ri vLy W;y: PUBLISHED EVERY MONPX AWD THURSDAY ESTA JM 1821 GREEWSDORO, 1101 VQt 04-4WO. 03 Vs.;": f l l a. A I I V ii 1 IT rr- " - r j. . - - - ,t-, , - y - ,7 y --r I - - - v-:y - - - . - " - , - . - - 3r UOGAIs NEWSJOl: RD uaTTERH of interest to the READERS OF THE PATRIOT FAR AND NEAR. Theater Season Coming. It is an nced that the theater season in ill oDen September 3 r.reensuuiv - - 'when nreama rvith tlie '-' rome True" as the opening bill. To Meet Here. The Primitive Raptist Association of this section 11 meet in the church here next Saturday and will last three days. The public is invited to attend the services. Summer School Closes. The sum mer school of the A. & T. College for neeroes closed Friday evening with a musical. The enrollment was large and included students from every .section in the South. Death of Child. Mary Lee, the in fant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. palton. died at the home of her pa rents on Randolph avenue Friday at r.oori The funeral was held Satur day and interment was in Greene Hill cemetery. Many Dogs Licensed Licenses for 700 dogs in the city have been is sued which, it is believed, is the larger part of the dogs in town. The police are on the look out for owners vho are evading the law or neglect ing to get -license. Coble Reunion Wednesday. Quite a number of people from Greensboro ; will attend the reunion of the Coble family at Coble's church Wednesday. There will be several addresses and a big picnic dinner. This is the sec ond annual reunion of the family. Will Unveil Monument. The monument erected by the Woodmen of the World in honor of Mr. V. A. Scott, at Center church, near Sum mer field, will be unveiled the fifth Sunday in this month. The hour has not been fixed, but will probably be 4 r. :si. Will Teach Spanish. Mrs. Jobita Thompson, of High Point, has been elected to the faculty of the Greens boro high school. She will teach Spanish. Mrs. Thompson" was brought up in Mexican court circles, where pure Spanish was spoken. She cme to High Point to teach Spanish to salesmen. Landmark Going. Tae old Men- denhall building on West Washing ten street, opposite Grace M. P. church, is being torn down. This is one ot the old houses of ihe city. It at one time faced the Mcdoo hotel, but was turned toward Washington street when the stores Vpposite the McAdoo hotel were buiU.. Milk Tests Good. The semi monthly milk tests last week by City Inspector Hornaday showed that the milk being sold in Greensboro is of much better quality than it was a few weeks ago. All showed that the milk had more than 3.25 butter fat, the legal standard in this state. Two or three dairies showed a high count of bacteria. W. O. Jessup Dead. Mr. William 0. Jessup, formerly of Greensboro, died in New York Thursday. He was a son of the late W S. Jlessup, who was for many years with the Guil ford hotel here. He- was associated with Mr. P. E. Page, also a former Greensboro man, in the wholesale business in New York. The funeral as held at Fayetteville Friday. Picnic at Gethsemane. The an nual children's day service and pic nic took place at Gethsemane church Saturday. The morning was given over to the program by the children. At noon a picnic dinner was enjoyed. In the afternoon, Mr. Charles A. Hines, of Greensboro, spoke to the audience. His subject was "The Life of Self and the Life of Service." Death of Baby. Following a brief Alness little Margaret Esther, the five-months-old daughter of Mr. and rs. J. R. West, died at the home of her parents, 38 Vine street, Proxim Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. he fyneral was held Sunday after noon at 4 o'clock at the home, Rev. R. Bell conducting the services. nteraent was in Proximity ceme tery. pjano Sale. Prof. C. J. Brock ann has an advertisement elsewhere In tMs lssue of The Patriot announc- nL?at llis tnil"d annual piano sale 114 egin Saturday August 21, at M East Washington street, in the CAdoo hotel annex. The stock will lst Of n Ti ii m ViAl P r.-l.AlA new 'w u impn o t.,i, i ... , . . low f "men win De soia very inte QUiCk disP8al- If yu are l0okrested in the purchase of a piano, ro up the advertisement and then- tunicate with Prof. Brockmann. Hurt in Collision.- diaries Irvin, a young white man, was painfully if not seriously injured in a collision between his motorcycle and an auto mobile driven by. a Mr. Thompson Friday afternoon. The accident oc curred at tke intersection of West Washington and Ashe streets. Mr. Irvin. was carried uptown for treat ment. His motorcycle was badly damaged. Mr. Simkin to Speak. Following are appointments for Rev. R. L. Sim kin, a returned missionary of the Friends church: Spring Garden Street Friends church, Tuesday night; High Point, Wednesday night; Deep River quarterly meeting, Thurs day, 11 o'clock; Springfield, Sunday at 11 o'clock; Center, Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock, and at the" Ashe boro Street church Sunday night. -Rieves-Lassiter. Miss Blanche Rieves was married to Mr. Jesse C. Lassiter Thursday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride's pa rents, Dr. and Mrs. J. T.'Rievos, on Arlington street. Rev. R. D. Sher rill officiated. Only a few friends wefe present. The groom is well know here. Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter left 6n train No. 35 for Cleveland county to spend a honeymoon of sev eral weeks. They will make their home in Madison, where Mr. Lassiter has been elected principal of the high school. Mr. Harold Goes to Lynn. Rev. E. J. Harold, former pastor of the Friends church here and secretary of the Social Welfare League, has "ac cepted a call to a Friends church in Lynn, Mass. He and his family are now at Roaring Gap. They will .stop over here the latter part of the month on their way to Lynn. Mr. Harold came here in August, 1911, from Worcester, Mass. He served the church a little over a year and resigned to. become secretary of the Inter-Church Association, which later became the Social Welfare League. He and his family have made many friends here. Mr. HaroM is a very efficient church and social service worker. Will Raise Fnnds. President Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen, of the North Carolina publicity bureau, met with Mr. J. C. Forester, secretary of the chamber of commerce, of this city, and Mr. Bion H. Butler in the offices of the chember here last week. They discussed the plans of a more mature organization of the bureau with especial emphasis laid upon the financing of the society. Mr. But ler has been employed as field man for the bureau and will spend his time from now on in visiting the bus iness men of the state in the interest of the bureau. Money will be solicited and it is expected to shortly raise $5,000 or more for the beginning of the advertising abroad of the re sources of the state. TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. CARTER AT KERNERS VILLE . A tragic death occurred at Kern ersville Tuesday night when Mr. James Carter, aged 50 years, was caught under a freight train imme diately in front of the roilway sta tion. Mr. Carter, with three ot his cliildren, had attended services at the Methodist Episcopal church and on returning home, approached the station just as a through freight came in. A lantern was being carried by the children, who on seeing the train, rushed across the tracks. The father, however, not knowing that they were safe and being blinded by the headlight, ran frantically att,r the children. He was caught by the engine and dragged about 30 feet before his body was drawn under the wheels. The train then proceeded several yards before it could te stopped. Several persons were on the rail yard and saw the accident, but were unable to reach Mr. Carter be fore he had been horribly mangled. Life was extinct when his body was removed from the tracks. The funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday afternoon at Oak Ridge by Rev. C. P. Goode, pastor of the M. E. church there, of which the deceased was a memoer. The inter ment was in the Oak Ridge ceme tery. Mr. Carter is survived -by a wife and eight children, the oldest of whom is only 13 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. V&nstory and daughters, Misses Ruth and Janie, have returned from a trip to the Panama-Pacific exposition. Miss Edna Moffitt is visiting friends in Ramseur. YEARLY UEETI1IG CLOSES THE 218th ANNUAIi SESSION OF FRIENDS OF STATE WAS FULL OF INTEREST. The 218th Yearly Meeting of the Friends of North1 Carolina came to a close today. Today's sessions con sisted of a- meeting at 8 o'clock of the committee on ministry and over sight and the closing business ses sion at 9 o'clock. Yesterday was the big day of the Yearly Meeting. Hundreds upon hundreds of automobiles and other vehicles brought thousands of people to Guilford College for the big day of th session. The overflow service in the meet ing house was featured by the ser mon of Rev. Sylvester Newlin, of High Point. At 2.30 o'clock in Memorial hall J. Waldo Woody talked on "Giving Christ First Place in Our Lives." In the meeting liouse Eli Reece, of Greensboro, presided, and Adelbert Vood, of New Hampshire, was the speaker. The night service waj conducted by Rev. Robert L. Simkin. Yesterday's services began with a meeting aj; 8.30 o'clock presided over by Mr. Davis Brannon, of Mt. Airy. The sermon was by Alvin Bar ret. The 9.45 service was devoted to "Peace." The speakers were Dr. Tomlijzson, of Germanton; Walter Haviland, of Philadelphia, and Rob ert L. Simkin. Following the Bible schools two services were held. That in Memo rial hall was conducted by Dr. Thom as Newlin. Walter W. Haviland de livered the discourse at this meet ing. Saturday was given over to the af fairs of Guilford College. The re port of the trustees was a splendid one. Charles F. Tomlinson and J. Van Lindley were re-elected trustees. The meetings are being