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.FRS OF INTEREST TO THE
IbS OF THE PATRIOT
FAK AND NEAR.
Fv,,r.ion to Richmond. A num-
- Greensboro people wpnt to
r.hiond last night on the Southern
:vay company's special excur-
gio.i-
Yesterday. The Sunday
C1iJ-Aends churches had their an
Ilual Picnic at the Battle Ground
vesi'?
ior
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. . TV(TJ Tallinn
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Hendricks and Elmer Garrett
married Monaay anernuuu at
ilme of Rev. Shuford Peeler,
oificiated. They will live in
the
SMii-iation
to Meet. The Upper
Co us
Cline Tentative 5aptisi. ab
on is called to meet in Greens-
boro Saturday before tne tnira &ua
dav in August. The gathering will
las: inree days.
Steenson-King. Miss Mattie
Stevenson and Mr. Luther King were
married Tuesday morning. Squire
yv, C. England officiated. Both bride
and Si-oom are Greensooro people
and '.ai continue to live here.
Sur.Miier Fet? The regular Friday
evening social occasion of the State
Normal College summer school to
morrow evening will be featured by
a iM-aner fete of special interpreta
Tive dancing by studentri of the col
lege. Mrs. Millikan 111. Mrs. J. M. Mil-
likan is a patient in St. Leo's hospi
tal, where a few days ago she under
went zi operation of a rather serious
nature. Her condition is considered
favorable and an early recovery is
expected.
Mi. Boren 111. Mrs. Mary J. Bo
ren, mather of the Messrs. Boren, of
Pomona, is seriously ill at the home
or Mr. W. C. Boren. Much anxiety
is feit on account of her condition.
She is suffering from no malady
other than extreme physical weak
ness. She is 8 3 years old.
At A. & T. College. The summer
school work at the A. & T. College
this v.Tek is featured by the address
es oi Dr. H. C. Lyman, the well
fcnovvu Sunday school expert, who is
connected with the international as
sociauon. This evening a joint ses
sion rtill be held and he and his wife
will lecture.
lty Water Pure. A recent analy
sis oi the Greensboro water shows it
to be tree from any disease germs,
and as pure as any city water in the
state. The sample showed no traces
of coln bacilli and the count of
chlorine was only two to the mil-lion-
The other parts of the analysis
vere highly favorable.
Turner Dead. Mrs. Turner,
mother of Mrs. J. V. Orrell, died
Mondav morning in Spray and the
funeral was held in Greensboro Tues
day afternoon. Her daughter, Mrs.
Orrell. died Friday at Spray and was
buried here Sunday. Monday Mrs.
Turner suffered a stroke of paralysis
died in a short time.
Mr. Holliday Improving. Mr. A.
u- Holiday Tias returned from Balti
more, where he went after breaking
ls !e- The break was of peculiar
Jature. one of the bones at the ankle
emg Pulverized while the others
ere not fractured. The broken
1)111 in its place
Proving.
Mr. Holliday is im-
Cit
eensboro has purchased two tracts
bott acres each in the Ree(Jy Fork
'tis just above the intake of city
ater. Thp callow ir
p. v-ci3 waK messrs. j.
City I' aild S' M' MaddX- this
that h S land Was desIred in order
trol r might be able to con"
Place Reedy Frk bottom8 at tnls
DurM Considerable land had been
phased before at this place.
a el Men Mt A meeting of
Teprmittee of short line railroad
terenntatlves' appointed at a con
torJ;e NVlth the Nrth Carolina cor-
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to H,. mission neid on July 6
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- "ninaas, was held at
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hotel her Tiiosrf;iv
iNoihjn
of ti1Q
C0linitt Li"sactions or tne
S0nel nefefr?S disclosPj- The per
1ers thls b0Qy is: W. A. San-
lackvral fFeight agent of the
more ;rffntain railway; F- J- Size
lina ann v manager of the Caro-
P- iggat RiVeF raIlroad: M.
Urharn a cuerai manager of the
P na South Caroli
ard a a "
tlantio : leneral manager of the
ua Western.
