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WORK FOR THE OPFI-qERS.
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FAR AND NEAR.
In speaking: yesterday of the il
Vfe' tmegal IlQuop tranic being carried on
"&n Guilford county,; Sheriff Stafford
tj-vivJ Meeting. A very success
.vival meeting is being conduct-.
ful r the White Oak Baptist church
d at ,. kv thP nastor. Rev. W. L.
number 01 prf?iessious 01
are reported.
.arm. Messrs. A. H. ana
well known citizens of
rrs.
known
Guilford Coltege and will reside
the future. The purchase
religin
Buy a
n' Reid,
tesdale, have purchased a 60-acre
as the Roberts place.
tear
in
made tnrougn mc mwu
Estate Company.
Church Fair. The ladies of West
Marker Street Methodist church will
loa,d tiieir annual chrysanthemum
Zx and church fair in the church
r' Wednesday and Thursday, No
Jeb(jr 10 and 11. Mrs. E. C. Wat
iinrton is chairman of the commitiee
cn arrangements.
oveinber Wedding. Capt. and
Mrs. J- W. Fry have issued invita
tions to the wedding of their daugh
ter, Miss Annie Gray, and Mr. Fred
rick 1. Sutton, of Kinston, the cere
ricnv to take place In the First Pres
bvterian church of this city Wednes-
November 10, at 9
TO BLOW UP UDWmOHS SHIPS
GERMAN OFFICER CONFESSES
THAT HE CAME HERE FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
dav evening,
o'clock.
Inspected Building. An inspector
jrom the supervising architect's of
fice of the treasury department at
Washington spent Monday and Tues
day in the city inspecting the govern
ment building with a view to a num
ber of minor changes and repairs
that are to be made on the interior
of t.e structure.
Enoch Causey Dead. Mr. Enoch
Caasey died yesterday morning at
the home of his daughterv Mrs. J. F.
Ivlav, on East Washington street,
a?ed 74 years. The funeral was held
iron the home this afternoon at 3
o'clock and interment made in Greene
W cemetery. Rev. J. Clyde Turner
inducted the services.
Buy Property. Messrs. J. W-
w and F. N. Tavlor. who own the
property at the corner of South Elm
and Depot streets, have purchased
the building and lot adjoining them
nn the north from Mr. Percy Al
bright, of Wilmington. The property
has a frontage of 24 feet and a depth
of 110 feet and was purchased for
?1V00, which is $750 a front foot.
( . W. Shaw Dead. Mr. Charles
Shaw, who resided north of the
city, near the old Finishing mill,
died at his home Tuesday morning
at 5 o'clock. He was 3 years old
and had been ill for some time. He
is survived by his widow, two mar
ried daughters and two sons. The
funeral was held from tr.e residence
yesterday afternoon, burial taking
place at Lee's chapel.
Death at Siler City. Mr. Caleb
Johnson, a well known citizen of
Chatham county, died Monday night
at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Wes
ley Ludlow, in Siler City. Another
daughter, Mrs. Garland Daniel, of
Greensboro, had been at his bedside
tor several days. Mr. Johnson was
To years old and had led an active
and useful life. The funeral, and in
terment took place in Siler City yes
terday morning at 11 o'clock.
Noted Lecturer Here. Dr. Hamil
ton Holt, of New York, editor of the
dependent and a lecturer of note,
delivered a forceful address at the
State Normal and Industrial Col
tege Tuesday night on "The Federa
tion of the World." The subject dealt
ith war and peace. Dr. Holt recit
es the principal arguments ad
vanced for and against strife. He
ured the substitution of interna
tional law for the settlement of dif
ferences between nations as the best
eans of putting an end to'war.
Married Yesterday. Rev. John
Lesley Bennett, a son of Mr. Frank
Bennett, who resides on the Battle
ground road, was married yesterday
in Biliingsley, Ala., to Miss Sarah
Eudora Pattillo, a well known and
Popular young woman of that place,
r. Bennett graduated with distinc
t'en from Trinity College last June
and since then has been doing min
isrial supply work in the Methodist
church. He will nrmlv fnr admission
r r -
ti e Western North Carolina Con-
fttated, that the work of his office in
running down blind tigess and
blockaders had more than doubled J
since he had been in office. Deputy
Bud" Shaw, ho has been in the
sheriff's office 'since prohibition went
into effect, said he was confident
that the work of the officers in at
tempting to handle the illegal traf
fic had been: increased fully 500 per
cent. It has come to be almost a
daily occurrence for the sheriff's of
fice to receive reports of the opera
tions of blind tigers or distillers,
and the complaints are not confined
to any particular section of the coun
ty.
