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ConlI union Service. Rev. y. ,R.
buckle
Will I1U1U. tuiuuiuuivu OCA
at Frieden s Lutheran church
ices
, WHO ICtcuu oa co OCV;-
0f the ureensuuru ludrcuauta
association, has gone to Rocky Mount
become secretary of the merchants
association of that place.
For New 3iemDers. a. campaign
... mamhprs of t.h ft V. M. r-AAL
orne . v-
vaS startea mis muraing uuu wui
ontinue through tomorrow. At pres
. ocanpintinn - has ftnrolled
inc i
bout 600 men and 200 boys.
New Connection. Mr. Roger W.
i 3 t 1 rrs
garrison nas iuoyeu ma mw uiuce
rom the court house square to the
Sce of the Real Estate and Trust
Company. Mtn wnicn couieru nw ims
rmed a connection as manager of
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f-e loan department. v
Iniproring Rapidly. Mr.' J. A.
pavidson, who recently went to .Bal
timore for treatment in a hospital,
s said to be getting along nicely. A
etter received this week from the
pecialist who is attending him says
Mr. Daviason is making rapid pro
gress toward recovery.
Wedding Tonight. A wedding of
nterest to many people in eastern
Guilford and elsewhere will take
place tonight at Springwood Presby
terian church, when Miss Ruth Gree-
on will become the bride of Mr.
harles L. Carroll. Both are well
i..
known ana popular young peopi.
Attempted Burglary. Isaac Wells,
colored, was. convicted in Municipal
court Tuesday of attempting to bur-
larize a negro residence in the city
and sentenced to the roads for 12
mcrths. He was caught in the act
of attempting to enter the residence
.rough a window and frightened
fay.
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Road
Force Moved. Two auto J
racks and a force of convicts were ' Pacific coast for the past four years,
moved yesterday from the Archdale The message gave no particulars of
road, near High Point, to the Ran- j the. death further than stating that
dleman road to complete the work on ' it was caused by gas poisoning. The
Guilford's end of the. highway con- J body will be buried in the cemetery
necting Greensboro and Asheboro. ! at Mare Island navy yard, on San
They will be kept on the job until it Francisco bay. Mr. Gray was 23
is finished. j years old and is survived by his pa-
Work of Police. During the rents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Gray,
month of October the Greensboro po- of Jamestown; a brother and two
lice officers arrested 110 persons, of sisters.
whom 52 paid fines and costs and 18 ! Canning Club Products. It is an-
vere sentenced to the city streets.
The others got off with suspended
judgments, dismissals, "etc. Liquor
as back of the trouble of J26 of the .stores in Greensboro and High Point
defendants. on the 15th inst. Miss Grace Schaef-
Building Activity. The report of tfer' the demonstration agent, is en
the citv building inspector for Octo- aged in inspecting the goods to be
be: shows that permits were issued ! offered for sale td see to " that they
durine the month for the fiction of . come UP to standard, kecently
20 wildings at a total estimated costi
of $53,37 5. This is an increase of
? 3 0 ,560 over the estimated cost of
tl 14 buildings for which permits
trv; issued in October, 1914.
I3aby Deserted. A girl baby
as; left at the front door of Mr. and
hs. John Evans, who reside at'914
Soath Elm street, a few .nights ago.
The baby appears to be about a
t&oiith old and is strong and healthy,
doming is known as to the parent
a?t of the little one or the motive
that caused it to be abandoned. Mr.
aid Mrs. Evans will probably adopt
the baby.
Cornerstone Laying. The corner
stone of the new church at Hines
thapel will be placed with appro
priate exercises Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The church has just
been completed and is one of the
Nicest rural houses of worship in the
county. There will be two services
at the church Sunday, when the new
Pastor, Rev. J. F. Johnsorn, will be
stalled. Mr. Johnson is a young
just out of school and is said to
e endowed with the graces and gift
that make a successful pastor.
