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REUDER9 OF THE PATRIOT
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gun
ner
iccidentally Shot. G. C. Whit-
f oak Ridge, was senousiy in-
Led Monday night while cleanlngT a
J - AtcnVtoftraH in nontA maTl-
lt Was uioi"Bv
while he was at work onit.
peath or iiui.. v1"1"1
dauber of Mr. and Mrs. George
Forsvth died at the fanly home
thre miles southeast of the city
Tuesday morning. The funeral took
place Tuesday afternoon at Alamance
church.
Smith Farm Sold. Mr. J. M. Al
bright has bought the J. Bd Smith
farm on the Freeman Mill road from
the Greensboro Loan & Trust Corner-
Mr. Albright paid $3,400 for
- Arrests For July.- -The number of
arrests in the city for Julywas 193,
and .of this number 71 were for vio
lations of sanitary ordinances. Of
the defendants 119 were negro males.
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114 acres.
This is valuable land, con-
sidered well worm iue vnw yo. uj
Mr. Albright.
Charlotte Golfers Coming. The
fifth team match of the Greensboro
olf clnb will be played On thtpoun
try Club links Saturday with Char
lotte. The Queen City team has won
over the locals heretofore, but fth4s
time Greensboro is expecting a fav
orable result.
Ed Hanner to Roads-Por steal
ing a watch from the pocket of Will
Turner, a negro college student, Ed
Hanner, another negro, is serving a
tern of one year on the county
roads. He was tried in Municipal
court Tuesday morning. Anotaer
charge of larceny tgainst him was
dismissed.
Holt-Summers. Miss Erie Holt,
of McLeansville, was marVied to Mr.
Stein er Summers, of Gibsonville, at
the home of Rev. F. L. Townsend,
four miles east of the city, last Sun
day. The bride is a popular young
woman and a niece of Mrs. J. M. Cly
mer. The bridegroom is in business
at Gibsonville.
Had Fine Trip. Messrs. C. H. Mc
Knight, Garland Daniel, Claude
Hedgpeth and -Ralph B- Goit have re
turned from a delightful automobile
trip to Beaufort. Mr. McKnight, says
the city of Beaufort is one of the
most charming and hospitable places
he has ever visited. They report
good luck with the line and reel.
Goes to New Mexico. Mr. J. Mack
Williams, a yptjng lawyer of the city,
has been advised by his physician to
move to another climate, and, ac
cordingly, has gone to New Mexico,
where he will continue to practice his
profession. Mr. Williams made many
friends in Greensboro during his res
idence here who wish him success in
his new home.
Judge Brown Baek. Judge S.
Glenn Brown has returned from a
stay of about a month at Camp
Glenn, Morehead City, where he at
tended the encampments of the three
North Carolina regiments. He says
the encampments, especially the tar
get practice, were very successful
and that the North Carolina National
Guard is ready for war.
Injured by Automobile Mr. Peter
Ray, a deaf-mute well known in the
city, was painfully injured Tuesday I
morning in an automobile accident at
court square. He was walking across
the street when struck by a machine
driven by Mrs. John W. King. The
car turned from Elm into East Mar
ket when the accident occurred and
was going at a slow rate.
Objection Raised. The city com
missioners are conferring with the
trustees of Guilford College relative
to sewerage system of the college,
which empties into Horspen creek
about six miles above the city intake.
The college now uses a chemical pro
cess, but it is said to be ineffective.
It is believed that the matter can be
satisfactorily arranged.
Gomes to Greensboro. M. H.
Brimmer, an experienced and capable
undertaker, has been employed by
the Poole & Blue undertaking estab
lishment. Mr. Brimmer comes from
Lynchburg, Va., where he has been
connected with leading undertakers
or several years, and comes highly
recommended. Mr. Brimmer's fam
lly wil1 join him in a few days.
ur Cases Aeainst Him. Mat
Miller, a negro, appeared before Jus
tjce of the Peace J. B. Minor Tues
uay on four charges, including va
grancy, disorderly conduct, fighting
anc1 nuisance, and. was tried in three
or them, in one he was fined $5 land
lo' 1Q another he received a sen
en?e of 60 days on the county roads.
u in a third he was bound over to
superior court. The fourth was con
i in ii a . . . .
unm nis other troubles are
over.
