North Carolina Newspapers

; 1 1 . rani:.-: . 1L PUBLISHED EVERY KIONEO HUteDAY ESTAS' tfBjm r .... ,. v f T -. - ' - t -HI " cm J - ' - , . . ' ' ' " - .-- . - -. . ...... - LOCAL NEWS 18 m T?a op IXTEREST o t'iiiKRS OP THE PATRIOT S FAR AND NEAR. (;oe to Roads. Steve Moorikis, vho" tried to pass a bad check on rrawfd & Rees Wednesday, was ried in the city court Friday and t ret to 18 months on the roads. " To Repair Gibsonville Road. Au ditol Davidson says the Gibsonville road vill be repaired this fall. From here to the county home it will be repaired as the High Point road is beins repaired. Fi,.st to Give $50. The Aberdeen ckfish railroad was. the nrst firm or corporation" in the subscribe $50 for the North publicity bureau. It is hope I tO get a nuimreu ill tnio i-iaoa. Efiect Today. ine orainancce -person, state to Caroihia Buys Land at Rudd. A deed was Fire Destroys Lumber Plant Fire filed Friday with the-register of deeds early Thursday morning destroyed idrprperty transferred in Monroe the planing mill and shop of Mr. S In ncss Two forbid ling owners or drivers to leave automobiles and other vehicles ta:u1:--is on Elm street, in the busi- section, went into eneci luuftj. policemen are on he job of Will Resume Work Soon. County auditor Davidson expects to resume work on the Greensboro-Asheboro road about September 1. Some -of the road needs repairing badly, while the part nearest the Randolph line must be given a sand-clay surface. Will Re-Surface Road. The work of filling up the holes in the Greens- boro-High Point road is progressing nicely. The places needin repr are dug out and then refilled 'with a mixture of stone, sand and asphalt. When this is done, the road will be given a new finish of asphalt. Get Copper Still. Sheriff Staftord and Deputy Sheriff Shaw made a trip into Clay township Saturday night and came back with a copper still. It was found 12 miles s ut.v east of the city. The kettle, worm and cap were about a quaitcr of a mile apart. Will Remove Trees. The city eomrtnssioners have decided that the sh?.de Ut-es on West Market street between the Methodist and Baptist churches must go in or'ier to give room for a wider and better side walk at this point. The sidewalk will be put -lown when the street work is finished. Morgan Surrenders. James Mor gan, the Brown Summit negro who Sunday struck Walter Whitsett, an other negro, over the head with a bottle, surrendered to the officers Thursday and put up a bond of $100. In the meantime, Whitsett had been released from the hospital and is gone to parts not known at present. To Discuss New Building. All pa trons and taxpayers are asked to meet at South Buffalo school house next Thursday, August 19, at 8 P. M.. for the purpose of discussing1 and planning for a new school build ing. township'. The transfer was that of J. F; Jordan to D. C. Suggs and con sisted of two tracts of land near Rudd station. The first tract ad joins the land of Walker , and con tains a little more than 90 acres, while the amount named in the sec : ond tract is 10.05 acres. The con sideration for both tracts was $1,600. SlrJc-Vaughn. Miss Pearl M. Sink was married to Mr. Numa M. Vaughn Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at die Moravian church. Rev. C. E. White, the pastor, officiated. Only a few friends were present. The couple will v5sit in Walnut Cove a few days and will return to Greensboro to make their home. Mr. Vaughn lias a position with the North Carolina Public Service Company. His bride is a daughter of Mr. H. F. Sink, of this city. May Make Round- Corners. The city authorities are endeavoring to get the consent of the federal gov ernment, county commissioners, Mrs. Fisher and Mr. Klutz, owners of the four corners at couft square, to agree to having the Corners of the side walks at the square rounded off, o as to make turning vehicles more easy at this point. It is believed that the consent will be obtained and the work done while the present street work is in progress. Baseball Situation. A meeting of friends of organized baseball was held in the court house Thursday night': and speeches were, made by Mayor ' Murphy, who presided; 'and others, After a discussion of the sit uation, a motion prevailed that 2,000 benefit tickets at $1 each be offered to the public. The purpose of this movement is to raise $2,000 with which to pay players' salaries and other indebtedness. The club is about $1,000 in arrears with the sal aries of its players. Country Club Road. Work has been commenced on the concrete highway that is to be constructed from North Elm- street :at the city limits to sunset arive, at the en trance to the Irving park and coun try club property. The road is to be constructed of concrete on both sides of the street car line and the street car line will be finished as the lines are in the city. The Irving Park Company has built a number of fine concrete drives in its property anr. about the club grounds. Two Men Injured. R. P. Boone