Invitations Issued. Invitations as
follows have been issued: Mrs. Ro
bah Kerner invites you to be present
at the South Greensboro Moravian
church on the afternoon of Wednes
day, August the eleventh, one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen, at
four-thirty o'clock, v to witness the
marriage of her daughter, Robah
Mae, to Mr. J. Randolph Lowell.
Goes to Mechanicsville. Miss
Daisy Osborne, of Worthville, who
taught in the city schools at High
Point two years, has accepted the
principalship of the Mechanicsville
school. Miss Osborne was much lik
ed in High Point as a teacher, and
the people of the suburb are to be
congratulated upon securing such an
efficient woman to take charge of
their school.
Wants to Come Back Will Parks,
a negro boy who ran away with a cir
cus a few months ago, has decided
that he would like to get back to
Greensboro and has written a letter
to Sheriff Stafford asking him to get
in touch with his olks and the "pas
tur of the Methdust church on Maken
street." He wants these people to
raise the money to pay his fare to
Greensboro.
Convention at Elon. The Sunday
School Convention of the North Car
olina and Virginia Christian Confer
ence is being held at Elon College
this week. The Palm Street and First
Christian churches of Greensboro are
represented. Mr. Charles A. Hines,
superintendent of the First Chris
tian Sunday school, went to Elon
this morning to deliver an address
before the convention.
Dies in Yanceyville. Mrs. Nannie
Woodson Williams died Monday at
the home of Mrs. Nannie W. Neal, in
Yanceyville. The deceased was a
traveling representative of the North
Carolina Children's Home Society, of
this city, and was About 50 years of
age. She is survived by two sons,
Monroe Williams, who is with the
A r t i ,
anauuc uoasu - xjiue Railway UOffl-J
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pany, and Woodson Williams, of
Philadelphia.
Institute Workers to Meet Farm
ers' institute workers, one hundred
strong, are to. gather in Raleigh July
19 for a three days conference be
fore they divide into three parties to
go into different sections of central
and eastern Carolina for holding in
stitutes for farmers and for farmers'
wives and daughters. The holding of
the institutes begin July 21 at three
different points and they continue
through the greater part of August.
Mrs. A. B. Stutts Dead. Follow
ing a short illness, Mrs. A. B. Sttts
died at her home in Edgeville yes
terday at noon. The body will be
carried to Troy today on the noon
train and the funeral will be held
there tomorrow. The deceased was
26 years of age. The surviving rela
tives are the husband, a . daughter
and two sons; .her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Leach, of Troy; five sis
ters and five brothers, including M 3T.
and O. D. Leach, of this city.
Death at Pomona Miss Georgiana
King died yesterday- morning at her
home at Pomona, following a long
Alness of pellagra. She was 3 4 years
of age, and is survived by her moth
er, Mrs. E. C. King, four sisters,
Mrs. Lula Nicholson. Mrs. Victoria
Coffin. Mrs. Sallie Jones and Miss
Ida Kellam, and three brothers, Ar
thur, William and Luther King, all
of this city. The funeral will be con
ducted at Pleasant Ridge church this
afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Htggins.
War on Mosquitoes. The Boy
Scouts, under the direction of Dr.
Battle, are making quite a fight on
mosquitoes by breaking up their
breeding places. Each morning the
boys meet at the Y. M. C. A. and
make trip over parts of the city.
Tuesday one group of boys found an
old lard can, which was quite a
breeding place. It is believed that
there were at least two million mos
quitoes in the can and would have
been going over the city in a few
days.
Vaccination Campaign Dr. W. M.
Jones started off his vaccination
campaign at Oak Ridge, Stokesdale
and Summerfield Tuesday, when he
was assisted by Dr. J. "T. J. Battle.
There were a number of vaccinations
at these places, though more at
Summerfield than at botn Stokesdale
and Oak Ridge. This was caused by
a case of typhoid fever at Summer
field making people there anxious to
be inoculated. At Pleasant Garden
yesterday afternoon the vaccine was
administered to more than 60 people.
