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.TBS OF I?fTKBE8T ; TO. THE
FAR AND NEAR, y
flicks.Slack. Mr- Thbmaa L.
and Miss Louise Slack were
H ried Saturday night at the home
. Bev. Shuford Peeler, who per
frmed fne ceremony.
Blease to Speak. It is announced
p01p t,. Blease. ex-governor of
futh "Carolina, will deliver an ad
b Hitrir:t meetie of Red
dress
ill a
be held in High Point Mo-
Men to
veaiber 6.
in Baltimore Hospital
-Mr. J. A.
Davidson, who has been ill f o? some
ticie, has entered a hospital in BaK
tioVre for treatment under special
i!ts The physicians give encourag-
Lthe
itie repor
is concerning ms conamon.
i Rnkruntcv. In the
United
in '
2Wtcs District court here Friday ihe
Hieh Point Casket Company was ad
judged a bankrupt upon its. own pe-
ution. The liabilities of tne com
M, are scheduled at $3,021.86,
vntb assets amounting to .$2,385
Football Game. The first
football game of the " season was
.lovprf here Saturday afternoon by
the University of North Carolina and
rne Virginia Military Institute and
resulted in a tie, the score being 3
to 3. The game was witnessed by a
large crowd.
New Music Teacher. Miss Mar
guerite James, a graduate of Pea
body Institute, Baltimore, has been
elected teacher of piano i:i the school
of music of Greensboro College for
Women. She .succeeds Miss Ger
trude Urban, who retired on account
of ill health.
Died Yesterday. Mrs. Mattie
Jane Beal died yesterday morning at
her home on Macon street at the age
of 41 years. She is survived by lier
husband and five children, her moth
i, three brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was held from the home
this afternoon and interment made
in Greene Hill cemetery. Rev. C.
' I. Hodgin conducted the services.
To Finish Road, The county au
thorities are planning to put a force
of hands at work in the course of the
ne?;t week or two on the unfinished
part of the Greensboro and Asheboro
road, and it is hoped to have the road
in first-class condition before bad
weather sets in. This information
Trill come as welcome news to many
people, especially those who have oc
casion to travel this particluar road.
Land Sale Friday. What is
known as the Lindsay mining prop
erly, containing 130 acres and lying
about three miles east of High
Point, is to be sold at auction Fri
day, beginning at 10.30 o'clock A.
M. The property has been subdi
vided into 14 tracts of from four to
ten acres and will be sold on easy
terms. The sale will be conducted
by the American Realty and Auction
Company, of this city. -
Saiicitina: Funds. A canvass of
the city is being made for funds to
sid in the erection of another dormi
tory building at the Greensboro Co-
lere for Women. The college author
ities are being assisted in the work by
a joint committee from the Chamber
of Commerce and the Merchants' As
ociation. It is planned to erect a
tmilding at a cost of $30,000, and it
is expected that the people of Greens
boro will contribute a considerable
portion of the money needed.
loung Boy Dead. Charles, the
seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles P. Carmichael, died Satur-
w morning at 12.30 o'clock at the
home of his parents on Tate street.
The little fellow had never been
. strong and had been desperately ill
for a week or more prior to his
death. The funeral was held from
the home yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, the services being eonducted
y Kev. W. O. Goode, of Spring Gar
den Street Methodist church, and
Rfev. r. m. Courtney, of Winston-Sa
Jem.
welding Announced. Wedding
invitations reading as follows have
Tfeen issued: "Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Greeson request the honor of your
presence at the marriage Of their
"Shter, Ruth, to Charles L. Car-
lutl ihursday evening, November
the fouith, at 8 o'clock. Whitsett
hyterian church, Gibsonville,
North Carolina." Miss Greeson is a
eH known and popular young '0
an of eastern Guilford. Mr. Car-
roll ia from
Irn
Lui ii a ixi auu is a wou
own professional baseball player,
a Present ho in tr a mamha. tlia
Gingham, Ala., team in tfaSottth4ldgln
ni league.
;BnUe-Mangiim.---Mr. Myrton R.
Hinkle, 6t this rity , and Miss Minnie
Leei Mangum, of Durham, were mar?
ried Friday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
n- tne office of Register of Deeds
Rankin; the ceremony being perform
ed by Squire D. H. Collins. The
groom is a son of Mr. A. A. Hinkle,
H well known merchant of the South
side, and recently returned from a
period of service in the United States
navy. The marriage came as a sur
prise to the friends of the young
couple.
Another Veteran Called. Mr.
