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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 . -: ,
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