The automobile has come to be the
principal vehicle of conveyance em
ployed by the blockaders. It is not
known how many cars are used in
hauling liquor from Virginia into and
through Guilford county, but the of
ficers say the number is considerable.
It is not a very difficult matter to
ascertain who is suspected of being
engaged in this illicit traffic; the
trouble comes in catching them. The
names of a majority of these people
are known to the officers, and if they
stick to the business long enough,
most of them will, finally be caught.
Jolin B. Fariss Dead.
Mr. John B. Fariss, a native of
Greensboro and for many years en
gaged in the drug business in this
city, died in a New York hospital
Tuesaay nignt, following an opera
tion for appendicitis. His brother,
Mr. J. Henry Fariss, was with him
when the end came. The body ar
rived in Greensboro this morning
and was carried to the old family
home on West Washington street.
from which place the funeral will be
held this afternoon. Mr. Fariss was
about 45 years old and had never
married. He was a son of the late
Mrs. Annie G. Fariss and a grandson
of the late Hon. Ralph G'orrell.' When
he retired from business in Greens
boro some years ago Mr. Fariss went
to New York, where he was coanect
ed with a wholesale drug house.
THEIR FOStMON; IS CRITICAL
AND; CANNOT HOLD OUT
!'MTJH LONGER.
Marriage Yesterday Afternoon.
Mr. Martin A. Edwards, of New
bern, and Miss May Barbour, of
Swansboro, Onslow county, were
married yesterday afternoon at the
home of the bride's brother, Mr. A. J.
Barbour, on Tate street. The wed
ding was a very quiet affair, being
witnessed only by a small company
of relatives and friends. Rev. W. O.
Goode was the officiating minister.
Soon after the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Edwards left on their bridal
trip, upon their return from which
they will be at home in Newborn.
Mr. Fdwards is a well known and
successful traveling man. His bride
is a member of one of Onslow coun
ty's best families and a very attrac
tive young woman.
Mill Community Fair.
The annual community fair given
by the corporations and citizens of
the mill villages north of the city
opened yesterday and will continue
through tomorrow. The fair is be
ing held in the immense new weave
room at the Revolution mills and is
attracting many visitors. The ex
hibits embrace the varied products
if. . t
of the mills, the work of the social
welfare department and products of
the neonle of the villages. The Show-
Details of a plot to hamper the
shipment of munitions of war to the
allies by placing clock-worked bombs
on the rudders or propellers of ships
so timed that the ships would be dis
abled on their way across the Atlan
tic, were disclosed in the confession
of one of five men charged in a com
plaint filed with a United States com
missioner in New York Monday with
conspiracy to violate a tederal stat
ute. Following upon the confession of
Robert Fay, a lieutenant of the six
teenth Saxony infantry, who said he
came to this country last April
through an agreement with the Ger
man secret service to blow up or de
lajr steamers laden with war supplies
for the allies, William J. Flynn, chief
of the secret service, filed before
United States Commissioner Hough
ton a complaint in which not only
0
Fay but four other men are charged
with promoting the conspiracy. The
hearing on the federal charge was set
for November 4.
Fay confessed that while on the
battlefield he talked with his superior
officers about a device to blow up
ships; that later his idea of coming
to America and carrying his scheme
through was well received by the
German secret service; that he came
well enough supplied with money to
act on his own responsibility and that
he talked with Captain von Papen
military attache, and Captain Boy-
Ed, naval attache of the German em
bassy, about the plan, but they had
refused to have anything to do with
it.
The confession of Fay, who said he
had been decorated with the iron
cross for fighting in France, covers
his arrival in the United States on
April 23 last, his making of clock
worked ..bombs since and his experi
menting with,-explosives along the
Hudson river! ' - '
After the police had announced
that Fay had made a complete con
fession of his activities, the prisoner
gave out a statement to the news
papers, which said:
"My only object when I came to
this country was to interfere with
the enormous shipments of artillery
ammunition to the allies. Being a
manufacturer myself and knowing
that any ordinary damage that may
be done to a factory may be repaired
within a Tew hours, I decided it was
useless to bother with ammunition
plants. Therefore the intimations
that I have been connected with va
rious explosions or accidents in such
plants in the United States is entire
ly wrong.
"I was serving with my regiment
in the Champagne district and saw
the terrible havoc and loss caused by
the French artillery fire. Several
French batteries were annoying us.
