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DUAL NEWSjOfo
OF INTEREST TO
Hri. OF THE PATRIOT
FAB AND NEAR.
Tkfi
rir. The Sunday-schoolsi'-TO.... m.
fad I U"" I
of the
nnTden btreet
Methodist
spring
are enjoying picnics today at
thool Opens. The Bessemer
v,,Ai east oi. -
scb0 ' nrnllment Of 116 DU-
arV '
nf WllOm to rue xiw..-
'' .i.nni denartment.
Elwood
V UllW"-
T-ricrh Point. Tuesday
was
mx. ut uis
ade a member of the executive com-
of the American Bankers' As-
l0Ciation, wiucn is m
tie. nasu-
picnic Saturday. ine auuuai euu-
al rally and picnic or tne peof
cations
. 0f Greene townsmp wm ue neiu
Pleasant Union school house Sat
ardav. It is expected that a large
crowd will be in attendance.
More Paving. Tne city commis-
..fni-dov aftornnnn tuuuiaiI
sioners jwiuoj -
.rdinances for the paving of Tate
,.treet and West Lee street from the
end of the present paving tooutnj
Elm street. The work will he done
iv the city and concrete is the ma-
trial that will be employed.
X. V. Carter Dead. Mr. T-t W.
A 3 A l-i
Carter died yesieruay at uuuu at ui
home in mis cn.j', iuhuyiu6
illness. He was 58 years old and ia
irmed by his widow md l7csu-5
dren. The funeral and interment
take place this afternoon at Pleasant-
Tille church, Rockingham county;; -
Examine Officers. An examina-
JOn 01 OIIICCIS ui luc iiuuu uwyuuo
Coast Artillery will be held in this
city November 8, according to an or-
cer just issueu iruui me umuc ui mc
adjutant general of the North , Caro-
ina National Guard. The examina-
ion will be conducted by experts
from the United States war depart
ment.
Approaching Marriage. -Mr. and
Us. John M. Dick, wha moved from
' ' iMMl iWn ii " i ' i
Greensboro to San " AntoniOi-r-Tex
about two years ago, have announced
he approaching marriage of their
daughter, Miss Lucy Marshall Dick,
and Dr. William Forrest Bell, of
Asheville. The ceremony will take
place at the home of the bride's pa
tents September 2 9.
Opens Office. Dr. M. Harrison,
optometrist, who has been with the
SchiSman Jewelry Company for sev
eral years, has opened an office on
he second floor of the Greensboro
National Bank building. He is pre
pared to test eyes and fit glasses
hen needed and guarantees his
ork. His card will be found else
where in The Patriot.
Xesro Hospital. The negro physi
cians of Guilford county have inaug
urated a campaign for funds for the
establishment in this city of a hospi
tal for colored people. They believe
such an institution would be a bless
ing to the race and are endeavoring
to enlist the sympathetic co-operation
of the leading colored people of the
county in the movement.
More Convicts. Monday's Patriot
announced that six convicts had been
sent to Guilford from Caldwell coun
ty to work on the roads of this coun-
Six other prisoners have been
received from Yadkin and Davie
counties. These minifies do not
Maintain a P.nnvint fnro and nro find
to Mre their prisoners to Guilford
l the rate of 25 cents a day.
Gilford's Onfininjy- aiiHfnrd f.nl-
le opened for the fall term vftster-
day -.vitVi v. i i. i
uic migesL uuiuuer oi tu
Gents ever reeiatorpd fnr thk nnAnin?
ay. The
!n Memorial hall at 10 o'clock, and
"j addition to the students and fac
JKy. were attended by a number of
ne fiends of the college. Address
J ere made by Dr. Thomas Newlin,
new president of the college; Dr.
L- Hobbs. president emeritus, and
r J Elwood Cox, chairman of the
rd of trustees.
Mr. Booth's Job. There is at least
aan in Guilford county who did
arm reCeiVe With a shout of J'0 the
J-ouncement that the state tax
mission had made an increase of
v yer cent ir. , . . x .
ent of
m me reai estate asse3-
A. I
Bool
me COlintv TTa ia -Mr- XXftlMa
l- clerk to the county auditor.
