North Carolina Newspapers

- rr f.. .il TABLISHED 1P21 UAt NEWSIHBBIEF FORD .RS OP INTEKESX TQ THB j H 7a np THE PATRIOT fin ai'' Census. Mr. . John If. Taking has been employed to take ooPer iV. n OnH tA I m hool census oi tc vv, j OI the sc -nrir this week. The job the him busy for several weeks. trill keep , rHnr. A SUCCOSSful T6- is in Droeress at tne ral . church at Jamestown. The Metnouw : - ia Kcinff done by Rev. Dr. . .It 1 tl f Pre , a vav w O. Ooode. of Jg 13 l- " o w. Byra auu " ' this city- . . rt Bankrupt. r rau& x , y- lin-olnton, a puoiugiayn, voluntary petition in bankruptcy in United States court here Tues- TTif HaHiiitipa are scheduled at w ly- TUB I with assets orow. A r .i Conies to Cireensooro. mr. k. x. r-h lrtll n f TT llQO mil. a on interest in tne denier cnascu RTick warehouse ana win arrive in a days to join Messrs. King and in the management of the Aydlette business. Returns Home. Mr. A. J. Lam- 0 n-....n QiimmH - 1X7 Vl - Tins f,f the Dast five weeks, receiving treatment for stomach trouble, re- iu turned to his nome yesteruay atjtsy- 11000. tlC lO LUUDIUOl J .ijr.w.w. in health. On Fishing Trip. Capt. Neil El- lington, Dr. A. rt. wnson, messrs. xv. M. Rees, S. L. Gilmer, R. G. Vaughn, Jotn W. Crawford and C M. van story went to Manchester this week on a tishing trip.. They arrived just in time to be cauguu by the spell of cool weather. Receives Call. Rev. Henry W. Blanchard, a native of Greensboro and a recent graduate of the Baptist theological seminary at Louisville, Ky., has received a call to the pas- torate of the Baptist: church in Greenville. This is One of the .oldest churches of the Baptist denomination in te state. Teachers' Meeting. County Su- J per.ntenaent oust nas a nonce eisn- . . . j i I where in ths issue of The Patriot caliing attention to the fact that the first meeting for the year of the Guil iord Countv Teachers' Association will be held in this city, at the Car negie library, Saturday forenoon at 10.30 o'clock. Two Marriages. Squire D. H. Col- lins officiated Monday night at two weddings at his home on Douglas street. One of the couples was Mr. Albert H. McCurrie, of Stokesdale, and Miss Mary E. Hanner. of Ore Hill, and the other was Mr. Julian Harr ison and Miss Virginia Lee Thomas, of Amherst, Va. S. P. White Dead. Mr. Stephen P. White died Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, Mr. John S. White, at Archdale. He was 80 years old and a native of Guilford county. He is survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters. The body, was bought to Greensboro and the fu neral held from tho Holiness church TuoSiay morning at 11 o'clock. firace Church Revival. A revival Meeting is in progress at Grace Meth odist PrntPst ant rYi n tVi "Rev "R TVT - Andrews, the nastnr he can the aer- vies Sunday and did the preaching Until last night, when th pulpit was occupied by Rev. J. C. Broonfield, of 'airmount, W. Va,. who will remain Urine the rmatnHar rt tho mAothi? . 'hich is expected to run through next week. Died Suddenly. Mr. R. L. An- U.45 o'clock at his home on Mebane treet, following a stroke of paralysis uuucicu ct suuri ULUC U61U1C he at the county court house. He ha( been in feeble health from the ects of a previous paralytic stroke. ; Andrews was 40 years old and ls survived by his widow and a broth- Tho fiin...i j j. luuerai ana mienaem wm ak place at Hines' chapel this after n0 at 3 oVWv s Mouse. uiimer ers Company is the style of a new tHerPan tilo rnnnHr In Vi4a 'l r I v.vjnci 11 ha 1.11 ib . i 1 Heir ctv. . , . - . . I Elm located at ssat tsouin ar peet' opposite the Odell Hard- e Company, and is filled with an -i:uve line on the sixth page of eto t conveys an idea of tne ai carried and the seasonable bar 0ns that are offered. This is one a chain of six stores backed by a 'iie ary gooas concern. i ugene Wall, of Lima, REAlr BfOTATE TRANSFERS . - - Deeds lop . the transfer of, the fol io wing. tlees Q;f real estate . .have been -nild"!!! the; office of the regis ter ..of deeds this week: A. Schiffman to Henry B. Delaney, two lots' no' feast Market street, city . 