AL NEWSJBRIEF FOKtt
of interest to the
"Sks of the patriot
, FAR AND NEAR.
' Back at WorkMr. BoH. Jones
f at Ms desk in the oHice of the
is "i L of deeds after an extended
fenceon account of bi health. He
HrBe-M, , V. FerS,
prlv of Wilmington, has moved
f0rrreensboro and taken a position
t0 the real estate department of the
Guilford Realty and Insurance Com-
Pagniall Fire Loss. The fire loss in
rreensboro for the month of August
mounted to the inconsequential sum
af $10 the damage being caused bv
baze in a house on Gilmer street
rlv in the month.
Marriage Licenses. During the
month the office of Register of
Leds Rankin issued marriage li
fpnse5 to 50 couples. During the
onth of August, 1914, 48 couples
secured legal permission to wed.
Dairy Chartered. The secretary
of state has issued a charter for the
Oak Grove Dairy Company which:
has
The incorporators are John A
Hod-
z!n. clay Hodgin and J. W. Lethcoe
C1
Mrs. Bynum's Brother Dead. Mr.
Lucian Walker, of Baltimoreti broth
er of Mrs. W. P. Bynum, of this city,
died a few days ago in a hospital in
Baltimore. He was a native of Wil
mington and resided in Charlotte for
a number of years.
Hours Changed. The public li
brary, which has been running on its
summer schedule for some time, yes
terday resumed the fall and winter
hours. The library will now open at
9 o'ciock in the morning and close
at 9 in the evening.
Building Permits. During the
month of August the city building
inspector issued permits for the erec
tion of 11 new buildings at an esti
mated cost of $23,337. With one
exception, all thea pejmitwere fpr
the erection of (Swelling houses.
Children to Orphanage. Mr. M.
W. Gant, clerk of tthe Superior court,
has gone to Tiffin, Ohio, to enter
lour orphan children in the home
maintained at that place by the Na
tional Council of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
He is expected to return Saturday.
Sunday Services. Sunday school
at Buffalo church at 10 A. M. and
preaching at 11. Sunday school at
Midway at 2.30 P. M. and preaching
at 3.30 by the pastor. Young peo
ple's meeting at 8 P. M. The public
is cordially invited to all these ser
vices. Court Next Week. A' two-weeks'
civil term of Guilford Superior court
ill convene Monday. It will be
followed by a week's criminal term
and the month will close with an
other week's civil term. . judge M.
H. Justice, of Rutherfordton, will
preside.
Young Wife Dead. Mrs. Curly E.
Hawkins died Monday night at St.
Leo's hospital, where she had been
some time for treatment. She was
a daughter of Mr. J. L. Whitely, of
Clayton, and had resided in Greens
boro since her marriage last spring.
The body was carried to Clayton
Tuesday for the funeral and inter
ment. Honors For Lawyers. Mr. G. S.
Bradshaw, of the Greensboro bar,
as elected one of the vice presidents
of the American Bar Association at
the rceent meeting of that organiza
tion in Salt Lake City, Utah. The as
sociation honored another Greens
boro lawyer in electing Judge W. P.
Bynum a member of the executive
committee.
R. V. Puquay Dead. Mr. R. W.
Fuquay died yesterday at noon at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. S. L. Thom
as, on Cedar street, following a long
"Inesa. The body was carried to
Madison, his former home, where the
funeral and interment took place this
morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Fuquay
as a good citizen and a Confederate
;eteran. He is survived by six daugh
ters. New Industry. The George C.
reii Company, of Memphis, Tenn.,
13 Preparing to establish in Greens
oro a plant for the manufacture of
tedar lumber. The factory will be.
locate A . ,...
v,u a. spur iracK or me ouxu
Railway, a short distance west
of the Central Carolina fair grounds,
it is hoped to have it in operation
J 0ctober l or soon thereafter. The
p a&t win have an Initial capacity of,
Dut lo.ooo feet or lumber-a -day
2- win give employmeat to 20 or
J men- The capacity will be in
ea9ed as the business may justify.
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rental agents of the citysay iheiclaji
just, now .a scarcity of desirable
houses In Greensboro for rent. One
man -who. looks after such property
rather extensively said this week that
he knew, several families that desir
ed to mpye to Greensboro in time to
enter their children in school at the
beginning of the fall term and were
unable to doso on account of being
unable to secure desirable homes.
N earing Completion. -Mr. W. B.
Hunt, who has the contract for the
erection of the splendid new high
school building at Jamestown, tells
The Patriot that he expects to have
everything in readiness for the open
ing of the fall term on the 22nd inst.