Willis L. Brower, a well known and
highly . esteemed citizen of High
Point, died Friday morning. He was j
in the seventy-eighth year of his age
and had been in feeble ' health for
several years. He was a native of
Randolph county and a veteran of
Confederate army. His wife died
a little over a year ago and he is sur
vived by an only son, Mr. Edward
Brower, of High Point. Mr. Brower
was one of the oldest members of
the Methodist Protestant church in
High Point.'
Noted Iiecturer Here. Dr. Win
field Scott Hall, of Chicago, a noted
lecturer on social problems, spent
Friday in Greensboro and made two
addresses at the State Normal ' and
Industrial College and two at the
city high school. . In the forenoon he
addressed the' student body of the
Normal College on "A Physician's
Message to His Daughter" and in the
evening he' made a public address at
the Normal on "Social Ethics on
Racial and Individual Development."
In the afternoon he addressed sepa
rate meetings of the high school boys
and girls.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate traasfers
have been recorded duriLg the past
few days:
Joseph D. Cox to J; Elwood Cox,
trustee, a lot containing 5,000 square
feet on the corner of North JVlain
and Wasbingtonstreets, Jin the ,city
of High Point, for a consfderauan
of $16,000.
W. H. Turner to Mrs. S. C. Earn
hardt, a lot containing a little over
3,300 square feet on Ridge wood ave
nue, in the city or Greensboro, for
a consideration of $125.
E. B. Idol to W. J. Armfield, i
tract of land in High Point town
ship size and location not stated1
for $3,500.
W. G. Balsley to A. Schiffman, lot
2 in the Jackson survey, Morehead
township, $27.50.
J. W. Callahan et al to D. L. Ken-
erly, lot 12 in block 19 of the Fisher
lands, Gilmer township, $750.
S. P. Adams and wife to Estelle
Ham, a lot 40 by 140 feet on Adams
street, in the city of Greensboro,
$10 and othei valuable considera
tions.
Training School Has Good Opening.
The fall term of the Greensboro
training school for- Sunday school
workers, which opened Thursday
night with a public meeting in West
Market Street Methodist church,
started off under favorable circum
stances. The feature of the opening
session was an address by Prof. W.
C. Smith, of the State Normal and In
dustrial College, on the subject of
"Fundamentals in Bible Teaching."
Dr. Smith gave to his hearers a new
vision of what it meant to be a teach
er of the Bible arid left them with
new inspiration for their work and
a desire to take the time and oppor
tunity to study the objects of their
teaching, their pupils, as well as the
material to be taught, the Bible.
The enrollment in the classes was
most encouraging and everything in
dicates that the Sunday school people
will enter into the work of the train
ing school for this term as eagerly
and enthusiastically as last spring.
Changes in -Train Schedules.
Several changes. in the schedules
of Southern Railway passenger
trains of local interest went into ef
feet yesterday, when two new trains
known as No. 31 and No. 32, were
put pn between Augusta and New
York. No. 31, southbound, arrives
in Greensboro at 3.35 A. M. and No
32, northbound, at 10.26 P. M. Local
train No. 12, for Richmond and Nor
folk, now leaves at 10.2t P. M., five
minutes later than formerly. The
Winston-Salem tram No. s4 ar
fct 5.50 P. M.. 25 minutes
later than formerly, and No.., 233
iP&ves for Winston-Salem at 40.35
P' M. The morning train for Ral-
144, leaves at insieaa oi .v.
R. C.HOOD KILLED BY ACCIDEHT
IilFE : OF PROMINENT CITIZEN
SNUFFED OUT WHlIiE ON
A PLEASURE TRIP.
Mr4 Robert C. . Hood, one of
Greensboro's best citizens and most
progressive business men, was acci
dentally killed by a gunshot wound
late Saturday afternoon while on a
hunting trip at Troxler's mill, about
seven miles southeast of the city.
From the position of his body, when
found, it seems that he was at-
tempting to cross a wire fence when I
his gnn discharged. The entire load
took effect in Mr. Hood's left breast,
n the region of the neart, anddeatl
must have been instantaneous.
Mr. Hood, with a party of friends,
had gone out to Mr. Joseph J.
Stone's hunting camp for an after
noon's outing and a camp supper.
Other members of the party were:
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Stone, Frank
Moffitt, Henry Beecher, Leon Coop-
er, Warren Smith, J. A. Kellenberger
and W. A. Basinger.
Mr. Hood went into the woods
alone to shoot squirrels and returned
to the camp as supper was being pre
pared. His hunt had been unsuc
cessful and Mr. Hood said he would
go into another body of woods and
see if he couldn't have better luck.