presided over by Dr. L. L. Hobbs, presiding clerk, with Joseph H. Peele, of the college faculty, reading clerk, Mary M. Petty, of Greensboro recording clerk, and Eli Reece, of Greensboro," announcing clerk. A thing that is always looked for ward to by Friends at each year's meeting is the reading of the Lon don General Epistle from the Yearly Meeting held in that city each year from May 19 to 26. A committee is appointed each year to receive and examine the letter and to make ex tracts of the message from the church on the other side of the At lantic to be read before the North Carolina meeting. Louis McFarland was appointed chairman of the com mittee last year and the letter was read to the congregation Wednesday morning by Joseph H. Peele. The reading of the letter was listened to with intense interest and called for a number of discussions, umong them being by Dr. Thomas Newlin, (he newly elected president of Guilford College, who said that to his mind the letter could not be called one bearing a message of war but on ihe other hand one full of love and faith in God. Mary E. Woody, in a few words, declared that one could not help but have the impressions that have been made through the news papers that the English Friends have repudiated their doctrine of peace allayed by hearing read such a mes sage as that conveyed in the epistle. Following the brief word picture of the horrible European conflict that has gone so contrary to the teachings that are laid down in the codes of the church of the Friends which were inculcated in them from the time of George Fox in England and William Penn, the father of peace in this country, the letter pleads to Friends everywhere to stand in the faith of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, and combine m 'bringing about an end to the conflict by putting their trust in "The Lord God Omnipotent." N The letter laments the fact that a number of their members are active ly supporting war that they really detest as much as anyone, but on the other hand they are encouraged to know that a bulk of their young men are prepared to refuse military ser vice of any kind, as well as the out spoken willingness of many women Friends to accept all consequences involved in the taking of tfieir posi tion. The letter in full will be pub lished in the next set of minutes of this meeting. One of the interesting sermons of the Yearly Meeting was preached by Robert L. Simkin, of New York city, a missionary to China for the past nine years. , 1 1 . . HHHHHHBV M and Mrs. Simkin have been In York the nast year, where he has been doing work in Union Theo- lo gicai seminary and Columbia uni- versity. lney went to China as mis- sionaries a little more than nine years ago and wilt return in October: Mr. . Simkin is" a teacher -in the West China, Union university at ChengtU. in the province of Szchwan, near Tibet. The story of '.their trip to China and some of the thin theyi x exist there are related in a verv in teresting manner by Mr. Simkin. ine services began Friday with a meel ting for worship at 8:30 a. m., and xne sermon was preached by F. E . Smith, pastor of the Ashehorn Street Friends' church, of Greens boro. pe 10 o'clock service was opened witl scripture reading by John Ken dall;, of Indiana, following which thete was a number of short talks by several members of the congregation. Reports from different committees were read and several new commit tee appointed. At this service Al fred J. Griffin, of High Point, presi dent'of the Negro Normal and Indus trial Institute, which is under the care of the Friends' Society of New York city, made a short but interest ing yalk on the work that is being dohe-at -the school. Qnfc of the largest crowds that has assembled at any one of the meetings washout Friday evening at 8 o'clock to hear the address by Thomas New lin,:h newly elected president of the college, on the subject, "The Chal lenge4and Oportunity of Youth." Iay evening from 7 o'clock un til 8 the young people of the- New Garden Monthly gave a social in hon or Of - the young Friends in attend ance at the meeting. The social was held on r the campus and, with the cooling breezes Tand the beautiful green carpet of grass, the hour was all that could be desired. Games were played and a refreshment course was served during the latter part of the hour. Among, the prominent visitors who have; registered are: J. Robert Parkerrbraham; Thomas F. An dreHaly p Elf Heece, Greensboro ; James H. " Jones, Lexington; Ada e! Lee, Greensboro; Jeremiah S. Cot hGreensboro; J. T. Chaftnell. Belvi- dere; Wade Adams, Yadkinville; David E. Samson, Winston-Salem; Louis McFarland, High Point; Syl vester Newlin, High Point; George J. Walker, Archdale; Davis Brannon, Mt. Airy; Alvin C. Barrett, Golds boro; F. E. Smith, Greensboro; Prof, and Mrs. J. Waldo Woody, of Wil mington College, Wilmington, Ohio; Prof. Walter Havaland, Lansdowne, Pa.; John Kendall, Danville, Ind.; S. Adelbert