-negro females, 28 white males
and one s'white female. Fines' and
costs were paid by 101. while 12
went to the streets, four to the work
house, and two to the county roads.
Campaign Begun. The campaign
for funds to carry on the wojk of the
North Carolina Publicity Bureau has
been commenced. Mr. Bion H. But
ler is In charge of the work. It is
proposed to raise $5,000 in 60 days
by 100 subscriptions of $50 each. A
meeting will be held in Raleigh in
October, and after that time it is ex
pected to have a secretary in the
field.
Reidsville Officers Here. A party
of Reidsville officials and ex-officials
came over to Greensboro Monday to
interview Mayor Thomas J. Murphy
on the best methods of running a
city government. They wanted in
formation especially concerning wa
ter and sewer systems, and Mayor
Murphy assured them that they had
come to the right place to get such
information.
Injured in Collision Mr. Leonard,
driver for William Patterson, was in
jured in a collision between his team
and a freight train at the fair
grounds crossing Monday afternoon.
The wagon was demolished and the
driver was painfully though not ser
iously hurt. The train came from
behind a string of cars, shifting was
in progress, and the driver failed to
see his danger.
Court Next Wednesday. Superior
court will convene next Wednesday.
Judge Justice asked Clerk Gant to
ascertain the feeling of the bar as to
his coming Wednesday instead of
Monday to open court. He was told
that those of the bar" consulted felt
that Wednesday would be all right.
No calendar has been made and the
court will consider motions and sign
judgments merely.
Fries-Dick. Miss Mabel Leone
Fries was married tb Mr F. Marion
Dick at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. W. A. Fries, Mon
day evening. Rev. C. W. Byrd
was the officiating minister. The
couple left on train No. 38 for a
bridal trip. The brtce is an attrac
tive young woman and the bride
groom is in the employ of the Stone
Printing Company.
Dog's Bark Not Nuisance. Mr.
Will Brown,, of South Mendenhall
street, was in city court Tuesday
morning charged with maintaining a
nuisance. The complaining parties
said that the nuisance consisted in a
dog that kept them awake at all
times at night by its barking. The
court ruled that a dog's nark was not
a nuisance in law, thought it may
sometimes be so in fact.
Huffines-Orrell. Miss Emma Be
atrice Huffine became the bride of
Mr. Percy Irvin Orrell Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the home of Rev.
A. D. Betts, on North Elm street, the
officiating minister. A few friends
witnessed the ceremony. The couple
went to Spencer to visit the bride's
family. After that they will go to
Newport News to live. Mr. Orrell
is connected with the Newport Daily
News.
Mr. King Back. Mr. John L. King
has returned from the Pacific coast,
after an absence of several . weeks.
While away he took in the exposition
at San Franciscco and visited all the
large Western cities. He says that
one of the most pleasant events of
the trip was a visit to Mr. W. M.
Barber, formerly editor of The Pa
triot, who is now in Ashland, Oregon.
Mr. Barber is doing well in his adopt
ed home
Wants Itigorous Inspection. Dr.
W. A. Hornaday, city miik inspector,
has preparedf a number of sugges
tions and submitted them to the city
commissioners providing for a rigor
ous inspection of all dairies furnish
ing milk to people of the city, and
the milk so furnished. The plan
provides a great many details, in
cluding a provision that no milk be
sold in which the bacterial count is
more than 100,000.
Foster-Caviness. Miss Lily Fos
ter and Mr. E. C. Caveness, both of
this city, were married in Norfolk,
Va., yesterday, while there on a va
cation. Rev. L. F. Johnson, former
ly of this city, was the officiating
minister. The only attendants were
Mr. B. R. Foster and Miss Alice John
son, of this city. The couple will
spend their honeymoon, in Ithe North
and nnon their return will live at
220 East Bragg street.
Mass Meeting Tonight. A meet
ing of baseball fans and others inter
ested In the national game is called
for tonight in the court house. The
object of the meeting is to determine
whether or not Greensboro will stay
in the Carolina Association or be
forced out on account of financial- dif
ficulties. A large attendance is de
sired. The club is said to be in a bad
way, and the "wherewithal" for it to
keep going is not in sight.
