North Carolina Newspapers

UP ill HRWS IN ' OF INTEIUM y o 1. OF THE PATKHM. ' BlVo ivn NEAR. $ All interest. Mr. R. M. Clapp. iased the interest of Mr. W. in the business leral Meeting. The "Seventh on are -A revival meet- Tntor Car Company,- r,uiuuiu . : in r" n i II I - V 5 xrdpratOT. Rev. L. P. 1 .t"nr nf the Presbyterian 0tle' , trh Point, was elected f Lor ofOrange Presbytery at In held in Mt. Airy . last tie fee- .ntists are holding a tent -1 I I iA " Vs- xrin fT nrnnfirtv. meeting on . .v, rrppne street. every nignt auu j Urge cr"ds- opvival .ieeiiB .. nrntrress at me ua. jviuge w? i u tViq oorviroa are nravan cmuui. w - -conducted oy Jtev. . ik. whims, q n H Rev. F. Walter 0ft:i;s tn.. of Betnania. Trip. Messrs. F. C. -w T Tin i-V XJ AT Phomhloo nO' 1 -3 " p jl. Stafford and Dr. J. K. Wheeler returned Saturday irom an auiomo- tile trip to iuui cucou v-iv.. , ""v.w tev spent several days' fishing. . On Committee. Mr. A. w . mcahs- jer and Rev. J. Waiter Long, ot this oty, have been appointed members vice for the statf of North Carolina, the headquarters of which are in Ral- Work Begins. Regular class work College wa? be.gun tms morning. Over 700 students have been enroll ed, this beins about 100 in excess of ;te number registered for the open ing last year. Will Oix?n October 5. On account cf inability to get the new building ready earlier, the opening of the Janestown high school has 'been nostDoned until October 5. The scnooi s prospects lor tne new term ire most flattering. I;ns Automobile Trip. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Snyder and .Mr. and Mrs. 1 F. Lampman have returned from c extended automobile trip to Cana- oo. Thev left Greensboro six weeKs go and visited a number .of points both in this country and Canada. Criminal Court. A week's erimi n?.l term of Guilford Superior court convened this morning at 10 o clock. Tith Judge T. J. Shaw on the bench. ne ana Judge Justice having ex changed courts for two weeks. A evil term will ho h1d next week. To Speak at Banquet. Mr. George Stephens, one of the leading business sen of Charlotte, has accepted an in flation to make an address-before T-e physical department of the weensboro Y. M. C. A. at a banquet to be held in the near future, prob- lV on the night of October 4. Here From West. Mr. T. R. Sny j. . l Kansas Pitv Mn bflvoa tn- - j t v., - - "3. OT1 hie roturn linmn o f o iriolf ' ' ' ' i i,. L U i 11 IIUIUC dL.i a T AO A U in l)OMt nf lfMlfh . 'Mr' W fat Combs, wno" recently resigned- "the position of ' mlstnager jof the'"savings , diBp&rtniient t)t the "Greensboro Loan. andi vTrk'poPany left ..jSaturday night for Saranac lake, N. Y., t spend some time for the benefit of his health During his absence Mrs Combs and tittle daughter will visif relatives in Atlanta. Shoffner-Welker. Mr. Charles AT Shoffner, of Climax, and Miss Lillian Myrtle Welker, a daughter of Mr, ajid-Mrs W. A. Welker, of southeast ern Guilford, were married in this city . Saturday night. The ceremcny took place at the home of Mr.G; Ci Fields and was" performed by Rev Shuford Peeler. Mr. and Mrs. Shoff lier jare well known young people anct have many friends who wish them every happiness in life, v Grood Concert'. The concert given at the Smith Memorial building FriT day nighbby ai'clftss of children fom tne uaa ieiiowsrpnanage ax'itjrows- ooro vas ft- splendid entertalnnterit and was enjoyed by a goddf 'STodience. This was the last concert! of the sea- 1 son and it was stated tnat -xne re- ceipts here were greater than thejr had been at any other nlace. The class left the. orphanage early in June' and-gave 82 concerts while on the tour. To Present Portrait. At a meet ing neia saxuroay aiternon tne mem bers of the Guilford county bar de? 4 cidect to present a portrait of Col. James T. Morehead to the Supreme court of North Carolina, the presen tation to be made in response to an invitation extended by the justices of the state's highest court. Messrs R. R. King, G. S. Bradshaw and T 4 C. Hoyle were appointed members of a committee to arrange the program for the presentation exercises, which will take place in the-Supreme court at Raleigh on Monday, November 1. Col. Morehead is the oldest member of tb Guilford bar and one of the state's mosT distinguished lawyers and citizens. He and Hon. Cyrus B. Watson, of Winston-Salem, are among the very, few men who have had the honor conferred upon them while living of having their portraits presented to the Supreme court. VIUIA CAPTURED BYGERUAHS NO MORE! ATTRACTIONS OUTSIDE OF FAIR ROUNDS. TWO FIGHTS WITH liEMGAll! RUSSIAN FORCES MUST FIGHT THEIR WAY OUT OR RETIRE BEFORE TEUTON FORCES. The Kussian city of Vilna, at which the. armiesoTTiela Marshal Von Hindenburg had been 1 riving and which was stubbornly