The people of the Jamestown com
munity are very proud of their new
high school building, and justly so,
for it is doubtful if there is a better
high school plant in the entire state.
Market Opens. The Greensborq
tobacco market opened Tuesday,
when several loads of primings were
offered on the floors of the three
warehouses. The rainy weather
would have operated to keep any con
siderable number of farmers from
bringing tobacco to the market on
the opening day, even if they had
had the weed ready. Four or five
buyers are already on the market
and others will be here about Sep
tember 15.
Schools to Open. The graded
schools at Proximity, Revolution and
White Oak will open Monday, being
the first public schools in the county
to begin the work of the fall term.
The Greensboro schools and the Po
mona high school will open Septem
ber 13 and a little later schools will
be opening all over the county. Su
perintendent Foust says the school
situation generally is satisfactory
throughout the county and he is
looking forward to a successful year's
work on the part of teachers and pu
pils. Buffalo Revival. Revival services
will begin at Buffalo Presbyterian
Xhurcbu Suaday at 11 o'clock. Tho
nastor. Rev. E. Frank Lee. will be
assisted by Rev. A. W. Crawford, of
Greensboro. There will be services
morning and night. The morning
services after Sunday will begin at
10.45 and the night services at 8
o'clock. Rev. Mr. Crawford is now
Synodical superintendent of Presby
terian home missions. Before taking
up this work he had been successful
as a revivalist in his own pastorate.
He is an able and forceful preacher.
Surprise Marriage. Miss Myrtle
Sherrill, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. G. Sherrill, who recently moved
from Greensboro to Raleigh, and Mr.
F. E. Dudley, who holds a position
with the Southern Railway in this
city, were married in Burlington last
night, the ceremony being performed
by-Rev. D. H. . Tuttle, pastor of the
Methodist church at that place. The
announcement of the marriage comes
as a surprise to the friends of the
young couple. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
will be at home at the residence of
Mr. J. I. Medearis, an uncle of the
bride.
Held on Serious Charge. Leroy
Sersey, a negro youth of 15 or 16
years, was given a preliminary hear
ing in Municipal court jresterday af
ternoon on the charge of attempting
to criminally assault the 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Con
nor, who reside a short distance
south of the city. He was held for
the criminal term of Superior court
without bail. According to the testi
mony, the negro approached the girl
with insulting remarks and placed
his hand on her arm.' She was not
harmed further than being terribly
frightened.
Pardon For Youth. Lee Mere
dith, a white youth still in his teens,
who had served 20 months of a five
years' sentence on the roads for man
slaughter, has been pardoned by
Governor Craig. Meredith shot and
killed Mrs. Elizabeth Clark in High
Point In October, 1913, and was tried
and convicted at the following De
cember term of court. He maintain
ed that the shooting was an accident,
and the evidence left some doubt in
the minds of those who heard it as to
whether the weapon was fired with
murderous intent. Mereditn was a
boarder in the Clark home. No crit
icism has been; heard of the action of
Governor Craig in pardoning the
young fellow, who, it is said, made
a model prisoner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cutt'eftson nave
-otiirnrf to their honte ta Rowan
county after a visit to "Mr. and Mrs
J. A. Rankin and other relatirea.
PfEXT STEt FOR PEACE : TS , j
MEXICO EXPECTED SQ0N. j
A dispatch from Washington says:
It was stated authoritatively tonisbt
that the next step the P&n-Amwriean
program lor peace in Mexico would
be taken in ttie near : future.regard
less of the nature of Carra.iza's De
lated reply to the peace conference
proposal. No inkling was given of
what form this next development
'vould take.
Responses from Zapata and his
military advisers have reached the
state department accepting the orfer
of the Pan-American conferees to
help arrange a peace meeting. With
the receipt of this reply, Villa's ad
herents here, whose leaders have al
ready responded favorably, asserted
that the postponed conference was as
sured, even if Carranza should re
fuse to participate. Administration
officials heard of this announcement
with interest, but said no arrange
ments for such a conference were
now in prospect.
Carranza's .representatives' decided
they expected his reply within a few
days at the latest. They think it will
come as ,soon as he completes the in
stallation of his government at
Mexico Gity. Elesio Arrendb, Car
ranza's confidential agent, issued a
statement denying reports of dissen
sion in Carranza's forces.
Mexicans Arrested in San Antonio.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 30. With
the arrest today of 26 Mexicans, po
lice and federal authorities believe a
plan to incite the Mexican population
of San Antonio to violence has been
nipped.
According to the police and pris
oners, all are adherents Yf the plan of
San Diego, a manifesto which pro
claims Texas a republic for Mexicans.