Dr. Jones did not expect so many
there, for he thought he vaccinated
last year
cinity.
that
Jamestown School Bonds. Mr. W.
J. Armfield, of High Point, purchased
the $15,000 bond issue of the James
town high school. The bonds were
signed Monday by Chairman W. C.
Boren, of the county commissioners,
and Register of Deeds W. H. Rankin.
They sold at par. The money will
be used, together with insurance and
other money, in erecting a splendid
new high school building at James
town. Hard on Stills. Deputy Collector
Galloway has been rather active the
past few days in raiding illicit distil
leries in the western part of the state,
as evidenced by reports received at
the revenue office here. Mr. Gallo
way reports the seizure of one plant
in Henderson county, one in Hay
wood and one in Transylvania. Dep
uty Cabe assisted him in the Hay
wood raid. In addition to these,
Deputies Stell and Gulley report the
destruction of two plant? in Chat
ham, while Deputy Lisk captured
one in Stanley.
Old Negro Dies. George Simpson,
an old negro of the ante-bellum type,
so rare these days, who was believed
to be more than a hundred years old,
died Tuesday at his home near Mc
Leansville. No one knew his exact
age, but those who had known him
a long time are inclined to believe
that he was over rather than under
100 years of age. He was a typical
darkey of the old school and had the
utmost respect for the "white folks,"
which the latter returned. His death
removes a landmark the last of his
type in his section.
Mrs. Bailess Dead. After an ill
ness of more than two years, Mrs. N.
E. Bailess died at her home near
Glenwood Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock. Paralysis was the disease
from which she had so long suffered
and which produced her death. She
was 64 years of age and had been
for 25 years a member of the Luth
eran church. ShA in aurvtvoH hv ha
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ohe sister, Mrs.Pennie
UUOUOMU 2U1U
Gorrell. The funeral was held yes
terday morning at 11 o'clock at
Zink's chapel, and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Held For House-Breaking. Wal
ter Marshall, a negro boy fifteen
years old, was arrested Tuesday and
bound over to Superior court for
breaking into the house of Mr. Yow,
near the fair grounds. The youth
went into the house in day time when
no one was at home, dressed in Mr.
Yow's clothes and started up town.
It happened that he met Mr. Yow
before he got very far. Mr. Yow took
the youth in charge until the officers
came. It was discovered later that
he had entered other houses. The
youth admitted the theft.
Mr. J. Jj. Brann dead. Mr. J. L.
Brann died at his home near Brown
Summit last Sunday night after an
illness of two weeks. The funeral
was held at Monticello Tuesday af
ternoon and interment was there. He
is survived by a wife, one child, his
father, J. P. Brann, a brother, J. H.,
of Caswell county; two half brothers,
G. W. and W. H., of Roidsville; a
sister, Mrs. Emily J. Brann, of Reids
ville; two half sisters, Mrs. Mary
Suthard and Mrs. Ellis Craddock, of
Reidsville. His wife and c'uild have
the sympathy of many friends.
Preaches Farewell Sermon. Rev.
L. H. McFarland preached Sunday
morning his last sermon as the pas
tor of the Friends' church of High
Point. Though Mr. McFarland will
remain in the city in his new posi
tion as secretary of church exten
sion and evangelistic work of the
Friends' Yearly meeting, this was
really a farewell service, and the
splendid sermon with reference to
the severing of the tie binding pastor
and people caused tears to rise in
many eyes, for Mr. McFarland has
endeared himself to the members of
his church during bis stay in High
Point.
Small Increase in Pos toff ice Receipts
The receipts at the Greensboro
postoffice for the quarter ending
June 30, were lower than for the
preceding three months but higher
by a small margin than for the quar
ter ending June 30, 1914, which was
before the outbreak of hostilities.
Apparently the postoffice has suffer
ed in a measure from general condi
tions. Following are the figures:
For quarter ending June 30, 1915.
