and ten per cent. He explained how the value of gold was a fictitious value confer red on it by legislation; that cotton or corn might just as well be the basis, but the magnates want some: thing that is scarce and hard to get of peaches, three of vegetables and 80 that it can be controlled by just a one of poultry. The peaches came few; that the high post of living is from Georeia. tho veerofahlps fmm caused by the great multiplicity of various trucking districts in South agents , handling manufactured pro- Miss held and The Carolina, Georgia and Florida, the poultry from Tennessee. trains averaged 25 cars each. "Caught in Dwelling.- George Thompson, a negro, was arrested in the home of Dr. J. W. Griffith, on Church street, early Saturday morn ing after he had broken in at a win dow. A woman living nearby had seen the negro break the window and go in. She notified the police sta tion. Policeman McCuiston respond ed and gathered up some men to sur round the house. He then went in and found the negro trying to hide. Dr. and Mrs. Griffith are out of town and the house was not occupied. Funeral of Mrs. Orrell. The body of Mrs. J. Vv.OyreUwko-died -at her home in Spray at 9.30 o'clock Friday night, was brought to Greensboro yesterday. The funeral party drove immediately to Greene Hill cemetery and interment was made at 1 o'clock. The services at the cemetery were conducted by Rev. T. M. Greene, of Spray, who accompanied the body, assisted by Rev. Dr. Melton Clark, of this city. The services were in charge of the Daughters of Liberty, Dan River council No. 8, of which the de ceased was a member. ducts and money as well. He said that it takes the total wheat crop to pay the indebtedness of the fawners. Dr. Alexander's address was highly complimented by those who heard him. In his adress he quoted Dr. McKeever, of Kansas, who was here recently, as asking him why the farmers didn't send farmers and ed ucators to the legislature instead of lawyers; that Kansas used to send their lawyers, but they had Quit it and were sending farmers and teach- ers to their legislaure and were hav ing laws made to suit the people. EIGHTY VOLUMES ADDED TO GREENSBORO LIBRARY. Germany's reply to the second American note" regarding the sinking of the Lusitania and submarine war fare was delivered to Ambassador Gerard, in Berlin, Friday night and' the official text is expected to reach Washington today. Briefly summar ized, the German reply is embraced in the following: ' First,, reiaterated assurance that American ships engaged in legitimate trade will not be interfered with nor the lives of Americans upon neutral passenger ships to pass freely and turn the confident hope that the American government will see that 5 these ships carry no contraband; such ships to be provided with distin guishing marks and their arrival an nounced a reasonable time in ad- vauce. The same privilege is extend ed to a treasonable number of neutral passenger ships uncer the American flag, and should the number of ships thus 'available for passenger service prove1 inadequate Germany is willing to promise America to place four hostile passenger steamers under the American flag to ply beiween North America and Europe under the same conditions." As Vieweed in Washington. Official Washington takes a grave view of the situati on produced by Germany's refusal to meet the demands of the United States grow ing out of the sinking of the Lusi tania with a loss of more than 100 Americans. Upon President Wilson rests the burden of deciding the policy which the United States is to follow. Quiet ly and carefully he is considering the situation, and the country may ex pect him to act wih 'deliberation as well as firmness' when he has exam- the announced expectaton that they would be respected. There is little' disposition in offi cial quarters to hurry a decision on the momentous questons involved. Since the nego'tiations began two months ago, it was pointed out, there have been no belligerent ships carry ing Americans torpedoed without warning. Since German submarine jppmmanders have made their prac tice square with international law to that extent, officials do not believe the refusal of the German govern ment itself to give explicit assurances will be followed by any over acts in volving further loss of American lives. RALEIGH MISER IS FOUND DEAD IN HOUSE. Charles B. Abt, aged 56, a simple minded miser residing since Christ mas in a Raleigh suburb and known to have had several hundred dollars on his person, was found dead in his room Friday with only 52 cents near him. The man is believed to have been worth between $15,000 and $20,000, most of it in gold, and a round of the banks disclosed that he had pot quite $3,000 in bank. Three bank officers said that he had re cently withdrawn deposits, and two stated that he had placed money in their institutions. All