defended until nearly surrounded hy. hostile forces, has been occupied by the Germans. Vilna, a city of some 170,000 in- temDorartly - expose The last .session ot the legislature passed a law which, .has the effect of prohibiting the operation of amuse ment devices or stands for thesale of anything within a quarter of a mile of an agricultural fair during the progress of the fair. Following is the textlof the law: That every person, firm, officer or ap-pnt of any cornoration, who shall for sale any habitants on the Warsa -v-Petrograd Railway line, has been the object of a German offensive movement, for weeks past in the course of the .wide- goods, waes, foods, soft drinks, ice cream, najvelties, or any other kind of merchandise, or who shall operate anv merry-go-round," Ferris wheel, or spread eperations of Field Marshal any others device for public amuse- Von Hindenburg on the northern ena of the extended battle line in the east. After the fall of Kovno no for tress barrier remained before the Germans moving on Vilna, but stubi born defensive measures were taken by the Russians to hold back the Teutonic advance, Viina being thf northern key position on the impor tant railway line running southeast ward to Rovno, which the Russians were striving to retain. The fall of Vilna had been antici pated for several days, the German encircling movement having develop ed sufficiently to make it apparent that its abandonment was only a question of time. Last week Petro grad dispatches stated that Vilna, as well as Dvinsk, another, of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's objec- ment, within' one-fourth of a mile of any" agricultural fair, during said fair, shall pay a tax. of $100 in each nnnntv in! which he shall carry on u- vr ft - x - such business, whether as a princi ftl or agent: Provided, this section mt t shall not apply to any business estab lished 60 ;days prior to the beginning of such fair. "That every person mentioned in the preceding section shall apply in advance for a license to the board of county commissioners in the county in which he purposes to peddle, sell or operate and the board of county commissioners may in their discre tion issue i license upon the payment of the tax to the sheriff, which shall expire at the end of 12 months from its date. "That any person violating the SOUTHERN RAILWAY? MEN-;; 1' 2. SHOTS FIRED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER IilTTIiE DAMAGE DONE. HOLD BIG ,MEBTpf J The "get-together meeUng'of of ficers and employes of the Southern Railway held in this city riday night Was attended by a number of -officers and oyer l,a00 employes, many of the latter being accompanieoV by memberseof their families. ; The meeting was Tield in Neece's nail, which was crowded to its capacity. Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 17 Amer ican cavalrymen had two fightswith Mexicans across the Rio Grande, to day, one here and one near Donna; about 60 miles up the river. In both clashes the American soldiers were I Tne employes present were from the northern district, embracing the Washington, Danville, Richmond, Norfolk and. Winston-Salem -r divi sions. . . . . l "General Counsel Jeffries, who pre- sideri. struck the keynote of the meeting when he, said that the man agement of the Southern Railway fired upon . and returned the nre without themselves suffering any. cas ualties. " Ten American cavalrymen in the Donna fight, which lastd two hours and a half this afternoon, reported they were fired upon by abouf'200 Mexicans and believed that they had hit 17 Mexicans. Twenty American considered its' greatest sset to beMta cavalrymen experienced employes and that when fought on the outskirts of Browns- nejof thni is kiljedlfpr iijureiefe vine tor naif an nour witn Mexicans comp-iny, has suf f ot'ed'an .JtreparabXe on tne- opposite oanK ot tne river. After the fight one Carranza sol dier was taken to Matamoros, prob ably fatally wounded, but -tonight Carranza officer! denied emphatical ly that any of their men joined in the battle. tives, had been emptied of stores and provisions of the two preceding sec abandoned by government and pri- tions, shall be guilty of a misdemean vate institutions. It was declared or, punishable by a fine not to ex that -neither point was regarded as of ceed $50 or imprisonment not to, ex further strategic imDortance. exceDt ceed 30 days, at the discretion of the AMERICAN PRODUCTS DECLARED FORFEITED. to hi? ased father and other relatives utar ilmax and in High p0int. Mr. .Cer left nuilfrT-H fnr tlio Wost nearly 30 years ago and this is his 'st visit to his old home in 22 years. Return to Old Home. Mr. and it., us- . l. Harris, who moved to Greensboro about 15 years ago, have turned to their old home in