. 4US un me tax books. file
: nni:
"nishpH i - . . J.':
J00 fni. 4-1,
- mic Heaviest part oi lire
UllS VDOK t,1 M
lif!r , ""cu news ui mo
-ased
now if ;
"his , 11 13 necessary to go over all
a.i -coouifnr whs remivnn.
an and make the authorized
fiecp valuation of every
where she had been receiving treat
ment fS 'seVeral Greeks. She was 45
ears plA and. is r survived by her
father, thtee KtArk
-.v wvruj OtO vai 1 IQU W T 1113-
ton-Salem yesterday afternoon- and
the funeral and intermeat will take
place there today.
Ifgles Jiyjiloftty'a auction
sale of mules held here Monday wasfDle was the decision of the board to
attended by a number of bidders.
The mules brought an average price
of $.6 1.6 0, which, in view of the cir
cumstances, is not considered a bad
deal for the county. The mules had
been used- tin oad work, some , of
them having- been purchased when
the permanent improvement of Guil
fords roads was begun.
Buffalo Revival. The revival
meeting - at Buffalo Presbyterian
church is now in progress and will
continue until Sunday night. Rev.
A. W. Crawford, of this city, is doing
the preaching and is presenting the
plain, simple gospel in a soul-stirring
manner. The congregations are in
creasing daily. Services are held at
10.45 A. M. and 7.45 P. M. and a
cordial invitation is extended to ihe
public to attend. -
More Insurance. The authorities
of,, the State Normal and Industrial
College have decided to take out ad
ditional fire insurance to the amount
of $160,000 on the property of the
college, thus increasing the insur
ance carried to about $360,000. The
property is valued at about $725,000.
The insurance will be placed by the
state insurance commissioner, who
looks after all the insurance carried
by the state on its property.
Better Babies Contest. The better
babies contest, which was a feature
of the Central Carolina fair in 1913
and 1914, will be repeated at the fair
this year. .Dr. W. M. Jones, the
county physician, is director of this
department, and he and Dr. J. T. J.
Battle will examine the babies that
may be entered for the contest. Ex
aminations will be made daily during
th fair, the hours, bieng .frofhv.10.
hntlfP-F
OHilock In; tho f6renoonv
Prizes will be awarded as usual.
Witness Skipped. The Municipal
court Tuesday very reluctantly enter
ed a nol pros in indictments charging
ten nogroes with retailing liquor, this
action being necessary on account of
the failure of the prosecuting wit
ness to appear. The prosecuting wit
ness is a young white man who had
been employed by the city as a detec
tive, and he appeared to have a bona
fide case against all the defendants.
It is presumed that the detective was
either bought off or frightened away
from the city.
More Room Needed. Already it
is apparent that the city schools,
when they open Monday, will need
COsderableadditional rpom to care
foerxhe increased attendance. Su
perintendent -Mann announces that
the Lindsay street and the Asheboro
street buildings will need at least
four additional rooms and the other
buildings will also be crowded. In
order to accommodate all the chil
dren, it may be necessary to teach
classes in relays, having a portion of
the pupils attend in the forenoon and
others in the afternoon.
Mr. Combs Resigns. Mr. W. M.
Combs has resigned his position as
manager of the savings department
of the Greensboro Loan and Trust
Company and will sever his connec
tion with that Institution at the end
of the present month. Mr. Combs has
been connected with the Greensboro
Loan and Trust Company for 11
years and for the past seven years
has been manager of the savings de
partment. He is a very capable young
business man and enjoys the confi
dence and esteem of the public. He
has made no announcement of his
plans for the future.