$23,611.40; for quarter ending March
30, 1915, $32,354.53; for quarter
ending June 30, 1914, $29,118.47.
April was the best month in. the
last quarter. The monthly figures
104.00; June, $9,761:00.
BOARD OFTAX EQUALKATIOII
PEW COMJJIiAIJSTS FILED AS !o
excessive: .ASSESSMENT'
OF PROPERTY.
The County commissioners, met
Monday as a board of equalization to
hear complaints as to th recent as
sessment of property for taxation.
The complaints were comparatively
few, and with one exception,-all of
them, were settled. The commission
ers increased the assessment in three
townships and decreased it in two.
Mr. BvE. Jones, the county asses
sor, gave the board an estimate of
the assessed valuation of farm lands
in the county. His figures, which are
not official but are in the neighbor
hood of correct, show a total assess
ed valuation of $4,698,341, an aver
age of $9.13 per acre. . The average
per acri is 20 cents in excess of the
assessed valuation of four years ago.
The estimate made by Mr. Jones
by townships is as follows, the first
column of figures showing the total
assessed valuation of farm lands and
the second the average per acre:
Washington . . ..$171,866 $ 7.02
Rock Creek . . . . 197,894 9.00
Greene . , 169,887 7.71
Madison . .. 213,165 10.04
Jefferson 217,928 8.43
Clay 211,974 9.06
Monroe ; 206,788 10.06
Gilmer 400,253 20.00
Fentresi ..... . . 219,995 10.31
Center prove .... 222,896 9.40
Morehefd 602,237 29.06
Sumnerf 207,646 9.34
Bruce . 199,519 9.08
Friendsfiip 281,268 12.02
Jamestlwn 278,087 11.00
Oak Rge 208,645 10.80
Deep Reiver . . . . 203,652 8.80
High Ppint 475,641 23.00
The Icommissioners ordered an in
crease 10 per cent in the assess
ment iriRock Creek, Greene and Gil
mer townships, the increase in Gil-mra9la(ing-
only to propexty out
side of Greensboro. A decrease of
5 per cent was made in the assess
ment in Madison and Friendship
townships.
Changes in the assessment of prop
erty of individuals were made as fol
lows: Gilmer township A. T. Whitsett,
increased to $3,500; J. A. Donnell,
increased to $5,500; J. E. McKnight,
(home place) increased to $7,500;
Bernard Cone, (home place) increas
ed to $6,000; Ceasar Cone, (home
place) increased to $30,000; J. W.
Barker, increased to $3,000; J. A.
Stanfield, reduced to $1,500; J. H.
Luther, reduced to $1,250.
Jefferson township J. A. Fishell,
increased to $4,000; H. L. Cannon,
increased to $2,390; L. R. Anderson,
increased to $1,400.
Fentress township R. H. Smith,
reduced to $1,335.
Center Grove township L. A.
Walker, reduced to $4,250.
Morehead township G. S. Boren,
a six-acre lot reduced to $400.
The Armour Fertilizer Company
asked that the assessment on its
property in Morehead township be
reduced; from $40,000 to $30,000.
Action in the matter was deferred
until the next meeting of the aboard.
Mr. R. R. Ki;;g attorney for the
Proximity Manufacturing Company,
asked that no increase be made in
the assessment of the company's
property in Gilmer townsliip, the as
sessors having added $25,000 to the
former valuation of $828,000. The
old valuation was allowed to stand.
The work of compiling the tax
books is proceeding as rapidly as pos
sible, and until the task is completed
it will be impossible to toll the total
valuation of taxable property in the
county. It is known that there has
been a substantial increase, and the
total will probably figure up in the
neighborhod of $32,000,000.
Ferguson Retires From Navy.
The news from Washington that
Secretary Daniels has finally decided
to accept the resignation of Naval
Constructor William B. Ferguson, Jr.,
that the young North Carolinian may
enter the employ of a larg$ private
shipbuilding concern, will be read
with keen interest throughout this
state. Constructor Ferguson is a son
of ' the late William B. Ferguson,
more familiarly known in Haywood
county as "Bertie" Ferguson, and a
nephew of Judge Garland S. Fergu
son, of the Superior courf bench. G.