4.' ureensDoro, eacn 45 by 150 feet, for a consideration of $1,400. T. 1.. Hill to Clay H. Clinard, lot 20 in block 4 of the Show park prop erty in .the city of High Point, $160. J. W. ftedgecock to Clay H. Clin ard, a track consisting of one-third of an acre In the city of High Point. T. W. Hubbard to Clay H. Clinard, a narrow strip of land in -the city of High Point, 20 by 143 1-2 feet, $5. Claude Kiser and wife to W.' Z. Brown, a lot 50 by 150 feet on Wain- .vv.v. vv. i Morehead tovnship, $10 and otier valuable considerations. W. J. Meadows to Nellie E. Hern- don, a tract consisting of 6.60 acres in Morehead township, $500. The trustees of the Church of the Redeemer to A. Schiffman, a lot 50 by 150 feet on Dodson street in the city of Greensboro, $'3o. The Home Investment x and Im pro vement. Company to C. C. Swain, a tract consisting of 14,250 square feet in the city of High Point, $1 and other valuable considerations. Charles A. Hines, trustee, to A. Horwitz, four small tracts in Summer township, 6, 2 1-2, 2 and 2 acres, for a total consideration of $50. Henry Palmer to A. Schiffman, a lot 50 by 150 feet on the McConnell road, near the city of Greensboro $225. . . . Car Jones and wife to R. T. and M hi. scott, a lot 50 Dy 2UU reet on JDairy street, in the city of Greens bQTO, $225. Arlie, B. Owen to John H. Walker a tract consisting of 10.06 acres in Rock Creek township, $704.20.' STUDENT UOVERNMBNT - AT- GUILFORD COLLEGE. At a recent mass meeting of the youug iueu siuuenis oi tjuiiiuru oi- x j j. j i ii. a iri lege it was decided by a unanimous vote to retain for the coming. year the system of student government. In the open discussion which character ized the meeting the efficiency of the system of student government last year, its first year of operation, was clearly presented. Speeches by re presentative students and members of the faculty heartily endorsed the action of the student council last, year and predicted a splendid year for 1915-1916, provided the authorities were given the moral support of the student body. 'After the mass meeting the various classes met for the election of their representatives on the student coun cil, the result of the elections being as ioiiows: T. K. snort, Thomas Semans, A. L. Riddick and Harrell Budd, seniOr class; Robert Thayer, Jesse P. Garner and Paul Hinkle, junior class; A. Jones Smith and Lawrence Grissom, sophomore class; and W. G. Lloyd, preparatory school. At the subsequent meeting of the council Troy R. Short was elected president. FATHER SUES COLLEGE k FOR DEATH OF HIS SON. PurdUe Universityr of Lafayette, Ind., is the; defendant , in a $25,000 damage suit filed by Abraham L. Oberchain, of South Whitney, Ind., father of " the late Francis W. Ober- chain, who was killed in the univer-r sity' "tank scrap" on the night of September 19, 1913. The boy was but 20 years old, The plaintiff alleges that the "uni versity, through its officers and au thorized ' employees, . organized, con ducted, tolerated and encouraged what wasv generally known as hazing, and what was known as the 'tank scrap.' That the tank scrap was bru tal, degrading and a vicious fight. having the purpose of inflicting in juries upon new students." It is further alleged chat the uni- 11 1 L A. il. l j. i versiiy was coguizuii ot mts . oruiai . character of the fight and- that the boy had no knowledge of . its brutal character. The plaintiff further avers df losing his prestige as a student to enter the fight and was nsed by the officials and, employees oi the,;;univer sity "whd tade .-the threats Ehe "tank seraph was abolished t Pur due after the death of Fonng Maer- chain. Ohia,l ' S 'i.'