Jones-Renn Wedding. Mr. James
A. Jones, of Charlotte, and Miss Em
ma Lockhart Renn, a popular young
woman of this city, were married in
Centenary Methodist church last
evening at 6 o'clock. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. R. D. Sher-
rill, pastor of the church, and was at
tended by a large number of relatives
and friends of the couple. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones left soon after their mar
riage on an extended trip to the
West. They wijl Visit " Vancouver,
Seattle, Portland, rSan Francisco and
btheit' points of interests Mr Jones
is a leading citizen and business man
of Charlotte. His brfde is a daughter
of the late Rev. Dr. J. J. Renn, a well
known Methodist minister, And for
several; years has been a teacher in
the Greensboro public schools.
PROTEST 10 PER CEHT RAISE
COUNTY COMZVnSSIONERS WILL
ASK TAX COMMISSION TO
RESCIND ORDER.
Of the business transacted by the
county commissioners at the Sep
tember meeting, held Monday and
Tuesday, perhaps the action of in
terest to the greatest nuirber of peo-
enter a vigorous protest against the
order of the state tax commission in
adding 10 per cent to the assessed
value of real estate in Guilford coun
ty. The commissioners are unani
mous in the opinion that the assess
ment should not be raised, and steps
will be taken at once in an effort to
have the state tax commission re
scind the order.
The total assessed valuo of real es
tate in "the county this year, as re
ported to the state tax commission
by the county commissioners, is $15,
301,781, and if the order for the 10
per cent increase stands, the assess
ment will be $16,831,959.10. This
would make the assessed value of all
property in the county considerably
in excess of $33,000,000..
Other Matters.
A number of people residing in
Glenwood, southwest of the city, filed
a petition with the board asking that
the Telfair sanitarium be estopped
from emptying its sewage in Mile
Run creek, a quarter of a mile in the
rear of the institution. The petition
ers claimed that the method of dis
posing of the sewage caused foul
odors in the community and is re
sponsible for the breeding of many
mosquitoes. A report of Dr. W. M.
Jones, the county health officer, did
not bear out this contention, how
ever. Dr. Jones stated that he ,had
made a careful examination of the
situation and was convinced that the
evil odors and mosquitoes complain
ed of were due to the presence of hog
pens and Open closets in the neighr
borhood. He found no fault with the
sanitarium's sewerage system. On
this showine the commissioners took
tioiMeswMtn4Hinfiwin4a.
trom emptying its sewage into Mile
Run.
The board decided to have the
road leading - from High Point to
Archdale put in first-class condition,
the work to be begun at once. The
work will be done by the convicts at
present employed on the Mechanics-
ville road.
The board voted to add 16 feet
to the width of the Greensboro and
High Point road for a distance of
two miles leading out of High Point.
The work of repairing this road,
which was begun several weeks ago,
is progressing satisfactorily.
An order was made to have the
Kimesville road repaired from the
end of Asheboro i street to the inter
section o the Tabernacle road.
The commissioners made an appro
priation of $25 a month for the next
year to assist in paying the salary
and expenses of Miss Grace Schaef-
fer, the home demonstration agent of
the couuty.
An appropriation of $25 a month
was made to the District. Nurse and
Relief Association to be used in the
treatment of tubercular patients in
the county.
The following jurors were drawn
for the two-weeks' civil term of Su
perior court to be held in October:
John W. Summers, Charles W. Sum
iners, J. E. Foust, J. G. May, J. T,
Shoffner, R. F. Amick, Alfred Ap
ple, J. R. Faucette, R. B. Andrew,
C. D. Cobb, Z. M. Shoffner, J. Henry
May, J. L. Tate, W. O. Doggett, W.
L. Martin, C. C. Slack, J. A. Ham-
ner, E. B. Tatum, V. E. Barker, J.
Rush Hodgin, J. S. McMasters, E. R.
Tucker, W. M. Moore, B. J. Walker,
J. E. Stack, R. B. Boren, H. V. Simp
son, D. W. Starbuck, C. W. Lee, C. D,
Sellars, Will W. Wolfe, N. F. An
thony, W. B. Belton, A. H. Williams,
J. H. Frazier, B. F. Copeland, Wright
James, A. L. Jones, T. M. Westmore
land', D. L. Donnell, James Smith, O.