Will Make Address. General B.
S. Royster, of Oxford, has accepted
an invitation to make the address at
the unveiling of the monument erect
ed in Center cemetery, near Summer
field, to the memory of Mr. Virgil A.
Scott, a native of this county, who
died in Houston, Tex., a few months
ago. The monument will be unveil
ed the last Sunday in this month by
Greensboro camp No. 2o. Woodmen
of the World. General Royster is
one of the national officers of the or
ganization. v
Convict is Recj&ptured. Junius
Beech, a- Mexican half-breed, who es
caped about two months ago from
the Guilford county convict camp,
was arrested Monday southeast of
this city. Beech, who was serving a
1 2-months' sentence for various of
fences, was . unable to work on the
roads .on account of poor health and
was employed at odd jobs around the
camp. He later became a trusty and
i, -was. on one of his errands that he
took advantage of his privileges and
walked away from his bondage.
A Long Auto Trip. Mr. and Mrs,
H; M. Snipes, formerly of this city,
who have lived in British Columbia
for a few years, arrived here about
two or three months ago in their au
tomobile after traveling over 6,000
miles. . They, with their little son,
h4ve been spending several weeks
visiting relatives in different sections
of the state. Their visit concluded,
they started Monday afternoon on the
return trip, going to Durham, thence
to Richmond, New York, Chicago,
Omaha and the San Francdsco exposi
tion enroute to their home in the far
Northwest.
Would Change Punishment. Be
fore adjourning Monday the Friends
Fight at Brown Sninmit. Walter
Whitsett, the negro who was injured
in a fight at Brown Summit Sunday,
has been discharged from St. Leo's
hospital, and is recovering rapidly
from his wounds. Whitsett came out
second best in a difficulty with James
Morgan; also a negro, who has so
far evaded arrest. Morgan took ad
vantage of the" big meeting at Locust
Grove church, in Brown Summit, to
open up a cold drink stand. Whit
sett, who was a member of the
double tracking crew on the railroad,
cameNip to the stand and engaged in
an argument, which Morgan sum
marily ended by hitting Whitsett
over the head with a pop-bottle. The
force of the blow broke the bottle.
While it did not break Whitsett's
head, it gave him quite a pain.
Silver Wedding. There was an
interesting gathering at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. J F. McCracken, of
Guilfcrd College, Friday evening,
the occasion being the twunty-fifth
anniversary of this happy counle.
The guests were greeted as they ar
rived by little Louise, a daughter,
and another daughter. Miss Clara
presented them to the receiving line,
in which were Dr. and Mrs. Mc-
Miss Ware Married. Guilford
county people are interested in tho
marriage of Miss Allie B. Ware to
Mr. John L. Rendleman, which took
place in Salisbury Tuesday morning.
Miss Ware is a daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. W. R. Ware and the marriage ("Yearly Meeting approved the propo- Cracken. Mrs. 'A. M. Couch and Mr.
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took place at the family home. Miss DUWU . o. uiair anu Aipueus
White to the permanent board to ar
range to take a request to' the next
legislature for the abolition of capi
tal punishment absolutely or with
the jury or judge to have discrimina
tion between execution or life im
prisonment. A committee was ap
pointed to hold the matter under con
sideration and report in the best of
their judgment. Prof. J. F. Davis,
of Guilford College, was appointed
chairman of the committee.
New Y. M. C. A. Secretary. Mr.
T. C. Moffitt, of Baltimore, Md., iias
I 1 1 m . m
the rock that he said later oefcn eieciea secretary or tne ureens-
boro Young Men's Christian Associa
tion to succeed Mr. J. M. Stickney,
who has been acting secretary for a
year. Mr. Moffitt will come to
Greensboro September 1. He comes
highly recommended. lie has been
Miss
Ware is a graduate of Greensboro
College for Women and her father j
was for s6me time presiding elder of I
the Greensboro district. Mr. Ren-1
.dleman is a prominent attorney of
Salisbury.