-ttM f'lMiiMH,nini,iM.inhLiMi.f(i frtMrfnrnisn the i AGAIIIST G0YER11I1EI1T DOUQIjAS heirs to endeavor TO COlXjQCT $190,000 FOR PROPERTY DESTROYED. A special, dispatch f rpm Washing- ton to the Daily Record says that d,ur-1 ing tne approaching session of Con- si ess an enort win be made by voetrs Of SteDhen A. Douelor.. the senKtAr l from Illinois who figured before, the - - j f . r i - nation so prominently in the fifties, to make further recovery for cotton destroyed by federal soldiers in 1863. 1 The amount that will bo asked ag- gregates $190,000. This sum represents part of $250,- 000 mat was ciaime originally, of which over $58.00tf has been Daid. Effort to secure the remainder Las been put off from time to time, to be taken up now by Mr. Martin P. Doug las, of the Greensboro bar, a grand son of Stephen A. Douglas, Sr. When ex-Judge Robert M. Douglas, of Greensboro, and his brother, Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., were minors, or in the year 1857, they were the sale owners of a large number of slaves and a large amount of real and personal property from their grandfather's estate, of which their distinguished father was executor and their guardian, until his death in 1861. The latter, in 1857, made an agree- ment with one J. A. McHatton, of Mississippi, to transfer their slaves, numbering 143, from certain lands to other lands, numbering about 2;000 l appendicitiSi and it, is understood ed Plea guilty on charges of hav acres and owned by McHatton. The that the attending nhvsicbin savs she inS ln their possession liquor for property of the Douelas youths - was I valued at about $118,000 and that of McHatton at about $80,000, on which basis the profits were to be propor tioned. When the Civil war broke out the property was in the keeping of Mc- Hatton and successive overseers and general managers until 18fi3. when United States tronna nnrW I mand . ?f General ,T. E. G. Ransom appearetUn March, confiscating much of the property and burning much. The proportion of cotton belonging to the heirs was estimated to be, in the" aggregate, 1,635 bales. Cotton was worth then What would he nrw o a fabulous sum, considerably more than ?200 per bale. It was imoos- sible to state the precise number of bales, and eventually the claim was made for 1,000 bales. It was ascertained that 326 bales were carried away to a Mississippi landing and later taken on a steam er to Memphis and sold. It became mixed with a lot of other cotton, all of which was sold together for $421,- 063.39, which was turned into the United States treasury. It was from this sum that $58,422.46 was award ed the Douglas heirs. They brought their efforts to bear I on the claim as soon as they became of age and it was on June 22, 1874, that the president approved a bill of Congress which referred their peti- tion to the court of claims, it was some years later that the foregoing award was made. Believing there is still a large sum due, the grandson of the distinguish- ed statesman and opponent of Lin- coin is now seeking to recover it, and accordingly is planning to have the bill presented in Congress to secure a new hearing. Among the articles of property lost luring the raid by the federals were said to be 15,000 bushels of corn worth 80 cents per bushel, 292 head of hogs worth $8 around, '9 3 mules worth $200 each, 11 bushels of pork, 91 suits of clothes, One bale of linsev goods, 72 hats, etc. : Conditions in Mexico Better., Conditions in Mexican territory! controlled by General Carranta are rapidiy Decoffimg normal, accoratng w w uuv aeparuneni JAnstrian Ambassador Dumba's re- rom American Consul Blocker ;atl mYe treasury officials came Piedras Negras. Telegraphic com- U-om Washineton to New York to munication which for many months i . . n . .i nas oeen paraiyzea is now open to mexico uiiy as -weu as several other cities. xtaoiroaa eommunicatlona are in in process oi repair, according to official advices. : Consul Blocker, describing condi- tions at PiedTas Negras, stated liat the Carransa administration was eae-l-most important documents in a hol tending guarantees to all f oreignwl iow Cane. The cane was said to be 1 J J A. 1 1 A . Jm 1 ana naa aistnomea circniars to u soldiers warning them that anywMis also intimated that had the papers M.