Edge- tdmVir, , e county. Mr. Harris owns a od farra near Tarboro which he U-ill - ... " cultivate. Until recently Mr. Jarr-s was an employe of the North aroiina Public Service Company and e as the distinction of having run rst electric street car ever oper- 0Lea m this city. mionai Pardon. Governor ajg has granted a pardon to W. F. tinnett, a white man of this city, jo was convicted last November of The British prize court has con demned the greater part of the American products form.ng the car goes of four steamships. The prod ucts, valued at several million dol lars, are declared forfeited to he crown. All the geods on these ves sels, consisting principally of Amer ican meat products, are confiscated, with.the exception of a small propor tion which .the court released to claimants. The case has been pending for sev eral months. The steamships were seized last November, and, although efforts were made by the American owners to obtain an early trial, the British authorities set the hearing for June. The hearing closed last month and judgment was reserved until a few days ago. In a lengthy judgment, Sir Samuel said it was plain these ships were car rying toward Copenhagen, when cap tured, mere than 13 times the amount of goods which under normal circum stances would have been taken to tha port. ' That fact gave practical and overwhelming assurance that the goods were intended to find their way to Germany, although, of course, it did "not prove conclusively that they were destined for an enemy of Great Britain. as a section of the general front, and that it was not the purpose of the Russian general staff to defend Vilna at all costs. With the capture of Vilna the Germans seem likely to find the way more easily opened to Dvinsk, vir tually the entire railroad line lead ing northwestward to that city now apparerftly being in their hands. Russians Surrounded. " 'i The Germans -have succeeded in almost if not entirely surrounding a portion of the Russian army fighting in the railway triangle between Vil na, Lida and Vileika. The Russian forces in this district either must fight their way out east ward or retire in a southeasterly di rection, for the only railway left en tirely in their hands is that which runs from Vilna to Lida, and thence to Baranovitchi. The Russians express confidence in the outcome of the battle, which court loss: Speaker after speaker dra' home the slogan that the Southern Railway does not ' want- tbthurt I its men and that' it is taking .every pos sible step to prevent injuries. President Fairfax Harrison stress ed the fact that there is no real cour- Col. A. P.. Blockson, American age in taking unnecessary risks and that the truly brave man will be as careful to protect himself whenever possible as he will be quick' to face danger and death when they He in the path of duty. , Others who addressed the meeting were: Trainmaster J. A. Bolich, of Winston-Salentr Engineer M. " C. Glenn, of the Danville division; At torney T. C. Linn, of Salisbury: Agent E. H. Marsh, of Spencer ; Superin tendent of Agencies W. H. Gatcheli, the "Billy Sunday" of the Southern commander at Fort Brown here, re ported, to Major General Funston.at San Antonio tonight that the Mexi cans started .the firing near Browns ville! The trouble at Brownsville began when Juan Diego, a Mexican resi dent of Brownsville, reported to Col onel Blockson that for two or three days snipers on the Mexican side had been shooting into his ranch on the river front. This morning Diego said a bullet That all laws and clauses of laws struck his house and another killed Railway ' organization; in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. "That this act shall be in from and after its ratification." force DEAD BODY OF OLORED MAN FOUND IN ROAD. John jlteaden. colored, who resided between Jamestown and Grobme- town, was found dead in the public road a short distance this side of Jamestown about 2.30 o'clock yes terday morning. His chest had been crushed in and his right shoulder badly mashed, and the supposition is that he was run over by a heavy au tomobile. The discovery was made by Earl Coltrane and several other young men who were returning to Orpensboro in an automobile. They reDorted the matter to Sheriff Staf ford and returned with the officer to must be decided before complete suc the scene of the accident and assisted cess falls to one side or the other, but J in bringing the body"to Greensboro. with their northern armies closelv rnrnner stanstmrv is holding an in- ank well protected by their cavalry Vhich . recently occupied Widsv. across the Vilna-Petrograd railway Two Papers Resume Publication. Webster's Weekly, of Reidsville, which suspended publication about a liquor and sentenced to the I year ago, has been revived by Mr. M. Stinnett is a cripple and wife and several children. His ine " mnths, the pardon be S conditioned on good behavior in ,uc iuture. "is a Qfaon Ti-,, - ... letommenaed by several nicers and n- w at jnr,aa unty physician. rotfSit .. a , te . 