Since the disturbances in the
Brownsville territory special agents
of the department of justice and
police here have kept a watch to
prevent a possible uprising in San
Antonio. It was learned that mem
bers of two organizations -of Imflamr
matrJry nature are here in numbers.
Three Mexicans, generally recog
nized as leaders of the colony here,
were arrested Sunday night while ad
dressing a crowd of 1,000 Mexicans
in a public plaza here.
After one speaker declared "it is
no harm to kill a Gringo and an Alla-
main" an American and a German
-police charged the meeting, and
after a fight arrested the three speak
ers. Following this incident a dragnet
was thrown out and the 23 Mexicans
taken into custody today.
The prisoners .will be turned over
to the federal authorities. Charges
of treason may lie against them if
they are connected with any plan for
an uprising, it is said here.
Officers Go ForKlingman.
Sheriff Stafford? and Deputy Sher
iff Joe Phipps left Monday night for
Seattle, Wash., to bring back O. C.
KlinKman. who Is under arrest in
that city charged with the embezzle
ment of a large sum of money from
the J. I. Case Threshing Machine
Company while manager of the com
pany's branch office In Greensboro.
They will go by way of San Francisco
and spend a few days at the exposi
tion, returning from Seattle by the
northern rc ute. Kiingman has ad
mitted his identity and offered to re
turn to . Greensboro without requisi
tien papers, but fearing the prisoner
might change his mind, Sheriff Staf
ford took the precaution to procure
a requisition from Governor Craig on
the governor of Washington. The
officers expect to be absent about 20
days, though only a little over half
of that time will be spent In actual
traveling.
Prior to his downfall and sudden
departure from Greensboro Kilns
man enjoyed the esteem and confi
dence Of his associates in the com
mercial, social and religions life of
the city, and even now only expres
sions of. sympathy are heard for the
unfortunate man and his family. It
it understood that Kiingman has rer
rained a -leading law firm of Greens
boro to, represent him.
Gold Mine Broke. In the United
States District court' Tuesday Judge
Boyd signed an order adjudging the,
Gold Hill Consolidated Company, of
Gold Hill, Rowan County, a bankrupt
on the petition of certain Creditors.
C. F. Montgomery, F. W. Downea and
Walter H. Woodson were appointed
receivers. A great deal of gold and
copper has been taken out' of the
mine, which has been operated! -ex
tensively in recent years. s - ' -
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GEBflflfe
ACKNOWL
ES THE"
E OF , THE UNITED
IptATES IS CORRECT.
Wag&ington, Sept. 1 Count Bern-
atoimme German ambassador, on
instructionB from Berlin, today ln-
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fprm ecretary Lansing that Ger- in the submarine F-4 March 26 were
manyihad accepted the principle that found today entangled in the wreck
passeMf liners should be warned age of the interior. Ono body was
befor. attack by submarines. He for
malleommunicated this information
in writing.;
Afte?r vKconf ef ence at the. state de
partn4ntv Ambassador Bernstorff
sent lSecfetary Lansing this letter:
' '3$r Dear Mr. Secretary :
'VWitftref erence to our conversa
tion blv tte morning I beg to inform
you that, .my instructions concerning
our answer to your last 'Lusitania
notecontains the following passage:
" Joiners will not be sunk by our
submarines without warning and
withbut safety of the lives of non
comSataiits. provided that the liners
do hot try to escape or offer resist
'ancejH .f-
"Although I know that you do not
wis tot discuss the Lusitania ques-
tion;tiil the Arabic incident has been I
definitely ana satisfactorily settled, i
desire to inform you of the above oe-
cause this policy of my government
waa decided on before the Arabic in-
cideni occurred.
J have no objection to your mak-
ingfanjr, use you may please of the
aboife information.
I remain, my, dear, Mr
Lansing.
"Very sincerely yours,
"J. BERNSTORFF.''
In connection with the letter Secre
tary Lansing made the following
statement :
"In view of tne clearness of the
foresroin? statement it seems need
less to make any comment in regard
to L other than to Rav that it an -
Dears to be a recognition of the fun-
damental nrincinle for which We have
contended."
if l
.
theVe was evidence of gratification
that the submarine crisis had pa'ssed
and that Germany had acknowledged
the justice of the American conten
tions.