May Have Gold Mine. John Far- i
ley, a Greensboro negro, believes that
he has discovered a gold mine' right ,
in the city. About a month ago he ,
was blasting on his place, which is
near the Jacksonville school, to fur
nish rock for a nearby crusher, when
he discovered some glittering pieces i
among
proved to be gold. He has done
further prospecting since then and
says that an expert chemist he has
consulted tells him that he has a
rich mine.
Death at Pomona. M Dj. A. Sny
J, A. Henley. Autographs were writ
ten in the guest book. Dr. Fox pre
sided Over the exercises of the even
ing, which included a short speech
by J. R. Jones, an original poem,
-The Silver Wedding," by Roxie Dix
on White, and talks by j number of
others. A delightful course of re
freshments were served. Dr. and
Mrs. McCraken received a number of
beautiful and useful presents.
NEGRO COMMITS SUICIDE
TO GET OUT OF WORK.
PLACES
i
NO LET UP IN POLAND, IN jTHIS
WESTERN THEATER OR IN
THE DARDANELLES.
John Stewart, a negro serving a
twelve-months' term on the county
roads, committed suicide Monday by
taking internally some disinfecting
fluid and eating two bars of castile
soap. He was convicted a few. months
ago of entering the house of Mr. C.
A. Bray here and sentenced to 12
der, aged 65 years, died Tuesday JSftf? of the West End Associa,
uorning at2.15 o'clock of df opsy tf 'tidir6f' Baltimore for several years I months on the roads.
The board has elected Mr.
the heart, at his home in Pomona. ! anQ oerore rnai was in tne associa
The fnnpral was hpld -.eaterriav at . tion work in Baltimore and New
Asheboro. The deceased is survived ! York
by his wife and the following chil
ate of the A. & M. College, as boy's
secretary.
Accidental
Polk Denmark, of Raleigh, a
gradu-
dren: Charles Snyder, of Thomas i
i
Creek, Va.; William, of Worth. Va
G. H. Snyder, of Lexington, Va.;
Mrs. J. H. Bagwell, of Charlotte;
Mrs. W. A. James and Mrs. Annie
Michael, of Greensboro, and Mrs. N.
P. Cox, of Asheboro.
Likes Greensboro. President C.
W. Gold, of the chamber of com
merce, has received a letter from As
sistant Secretary of. the Treasury
Andrew J. Peters expressing his ap
preciation of the kindness and hos
pitality shown him on the occasion
of his visit to the city. He declares
that the Pan-American dinner was a
success. Peters came instead of
l his chief, Secretary W. G. ' McAdoo,
who was kept away on account of the
illness of his baby, the. granddaugh
ter of President Wilson.
Uses Torrens System. The first
application for registry of land under
the Torrens system has been filed in
the office of the clerk of Superior
court here by John W. Hicks, of
Goldsboro, who owns about an acre
of land between Greensboro College
for Women and the State Normal and
Industrial College. Mr. Bruce Crav
en, who introduced the bill in the
general assembly, is his attorney. Mr.
Hicks has owned the property thfrty
two years and. no trouble is expected
in getting his title approved by the
court.
Kerner-Sowell . A wedding of in
terest to many people of the county
took place at the Moravian church
yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
when Miss Robah May Kerner .be
came the bride of Mr. J. Randolph
Sowell, of Charlotte. Just before the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Kerner
sang "Still is the Night," after which
a violin solo was played. Mrs. A. B.
Kimball was dame of "honor and Miss
Louise Benbow was maid of honor.
The bride was given away by her
uncle, Mr. W. O. Donnell, of Oak
Ridge. Mr. James Deffell, of Char
lotte, was best man. The ushers
were Messrs. Lanier Donnell, Bascom
Whitaker and R. A. Shore. Master
Clyde High was ring bearer and lit
tie Miss Arlena Porter was flower
girl. The ministers were Bishop
Rondthaler and Rev. C. E. White.