Sw Ferguson, Jr., of Greensboro, is
his first cousin. ' ' " " '
" Mr. A. B. Kimball has gone to J Winston-Salem, Wilson and Wades
Gainesville, Ga,, on legal business. - J.boro. . . , '
WAYXAND VICK3ERY IS
ACCIDENT AJLIjY KILLED.
- Way land Viekery, the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Viek
ery, of Pleasant Garden, was the vic
tim of a tragic accident Monday af
ternoon Just as his family was start
ing, home from a day's picnic at
Davis' mill; v. Wbfle the father was
harnessing the horse, Myra, a seven-year-old
sister of the boy, picked up
a 22-calibre rifle, and was playing
with it. As she was doing so, the
weapon was accidentally discharged
and a bullet went entirely through
her brother's body, penetrating his
heart and producing almost instant
death. The child died in a few min-.
utes in his father's arms. The chil
dren were in the wagon when the ac
cident occurred. The mother and
other children were at a house a few
hundred feet away.
The funeral was held Tuesday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at Pleasant Gar
den church and interment was in the
church burying ground. The pall
bearers were R. P. Gossett, J, T.
Quate, J. G. Kirkinan and S. W.
Davis. The flower-bearers were
Misses Lucile Hodgin, Novella Kirk
man, Grace Quate and Ralie Quate.
GREENSBORO VOTES $60,000
BONDS FOR ITS SCHOOLS.
A part of the voters of Greensboro
decided Tuesday to issue $60,000 in
bonds for school buildings for the
city. Tli ere was little opposition to
the bond issue on the part of citi
zens, but never has there been wit
nessed such apathy among voters as
was shown on this occasion. Greens
boro has more than 3,000 qualified
voters, vet only "455 registered for
this election. It took the hardest sort
of work Tuesday to get out the 307
that came to the polls. Of this num
ber 296 voted for the bonds and 11
against their issuance. The bonds
carried, therefor, byV a majority.' dpiJR
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Plans are already drawn for a new
school building on Bragg street, near
Asheboro street school, and for a
negro school on East Washington
street. The West Lee street build
ing will be enlarged, and houses will
be erected in northeast and north
west Greensboro.
The bonds voted Tuesday will be
issued in denominations of $2,000
and one bond will be paid off every
year for the next thirty years.
PRESIDENT WILSON WILL
CONSULT ENTIRE CABINET.
The first official announcement of
President Wilson's plans for dealing
with the situation between Germany
and the United States was contained
in a telegram from Cornish, New
Hampshire, to Secretary Tumulty,
saying that the president would re
turn to Washington soon, and lay the
entire subject before the cabinet.
The message indicated that the
president has not yet arrived at a de
cision as to the American policy.
Secretary Tumulty made public the
text of the telegram, which set at
rest the reports that the president
already had made up his mind on the
German reply and that he did not
view the situation as seriously as
the high officials in Washington.
The statement indicated that the
president had definitely abandoned
the idea of summoning Secretary
Lansing to the summer capitol, and
the president is expected in Wash
ington the last of the week. So far
as can be gathered the president will
find his advisers practically unani
mous in the belief that the crucial
point in the correspondence with
Germany over submarine warfare
has arrived and that the next note
must convey more or less pointedly
the purpose of the United States in
the event of further violations, of
American rights in the war zone.
Price of Farm Products.
The weekly statement of the range
of prices of cotton, corn, oats, cow
peas ano Irish potatoes on various
markets, eighteen in all, in this state
the past week show that cotton held
around 8 1-2 to 9 cents, standard corn
was 80 cents to $1.05, oats 50 cents
to 65 cents, cow peas $1.25 to $2,
and potatoes $1.25 to $2. Butter
was 30 to 35 cents," eggs 15 to 20
cents and poultry per pound for
roasters 10 to 14 cents. Markets re
porting were Asheville, Charlotte,
Fayetteville, Greensboro, Hamlet,
Henderscnville, Hickory, Lumberton,
Maxton, Monroe, Newton, Raleigh,
Salisbury, Scotland Neck, Statesrille.