The German government's state
ment that before the sinking of the
Arabic her submarine commanders
had been ordered to sink no more
passenger ships without warning may
be taken as a disavowal of that act
It generally was acknowledged
that in making concessions to the
United States, Germany expects Pres
ident Wilson to renew his representa
tions to Great Britain against inter
ference with neutral trade. The
president has steadfastly declined to
conduct one negotiation in a relation
to the other, taking the position that sounds incredible, it is true neverthe
the diplomatic negotiations of the ,ASS tnfU. ti,pro nrA nannle here who
United States with one belligerent
couia not be conditioned on Its rela-
-tions with another.
The new American note to Great
Britain making representations
against the restrictions imposed by
the orders in council is almost ready
to go forward.
Secretary Lansing sent the com-
munication to the White House and I
discussed it in a cheerful vein with
his caller who iniriori rhi Ta I
V A A W V V Xtf W U I
tice White, Secretary McAdoo and
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina.
EvervwhprA amr.no- arfininjfltroHr.n
circles there was a visible relaxation
of the tension which had existed ever
since the Lusitania tragedy, though
lessened by the earlier assurances of
Count Bernstorff and advices ' from I
Ambassador Gerard as to the attitude
of officials in Berlin.
Wait Arabic Note.
The next step, it is stated authori
tatively, will be a formal communi
cation from the German government,
disavowing the destruction of the
Arabic and tendering regret and re
paration for American lives lost in
the disaster if the attack , was made I
by a German submarine. Even If
the submarine which jtorpedoed the lotte man who must die in the peni
liner subsequently was sunk by , a tentiary at Raleigh tomorrow morn-
British man of war, as has been sng-
gested from from Berlin nad London,
the Berlin foreign office is expected
to send its disavowal as soon as a I
reasonable time has passed without
a report from its commander.
Once the situation growing out ot
tne AraDic incident has been disposed
of, the response to the long unan
swered American, note on the Lusi
tania will be dispatched, and if Ger
many's explanations and proposals in
i thisr case are accepted by the United
I States, officials, here expect the way
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to oe ciearea ior a complete unaer
s'tanding between the: two governr
ments on the sublect of the freedom
of th6 8eas.
NITMBER OF BODIES FOUND
m WRECKED SUBMARINE.
Honolulu, Aug. 31. A number of
bodies of the 22 men whin went dnwn
removed.
The finding of the bodies was an
nounced by Rear Admiral C. J.
Boush., A hole was ordered cut in
the forward cbrdpartment of the sub
marine, so far inaccessible.
Preparations have been made to
embalm the bodies as soon as they
are taken out. If permission is grant
from Washington, the cruiser Mary
land will take them to the United
States.
After being raised from a depth of
300 feet the F-4 was placed in dry-
dock yesterday. The pumping out of
the dry dock was completed last night
and the F-4 lies on her starboard
side in the drydock.
In addition to ganing holes in the
stern of the submarine, a big hole
nas been torn in the forward part.
one body found in the forward
compartment was identified as that
Gf George E. Ashcroft, of Los Ange-
ies, gunner's mate.
Most of the bodies en taneled in the
debris ot the submarine are in frag
ments.
Guilford Leads the Procession.
Recently The Patriot quoted fig
ures given out by Mr. E. G. Sherrill,
a clerk in the office of the secretary
of state's office, showing that Guil
ford stood second among the coun
ties of the state in the amount of
money paid for automobile licenses.
It develops that the information was
slightly incbrrect, Mr. Sherrill send
inS .revised Ages from Raleigh
showing .that Guilford stands, at tne
head of the list in this as well as so
manv Athpr matters. The total
secretary of state in license fees by
Guilford county automobile owners
for the fiscal year beginning July 1
is $5,885. Mecklenburg comes sec
ond with $5,874.25 and Wake third
with $4,399.29. Eighty per cent of
this money is paid back to the coun
ties from which it comes to be used
in road work.
There are those who refuse to be
lieve that Guilford's primacy in this
matter is a subject of exultation or
congratulation. They argue that it
ily shows that Guilford county
has more extravagant people than
the wealthier counties of Mecklen
burg and Wake. It is a well known
fact chat manf machines in Greens
boro are mortgaged, and while it
have mortgaged their homes to" buy
au omobiles
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Wilmington, Aug. 31. Leon
Hudson, 20 years old, salesman for
the Mint Cola bottling works, and
held in high esteem by all who knew
him, was shot and killed at the plant
where he was employed this after-
noon bv Tom Merrick, a negro. A
single-barrel shot gun was used and
Hudson died on the way fo the hos-
nital. The load took effect In the
head
Merrick had his gun at the bot-
tling works, being a frequent visitor
there, and following a dispute with
Hudson about a set of harness, he
was ordered by Hudson to leave the
plant and never return. Going Into
the rear of the plant and securing
his gun, Merrick "returned and shot
Hudson. He then made his escape.