Wood, Tamworth, N. H.; Dr. W. H. Tomlinson, of Swarth more, Pa.; J. N. Elliott, Fairmount, Ind.; Hellie Elliott, Richmond, Ind.; J. El wood Cox, High Point; Prof. D. D. Carroll, of Mizpah; Mr. and Mrs. J. Gurney Briggs, of Hisrh Point; S. H. Mendenhall, High Point; L. U. Perkins, Goldsboro; R. W. Frazier, Troy; A F. Zachary, Snow Camp; J. B. Griffin, Woodland; Emma Blair, High Point; Flemming Martin, Dob son; Henry E. Horton, Greensboro; Mrs. E. E. Mendenhall and-. E. Pet ty, Greensboro, and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Williams, Concord. Will Have Moonlight Schools. The people of Davidson county are deeply interested in the moonlight school movement and many are vol unteering every day as teachers. The county board of education in session Monday passed a, resolut?n indorsing the movement and uthi r izing County Superintendent L. Freezer to do everything in his power to assist in pushing the mcnent into every school district in the coun ty. The moonlight school committee will have a big rally in Lexington SaturdayAugust 28. Burlington Company is Doing Well. Mr. R. w. Curtis has just returned from the western part of the state where he has closed contracts for several steel bridges, one 180x12, with 60 feet of steel approach; one 131x18, with' 80 feet of steel ap proach; one 64x18, all in concrete foundations. The foregoing was in Swain county. Mr. Curtis also closed contract in Haywood county for one 108x60 feet spans, on concrete ma sonry. The bridge plant here Is now busily engaged in getting out a num ber of nice bridges for McDowell county. It is tlie intention of Mr. Curtis to start a night force in order to keep up with the numerous orders he is receiving. Burlington News. I -. . T : i hi Ill ACCORD WITH WILSOH HOWEVER, PAN-AMERICAN CON FERENCE HAS NO PLANS FOR HANDLING MEXICO. The Pan-American conference, con sidering means to restore peace to Mexico, adjourned Friday after hav ing developed no divergence of opin ion as to its general purposes, but leaving undecidad the exact course to be pursued. It will re-assemble dn New York probably early this week. Meanwhile the Latin-American diplomats will communicate with their governnfents and Secretary Lansing will confer with President Wilson. Two days of conferences and hearing reports have brought all the participants in accord with Pres ident Wilson's general plan, which is premised on the fact that the great majority of the people of Mexico de sire peace. The conferees were im pressed that while the armed forces are in position to keep the country in a state ;of turmoil, they are never theless only a small proportion of the people of Mexico. While all the participants have sig nified their willingness to co-operate with the president's plan to induce the military factions to enter another peace conference, the South Ameri cans are not sanguine of success un less some way can be found for elim ination of the military leaders and the recognition of all classes in Mexi co. It is realized that there are mips. A tions of vast moment, when consid ered in the light of Mexico's interna tional obligations, and the responsi bilities of the nations which are pre paring to sponsor her rehabitation, that cannot be determined in any brief conferences, but must be the subject of deliberation. Foremost is the extent to which the Claims of the military chiefs shall be considered, and what concessions between them can be arranged. One development which emphasized the feature was the dispatch of Maj. Gen. Scott, chief of staff of ihe army on the Mexican border, to confer with Gen. Villa. The war department refused to comment on Gen. Scott's mission. After a conference between Gen. Scott and Secretary Lad's ng and Act ing Secretary Breckinridge, of the war department, it was said the gen eral was going to readjust the Ameri can forces in the light of recent de velopments which have threatened attacks on border towns. It was gen erally believed, however, that Gen. Scott, in whom Gen. Villa has ex pressed confidence and to whom he often has turned for advice, will out line to the northern chieftain he need of consideration for the other factions. This was taken to indicate that some of the conferees - were im pressed that the militaiy successes and the extent of territorj conquered by Gen. Carranza would entitle him to a greater measure of consideration than Gen. Villa has been inclined to admit. In the conference were Secre tary Lansing, Paul Fuller, President Wilson's unofficial adviser in Mexi can affairs, and the diplomatic rep resentatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Boliva, Uruguay and Guate mala. At the conclusion qf a ses sion lasting three hours Secretary Lansing said there was nothing to be announced except that the confer ence would be continued in New York. He will notify the diplomats when he is ready to resume. New York, he said, was selected for the convenience of the diplomats, many of whom