MeKnight-Fonshee. Mr. William
A1brt McKnight and Mrs. Janie Pou
W were married last night at 9.30
c'ock at the bride's home on East
aton street. The ceremony was
formed by Rev. J. Clyde Turner
was witnessed by members of
r-ee families. Mr. and Mrs. McKnight
lt last night on a visit to' New
, 0rk and other cities. Mr. McKnight
a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mc-
lutsnt and is
a well known young
b)ness man of the citv i
ected with the Vanstory Clothing
company. His bride has made her
me in Greensboro for a number of
ears and is popular with a wide
fcle of friends. . ,
:BWlw ecretary.Miss Bessie
"VW&ney, who recently resigned
the position of secretary of the Ral
eigti Chamber of Commerce, has been
elected assistant secretary of .the
Norb Carolina Publicity Bureau,
which hailheidmartes in this city,
in the rooms of ;!he Chamber of Com
merce. Before going to Raleigh, Miss j
Hackney was secretary of the Greens
boro Merchants' Association.
Hearing Continued. The prelimi
nary -hearing of Frank Snipes,
charged with blockading and resisting
revenue officers, which- was to have
been held in Winston-Salem yester
day afternoon, was continued until
mis aiternoon. nprmtv Pniinnrv
. .. . :
TiNeeiiey, the principal witness
against
Snipes, has been in Asheville this
week appearing before the grand
jury of the United States District
court now in session in that place.
Mrs. Jennings Dead. Mrs. G. W.
Jennings, died Monday morning at
her home on Dakota street, following
an illness of several weeks. She was
J 37 years old and is survived by her
husband and two young sons, her
motb-er, two sisters and four broth
ers. Rev. R: D. Sherrill conducted
a funeraV service at the home Tues
day morning, after which the body
was carried to Pleasant Ridge
church, hear Ramseur, for inter
ment. Improved Service. The Southern
Express Company has inaugurated
an improved service between Greens
boro and Goldsboro, putting jcars on
Nos. 21 and 22 from this city to
Goldsboro. This action was in yield
ing to the petition of many patrons
of the road. The company has been
operating express cars on these two
trains from Knoxville, through
Asheville, to Greensboro. The change
now made wil serve a large part of
the state with a greatly improved
service.
Earle S. Gray Dead. A message
was received here yesterday an
nouncing the death Tuesday of Mr.
Earle S. Gray, a former resident of
Greensboro, who had been in the
United States naval service on the
nounced thatyrthe products of the
Guilford county girls' canning clubs
will be placed on sale at grocery
?iss Schaeffer a number of mem-
ui iuc uttuuiag ciuds maae a
canvass of the housewives of Greens
boro and High Point to ascertain the
number of cans that could be sold,
after which orders were placed- by
the dealers.
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To Wed Late in December.
Official announcement has been
made that the wedding of President
Wilson and Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait
will be held , "near -the close of De
cember." The announcement was
made, it was stated, for the purpose
of putting a stop to the numerous
rumors regarding the date and place
of the ceremony.
The official announcement reads as
follows:
"In order to quiet speculation,
President Wilson and Mrs. Norman
Gait today authorized the announce
ment, that their marriage will take
place near the close of December.
"Their plans are for a very simple
ceremony. ' It will be quietly per
formed at Mrs. Gait's residence.
"No invitations will be issued and
it is expected that the only guests
will be members of the two fami
lies." Report on Boundary Matter.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geo
logist, has filed .with Attorney Gen
eral Bickett his final report of the
recent survey of the new boundary
line between Tennessee and North
Carolina as fixed by the United States
courts in deciding in favor of North
Carolina the suit involving a strip of
land, principally in Cherokee and
Graham counties, valued at $2,000,
000. Theysurvey report as filed has
the approval of the commission and
awaits confirmation by the courts,
when the whole matter will be final-
ly settled. t
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HIGH POINT MALCONTENTS
FOLLOW THEIR USUAL CUSTOM
AND RAISE A ROW OVER
COUNTY ROAD WORK.