We " made a night attack and dyna
mited the guns, but to our great dis
may found next day, that the dyna
mited guns had' been replaced.
"During my spare time I had in
dented a device to explode mines by
doing away with electrical wiring. In
this way I was able to overcome the
effect of dampness or water on the
wires. I applied to the colonel of my
regiment and he decided to give me
a chance.
"He put me in touch with the se
cret service office and one of the
agents arranged for my passage to
the United States. I came here on
the steamship Rotterdam, arriving,
i Deneve, April Z3, last, i had no
Serbian troops who have been so
gallantlyholding . the northeastern
-corner of their country, where the
Austrc-Gennan and Bulgarian armies
are about to join, are being forced
slowly bck,. The Marquis of Lans
downe, niittister without portfolio in
the British cabinet, regretfully an
nounced to '.the house of lords that
he feared tbey could not much long
er withstand the attacks.
In facall along Serbia's northern
and eastern frontiers the invaders
are making.?teady progress, although
at great 'cost, as the Serbians, now
that they have reached the hills, are
making them pay heavily for every
?nile covered.
It is ojttlx in the south, where the
French b)ave joined the Serbians, that
the Bulgjarians are being held. Here
the Frencthrand Serbians are en
trenching ii-and awaiting reinforce
ments, which they hope will enable
them to tlftve the Bulgarians out of
Macedonian
Great "Britain and France, accord
ing to thj statement of the Marquis
of Lansowne, are despatching a
strong f0fe to the near east and are
only awit1ng the report of Gen. Sir
Charles Carmichael Monro, the Brit
ish comtnander on the Gallipoli
penihsulfctjtand -other military and
naval advisers to decide at which
point thfcwill be used.
The Oejmans claim further suc
cesses ir northwest Russia and in the
central Rector around Czartorysk, but
Petrograd says that in the northwest
German attacks were repulsed.
A bigibattle continues in the region
of La Cburtine, where the French
and Germans are fighting for pos
session Of the German salient, a por
tion of Which was captured by the
French and some parts of which
were recaptured by the Germans.
Hom,e. records - further progress for.
the Italian troops against the Aus
triacs on various partu of the xVus-tro-Italian
front, wh ;T3 the Italians
are establishing themselves in newlv-
gained positions. The offensive here
has as its objective the capture of
the Austrian fortress of Gorizia.
Two transports have met disaster
in near eastern waters the British
transport Marquette and the Turkish
transport Carmen. The Marquette
was torpedoed in the Aegean sea and
99 of her crew are missing. The
British submarine sank the Carmen,
which was laden with munitions, in
the Sea of Marmora.
Is Germany Ready For Peace?
A Reuter dispatch from Madrid
says that Prince von Buelow, former
German chancellor, will shortly sub
mit to President Wilson and King
Alfonso, of Spain, an outline of he
conditions on which Germany might
be disposed to discuss peace terms.
The dispatch gives as authority
Prince Camporeale, an Italian noble
man, and brother-in-law of Prince
von Buelow.
Clarence Brown and Paul Harr
graves, both colored, were before
Squire D. H. Collins Tuesday after
noon on the charge of having more
liquor in their possession than the
law allows. They waived examina
tion and were held for the Superior
court under bonds of $200. Brown,
who is reputed to be a pretty suc
ful blind tiger, made his bond,
MAN WHO RESISTED OFFICERS
COMMITTED TO JAIL IN
WINSTON-SALEM.
but his partner went to jail.
Brown and Hargraves. who were
members of an automobile party
transporting liquor, were arrested
late Monday afternoon northeast of
the city. Three other negroes who
were in the machine earlier in the
day, when the party concealed seven
gallons of liquor in a body of pines
near the home of George T. Lane, at
Guilford Battle Ground, made their
escape. The two negroes arrested
were identified as members of the
party. The 'automobile, a Ford tour
ing car, was afso captured in their
possession and is held until the Su
perior court acts upon the case. It
may be forfeited under the law and"
sold by the county. The car is the
property of Taylor Daniels, a negro,
who keeps machines on the street
for hire.
The seven gallons of liquor were
brought tor the sheriff's office.
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD IN
SESSION IN GASTONIA.
The 102nd annual session of the
Synod of North Carolina of the Pres
byterian church in the United States
convened in the First Presbyterian
church in Gastonia at 11 o'clock
Tuesday morning with a sermon
which was delivered by Rev. R. P.
Smith, retiring moderator and super
intendent of home missions in the
Presbytery of Aaheville.