-xJa.S i m. . - 1 xesianou w peaceable people aw ,n the cane n found German Am theifc property .would result in evfirl ssado,. BernStoTft would iiare been measures of punishment. . WJitoDUcated4"i DANVILLE iXOTOQ MEN . . . FORITEDTHEIR The nv yung men Xroni Danviile, Va., xwho.werist arrested here Saturday afternoon a ehargetlv wfthv an aasanlt ,withA a dead? weaponon MiS8 Min nie Lambetht Browni Summit, fail- to appear, for the preliminary'.! hearing that was. to have r been held - before JUBtijpe of the Peace Gollins . TSioarinv kfiamrinn onH '.ti. hnno I of $250 eich. were, declared forfeited, w ivi , iuuuo I - .The defendants are: -4 W. M. Sneed. E. P. Melton,-- Jv H. Osborne, A. C. Erpes and R. A, Benton. It will be recalled that the youne I men wer coming to Greensboro in an auton&bile and that when near the residence of Mr, H. W. Lambeth, north of Brown Summit, Miss Minnie Lambeth .was struck by a partially filled beer bottle thrown from the machine. ; The arrest of the young men followed their arrival in Greens boro, WJM. Sneed signing the bonds ' for the party, , K It appears, ho vevei. that the young men are not to be allowed to go free nlmply upon forfeiting the sum of $1,250 to the atate of North .Carolina and the county of Guilford If they continue to refuse to return to Greensboro and stand trial, an ef fort will be made to bring them on requisition papers ; The young lady who, was struck by the beer bottle is more seriously in- lured than was thought at first. The bottle struck her-where an incision was made for a recent operation for may be confined to her bed for weka and perhaps mouthsu Orphans to Give Concerts. A class of children from the Naza reth orphans' home' will visit a num ber of German Reformed rhurches in this section, beginning next Sunday. The class will W under the direction of the m&trnii Mr' .T W Roll anrf will appear at tna following church- s on fttlates nained: First Reformed, Greensboro; Sun- day, September 26. at 11 A. M. Mt. Hope. Sunday, September h. at 3 M Brick r.lnirnh. Mnndav. fcnleniher 27, at 11 A. M. Whitsett Reformed church, liou- day. September 27, at 7.30 P. M. St. Mark's, Tuesday, September 28, at 11 A. M. Burlington Reformed church, Tues day, September 28, at 7.30 P. M 'The public is invited tc attend these concerts and bring liberal offer- inKS to help the orphans. Met Death by Accident. Charles Adkins, colored, who was employed at the Armour fertilizer works, south of the city, was killed b accident Tuesday morning while attempting tc. scrape a belt pulley, Adkins and another negro were the only two employes working in that particular part of the plant at the tme' an(l while his companion went Into another part of the building to turn on the power Adkins attempted to clean the pulley by using a piece of iron- The other negro turned on tne Pwer and the machinery ran for a ew seconds and then stopped. An investigation resulted in finding the arm8 and head of Adkins tightly pulled in between the belt and pulley ne was tr5ring to clean, death being cause( by choking, Tne dead man was S9 years old j an leaves a widow and a child. I CARRIED MESSAGE IN l A GOLDHEADED CANE. New -York. Sept. 21. The where abouts of a gold-headed csne sup posed to have belonged to Corre- t &nMh.iH tne latest puztle in tUe letter Uarrying episode which resulted a 4 Mk Archibald regarding the cane, he admitted today. He said he had nev- 1 CT nad one 1 -r , t .