A few minutes later a gunshot was
heard, but those at the camp thought
nothing of it.
Wfyen Mr. Hood failed to return af
ter an absence of about three-quarters
of an hour, Messrs. Frank Mof
ltt and Leslie Troxler went in search
of him. His body was found lying
by the wire fence he had evidently
attempted to cross. The gun had
fallen to the ground and was lying
beneath the body.
The news of the tragedy was tele
phoned to Greensboro and brought a
great shock to the people of the city.
The funeral was held at the First
Presbyterian church this afternoon
at 2. 06 'clock and was attended by
a great concourse of people. The
services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Melton Clark, pastor of the church,
and Rev. Robert Ewell Roe, rector
of Holy Trinity Episcopal church.
The pall-bearers were : R. G.
Vaughn, A. M. Scales, J. J. Stone, J.
Ed. Albright, R. J. Mebane and A.
W. McAlister. Interment was made
in Greene Hill cemetery.
Mr. Hood was 51 years old and a
native of Pitt county. For a number
or years he was associated with a
wholesale dry goods concern in Bal
timore, failing health causing him to
retire from that business. He moved
to Greensboro about 12 years ago
and at once identified himself with
the city's best interests
At the time!
of his death Mr. Hood was secretary
and treasurer of the North Carolina
Trust Company, a director in the
America9!! . Exchange National Bank
and interested in other prosperous
business enterprises in this city. All
forms of civic improvement and many
things tending to the advancement
of this city were questions in which
tie took great pride, and probably no
man in Greensboro had of late years
done more for the upbuilding and
financial development of his adopted
home than he.
Mr. Hood is survived by his widow
and two daughters, Misses Dorothy
and Helen; two brothers, Messrs. Ed.
and William Hood, of Southport, and
one sister, Mrs. Mcintosh, of Phila
delphia. Moore-Dawson Wedding at Guilford
College.
The marriage of Mr. Arthur K.
Moore, of this city, and Miss Blanche
Dawson, of Guilford College, took
place in the Friends meeting house
at Guilford College Thursday even
ing at 7 o'clock. The church was
tastefully decorated for the occasion.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. W. L. Dawson, the bride's fath
er, miss .feari Dawson, a sister oi
the bride, was the maid, of honor
and Mr. C. H. Grantham, of this city,
was the best ' man. The bridesmaids
were: Misses Ayers, Mabel Daw
son, Emma Hollowell, Gertrude
Hobbs, Araminta Hester and Edith
Petree. Messrs. H. E. Marley, John
A. Kellenberger, R. J. M. Hobbs, J.
V. Fergus, John B. Woosley and
Charles F. Southerland were the
groomsmen. The marriage was fol
lowed by a reception at the home of
the bride's parents. ?
Mr. and Mrs. Moore will be tat
home , in this city upon their return
tfom at bridal mPMijm
part of tne state.
HELW OFFICERS WITH GUNS
BliOCKADERS DEFY
AND- GET DROP ON TWO OF
UNCliE SAM'S MEN.
The story of how two deputy col
lectors of internal revenue Messrs.
C. F. Nelley and J. H. Johnson
were hetdt ;up by alleged blockaders
near Kernrsyille last Monday, dis
armed anxf; forced to end their quest
for blind - tiger liquor has just be
come public. As a result, United
States warrants have been or soon
will be issued for the arrest of Frank
Snfpes
his two sons, Charles
and James Snipes, charging them
with resisting and defying govern
ment officers in the discharge of their
duties.
Deputy Collectors Neelley and
Johns0n accompanied by a deputy
sheriff of Forsych county; went to
the Snipes home, which is about a
mile arid a half from Kernersville.
armed with a search warrant which
authorized, them to make a careful
examination ofthe premises for che
presence Of blockade liquor. It is
reported that a quantity of whiskey
was -found! in a 'body of woods near
the Sn
home and that the offi-
cers also
discovered a number of
empty jugs and bottles.
According to the story, the For
syth deputy was left to guard the liquor-while
Messrs. Neelley and John
son proceeded to make a closer in
spection of the premises. When near
the resilience Mr. Neelley . was sud
denly confronted by a member of
the Snipes' family, who drew a Win
chester rifle on the officer arid order
ed him ttf throw up his hands. Be-
i 1
ing caught unawares, there was noth
ing left for Mr. Neelley to do except
obey orders.
About this time Deputy Collector
Johnson appeared on the scene and
was promptly covered by a Winches
ter. Th(i. revolvers carried by the
two officers , were then taken from
them and; unloaded, after which they
were Tetrntir ,
It is reported that the deputy col
lectors were then advised to return
to Greensboro and forget all about
the meeting with the Snipes gang.