told, however, the sum left with them was less than $3,00.0. In the room where Abt was found were his two trunks, buist open and their contents scattered on the floor; two money bags, in which he was be lieved to have kept his gold; a small leather pocketbook containing 52 cents and a rusty 38 calibre pistol, with one chamber empty, one cham ber with a loaded cartridge ' and three chambers with exploded shells. The ugly looking weapon was under his body, and a pistol hole extended through him from side to side. The ball entered under the left arm pit 5 CARRIED AN ASSORTMENT OF STOLEN ARTICLES. A.nnie. The funeral was a W VITh DaL' tllic oftarnnnT! AV. . - . "uiunien injured. The severe :nd tOrm TlmrsHav aftomnon rlirl cas!..-rable damage in places. Trees 'frf -.lr.,.-,, J -li iwu uuwii, corn Diown over and 0" ier damp rlnno in Vio nm n " --.... j, v.. VI V 111. tu blll.1 V W V. try. n - 1 xi 3 cnd:ser of the Piedmont Ice and Deputy Sheriff Boatman Clark Fri day morning arrested a young man on Mr. Julius Cone's property near White Oak on a charge of trespass, and the charge was later changed to .larceny. When searched he was found to be a walking department store. He had on his person five watches, of Elgin and Waltham make, three of which were ladies' size and the other two large size, a ladies' necklace, four Waterman fountain pens, silk hose, men s sup porters, a new shirt, a new Palm Beach suit of clothes, a new pair of rubber bottom shoes, a safety razor and a set of blades. He was, in real ity, properly fitted out for a trip to Coal on the G impany's new plant was blown l roof, breakiner t.hrnneh and - . r ' t vviuuig) uuf ciuui ias declined the invitation of eensboro Chamber of Com- tterce tO attend tha hannnaf fr Ho 61ver August tVln T- . J "iij.-VUUU win uc 111c wncipai not t Pear The management of the Greensbo ro public library announces that 80 new volumes will be adtfed to the circulation of the institution t.'day. Fifty of these volumes go in the chil dren's department, while 30 volumes are of fiction and will add materially to the attractiveness of the library among its adult patrons. The fic- ton volumes are: Slim Princess, by George Ade; Tower of London, by William Har rison Ainsworth; Open Market, by Josephine D. Bacon; Loneliness, by Robert Hugh Benson; Battlecry, by Charles N. Buck; Eagle's Mate, by- Anna Alice Chapin; Far Country, by Winston Churchill; In Honor of the Big Snows, by James 'O. Curwood; Polly of Lady Gay Cottage, by Em ma S, Dowd; Polly of the Hospital Staff, by Emma C. Dowd; The Finan cier, by Theodore Dresier; Biogra phy of a Praire Girl, by Eleanor Gates; Salomy Jane's Kiss, by Bret Harte; Mai Who Forgot, by James Hay-; Jr.; Mr. Pratt's Patients, by Joseph C. Lincoln; Her Weight in Gold, by George B. McCutcheon; Million Dollar Mystery, by Harold McGrath; Air Pilot, by Randall Par- rish; Miss Billy, by Eleanor Porter; Miss Billy Married, by Eleanor Por ter; Miss Billy's Decision, by Eleanor Porter; Polly Anna Grows Up, by Eleanor Porter; Trail to Yesterday, ined all phases of fhelBtf upward i Abt W4u3ef own me, tnougn oureers "tlouot Sec3iajy Lansing ittgl merxt: As soon as the com ficial text of the German reply ar rives he will begin a careful study of it and thenwill go to Cornish for a conference with the president. The president will then return to Wash ington to lay before the cabinet the course upon which he has determined. What action the United States will take officials could not predict with certainty. Some of those who have been familiar writh the presi dent's point of view, however, point ed out that there seemed to be but one course open with dignity and honor to the United States the con tinued assertion and exercise of the rights of neutrals on the high seas in accordance with the established principles of international law. Re sponsibilty for any rupture wheh might subsequently ensue between the United States and Germany, it was declared, would then fall upon the Berlin government. There is as yet no definite crys tallization of opinion among officials as to details, but the distinct tenden cy is toward a reiteration, not only in formal note, but in actual practice of the principles for which the United States has been contending. The unanimous verdict of high officials was that the German reply was thor- SHIPMENTS OF. COTTON : 7 . WIUL GO LONG ROUTE The J. E. Latham Cotton Company, of this' city, has just sold another large order of cotton to a Russian buyer nd the cotton must be carried a distance nearly, equal to the dis tance aaround the globe before the Russian buyer gets dt. The cotton was raised in Mississippi and from there it 'was shipped to Greensboro; 1 from here it was shipped to New York. There it will be loaded on a shin. and will thence be carried down the Atlantic coast, through the Panama anal, across the Pacific to the eas