The officers are looking for him.
To Witness Electrocution.
One of the most interesting . wit-
nesses to be present for the electro-
cutlon of Charles E. Trull, the Char-
ing for the murder .and robbery of
Sidney Swain, will be Gus Russo, a
well know Greek of Raleigh, who has
been commissioned by authorities In
"the old country" to observe the
North Carolina method of adminls-
tering the death sentence and report
on it as compared with the guillotine
method of beheading criminals that
obtains in Greece. The special per
mit for Russo to witness the electro
cution was-.obtained from the prison
authorities through te zecutire of-
nee ot Governor Craig.
A-
MEXICAN. Gl
El Paso, Tex.; Aug. 31 .-Gorern
ment of ficfals tonight said they had
received; reports confirming earlldf
mors that Gen. Pascual Orbzcov
prominent Mexican ', military leader
during the last five years, had been
killed in a fight between Mexicans
and; an American posse. . Civilians,
customs officers and members of the
Thirteenth United States' cavalry par
ticipated in the battle; which, accord
ingfto. reports, was , fought in the
mountains in Culberson county Tex
Aftfr a raid on the Dick Love ranch
yesterday, Orozco and , four.com
panions were, pursued from the Sier
ra Blanca country into the foothills.
Orozco died at dusk tonight.
Official reports of the shooting
said four Mexicans besides ' Orozco
were killed.
According 'to reports the raiders,
ledfby Orozco, arrved at Love
ranch, near -Sierra Blanca, yesterda?
and forced the cook to supply them
with dinner . . While they were eatings-Love
and two cowboys were seen
approaching.""''' '-The-- Mexicans - fled,
pursued by Love and his men, who
quickly collected a posse.' '
The running fight, which ended
whfen the last raider was killed; last
ed Until dusk this-evening. .
Four bullets woupis were found in
thebbaVrposiUv
ing? to reports, as. that of the Huerta
general.' At the home ' Of Orozco'S
family here the report, of his death
could not be confirmed. ""' ' ' ' "
General Pascual Crozco was one of
thHf; first to join the forces of Francis
co JVladero vheit- the latter organized
his; revolt against President POflric
Dilz lnr lftlft, Jie remained in the
ftel0 tbrougnout the revolution and
when Madero became president ac
conSpanied him to Mexico City v As a
resiilt of a disagreement, however,
over large sums 'of money Orozco al
leged to be due .; him, he . soon, aban
doned his allegiance to Madero and
took to the Chihuahua hills; '
With the"fa,ll of Madero, " Orozco
of the nine federal geneValc at the
battle of Ojinaga.; The majority df
the federal Officers and nrer 4.000
men were interned in the On Red
States after that disastrous defoat,
but Orozco escaped and organized an
other command.
Charged ivith Forgery.
G. C. Hays was arrested at Ram-
seur and lodged in Jail Tuesday
charged with forgery and false pre
tense. It seems that the young man,
who is only 19 pears old, is a tele
graph operator and .has worked at
many places. He worked ' for some
time at Johnson City, Tenn., going
from there to Bristol, w'here he lost
his job, and "being far from home
and out of money, he is said to have
forged a telegraphic money -order for
$5&. As soon as he got his money
he came home and soon, thereafter
the telegraph company discovered
the fraud and wired Sheriff Burk
head to. arrest and hold hin The
young man was at once placed 'in cus'
tody and the authorities at Bristol
informed. Hays seems disposed to
make no trouble and says he will go
back to Tennessee without, the
trouble of extradition papers. Much
sympathy is expressed here for his
people, as they are among the best
in Randolph county, and- especially
with his young wife, who seems
cruelly hurt.
Cotton Mills Running Again.
The Proximity and White Oak cot
ton mills, which shut down August
1, -resumed operations yesterday.
During the period of idleness the op
eratives enjoyed a vacation and the
machinery of the plants was over
hauled. When it was announced
that the mills were to close August
1 the management stated that the
suspension wonld be for an indefinite
period, owing to the seriousness of
the dyestuff situation, but later it
was learned that the -Messrs. Cone
would manage to keep their big"
plants running, and the operatives
lost little or no sleep over the fsf
of being thrown out of employment;'
The scarcity of dyes is still a serious
question with textile manufacturers
all over the country but the more
optimistic, mill men believe a way
will be found to extricate themselves
from the difficulty.
latter military1 cnHfiV wwA
Mr. J, H. Neese left yesterday on a
business, trip to Chicago and a tUII ,
to the. San Francisco exposition,. '
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