and Percy Allred suffered a rather painful accident Thursday from a pistol in the hands of the former. Mr. Boone had just been handed the pistol by a small boy who was pass ing and, while examining the gun, in some way it was discharged. The ball passed through Mr. Boone's hand and lodged in the thigh of Mr. Allred, who was sitting in a chair at his side. While the wounds of both G. Lomax, at Brown Summit, causing a loss of about $6,000, with only $600 insurance. The origin of the fire is not known. When Mr. Loman was awakened the flames had made considerable headway, and it was then too late to do anything towards extinguishing the blaze. The plani burned to the foundations, the ma chinery was ruined and the stock on hand was a total loss. Mr. Lomax had conducted the business several years and had a good trade. As one of the best citizens of th-3 county, he has the sympathy of a large number of people. McLeansville Store Entered. An unknown Derson or persons broke and entered the store of Mr, S. T. Boone, at McLeansville, Wednesday night, and stole and carried away several boxes of tobacco and cigars, candy, clothing, etc. Mr. Boone thinks that the nocturnal visitors got goods worth at least $50. Several empty tobacco boxes were found out side the store. Entrance was gained to the store by opening a hole with an augur big enough for one to stick his hand in and unfasten a door on the inside. It is probable that the thief arrived and departed on traing passing at night. About a year ago the store of Mr. P. V. Boone, just across the railroad from this store? was entered and robbed. a : ?IATI7 10 MEXICO AIiI;EXEIPT CARRANZA ARE PETBD TO AGREE TO --PROPOSITION. Tkfe' Pan-American appeal to all elmetfts In Mexico to cease fighting and 'join in a sincere movement to re store -constitutional government be- ganitb go forward from the state de- Jfriaay night. the"4ocument was dispatched in sngiish to the various Latin- AiiiHeah: legations in Mexico City, widse attaches translated it into Sdasn and . delivered it to the mili- aders in that viefnity. Satur- dy.'ihe,' appeal in original Spanish w&ITGrwarded directly to Generals VIlia and Carranza, governors of stat 'and many other chiefs jn dif fsr&t parts of the country. . The taplwill be made public here in a Llorente telegraphed Villa and was instructed to begin a discussion of peace terms. Arrendondo replied he Would refer- the matter to Carranza, whose response came in the form of instructions to Arr6dondo not to en ter into peace negotiations. Secretary Lansing revealed that Villa recently had informed the s,tate department he was willing to sign an armistice for three months or longer for holding a peace confer ence. Llorente said General Felipe Angeles now was in conference with Villa at Chilhuahua relative to de tails of such an armistice. Indications are that the Zapata ele ments are preparing to receive favor ably the appeal of the United States and the Latin-American govern ments. Officials here hope many generals reported to be Carranza par tisians ultimately will give their ad herence to a peace conference. Carranza's displeasure over the Latin-American movement does not v?ith - the appeal dispatched, this alter the feelins: of ontimism amone iiment will institute a friendly officials here, who declare unwar- persistent effort to induce Mexi- ranted the inference that an attempt effMders who" have shown a dis- is to be made to invade Mexieo's sov- Plimfon.to oppose the movement to ereignty. The Argentine foreign ilffiSlcS .their personal views in the minister's renlv to Carranza. issued cSlSnbn Mexican interest. That Gen- by Carranza agency in Washington, rcl53lwi - ...... " era; Carranza will maintain the de- Mn which it is stated that the Latin- ncfe he had indicated in his recent American countries specifically un- minunications is expected by. the derstood at the outset of their con- ministration, but' it is regarded as ference that there was to be no im- 3 PATRpii WORK t ? 3 ssible that many of his generals (fad other adherents can be fnduced iojri in a peace convention. li;is believed that if a few of the .irranza generals participate in a 4onvention of the factions, it .uUlSt..'' l -l a s a I 1IC IJ UUC1 VUUllL J-iiU JTi-OOWV-X I i tion of the Primitive Baptist church opposition to a new govern- ent -couia De ertectiveiy checked, in PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS HOLD MEETING HERE. had a great gathering in Graham's warehouse Saturday, Sunday and to day. Hundreds of delegates and vis itors were here from all parts of the state, and it was estimated that 3,000 people attended the services in the warehouse yesterday. The opening sermon was preached Saturday morning by Elder C. F. Denny, of Durham. Following this Elder O. J. Denny, of Charlotte, was chosen as moderator. Saturday night there were ser mons by Elders P. G. Lester, of Floyd, Va., and J. A. Ashburn, of Winston-Salem. At 1Q o'clock yesterday morning