They were offered $100 to say noth
ing about the incident, a member of
the Snipes gang accompanying the
offer by the statement that they had
bought off many officers in the past.
Messrs. Neelley and Johnson were
kept under surveillance while they
returned to Kernersville and until
they boarded a train for Greensboro.
At the station in Kernersville Mr.
Neelley was again offered $100 to
say nothing about the incident.
No statement of the matter has
been made public by either Messrs.
Neelley or Johnson nor any one else
connected with the revenue service,
but naturally an occurrence of such
a serious nature could not be kept
quiet long. The arrest of the men
who defied and held up the officers
is expected at any time.
EUROPE WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT MEXICAN CLAIMS.
European governments are inquir
ing of the United States what assur
ances the newly recognized Mexican
government has given with respect
to foreign claims. It is generally un
derstood that the European powers
will follow the lead of the American
republics in recognizing Carranza,
but before taking the step they want
to know more specifically what set
tlement is to be made of the huge
claims growing out of the revolution.
General Carranza has decided to
appoint several mixed commissions
to be composed of representatives of
the interested nations in order that
an equitable settlement . may be
reached. The question of claims is
related so closely to the financial re
habilitation of Mexico that it is un
likely that the United States govern
ment will press its claims untU Mex
ican credits has been firmly re-established
and arrangements made for
payment of the southern republic.
national obligations.
- As yet no move has been made by
the Carranza government to obtain a
loan, but it is considered certain that
in view of tbe condition of European
markets, funds with which to finance
I he nev government will be sought
in the United States. Th sum need
ed has been variously estimated from
$100,000,000 to $300,000,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Tate, of
Charleston, W. Va., are in the city on
a. visit to Mrs. Tate mother, Mrs.
A. Weatherly. ,
CASPER GETS NINE YEARS
AND FINE OF $33,000.
John Ls. Casper, formerly of Wins-toh-Salem,
who last week entered a
plea of guilty in the United States
District court at Fort Smith, Ark.r
to the charge of defrauding the gov
ernment of .thousands of dollars in
taxes on whiskey, was sentenced to
nine years and three months in ih
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kans., and fined $33,000. The six
others who pleaded guilty along with
Casper were fined $1,000 each and
given sentences of one and two
years.
In pronouncing sentence on Cas
per Judge Frank A. Youmans said:
"1 doubt if ever there has been a
more bold, defiant and open violation
of the law than the one in which you
were engaged. It has taken more
money and men to bring this case to
justice than has been required to
protect the Texas frontier. Nothing
can be said in mitigation for you." '
Casper pleaded guilty to all 33
Counts in the indictment. The sen-
fences passed by the court upon him
totalled 53 years and five days, but
by the court's order some of them
were ordered to run .ioncurrently.
Thus Casper's total sentence was re
duced to nine years and three days.
government omciais nave main
tained thg,t the men sentenced and
their alleged associates yet to be tried
defrauded the government of thou
sands of dollars of revenue which
should have been paid on the product
of their illicit distillery in Fort
Smith. The operations of the men
extended, according to indictments
against them, to the bribery of high
government revenue officials. One
of the officials indicted was Knox
Booth, of Nashville, Tenn., former
superintendent of the Tennessee rev
enue division. His trial and those
of others involved have been set for
January.
ANOTHER FIGHT ON THE
MEXICAN BORDER.
Brownsville, Texas,- Oct
24. Sol
diers of the fourth United States in
fantry and Mexican bandits engaged
in a skirmish tonight shortly after 8
o'clock at the scene of the train rob
bery and murders last Monday. One
American soldier, Private Herman
E. Moore, was wbunded In the fight,
according to reports receievd at Fort
Brown.
The Mexicans were put to flight
and were being pursued late tonight
by two troops of cavalry who were
hurried from Fort Brown. Moore is
believed to be mortally wounded.
Another engagement occurred late
last night . between a detail of the
border patrol and several Mexicans
near the Mercedes canal, 40 miles
northwest of Brownsville, without
casualties on either side, but later in
the night a Mexican attempting to
cross the Rio Grande in the same vi
cinity ana wno aia not need com
mands of the United States troops
was killed.
Tonight's fight lasted about five
minutes and it was stated probably
100 shots were fired. According-to a
report received at Fort Brown, five
Mexicans crossed the railroad track
near where the infantry detachment
was posted, but when, they did not re
spond to a challenge the troon
opened fire, the Mexicans returnfng
it. From the number of shots fired
it was believed that others were in
hiding in the dense brush.