Che ceremony was followed by a re
ception at the home of the bride's
mother, on North Elm street. The
couple left on train No. 35 tor a wed
ding trip, and upon their return they
will be at home in Charlotte;
Explosion. W. G.
Snider, a foreman at the Southern
Railway quarry Ballkt Pit and
three negro hands were brought to
St. Leo's hospital Monday evening
suffering from injuries received
when there was an accidental explo
sion of dynamite and powder in the
quarry. The quarry is between Be
lew's Creek and Walnut Cove. Mr.
Snider, whose home is in Spartan
burg, S. C, was the most seriously
injured, and he died Tuesday morn
ing from his injuries. A hole had been
drilled, the dynamite put in and Mr.
Snider was pouring powder over the
place when the accident occurred.
The cause is not known.
Red Men Entertain. The enter
tainment given by members of the
I. O. R. M. at their lodge room in the
Bevill building Tuesday night was
largely attended by friends of the or
der. The evening was opened with
prayer by Rev. G. F. Milloway. Fol
lowing this a musical number was
rendered by a quartet composed of
Messrs. Boyle, Brewer, Hayworth and
Simmons. The speaker of the even
ing. Prof. D. M. Weatherly,v was in
troduced by Rev. R. E. Andrews.
Prof. Weatherly took as his subject
"Redmanship." After Prof. Weath-
erly's address, another number was
given by the quartet, and delicious
refreshments were served. The af
fair was most enjoyable in its every
detail.
Check Flashers Here. Steve
Moorikis and Will Hartley are in the
city lock-up charged with an at
tempt to pass a worthless check up
on the clothing firm of Crawford &
Rees. The two men will probably
be tried today. It is believed that
they are a part of a band of check
flashers now operating in the state.
The check was drawn on the Citizens
Bank, of Raleigh, and was for $20.
Their scheme was the old one of buy
ing a small amount of merchandise,
giving the check in payment and get
ting the difference in change. The
clerk that waited upon them suspect
ed at once that there was something
wrong. The man that first came of
fered to get the second to identify
him. When the second came and the
clerk suggested calling up the bank,
the men took to their heels. The po
lice were near enough at hand xto
take them in charge.
It was learned that the negro
drank a bottle of disinfectant about
a week ago, the liquid burning his
mouth in fearful manner. Those in
charge did not know the trouble un
til another convict told them of it.
Then some peroxide was procured for
him and he drank the entire bot
tle. Even that did not seem to seri
ously impair his general health. He
seemed, in fact, to be getting along
fine until Monday morning, when he
found another bottle of the disinfec
tant and took a good strong draught.
He followed this with a couple of
cakes of soap. As soon as it was dis
covered that he had combined all
these poisons he was brought to the
county jail and Dr. Jones and Br.
Hyatt summoned. They did what
thy could for him, but ho died with
in an hour.
Auditor Davidson declares that the
negro hated work worse than any in
dividual he ever saw. He believes
that is the reason he ended v his life.
Mr. Davidson said that Stewart had
been kept at the camp near High
Point most of the time; but that he
was continually complaining of some
ailment. Finally he was brought to
the camp at the fair grounds to see
what a change of scene would do for
him. There was nothing discover
able about his physical condition that
might lead the authorities to the be
lief that he was really sick. There
is a possibility that he drank the poi
son and ate the soap thinking that
they would make him sick, without
killing him.
Charged With Assault on Davidson
Woman.
Howard Delap, an 18-year-old ne
gro boy who claims Winston-Salem
as his home, was put in jail at Lex
ington Monday night on the charge
of having assaulted Mrs. Myrtle Mot-
singer, wife of Robert Motsinger, of
Thomas ville township, with criminal
intent. Mrs. Motsinger was attack
ed while at work around her home.
The negro approached her from be-
The beginning of new and greater
efforts to force the Dardanelles, to
gether with a Zeppelin raid oh the
east coast of England, in which four
teen persons were killed and four
wounded, were the features of this
week's war news.