Elder P. D. Gold, of Wilson, and El der J. T. Rowe, of Baltimore, Md., delivered forceful and inspiring ser mons to a large and attentive congre gation. Yesterday afternoon Elder P. G. Lester, of Floyd, Va., and Elder Isaac Jones, of Pender county, ad dressed the largest congregation of the session. Elder Lester is an ex congressman and a fine speaker. Last night Elders T. W. Walker, J. A. Shaw and J. P. Tingle were the speakers. They were heard with in terest. Yoday will witness the close of one til" connection, it has been reported maf Major General Hugh L. Scott, it of staff of the army, who is re lining at the border at the request if the state department, is expected perrorm important missionary rork. As he knows many of the Mex ican military leaders personally, it is believed he may exert a powerful in fluence. Absolutely no resistance -'-to' the plan is expected from any source other than from General Carranza and in some quarters the feeling is growing that even Carranza himself may respond favorably to the appeal after he has studied its friendly tone carefully and sees that he has been misiniormea in advancing its pur poses. General Villa and his adher ents made it clear in a statement issued by Diaz Lombardo, foreign minister to Chihuahua, that they are ready to eliminate themselves for the common welfare, provided there is no recognition of the old cientifico pairment of Mexico's sovereignty rep resents the view of the United States government, whose effort is to obtain peace without resort to force. Secretary Lansing said he did not know when the Latin-American dip lomats would be called into confer ence again, but another session prob ably will be held within three weeks The present plan is to wait ten days after reception of the appeal consid ering any replies received. HAITI ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT OF ISLAND Haiti elected a new president Thursday. Sudre Dartiguenave president of v the present-senate, was chosen by 94 votes out of a total of 116 votes cast by members of the chamber of deputies. General Bobo, who led the latest revolution, and who was said to have a stroner fol lowing among the poorer people in north Haiti, got only three votes. Dartiguenave w-.m the election eas ily, his nearest opponent, Cauvin, re ceiving -4 votes and Thezan. the other candidate, four. One vote wras a blank. The election wras accomplished without disorder. Anticipating pos sible trouble, Admiral aperton, in group and that a constitutional feov- charge of the American forces, had -Recently secretary Forester of thdC Chamber oL- Commerce wrotetiMr. H. t B. Varner,rof ?L6xingtonI about th0 matter of -federal aid and patrol for --. 5iO -V roads. He has received the following answer: : "I am in receipt 6f?yoiir letter of the 7th, in reference' to the patrol system of the - Central highway. 1, have been working on this- for somer time and the United States office of public roaos has made a proposition: to furnish two engineers io super vise the maintenance of this road, and the American Highway Associa tion is to furnish two automobiles - for the engineers to use. The Central highway is 500 miles long, from the Beaufort harbor to' the Tennessee line, through Guilford, Davidson and Rowan and-- on- to -he Tennessee line. T think that Col. Benehan Cameron has churge of look ing after getting the contract signed -up for , Guilford ! county . Colonel Cameron's addresd is Staiville. Ir is very important. that this matter be attended to immediately, for this reason: Winston-Salem never initi ates anything, but after the thing gets started and has been on foot 10 or lil months, they usually 'butt in' and take anything they can get their hands on that is not nailed down. : , "If they haven't already done so, they will make a strenucus effort to . keep us from having this patrol to run through Rowan county, but they will want to run it from Guilford to , Winston-Salem and from Winston, to Mocksville and on to , State3viile. Their jealousy of Greensboro makes them get a moye qn and-hey want to absoluieiystalr th e National high way away from the county as much as they can, therefore, it is the wise thing for Greensboro , to stand by Davidson and Rowan. "I would appreciate it if you would see your county commissioners and explain to them what-this patrol sys tem means, that the' Supervision will be entirely in -the hands of the United States engineers, and that they will have , charge of the patrol men through your county; that the. county would be expected to appro priate $50 a mile or whatever is nec essary to keep the road in absolutely perfect condition. This one road will be an object lesson to the balance of your county, and the central highway will be an object lesson to the s'tate, therefore, it will be of great benefit to North Carolina, so get busy and get the newspapers of your town to realize that they are interested in this particular natter." ernment is restored. PRESIDENT