L. Tucker, V. D. Sale, A. J. Barland,
M. H. Wheeler, J. W. Montgomery,
E. F. White and L. E. York.
Arbor Day October 5.
Governor Craig has issued a proc
lamation oalling on the people of the
state to observe as generally and ex-
tensively as possible Arbor day, fori
which the state department of edu
cation and other organizations, along
with the womens' clubs, are prepar
ing programs especially adapted to
the different types of school district
and neighborhoods. The date ia Q3-
tober 5.
IS CAIEI RADICAL.
AlbanjiriN. Y.. Sent: 7The state
constitutional convention is com-
nlete. Tnarsday nieht the basic law-
makers cfil meet to approve the
completed .document.
The coarention's output is believed
to be practically complete. The new
constitution to be" submitted to the
November electorate is; sigend .with. I
the general label of "radical, but
constructive." It purports to make I
for "moe systematic, scientific and
economial government," and is char-
acterize&ias a non-partisan organ. It
changes jhe old basic law throughout
the whole length, committing six new own against the Austrans and Ger
articles and about thirty new pro- mans, whose advance at most points
posals tof-the voters. It reduces the has been stopped- In places the
150 state.departments to lets than a
score. :.i .
Many ibig and sweeping features
stand out in. the proposed constitu-
tion. I;
It proyhles for home rule for cities
and counties. It eliminates the law's
delays and simplifies practice. It
plans the reorganization and im-
provement of the state's militia. It
provides for a nine-headed unsalaried
conservation commission, charged
with the: protection and development
of the state's natural resources. It for more than a week, and to military
constitutionalizes the existing public observers those two towns seem fair
service commissions and protects the ly safe unless the invaders can bring
barge canal and other state waters
and properties. It permits the legis-
lature to abolish sweat shops" and
prohibit manufacturing in dwellings,
It empoiwers the legislature to make
sufferera from occupational diseases
beneficiaries of the workmen's com-
pensatipn law. It systematizes taxa-
tion and generally prevents future
exemptions.
But perhaps the proposed consti-
tutions biggest deDarture looks to-
ward women's suffrage. Provision is
made for. incorporating the legisla-
tive amendment, eivine women the
vote, into the organic laws in the
event of its approval at the fall polls. stm another battle is being fought
Important propositions, too, were. Ior the triangle of fortifications far
turned; down by the convention. It ther SQuJn, of which Rovno and Dub-
reiuseq
pcrpu
legislation." It refused to establish
literacy test for new voters. It re
fused to create proportional legisla
tive representation. It refused to
grant broader educational powers to
the state. It refused to establish
compulsory military service.
The convention's adoption led Re-
publican majority leader Wickersham
to declare, "the proposed, amend-
ments present the most striking pro-
eran in state trnvprnmpnt ver nr-
sented to the people of any state."
Work of Superior Court.
The September civil term of Su
perior court convened Monday after
noon, with Judge M. H. Justice on
the bench. The first jury case taken
up was a suit brought by R. C. Prince
against Dr. A. H. Johnson, a dentist
of this citv. The Plaintiff asked fnr
$5,000 damages for injuries alleged
.vr usou OU9M1UCU lli IUC CAll Cks
tion of a tooth by the dentist several
years ago. The trial came to an end
Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock, when
the jury returned a verdict for the
defendant.
Yesterday morning the case of I.
E. Jones against the city of High
Point was taken up and the hearing
of evidence consumed the entire day.
The plaintiff is askinsr for damages
in the sum of $5,000 because of cer-
tain sewage disposal in a stream
that flows through his farm. The
case was heard last spring and he
was awarded $1,300 damages. The
presiding judge set the verdict aside,
however, on the grounds that such a
sum was excessive.
Says War Mav Last 15 Tears.
Dr. Ralph L. Thompson, of the
factiitv of st t.4 irnivnrauv s
Louis. Mo., who returned Sunday
from France,,where he was a physi-
cian in a British hospital, predicts
that the European war will last
from five to 15 years.