- y. ttade in tne mvestigation of the case trf'the correnondent who carried the letter from the Austrian ambassador J to Vienna, that Archibald carried the weighted so it would readily sink. ,It PROiiRESS BEING HADE IN ' DlPjpSING OP THE 5?S DOCKET. Good r progress ..is being 'made in ,dif PQsnjB.Qf Ojet docket of the week's- rMnia term of Superior ccrun wmcn conyenea juonaay. judge Thomas J. Shaw is nresidinz and the -following constitute the grand jury: - , . , t ; ; w Glasgow, foreman; M. C Brookbank. L, J. Ketchie, P. 1. Stan- ley, C. C. Muse, John A. Woodburn, J H- Henderson, J. W. Alexander, Clj'e Ward, W. M. Kirkman, G A Ballard John Nicholson, M. M. oyies, s. i. i'ninips, m. v. Taylor, L. S. Reece, R. A. Apple and R. L. Stegall. The first case called was an indict ment against Lee Roach, white, charged with, retailing. The jury said ne waa no guilty. Will Clendenin, negro, pleaded SHty in one case charging him ith. .larceny, while he was found guilty in another. Sentence was not passed in either case. Jack Johnson, a white man, plead ed guilty to the charge of selling wine and was fined $5 and taxed with the costs. Walter Marsh, a negro, entered a plea of guilty to the charge-of oreak- ing. and entering, but sentence was not pronounced. Schofleld McNeil, colored, : and George Robertson, white, both enter- sale. Sentence was not passed in either. case. vxuurge inompson, a- negro, was , mi sentenced to the county road for . a term of 12 months after being' con victed, of breaking and entering. T 1 a .ueroy jienaenin, colored, was found guilty of breaking end entor- inS and given a sentence of six years OI the TOadS. Bufley Foust, colored was given arsentejasce of six; years on; the, roads for breaking and entering Hattie Gates and Alice Wagoner, both colored, were convicted of re tailing, sentence being reserved. George Powell, white, pleaded guilty to a charge of retailing. W. D. ! ocratic leaders in Congress will op Spencer, white, was found guilty of pose such large increases, but Repre retailing and carrying a concealed weapon. Judgment in the case of both these deefndants was reserved. Will Rees, colored, was convicted of a retailing charge. Bertha Slier, colored, was sen tenced to the work house 12 months for highway robbery. Hattie Jeter, colored, was sent to the work house for 12 months for re tailing. A.ndrew Garvin drew a sentence of eight months on the roads for retail ing. The grand jury yesterday after noon returned four true bills against O. C. Klingman, charged with em bezzlement while manager of the Greensboro branch of. the J. I. Case Phreshing Machine Company. It will be recalled that Mr. Klingman was arrested in Seattle, Wash., recently and brought. back to Greensboro. It is not thought that his caee will be reached for trial at the present, term of court. Sunday School Convention. The next convention of the Gutt- fprd County Sunday School Associa tion will be held at Guilford College Saturday, October 9. The convention will meet at 10 o'clock and continue through the day, with an intermis sion for a picnic dinner,. An attrac tive program is being arranged. A new plan for holding the township conventions will be proposed' and dis cussed, likewise a plan for the com plete survey of the entire county. The plan of work for the new director of religious education will claim a place on the program, and types of training schools adapted to the needs of the small towns and rural com munities will be presented. " Runs a Horseless Farm. :-. Eighty acres of land cleared and cultivated without a horse setting foot on the place is the record made by W. C. Wyckoff, a former Bloom- in erton. 111., farmer, who located at Crivitz, in Marinette county. Wis., last year. His farm was entirely raw land in the spring of 1914 Wyckoff says this is the age- of .power.