The afternoon session was the first
at which business was transacted.
Rev. R. P. Smith called the Synod to
order and presided until the election
of his successor: The election of
moderator 'was the "outstanding fea
turet of the session arid Rev. Walter
L. Lingte, a member of the Presby
tery of Concord and at present a
LS J. J L tilt LaVUllJ J L. U'illVU j
Theological Seminary at Richmond,
was the recipient of this honor.
Rev. J. K. Hall, of Lillington, was
elected temporary clerk. The stated
clerk of the Synod is Rev. D. I. Craig,
of Reidsville, and Rev. E. L. Siler, of
Montreal, is permanent clerk.
The evening session was a popu
lar meeting in the interest of home
missions. Rev. Pyron Clark, of Salis
bury, presided and the speakers were
Hev. S. L. Morris, of Atlanta, execu
tive secretary of home missions of
the General Assembly, and Rev. W.
T. D. Moss, of Chapel Hill. The
cause of home missions and its need
was ably presented by both speakers.
Frank Snipes notorious Forsyth'
county blockader, who, with his two
sons, held up and disarmed Deputy
Collectors C. F. Neelley and J. H.
Johnson on the 18th Inst., was ar
rested, yesterday at his home near
Kernersville and committed to jail
in Winston-Salem in default of a
bond of $10,000. He is to be given
a -preliminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Beckerdite, in
Winston Salem, next Wednesday afternoon.
In the party of officers making the:
arrest were: Deputy Marshals J. H.
McKenzie, of Rowan; C. H. Haynes,
of Mt. Airy; John C. Kennett.- of
Greensboro; G. M. Thompson, of
Lexington; Special Officer F C. Tbl-
bert, of Salisbury; Deputy Collectors
C.'F. Neelley and J. H. Johnson, of
Greensboro ; Chief of Police Thomas,
of Winston-Salem, and vhree of his
men, and Deputy Sheriff Hanner, of
Forsyth county. -
Arriving at the Snipes farm, the
officers surrounded the residence,
which was closed and apparently, de
serted. After gaining admission to
the house, the only person to be
found was Mrs. Snipes, who asserted'
that she was alone and declared that
she did not know the whereabouts
of her husband and sons.
The search was about to be aban-
doned when an officer noticed a big
wardrobe, and when he tried, to open,
it it was found to be locked. Mrs.
Snipes was asked to open it and she
protested that she did not want to let
the officers' in there because Mr.
Snipes kept his money in the ward
robe. When it' was shown that the offi-.
cers intended to force ft open the
key was presented and Snipe3 was
found crouching inside with an au
tomatic revolver in his hands. Dep
uty Collector Neelley seized the weap- "
on from the hands of. the jpr4soner,';
and looking at it carefully, remark-,
ed: "Yes. I have looked down that
barrel before.'! SniDes recognized
Union 1 c uulr vvun cue aeciarauon, i ve
seen you before" and Mr. Neelley re
sponded, "You said you would know
ing Is a splendid one in every respect.
An indoor midway provides fun and Ltrouble in getting into the country."
amusement for the crowds. The
fair is well worth a trip to Revolu
tion. The admission is free and a
cordial invitation is extended to the
public to attend.
calculated, the inine would be ex
ploded when the steamer was about
holf a day out.
Fay declined to say whether he had
attempted to attach mines to any
ships, but declared he had not at
tached loaded mines to any vessels.
He said he had been ready since early
in July to carry out his mine planting
campaign, and waited hoping the
German military and naval attaches
would, change their minds about ac
cepting his offer.
Fay said he realized that his plans
were contrary to the United States
laws.
A Grave Offense.
A dispatch from Washington says:
If the state department determines
that Robert Fay is telling the truth
Randleman Boy Killed in Danville.
The Danville Register of Tuesday
gives the following account of the
fatal Inlurv of a boy who had re
cently gone to that city from Randleman:
'Frank Rogers, a 17 -year-old
youth, died in the General hospital
last night at 11.10 as a result of be
ing run over by the third section of
northbound train No. 36 near Tip
pet's crossing, in North Danville,
Sunday evening a few minutes oefore
6 o'clock. Rogers, who came here
a few weeks ago from Kanaieman,
Judge Geortre P. Pell, a member I N. C, was playing with several com-
of the North Carolina corporation panions oh the new stretch M north
mmission, was in the city Tuesday bound track where it branches out
a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. B. from the Richmond tract when the
The man said that, although Fay
did not appear to be a German
name, Robert Fay was his correct
name and that he was listed under
that name in his regiment. He also
said that he was a German. Fay i in his story to the New York police
said he was well supplied with money of how he, a lieutenant in the Ger-
when he arrived here, and therefore, many army, was sent to this country
was able to act on his own responsi- by the German secret service for the
bility. purpose of disabling by explosives
"When the German secret service steamships leaving American ports
arranged for my trin to the Unite! for Europe, the matter probably will
Fell Down on Liquor Case.