While no details of the new opera
tions in the Dardanelles have been
given out, the public has been allow
ed to learn that the hope for a suc
cessful issue there is brighter. The
renewed attempt against the Turkish
position, which apparently is iir full
swing, seems to be a concerted one.
Attacks are being made at the tip of
the peninsula, along the Krithiaroad,
where a gain of two hundred yards
on a front of 300 yards has been
made, and at Sari Bair, where an im
portant crest has been occupied.
I "Elsewhere," General Hamilton re
ports, a tresn landing' has ueen &uer
pessfully executed and considerably
progress made.' This landing evi
dently was a surprise to the Turks,
as 630 prisoners, a number of guns'
land a quantity "of materi'aTareelar
led to have been taken by the British
forces. A Turkish official report
supplies the localities of two land
ngs. According to this; forces wer4
jput. ashore in the environs of , Kara
chali, a town on the road which
kirte the north almre of the, ulf of
p&ros, near the neck of ihe Gallipoli
penintmUtard nearAri Bnru. -- This
fatter plae, although it is not shown
on available maps, is believed to be
fat the foot of Sari Bair, just north
vpf where the Australians are holding
strong position.
,: At f at , Burpu, r the, ppks admit
;that the landing was snxssfully car
ried out, but they claim to have' dis
persed the troops which came ashore
jrtear Karachali. It is believed in mil
itary cicrcies that the landing at
Karachali was only a feint tu -3is-
guise th. real iutenUoi;ijttheu -allies.
The forcing of the Dardanelles Is
realized by military :rjtics in London
to be of the greatest importance, for
they assert that it Is the only vay
that fie allies can render immediate
aid to Russia. In addition it s be
lieved a. success at Constantinople
would bring the Balkan states defi
nitely over to the side of the quad
ruple entente.
In their aerial raid over the Eng- .
lish coast Tuesday night the Ger
mans lost a Zeppelin. It was attack
ed by gunfire while. -on its return
home and was so seriously damaged
that it fell into the sea' and was tow
ed into Ostend, Belgium, where al
lied airmen attacked and . ilfistrnvA1
it. It is believed that four or flira
airships took part in the raid, which
resulted in the kill ihe of fourfAAn
persons and the wounding of four
teen others.
The Austro-Germans are slowly
closing in on those portions "of the
Russian armies which remain on the
Polish salient. Their wide outflank
ing movement in the northern part of
the Baltic provinces has been brought
to a standstill, but further south they
are approaching the forts of Kovno
and the Russians are reported to be
evacuating Vilna, directly east of
Kovno on the main railway line. The
fortress of Lomza also has fallen, and
southeast of this place the Germans
are approaching the river Bug, which
other German forces have reached
from its mouth to a point south of
Ostrov. These points are not far from
the main railway line, which is the i
German objective.
The armies of the Teutons ad
vancing east of Warsaw, those which
crossed the Vistula at Ivongorod. and
Field Marshal Mackensen's forces
are now joining hands and making
another effort to catch and destroy
the Russian armies. The Russians,
however, are believed in military cir
cles to be fairly safe by now. '
On the western front, German at
tacks, according to the French re
port, have been repulsed in the Ar-
tois and Argohne regions, while Sir
hind and threw her down. Her John French reports that the British,
screams frightened him away, Mr.
Motsinger, with a number of neigh
bors who were helipng in the search,
found the boy at J. A. Clodfelter's
residence in the same neighborhood.
He had stopped there for food and
Mr. Motsinger readily recognized him
from the description his wife had
been able to give of her essailant.
Mrs RIgdon O. Dees and baby are
spending a few days with relatives
at Oroometown. -
under a heavy artillery fire, found
feme of the, trenches captured from
the Germans south of Hooge unten
able and evacuated them.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
has struck a mine in the North sea
and sunk.' Four officers and 22 men
were saved. Vessels' of this cIam
generally carry a crew of about 100.
aad-itii.' IflUewnim 'win
leave this week for a trip to' Niagara
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