-r He has vftny3,r-ton tractor and whether the Hasfc If . - clearing land, lereuinjf , - piowsng quku, STlGTJiLN,XGRES 5 Washmgtonpt;?tp.Tnere hai Jfr lAefLieS Aihiym? within the. past ; totnight in the attitude of foressmen'- Vho 'obpbsl an' elibo jrate' national defense program la Colagress -next Winter. . Members: o the-senate and house Jxave .found tKefr eonituentsare acfiially inter ested fn .the; question of strengthen ing the army and navy. As a result of Mnterviews, with BenresentatiV Say, chairman of the house commit Tee on miUry, affairs; RepresenU- . tive Kitchin, prospective floor leader .of the house , Senator Tilmany TJlarJ . man or the senate committee onnaral affairs . and . Senator Chamberlafn kchairmstn of the senate committee cgk military an airs, whiehy have ,been published, the people "at nome" hare " begun v to discuss j;exiouBly "the ques tion of better national defense. Senator vStone; who has ustO re turned from an extended tour of the UWest," including 'some of iherpacific coast states, says he' believer the average American crtizezils . E f ivor of going a little further than, prepare '"5 mc riuy ana navy: io-repei an in.- rasion. He -thinks tl-ev woulA ctrengthen feofh Jthef anny; anf nary &nd make them fit for d uty on shori notice if ianjeiiezny' beBagrresJ sive. He is opposed to a large stand- ing afmyii. put inlaid: tsclstet &ip trie present organization considerably. The aUitudeof . moit of the Demor cratic congressmen toward the pror posed cational-Mefense prograai 6 that of compliance with the wishe pof the president. It U'KelieTeifHher will support the president agains.1 WUiiaia.. Jv -Bryan : if - he-recommends a reasonable increase in th.appro- briafionfqt'ithe armylan narv. 7he pumaie oi secretary G&rrlson - will be orboni 250,ft00000nd Secre-" ;lary Daniels-will askVforiSat much or more. The nresident will trim president will these idoieral milUon ;chairmen of .the senate, -4uidhnua iaval andiUtary-.ittte; Majority Leader Kitchin has said that he would not support any pro gram that called for $500,0 QO.0O for the army and navy. . Other Dcm- sentative Kitchin says the house will vote for what the president recom mnds. . ; . -4 SOME BANKS CHARGE EXORBITANT INTEREST. Facts cpncernin high interest rates being charged by national banks throughout the, country, particularly in the South, were disclosed by W. P. G. Harding; member of the federal reserve board, in a speech Monday night before the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. He . was explaining the reserve board regulation granting preferential rediscount rates , to notes secured by staple commodity ware house receipts, provided the maker has been charged not more than 6 per cent interest, and defending the action of Secretary McAdoo. in de positing 115.000,000 in Southern federal reserve banks to aid tn fin ancing the cotton crop. "From the report to the comptroll er of June 23, 1&15," ne"aid, "it ap pears that there are five national banks in Alabama whose maximum. rates of interest average 26 per cent, the rate in one case being 60 per cent and in another S 4 per cent. The average rate of interest which one.of these banks, was charging-on all its loans amounted to lr per cent, an other 10 per cent. In Arkansas one national bank admitted making a loan, at a rate as high as 120 per cent, another one at 50 percent, an other at 60 and another at 2$. In Georgia-there were 11 banks where the average maximum rate of interest was about 30 per centl The maximum rate charged by one of these banks was 40 per cent and the average on all lottos was 15 per cent. In .Texas a number of banks reported rates in excess of 100 per cent, and many of them stated that their average rates on all loans were 1 per cent per moHth:ox more-; -"These high rates, however, arj ' not confined exclusively to -the- South;. for the reports show, occasional rates of 50 per. cent in the. East and North, . as well sn: the far West and South. Twelve pe cent seems to be regard- still as not extraordinary by the ; country, bankers of mnesota.-jWyr , -Mr. ; Harding : explained that --no . ortntC?usKn &kt&U&tf& : i i, , - - ..--- if -2 ' ""i-.V-'"' -..-i-'O."- - m, v'ir ' j '---!- ' . . "the city on ia fii W