Dr. Thompson said the deadlock in
the western theater seemed unbreak-
toproniwt..ne3feafter ksWhat imwW4imim;w uwauBr
able and that the permanent nature "Enemy aeroplanes have been at
of the British hospitals and of other' tempting numerous sudden raids on
British preparation testified to their ur territory, but everywhere they
HHef that th 0rrin win h innr
The British have just finished build
ing a $130,000 steam laundry back of
the battle line, he said.
Mr. J. M. Cunningham, chief dep
uty in the office of the collector of in
ternal revenue at Statesville, has re-
returned to , his work after a short
vacation vit.to flativea and frieads
f J here.
EIIPEROR TAKES COIWAHD
RUSSIAN RULER GOES TO THE
FRONT ST 1KB IN O EVENTS
ARE EXPECTED.
The action of ;Emperor Nicholas in
placing himself at the head of nis
army and the visit of the French
commander-in-chief, Gen. Joffre, to
the Italian frontier are believed to
toresnaaow stirring events in Dotn
the east and west, in which the
armies of all the allies will co-oper-
ae
is declared the Russians al-
ready are beginning to hold their
Russians are on the offensive.
taga remains tne aanger poiui, oui
the fact that the Russians continue to
occupy the town after the Germans
have -advanced to the Dvina leads
military writers to believe the Rus-
sians feel reasonably sure of tneir
ability to defend tne river ana in
time to push westward and relieve
the pressure on their forces on the
shores of the Gulf of Riga,
West of Dvinsk and Vilna the Rus-
sian offensive has held the Germans
UP strong reinforcements. East and
southeast of Grodno the Russians
na taken up new positions across
the river St. Chara and its trioutaries
and are protecting the railways run-
ning eastward and northward to the
Russian interior.
Further southeast, among the for-
ests and swamps on the northeastern
edge of the Pripet marshes, a great
battle is in progress between the
army of Prince Leopold and. the Riis-
sian center. Amid the marshes Von
Mackensen is working hard for a de-
cisive result, He reports that he has
taken two Russian positions.
The Austrians ' and-'Russians are
facing each other across the Sereth
river in Galica, where the fighting is
continuous. The stands the Russians
are making suggest that their muni
"ons supply is ample, a etrograa
correspondent says the ammunition
shortage has been corrected, and that
while the production is slow it is in
cessant and growing in activity and
method.
For the thirteenth successive day
the allies have bombarded German
positions in the west, only varying
their artillery activity by occasional
air raids, sapping and mining opera
tions and bomb throwing. In this
fighting the Germans also are taking
Part and success rests first with one
siae and tnen tne other.
Along the northern frontier of Ser
bia the Teutons are strengthening
their positions on the Save and the
I Danube. Dresumably preparatory to
I ' - - -
a new offensive
Italians Gaining Ground.
The following official communion
tion has been issued from the Italian
general headquarters:
"Frequent and spirited reconnais-
sances have resulted in encounters
with enemy detachments which were
obliged to yield and retire. Similar
actions, but of greater importance.
occurred September 4 in the Adige
Valley, near Marco, and in the San
Pellegrino Valley along the Avisio,
at a place west of Costabella, where
we destroyed some entrenchments of
the enemy
"n tne mezzo 5asm our troops
attacked and put to flight enemy de-
tacnments m amuusn on xne siope oi
M . 1 A M 1 A 1
Monte Robon and Penetrating their
refuge, capturea arms ami ammuni-
tion
"In tbe Goritnica Valley (upper
Isonzo), one of our detachments
drove the enemy from a wood whpre
he nad been embarrassing our lines
nis fire' and later occupied the
I wooa'
I nave oeen ooiigea to retire rapiaiy
Prof. Ernest Brockmann, of Mays
ville, Ga., is in the city on a visit to
his brothers Messrs. J. L. and C. J.
Brockmann.