tern coast of Asia, in the vieinity' of Moscow, its destination. Soon after the outbreak of. war Mr. Latham sent his son and another trained man to Europe. They have visited all of the neutral and belligerent countries of northern Europe and hare been suc cessful in opening up some markets for cotton f6r the Greensboro con cern. Young'lilC-iiatna re turned to New ToiV'and is Expected home in a., few- days, 'He has been in Norway;' wed en lienaiark, Holland, Belgium, Qernjany and Rus sia. He has seen .sjbme tit the war at close range. , vCr- After all the rate thrpug& the ca nal is not so very high. It costs only about a cent, and a quarter jound to ship cotton from "New YorlP to Vladivostock. To shjp itiso the west ern coast of Russia wdulo cost more than half asinuh. ;!D6ti tite saips that carry cotton also carrv muni tions of war to Russia. The muni tions are heavy and take but Uttle space, leaving a great deal of room for such lighter artieles as cotton. CARRANZA WILL SET . ' VP A GOVERNMENT. The jast seen of the old man, who moved to Raleigh from Millbrook, Christmas, was Saturday, July 3, when he made a deposit at one of the banks. At about the same time he withdrew his money from the other bank, though the actual amount withdrawn was not learned. Bankers were amazed, however, on learning of his death. Some of them estimat ed that he was worth at least $15,000 and others asserted that nobody knew how much more. He had sold a farm for $7,000, on wfiich $4,000 was paid in cash. ACTIVE ANTI-TYPHOID , CAMPAIGN BEGINS. The anti-typhoid campaign in the county will be commenced tomorrow. Dr. W. M. Jones, county health offi cer, will have the co-operation of Dr. J. T. J. Battle in the work. The physicians will include Stokesdale, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, Gibsonville, Pleasant Garden, Whitsett and the mill villages near Greensboro in their weekly itinerary, and vaccine will be administered at one of these places every day in the week except Mon days and Thursdays. These days will be devoted to other health work. the exposition and had enough time- pieeces to carry him through without h,y Charles A. Seltzer; Country Boy, having to trouble wieh changes in time. The" youn man appears to be about 20 years old, and weighs in the neighborhood of 12fr pounds. He by Edgar Selwyn; On the Seaboard, by August Strindberg; Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathfbp, by Anne Warner; Hitherto, by Mrs. A. Led as a logical course to be followed, D. T. Whitney; Rose Garden Hus-Ut is recognized also that the United The following is the program map- oughly unsatisfactory and leaves the ped out for Jhe next 30 days: situation exactly at the pointwhere it Tuesdays, July 13, 20, 27 andAug- was in the days immediately follow- ust 3, Stokesdale in the forenoon, Dr. ing the sinking of the Lustania. Battle; Oak Ridge in the forenoon, While the continued exercise of Dr. Jones; Summerfield in the after- American rights in the future s urg- noon, Drs. Battle and Jones bears tattoo marks on each arm. He band, by Margaret Widdener; Master state cannot abandon the demands ternoon Wednesdays, July 14, 21, 28 and August 4, Pleasant Garden in the af- 4 when Secretary of ftrat gave his name to the officer as Key by John Fleming Wilson; In-jit has made for the disavowal of in speaker. He has decided - epi any invitation to ap- Young, and said that ne came nere trusion of Jimmy, by P. G. Wode- from Lynchburg Thursday night. La- house. ter he declared that his name is . a niiK15 1 xii rt I ....... tenibf tt . 0 b uuv" Johnson, ana move.. u e.;uai-1 Aged Man xund Dead tn tied mic me governor is uui 1 frnm T.vnrhhiiT: pnvprnnr man, he feels that he needs a mPi-Fte rP!f onrl -r.,111 1 i Ash cvn- until the latter part of ters from Lynchburg to Kaiunore. Mr Thomas H. San ford, who rel Still later he said that r is name rassided in the McLeansville section, Lee Smith. J was found dead in bed at his home Hrwas committed to ail to await Thursday morning. He had com- horn an investigation. l" R. Greeson Dead. At her -'-IS Cl 1 1 Ko T-f nt.nv TIT-. we A tr px-on at 4 o'clock. Mrs. L. R. J'n died after an illness of three pnoid fever. The deceas survived by her husband and y I -1 'Ulen. four hnva and on infant ,. J - " er one r' and Mrs- s- A- Tesn; W. ' Allss C1de Tesh; three of ..'" ' Ed- Noah and Russell, all servw lty' also survive rfc " "ere held at Mt. Hooe in existence. lurp i - baturHoTr v 1 -1 a mont nf : one-half a million aouars U1U1 11111& Oi L. A 7 I inducted 1 is five c da Big Contract Let. The Marshall FieM interests award ftd the contract Saturday to the Gallivan Company, of Greenville, S. C, for the construction at Spray of a three thousana norsepower steam power plant, a bleachery, the fine arts gingham mills and the erec- plained of feeling a little unwelL but there was nothing to indicate that his condition was serious or the end was so near. Mr. Sanford was 78 years old and a hghly respected citizen. He nad been a resident of the McLeansville community for the past five or six years, having moved there from Virgilina, Va. The funeral and interment took place at Buchanan Baptist church tion and completion of mills for mak ing bed sheets and pillow cases, po- H(lav mornine at 11 nVlnclr the Funeral tenti&ry the largest plant of its kind Lervices being conducted by Rev. J. C. DeLancy. at 10 meni on one-uBu uumw. by Rev. Shuford new capiUl in Rockingham county. 