JUDGE PEEME&mot,nam,-
LAW UNCONS'lUT UTlONAL.
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Judge R. B. Peebles-in Wake Su
perior court, yesterday, - ruled the
Grier act unconstitutional in the
ligjat of the recent Kentucky case,
which ; he : quoted, and charged the
grand jury that it is no violation of
the law for a carrier to deliver whu- v
ke in quantities larger than a quart
oftener than twice a month if the li
quor is for personal consumption.
The judge quoted the opinion, of
Justice Day, which appears to be as
clear law as the books Jcarry. .He
declared that he had heard often
from officers-and othets that the
quar law is doing good and that, pro
hibition Is being. made more effective
by f it. And he declared that his in
erpretation of the law. doea not -shift
the burden of showing that liquor
received by Individuals here from the
shoulders of those individuals. The
man with the quantity' most -explain'
that -he has it for no criminal, intent.
Judge Peebles also toll the grand
j ur. that the . Glenn case .Jthiat 7x weja t
upjfrom Raleigh is now under -consideration
of the state Supreme court
pending the decision from Kentucky.
Th United States Suprexne courtrgiag
spoken for Kentucky and held that
it i no violation of the law to sntiToIr
transport liquors into prohibition
territory, provided ' that shipment is
not to eA.fox ,violatipip4. he.
law. Judge Webb-has held that it id
not; against the laip to receive, intoxfr
cants for personal, consumption,Ref
cently Judge Daniels held that the
Grir act is institutional and that
thef Southern Express Company was .
right when it refused to deliver-any
whiskey to ?Ge6rge s M.CGlenn, -Mr.
Glenn having had his allotment a few
days earlier. .
From the court of Judge Daniels it
went up to the Supreme cpurt . Thai
body had noi'thenjhad toauviuitage-
bama decided their cases but in very
different way.'
Alabama decided that the law was
constitutional, but Justice Day in the
highest court of the nation wrote
quite diversely. Judge Peebles spoke
of all these conflicts and said that
not only is there great diversity of
thought in the state but in the coun
try also.
Judge Peebles charged the jury to
remember that the burden of show
ing that wrhiskey found in one's pos
session are not to be used for sale,
remains still with the possessor. All
recent legislation has had that trend.
He merely means that it is not
against the law to have liquors in
one's posession.
LOSES HIS LIFE IN
WINSTON-SALEM FIRE.
Winston-Salem, July 14 D. Kiser,
a young fireman of company No. 2,
of the local fire department, died at
the city hospital here at 10 o'clock
tonight as the result of getting badly
shocked at a small fire which origi
nated in the tailoring establishment
of H. Miller, located in the Para
mounte theater building at 9 o'clock.
According to witnesses the young
man entered the tailor shop, the floor
of which was covered with three or
four feet of water, and while standing
in a pool of this picked up an electric
iron. vThe current was on. Kiser
could not loosen his hold and he pre
sented a pitiful sight, standing there
writhing in agony with the iron
grasped in his hand. The attempts
of several men to wrench it from his
grasp were futile. When the cur
rent waft turned off the young-man
sank to the floor in an unconscious
condition, and was rushed to the hos
pital where in a final attempt to save
his life physicians administered arti
ficial respiration.
The fire was quickly" extinguished
with chemicals. It created a bit of
excitement, as the large theater was
crowded with people, all of whom
rushed pell mell into the streets
when the first alarm was sounded.
Cooler Weather Coming.
Washington, July 13. Weather
conditions over the southeast during
the week beginning tomorrow were
forecast as follows today by the
weather bureau:
"Middle Atlantic states: Warm
and generally fair during the next
two or three days, followed by show
ers and considerably cooler weather
beginning about Saturday.
"South Atlantic and east Gulf
states: Generally fair and warm ex
cept probably scattered showers.
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