11 nMi Guilford's pro- Courr the 111 the against tne 10 per cent increase . ooCu valuation or reai es- setited county wa formally pre- 111 r fur j-v - a - - a by Messrs. W. C. Boren, of commia- 8l0r' Frid o f the ard 1 o , and T-u atto rney. They crea8e i argued tnat the in- ZW acif 0t warranted by conditions L. Misenheimer, formerly editor ot the Madison Herald and more recent lv of the Lexinsrton Herald. Asso ciated with Mr. Misenheimer ir Mr S. W. Cayton, who was connected with the Weekly for many years while the paper was under the; man agement of the late John R. Web ster. The Gibsonville Times, which sus- nended Dublication during" the Hull sumtner months, has made its ap pearance again. Mr. L. T. Barber, the editor of the Times, is one of. the livest and most progressive citizens of Gibsonville and deserves the suf- port of the people of the community in the efforts he is making to give them a home newspaper. Both of these newspapers and those agreed assessment vas the ,UP0n by the tax assessors and , ita UiD11ssioners be allnwrt A reply from thM 1 connected' with them haVe the ?best held along the Dlna and the German quest overNthe body today. Headen was in Greensboro Satur day afternoon to collect some money hat was diift him for labor. The it seems,. impossible that any aid can sum of $2.25 w as found in one of his come to them from that direction, f nockets and a package of groceries The battle seeminelv must le lvin hv h. side. He'aden was fought out between the troops now in about 37 years old and leaves a wid the district between Vilna. Lida and and four vouner children, ' the Slonim. with the assistance of anv vnnn?pst hpinar a. babv a week old. reinforcements that can be soared one of his horses. Colonel Block son sent Lieut. E. L. N. Glass with a detachment of Troon C. third cav- Llry, to investigate. Arriving at the Diego ranch hause, Lieutenant Glass heard a shot near the river. He divided his command, sending one squad up the river, while he lead the other down. Glass himself went out upon the river, Where half a dozen rifles opened fife on him, and Glass replied with a pistol, while his men came forward on a. run, opening fire on the Mexicans. The firing soon died down. Glass's men reported that they saw two Mexicans run to cover and also re ported they could see seven or eight other men approaching from up the river on the Mexican side. How ever, before tnese reinforcements reached the Mexican position they were engaged by the detachment which Glass sent up the river. Then a lull came and two Mexican oiri- cers rode up on horses, waving their swords. Glass asked what the firing by the Mexicans meant. The officer, after a couple of ques tions, replied according to Glass: "They are only irresponsible per sons. Then the officers, using swords as whips, were seen to drive some men away from the levew. to hold the German force which has reached Vilsika. Danville Young Men Arrested Here. Five young men from Danville, Va, who came to Greensboro in an automobile Saturday afternoon were arrested upon their arrival on the Charge of an assault of a rather un usual nature. While passing the home of Mr. H. W. Lambeth, north of Brown Summit, it is alleged that one of the young men threw a par tially filled bottle of beer from the car, the bottle striking Miss Minnie Lambeth. Mr. Lambeth, the father of the young lady, telephoned to Brown Summit and had the number of the automobile taken. He then telephoned the number of the car to the sheriff's office and requested the arrest of the young men. The ar rest was made a few minutes after the arrival of the party ih the city. The young men are W. M. Steed. E. P. Melton, J. H. Osborne, A. C Erpes and R. A. Benton. They gave bond in the sum of $250 for their appear ance before Justice of the Peace Col lins tomorrow afternoon fcr a pre liminary hearing. to a report from Paris, xnis time the trouble is not only is Lisbon but in the principal provincial cities of School BuiMinc. The the republfef It looks as it on that 1 citv commissioners have purchased a account the rising were more serious lot at the corner of Cynress avenue 1 than some that hare preceded it. j t . i f -Thet PnrtnTiASA -.Tterlment re- nnn iimwkv hlickl. iia. Liin iaiji LiicafiL i c Germany's Note on the Hesperian. Germany's note informing the United States that there is no reason to believe the liner Hesperian was sunk by a submarine has reached the state department. Secretary Lansing said no action in the case was contemplated