CONSIDERS MEXICAN SITUATION. Everyone in the district is in- men are painful, the attending phy- of the most auccessful sessions ever vited. The Women's Betterment As sociation will serve refreshments free. Pooi- Sand Was Used. The work of surfacing North Elm street was stopped again last week on account of the poor quality of sand being used. The sand was being obtained from Jamestown. It was decided that a washing machine should be installed in order that sand free from soil could be obtained for the sur facing work. Accepts Propositions. The city commissioners have accepted two propositions made them by George W. Pritchett. One of these is to in stall a turbine electric Harhtine ava- sician did not think them serious. Commissioners Meeting. All of the five Guilford county commission ers attended the North Carolina As sociation of County Commissioners at Morehead City, and they report an interesting gathering. Mr. J. Al Ran kin says that one of the matters that interested him greatly was the prop osition to ask the legislature to re duce the fees of solicitors in the. state. The last legislature increased the fees, and as a result Guilford county has paid Solicitor Bower about $1,800 during the last year for five weeks' work. Socialists Picnic. The first an- held by this association, and espe cially since its division some time ago. The speakers at today's ses sions will be Elders G. M. Corbett, F. W. Willard and J. C. Hooks. on his return onvpn a rnmnre- nual picnic of the Socialists of Guil- tem at the Dumnin? station for the 1 ford couuty was held Saturday at sum of $200, and the otherto trade the old Union church grounds, be- the city a modern pump, the consid- veen Sunimerfteld and Oak Ridge, oration to be two old pumps now in Thorc was a large attendance, with l)se at the station and $50. fn ample prea.! of choice eatables Crops Looking Up. The. recent ad excellent Rp 'aking by Prof. J. L. rains hae had a good effect upon all F-itt?, of South .rolira. 1L8 local crps. Late corn will be much bet- Sc-.alists are highW elated over the tnan early corn this year. The tobacco crop is not as good as some ers, but will be a good average CIop. Upon the whole it is believed tliat farmers of this section cannot compiain greatly. Much early plow ing is being done, which foretokens a ig wheat crop. Atlantic City Excursion. The an nual excursion to Atlantic City and other New Jersey watering -resorts wi be operated by mvay from niorrow. The good the Southern this section to round trip ticket for 10 dava. with a Privilege of extension upon payment small sum. 10W fnra mat man V will tnlra ailvont. Owing to the very lik i that WiU be in lt 18 Key that mnmr -oriM A j " aa la&c au vau i " Ul u, as has been th rule in the Past years. successful outcome of the first en deavor at the encampment idea. Ti,ese encampments are net ' annual ly in both Texas and Oklahoma with thousands of people in attendance. Will Take Testimony Here. Ex aminer McGee, of the interstate com merce commission, - will hold hear ings in Greensboro on September 21 for shippers protesting against pro posed increases in freight rates on various commodities. The cases to come up, for consideration are those m of the North State Lumber Com pany against the Southern Railway; the Snow, Lumber Company against the Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway; the Guilford Lumber .Man ufacturing Company and the Oweh M. Bruner Company against the Southern Railway. WANT THOMASVILLE'S CREDIT FOR $50,000. W. N. Co5r, of New York, pro moter of the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway, wants the credit of the city of Thomasville to the extent of $50,000 in bonds to finance the building of an extension of their road to Troy, Montgomery county. The Coler Company propose to pay interest and redeem the bonds with out cost to the city. Part of the funds thus secured will also be used to equip the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway with a trolley system from Thomasville to High Point and to put in a complete trolley system for Thomasville. The proposition Includes the build ing df a trolley siding to every fac tory in Thomasville, which alone will mean thousands of dollars annually to the manufacturers. A prominent President Wilson hensive account of the Mexican situ ation by Secretary Lansing. The sec retary told the president that offi cial reports indicated that the situa tion in the vicinity of Brownsville was of a local character nnci that quiet prevailed at Vera Cruz, where there had been some anti-forefgn demonstrations. He outlined in de taken extraordinary Drecautions t.n prevent outbreaks, and American marines patrolled the streets. Every thing is quiet at present, the people seeming content to accept the result of the election. Dartiguenave is con sidered the leader of the Conserva tive party and his election is be lieved to mark the turning of popu lar sentiment against Bobo and the revolutionary