Mrs. J. Frank Gorrell and children
have retrirned to their home at Lxixaf
berton after yMttf4i&
i city.
BRINGS PROSPERITY 1
if ' - ' rT--i-tS. .vJ;.. l if
'Of 3
conscientious 4 scruples againstimak- ;
, -c3r vy. vwaua9
t'lTrsnnrcn sent v . r asm no a
ing war munitions with which the f
areign ' nations may murder each
other. Isaac W. Frank, president of j;
he United States Engineering : and ;
Fundrj' Company, stated here today .
that his company nas turned down '-'
orders for munitions totaling in value
many millions Of dollars! Mr. Frank
a&o stated that the policy of his com
pany would continue the same and ?
that no materials that could be ap
plied to war munitions would be -manufactured.
fin his statement Mr. Frank de- ?
clared that he is against war and ;
could not conscientiously manufac- '
ture munitions. He stated, however, 1
that,, while he holds such a view of ;
the matter, he sees no reason why
others who do not think as he does
should not take advantage of :the )
business offered. He admitted that
i is neither "immoral or illegal' to ,
manufacture munitions.
Mr. Frank stated that his company
hid suffered ,ao monetary loss be-):
ciiuse of its refusal to accept war or
ders. As a matter of fact, he said,
te United States Engineering "and L
undrx,Cmpany never, hadmore
Dusmess-'on-iitswnooicr-thanat-the r
present time. Much of this business v
ifor export.? BTe also intiniated tnatl
the position he had taken relative to i
the manufacture of ?war Thflriftiona
had probably redounded to the good ;
of hircompairy W the tomr 4 of large
orders given by buyers whose sym
pathies coincided ' with hia
Wilson Seeks No Indorsement
of
f Himself.
PFeidet Wflson; through: "Secre-.
-3
try Tumulty, has reiterated his re-
fusal to take any political advantage
of the .extraordinary international
situation.
Tumulty sent a : letter tot Sheriff
Kinkead, of Hudson county, N. Y., '.
declining an invitation to attend a
meeting of the Hudson county Demo
cratic, committee, scheduled fcrf Sep-v
meeting's object, ns stated dn -Kin
kead letter, -rwas ta endorse the
president.
It was my understanding when
we .discussed this matter some weeks
ago," said Tumulty's letter, "that
the meeting you had in mind was
merely a meeting of the Hudson
county Democratic committee, for
which you were anxious to procure
the services of Senator Lewis, of Illi
nois, as the speaker.
"I had a talk with the president
about this matter and he deeply ap
preciates the generosity of the sug
gestion, but New Jersey is his own
state, the men who would act in this
matter are his own personal friends,
and he feels that it might seem as if
he were taking advantage of the ex
traordinary situation now existing to
gain some personal advantage
through such an expression of confi
dence by them.
"As I said In my. letter to State
Chairman Grosscup a year ago, this
would be inconsistent with his whole
thought and spirit, and he shrinks
from it as from something that would
embarrass him, rather than help
him."
Love's Vigil Lost to Death.
Reading, Pa., Sept. 6. Dr. Mich
ael Austin fought for five days and
nights with practically no sleep to
save the life of his fiancee, Miss Ma
rion Forman, of New York, and lost.
The young woman died this morning
in intense agony from bichloride
poisoning.
She was a guest at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Max Luria, on Mineral
Spring road, and last Monday com
plained of severe headaches. A phy
sician was summoned and prescribed
some pills. Some time later Miss
Forman went to the medicine chest
and took several tablets, which she
thought were her headache medicine,
but proved to be bichloride.
She was removed to the hospital
and Dr. Austin scarcely left the bed
side during the long struggle against
the inevitable. 1
Form Association. Managers of a
number of moving picture and vaude
ville shows in the states of Virginia,
West Virginia, North and South Car
olina held, a meeting , here Tuesday
and organized the' south ? Atlantic
Theatrical Managers' . Association.
Mr. 1a. Ql 'Schofield, of this city, was
elected ; president and Mr. Sterling
aad treasurer.
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