'cloc nutau the Mt- Hope church for r Of VDira Greeson was a devoted Miss Lilly Troxler, of Brown Sum- C D. Turner, of Hillsboro, among Thursday's visitors to was the tent to drown Americans and the Question of reparation. Germany's refusal on these points may lead, it is believed, to steps by the United States to show its disap proval of the last note. Whether Am bassador Gerard might be recalled or a complete severance of diplomatic relations ordered was again discussed in official circles as well as among diplomatists. Officials familiar with diplomatic precedent and international usage declared that the American govern ment before taking any definite steps probably would send a note to Ger many formally rejecting" the proposal tovpermit the unrestricted use of Fridays, July 9, 16 and 23, Whit sett in the forenoons Gibsonville con tinued July 9 and 16. Saturdays, July 10, 17, 24 and 31, court house from 9 to 1 o'clock; White Oak mills from 2 to 3.30 o'clock; Proximity mills from 3.45 to 5 o'clock. Washington, July 11. Dispatches to the Carranza agencyfrom Vera Cruz tonight announced that Gen eral Carranza was sending officers of f the-various departments .pf his gpv- General Lopez de Lara, newly ap pointed, governor of the federal dis trict, started from Vera Cruz with his staff several days ago, and is be lieved to have taken charge in the capital last night when, according to state department reports, the Zapata forces evacuated after making a last stand against the victorious attack ing army under General Pablo Gon zales. No details of the situation in Mexi co City came today either to the state department or to the Mexican agencies. The department has heard nothing since the brief consular mes sage announcing'. that the Carranza forces had occupied the city. The Carranza representative had a dis patch from General Gonzales, dated at the field headquarters 5 P. M. yes terday and delayed in transmission, telling of the evacuation and saying a detachment had been sent south ward to cut off the retreat of Zapa ta's army. This message said: "Mexico City is being evacuated by the Zapatistas and the constitution alist forces are occupying the capital tonight. There was severe fighting this morning in the outskirts of the city between Guadalonpe and Rio Consulado, which is within the city limits. The Zapatistas lost 3,500 men, four pieces of artillery and a great quantity of small arms and am munition. Immediately after the morning defeat they began a hasty evacuation of Mexico City, fleeing south. ""The retreating Zapatistas were pursued by a portion of the Gonzales army while a heavy detachment was sent southward to cur across on their flank several miles south of the city." Sues For $15,000. S. D. Eubanks and his sister have filed notice of an interesting suit against the Southern Railway in Durham county. It is alleged in the complaint that the railroad moved the grave of their mother in Spar tanburg, S. C, without asking the consent of the children. The mother had been buried 12 years, and it is American passenger ships or for hos- said that the railroad company ran tile merchantmen under the Amert- a spur track across ths graveyard. can flag provided they carried no mir- and moved the giave without asking nitions of war. In, the same note or seeking the consent cf the rela- formal notification, "probably would Hives. For the mental augufsa occa feel given, to the German - government Uioned by this act the 'cHildreu are of the intention xf the United States tasking compensation to tne amount continue to exercise its rights with I 01 x,uuu. RUDE DISTILLERY IS FOUND IN GREENE. Sheriff Stafford had on display in front of the court house Saturday a distilling outfit that had been found the day before in Greene township. It was a rude sort of affair, with wooden sides and galvanized sheet iron over the bottom, ends and top. The "worm" was of ordinary tin pipe, in several sections. It was a very rude affair, but ap peared to have been doing business for some time. The still was reUort-' ed a few, days ago by a Greene town ship man. Deputies Phipps and Weatherly went down and got the "plant." but the, owner was not about. Miss Annie Jones has, gone to New York to take a course in music. 19- 1 J 1 ?! K - ' 1 1 - v -- f