faction. The adherents of General Bobo and the members of the other various revolutionary factions who have grouped themselves underthe title of 'the district committee," even before the election, protested to the state de tail the discussion of peace plans at the lew York conference of the Lat-1 partment at Washington against per in-American diplomats. mitting the present Congress to elect Neither the president nor Secre- a new president. In tneir protest tary Lansing was inclined to believe the revolutionists declared that the the situation required any further Congress was chosen under military precautionary measures than have dictatorship two years ago, and does been taken in sending battleships to not in any sense represent the peo- Mexican waters and more federal troops to the Texas border. They de voted most of their time to a discus sion of the inter-American plan on which they are pinning their hopes for the early restoration of peace in Mexico. On the eve of this action came an announcement from the Villa- agency that Carranza had flatly refused to permit a peace conference- between his representatives and those of Vil la. Enrique C. Llorento, Villa's manufacturer expressed the opinion 1 Washington representative, gave out that the proposed system would be I letters which passed between him and worth at least $5,000 annually to him- The building of these sidings will eliminate the hauling of freight to the freight stations. It is believed that the town will accept the proposition. Eliseo Arrendondo, the Carranza rep resentative. Llorente began the cor respondence when Charles A. Doug las, counsel for Carranza, filed a brief with the state department call ing attention to the presence in Washington of Luis Cabrera and Eli seo Arrendondo as Carranza repre sentatives and saying that "either or both of them, I am assured, will be glad to confer with any element of Miss Kathleen and Mr. Henry Tettgue have returned to their home in Martinsville, Va., after a visit to the family of Mr. S. W. Blackburn, at Guilford College. Miss Mildred ne Mexican people with a view of Blackburn went with them and will pirthering the common interest and visit in Martinsville a few days. peace'and welfare of the nation." p.- RALEIGH LAD'S HEROISM w SAVES BOY FROTM DEATH, pie. In their petition for postponement the "district committee" asked that me uuuea stales government ar range to hare a new assembly consti tuted, which should be made up of delegates from all the provinces to be chosen by the people themselves. To this assembly the committee urged that absolute freedom should be guaranteed in the choice df a presi dent, and , also permission to effect certain changes in the constitution and government of Haiti. If the revolutionary sentiment is as -strong among the classes as the leaders of the party claim, there is a serious possibility that the people of Haiti as a whole will refuse, to abide by the election of Dartiguenave as president, and further outbreaks may occur. Should the United States gov ernment consent to recognize the present government with Dartiguen ave as its head, it would make itself responsible to a large degree for the maintenance of such a government by force if necessary. . The heroism, quick wit, and jgood ; swimming of Speight Barnes, twelve-year-old son of Rev. A. S. Barnes, of 2 Motl odist orphanage, at Raleigh, snatched another victim from, the wa ters of Crabtree creek, near Raleigh, Friday morning, when Morris Cbx an eight year old orphan, slipped from the bank into the water. The two boys were members of the party from Page dormitory of the Methodist orphanage, which, under the charge of Superintendent Barnes, spent the night on the creek. They were almost ready to return to the orphanage when, about 8 o'clock, , Morris Cox, along with several other orphan boys, started up the creek fishing. Morris was higher upstream than the others. Attempting to throw his line, into the water, his foot slip ped and he plunged in. The creek is more than six feet deep at this point and the lad was unable to swim. He was struggling desperately when seen by Speight Barnes. Fully ciad, the older boy jumped into the creek some distance away-and swam toward him. Barnes is a good swimmer for his age and though the two went under the water, he brought the drowning boy close to the bank where they were pulled out. Bank Examiners Report Prosperity. Prosperity reports from 100 na tional bank examiners. Widely dis tributed, were made public last week by the comptroller of the currency. The reports, ..the comptroller said, show "generally a marked improve ment, especially noted in those sec tions where there has been some de pression. v "Crops everywhere are good, with only a few exceptions in the Middle West and in Maine, whre-contirtued heary rainfalls have done some dam age. The demand for money tip pears to be about normal' and the banks are reportedable. to meet the seasonable demands. - -e SfcsS.. .