Two troops of cavaliy and two
companies of infantry were hurried
to the scene in automobiles and
troops stationed within a radius of
12 miles of Brownsville were ordered
to draw in toward a river crossing,
where, it was believed, the men
would attempt to escape into Mexi
co. Child Ate Matches and Died.
From Scranton, Hyde county,
comes the news of the horrible death
on Tuesday last of Julian Haywood,
the eigh teen-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Bishop, which was
attributed to the boy's having eaten
the heads of upwards of a dozen
matches while at play. The chjld in
some way secured the matches and
took them into the yard, where hr
was found by his parents carefully
eating tbe tips from several of them.
The poison soon began to take its
effect, and though all was done
known to medical skill, the system
of the child had absorbed enough of
the poison to result in death.
Mr. William Lore has gone to Red
Springs on a visit.
BRITISH ARE HI A BAD HOLE
-'A,'
GONE ASTRAY ON STRATEGY AND
DIPLOMACY AUD HAVE LOST
CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE.
"We are in a hole," says the mili
tary correspondent of the London
Evening Standard, commenting on
the present, situation. "It is not the
first time we have been in a hole, for
it was tough and go at Cambrai and.
Landrecies on August 26, 1914, and '
again in again in Flanders a year
ago, but we did not know it then.
This time we do know. it.
We have lost faith in the ability
of our statesmen and in thje strategic -conduct
of the war and in the willing
ness of the people to suport the war;
three or four very serious questions
now exercise the minds of politicians
and public alike, and threaten to
wreck the government; in France the
best-known minister has resigned;
in Russia public opinion in hardly
shaken. . . . Four great powers are
full of good will for one another, but
each is a law unto itself.
"On the enemy's side we find unity
of purpose, singleness ox control and.
constant willingness to sacrifice4
everything and take all . risks. The
Germans have been held up here and
repulsed there, but they can claim
that, whereas they have never been
badly beaten anywhere since the
battle of the Marne, they have added.
Poland to their conquests and threat
en to overrun Servia."
The writer goes on to " argue that
the only way for Great Britain ; to;
meet the situation s to cease attacks
on her statesmen and face the facts''
with quiet determination, bearing ia
mind that .if England is, suffering,
Germany is suffering more, and that
on the fronts which matter most
th?y (the Germans) are doing no
more than holding their own," and
are now unable to increase their
forces in the field and soon will be
unable to maintain therii.
Of the Servian situation the writer
says : "Tne question of the moment
a- -- '.-'ft-ytt.
snoma assist servia wi:n reimcrca-
t- t 5 . A. . i A T '
dents. Unfortunately, the l.:u
southern arm of the railway crossing
Servia runs very close to the Bul
garian frontier at several places and
troops are urgently needed toprotect
this line throughout its length;" but
to do any real good we must send her
at least 200,000 men. If that num
ber is immediately available, well
and good; if not we must remember
that it will take time to withdraw
men from the western front and get
them in action in -the Balkans, and
therefore we may be as powerless td
save Servia as we were to defend
Belgium.
Moreover, Russia will not be able
to do much until the frosts of De
cember render the country passable
and the slow equipment of her arm
ies enables them to advance. Thus
Germany has time to settle Servia's
business unless the entente powers
can quickly land 200,000 men at
Saloniki, or can deal the Germans
such a smashing blow in the west
as will cause the withdrawal of all
Germany's troops from the Servian
front.
"Some people suggest we should
use sea power to force Greece to go
to the aid of Servia, but the Servian
army may yet need an asylum, and
may not be able to find it in Monte
negro and Greece may join us as
soon as we have landed enough
troops to give her efficient protec
tion. "We understand it is munitions
and not men that Russia lacks. Her
ports are still open. Why should she
not send troops by sea to Saloniki or
Flanders, where they would meet
their munitions and transports?"
Triplets Named For President.
Mattoon, 111., Oct. 22. Woodrow
Wood worth, Wilson Woodworth and
William Woodworth, triplets, were
christened today, and their names
were chosen by the president of the
United States.
The three youngsters, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Woodworth,-of this
place, each received a check for $25.
Not only that, but President .Wilson
intimated in a letter tfi Mrs. Wood
worth that he would contribute $500
toward the education of the boys.
When the stork arrived at. the
Woorworth home about - two months
ago President Wilson was .notified.
Inhis JLetter received: todsy the pres
ident expressed hope!" that I tiie chil
dren might always betffwxrce of joy
and pride to their motherland, father
and an honor to the nation
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