at this time. There is. no. evidence before the department to prove whether the liner was attacked or struck by a mine. The German note declares all re ports received from submarine com manders indicate that there was no submarine in the vincinity when the explosion which wrecked the Hes perian occurred, . and expresses be lief that the vessel' was blown up hy a mine, in view of the nature of the e-rnlosion and the fact that it was r well forward. Although dispatches from London and Queenstown at the time statea that the Hesperian had been 'tor pedoed, the explosion occurred wben thV vessel was about a hundred miles 'Portugal Still Restless. - f-fllz fif the ,nnp in which German Portugal is experiencing a new in' SUDmarmes usually operate, arid so surrectionary movement, accoramg . known nobody on board has Miss Caldwell Resigns as librarian. Miss Bettie Caldwell, who has been librarian of the Greensboro public library since the founding of that in stitution 14ears ago, has tendered her resignation, asking that she be relieved of the duties and responsi bilities of the position in order that she may be able to take a needed rest. The trustees of the library de clined to accept the resignation, but voted unanimously to grant Miss Caldwell a year's leave of absence and expressed the hope that at the end of that time she might take up the work again. In her letter of resignation Miss" Caldwell asked that Mr. W. Shelton Houston, who has been her faithful and competent assistant, be elected to succeed her. The trustees unani mously elected Mr. Houston to serve as librarian during the year's leave of absence granted Miss Caldwell. Roadjnaster II. D. Knight, Conductor C. W. Fow ler, Machinist E. M. Cauble, of Spen cer; Attorney John N. Wilson, of Greensboro; Section Foreman S. H. Pillows and Bridge Foreman G. H. Flynt . , JUDGMENT SIGNED IN THE COURT HOUSE CASE. . y- . ' - "W v'y-V't Before adjourning Superior .court for the term Thursday afterncoh, Judge Justice signed a judgment in the litigation concerning the title to a portion of the county court house property. The decree is not-to the ikin? of either side to the contro versy, and attorneys ror notn tne ;ounty and the jndividual property owners entered notice of an appeal to the Supreme court.1 The judgment as signed by Judge Justice favors the county as against the'. Caldwell and Porter, heirs and is against the)cu(n- ty relative to the property that has no direct - outlet except through the court house lot. The property owners irl 1 wbfbse favor the decree is made are -Judge W. yp: BynJumJ C6lA JohKiiJBalfin- ger, A. Wayland Cooke, John Barker andW. T.' Sockwell. The court holds . that these owners have easements' in' the court house.property such that Guilford county could never dispose of any part of this proper t)r, or; Mae any part of it not now in use, for county or other building purposes, without the consent of the individual holders. It is held that the Porter and Caldwell heirs have no such ease ments, because their property has an outlet on West Market street and would therefore not be affected by any disposition of the county's property. The contention of the county has been that these property holders have easements only in so far as having assured to them an open space through which outlet could be gain ed; that these easements have no bearing upon any part of the prop erty outside of such a space. The Supreme court will pass on this point. claimed to have seen a jubmarine or tprpedo. - , Another ern part of the- city, upon which ga school building wrir be erected in tfe near f uturer The lot was purchased from the Summit Avenue Buildhr Company for a consideration of 4k' Approaching Marriage Announce ment has been made of the engage ment of Mr. Ben S. Barnes, of Max- ton, formerly of Greensboro, and brother of Mrs. E. L. Stamey, of this Aity, and Miss lartna-Alien, nueace, anji-4t wotiM mot be daughter of Judge OUrer.H. Aljea; of r.irQ-nt iAiiht" a 1 Kinston. v.tmit-jiwotw wm publicanism has not been altogether h6nly mildly luecessful In keep- To Assume Protectorate Over Haiti. Formal recognition has been ac corded by the United States to the new. government. in Halt!, headed by President D'Artiguenav-. This action, which will materially strengthen the position of the exists ing government, is in line with" the intention of the Washington admin istration to negotiate a treaty by which the United States will assume a virtual protectorate over Haiti, su per visingher financial; and police ad ministrations. The treaty is now be fore the Haitien congress for ratifi cation and its negotiation could not be completed without recognition of thegpyerument. t a; -,rx . Although tbe convention bas .been vigus);psi4l m 0 ' v " uua. j . . . .