J. J. Newman, of Sumner town
ship, was given a hearing before Jus
tice of the Peace Collins Monday af
ternoon on the charge of having whis
key in his possession for an unlawful
purpose. The case resulted from a
visit Sheriff Stafford made to Sum
ner last Saturday afternoon, when
he found a five-gallon keg of liquor
concealed In Newman's barn. The
defendant claimed that the liquor
had been placed in his barn by some
unknown person and had witnesses
to back up his contention. While
the officers had their own ideas as to
the ownership of the liquor and the
purpose for which it was to be used,
they did not have any direct evi
dence to show that Newman had
been guilty of distilling or retailing.
On this showing or rather, lack of
showing Squire Collins dismissed
the warrant.
Incidentally it may not be out of
order to state that Sheriff Stafford
now has possession of the five-gallon
keg of liquor.
me."
Snipes was carried immediately ti
Winston-Salem and to the office of
United States Commissioner Beck
erdite, where the warrant was read
to him charging him with resisting
and interfering with United States
officers in the performance of their
duty. Being unprepared to give the
bond of $10,000 required of him.
Snipes was committed to jail to await
his preliminary hearing.
Charlie and Jim Snipes, the sons
of Frank Snipes, who are indicted
along with their father, are still at
large. The officers made diligent
search for them yesterday, but were
unable to find any trace of them.
Their arrest may be expected in the
due course of time.
to
ierf :.ce at the approaching session of
that body in Reidsville.
States they left the advisability of
using my device to the judgment of
Get man military and naval authori
ties in this country," Fay said, "Both
Captain von Papan and Captain Boy
Ed strongly refused to make any ue
of my device in this country, b it said
that its use in Canada would depend
upon developments."
Lieutenant Fay explained how hje
planned to attach mines carrying his
device to the Fterns of ammimitl6
faden vessels sailing from New To:
1 Kv nroncrlv ar raiiflma 4hQ-lCTice
be made the subject of vigorous rep
resentations to the German government.
The American government, the of
ficials said, would regard such an
action as Fay attributes to the Ger
man secret service as an offense
against the United States of grave
character.
As to Captain Boy-Ed and Captain
von Papenr of the German embassy,
it wa3 said that if Fay told the
truth in his so-called confession, no
blame could attach to them. '
Killing Game Oat of Season.
A gentleman who does a good deal
of hunting in the season informed
The Patriot yesterday that a good
many birds and turkeys are being
killed in the county, notwithstanding
the fact that the season in Guilford
remains closed until November 15.
He stated that the names of some of
these violators of the law are known,
and it is probable that arrests will be
made. The law is strict in regard to
the killing of game out of season and
every true sportsman is interested In
seeing it enforced. These gentlemen
believe a few prosecutions in Guil
ford -just now would 'haverVgood ef
fect
Indicted Directors Resign.
New York, Oct. 26. Henry K. Mc
Harg and Frederick F. Brewster, di
rectors of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad," now on trial
with nine former directors of the
road under the Sherman anti-trust
law, have resigned from the New
Haven directorate.
Their resignation became known
after today's session of the trial, now
concluding its second week, had ad
journed. They will be formally pre
sented to the New Haven stock
holders at their annual meeting to
be held In New Haven tomorrow, it
was learned.
While no formal statement as to
the reason for their retirement was
obtainable, it was said on behalf of
the New Haven company that their
action undoubtedly was due to a de-.
sire not to embarass the present New
Haven management on account of
their status as alleged violators of
the law being a matter still to be de
termined by a Jury.
Bandits Rob Bank of $10tOOO.
Two unmasked men entered .the
First National Bank at Marble Falls,
Tex., Tuesday, shot and fatally
wounded Robert H. Helnetz, book
keeper, forced Walter Page, assis
tant cashier, to open the safe, and
escaped with currency said to total
$10,000. Posses are searching for
the. robbers. ... - ... ,
Dr. ,E- E.j Richardson of Xeaks
ville, was in, the city, this week on a
rtsit to relatives. . . .
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