have summer places near there. There was no change in the first step to send final representations to the military leaders, and to General Carranza in particular demanding for the sake of the millions of non-combatants, that they form a new gov ernment that can be recognized and supported by the American nations and the world. An alternative proposes the selec tion of a strong man for president whom a majority of the people would support.. One who has not been engaged in the civil warfare would be insisted upon. Involved in such a plan are many obstacles, but it was agreed that they are surmountable. That the plan might necessitate an embargo on munitions of war to any. faction which refuses to recognize the new government Iff probable. Rumors that a breach had occur-'i red over personalities were emphat ically denied and it was said the dis cussion had hot yet reached, the stage where the presidency; was being con sidered. The status of General Car ranza and General Villa was freeljT considered nad :.- debated; The fact that Carranza has refused to confer with his adversaries whom he .con siders conquered was discussed. Questions of international law, va rious provisions oWI3e Mexican con stitution and the probability that many of Carranza's adherents might not follow him into defiance of a genuine Pan-American effort to re- store peace and government in their country, are to be carefully studied before the final program is determined. JUDGE BOYD ALLOWS RELEASE OF McCOY. Judge James E. Boyd, of the United States court for the western district of North Carolina, sitting at Ashe ville, upon a preliminary hearing in the case of the United States govern ment against Thomas C. McCoy, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the operation of the Casper and other distilleries in. Arkansas and Mis souri, Friday dismissed the Warrant of arrest and discharged the defend ant on :he ground that the record of the bill of indictment at Fort Smith, Ark., was imperfect, and that the goverximent had introduce! no evi dence whatever in its effort to show cause why the defendant should be taken to Fort Smith for trial on The charges named. Judge Boydin disposing of the case held that although the indict ment against McCoy was sufficient in form and substance, there was not certified any record to show that a criminal term of court had been held at Fort Smith with a judge presiding, that any grand jury had been sworn and empanelled, or that the indict ment had ever been returned to court by & grand jury sworn and empan elled. The government rested its case against McCoy by offering this' bill of indictment, whereupon the court held that there was no evidence, dismiss ed the warrant and discharged the defendant; - y ' -; Judge Boyd then stated to the at torneys for the government that he was ready to hear the case upon the affidavit and warrant, and that they might introduce any testimony in their possession tending to show probable cause against McCoy as to the offenses charged in the copy of the indictment. The government, however, declined to present any evi dence further than to offer the copy of the indictment returned at Fort Smith. McCoy's arrest followed the re turning of the bills by the Fort Smith grand jury some weeks ago against a large number of defendants in vari ous sections of the country wherein the government alleged that it had lost millions of dollars through dis tilling frauds which evaded the pay ment of taxes. Defendants who have been indicted and arrested in connec tion with the alleged frauds include: Knox Booth, of Nashville; James Serber, of Atlanta; John L. Casper, of Fort Smith; Fred Bowles, of Okla homa City; J. B. Thomas, of Millner, Ga.; S. L. Williams, of McDowell county, North Carolina; Newton C. Spradley, of Springfield, Mo.; J. Henry Brown, of Fort Smith, and Moses P. Brock, of Davie county, North Carolina. PICNIC FOR CANNING CLUBS NEXT SATURDAY. Miss Grace Schaeffer is planning a picnic for all the canning clubs of the county to be given at the Battle Ground next Saturday, August 14. Members of the boys' corn clubs are also invited to meetwith the young women. There is a probability that T. E. Browne, of the state depart ment of agriculture, Raleigh, will be present for a talk. There will be an appetizing basket dinner," and those who do not expect to enjoy them selves had best not go. Miss Schaeffer is In receipt of a letter from Mrs. T. N. Sellars, her as sistant at Brightwood, who writes that a very good meeting of the club of that vicjnity was held at her home last week. The members put up over 100 cans of tomatoes, besides making a quantity of catsup and grape juice. This is considered an exceedingly good record for a day for amateur workers. Mrs. R. W. H Stone-and daughter, Miss Myra, are spending some time at Piedmont Springs, v . -: , - ty V- - 1 'k .t. 4 - i ft W I 4 .1 "f ' ! i'r v - ?H ' - .is" -: if.;.---" -1 ; i AV? " -t. Wrti ,r,VW'.? 4) n T1