The county commissioners held a
rather busy meeting Monday and
Tuesday, although not a great
amount of business outside of he
regular routine was transacted.
The board granted a petition pre
sented by a number of citizens of
Rock Creek township asking that a
special school tax district be cre
ated, situated between the Gibson
ville and Whitsett districts, and that
an election be -called to pass upon a
special school tax of not More than
30 cents on the $100 of property and
not more than 90 cents on the poll;
The date of the election is fixed for
December 14, and the registration
books will be open from November
11 to December 4. D. A. Hinton was
selected as registrar and B. H. Brown
and David Brown as judges of the
election.
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The following jurors were drawn
for the civil and , criminal terms of
Superior court to convene December
6 and December 13:,
W. A. Wyrick, W. M. Michael, John
L. Cobb, W. A. Brooks, H. C. Per
rett, I. N. Woodard, George M.
Amick, John Neece, Henry Layton,
D. R. Cable, Charles Gordon, Earl
Stanfield, L. R. Anderson, R. R.
Pryar, P. C. Greeson, James F. Starr,
D. L. Shepherd, H. E. Rankin, W. C.
Andrews, R. O. Pitchford, W. L. An
drews, John J. Phoenix, Rufus A.
Cain, D. F. Causey, A. F. Brooks, J.
R. Hardin, H. E. Cartland, E. F. All
red, H. L. Alexander, D. B. Kendall,
W. F. Fentress, W. H. Warren, A. C.
Lee, J. W. Webb, D. M. Stafford,. R.
G. Hiatt, W. L. Frazier, G W. Tem
ple, James R. Ozment, W. G. Ten
nille, Ernest W. Teague, O. S. Short,
Ira L. Woody, J. A. McCanless, T. R.
Friddle, W. J. Stafford, T. E. Stanley,
L. A. Beeson, . E. S. Jones, L. W.
Smith, W. H; Patterson, J. W Mat
lock. R. O. Horney.J. H. Lee, A. S.
Parker, E. W. Branson. J. G. Pegg,
F. W. Beeson, W. L. Smith, J H.
Dobbs, B. C. Harmon, S. C. Yates, B.
C. Stroud, Charles T. Willis, T. J.
Byerly and A. E. Foust.
A delegation of Oak Ridge citizens,
headed by Prof. T. E. Whitaker, ap
peared before the board in behalf of
some road work in that community.
The matter was referred to Commis
sioner T. A. Wilson, who wlil give it
his attention.
A delegation of High Point citi
zens, who became greatly wrought
up when it was learned that a force
was to be withdrawn from the Arch
dale road to complete Guilford's end
of the Greensboro and Asheboro
highway, appeared before the board
and protested mightily against the
determination of the commissioners
to carry out a promise of long stand
ing to finish their share of the work
on the road connecting the capitals
of Guilford and Randolph. The board
decided to take two auto trucks and
a part of the force from the Arch
dale road to complete the work on
the Greensboro and Asheboro road.
This leaves the greater part of the
county's road-working force in the
immediate vicinity of High Point
but it does not satisfy the mal
contents of that place.
Statement by the Commissioners.
In view of the unreasonable atti
tude of some of the people of High
.romi, tne commissioners have felt
called upon to issue the following
signed statement:
"To the Public:
"Newspaper reports from High
Point Indicate that the county com-
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missioners nave given High Point
and vicinity a 'raw deal and arc not
giving that town and that section
what is justly due them in regard to
public roads. We wish to make the
following statement In the matter,
and are willing to leave it to the fair
minded people of the county to Judge
for themselves as to whether that
section 1s getting its just dues or
not:
"Some ,12 months ago the commis
sioners assigned, approximately one
third of the whole road working force
to work in the High Print section
and they have been there ever since;
and we1 hough t, and still think, that
one-third of the force in that section
against two-thirds for all the rest of
tne county is certainly just -and fair
to that section. However, about the
first of September -we assigned four
auto trucks to do some extra hauhng
on the Archdale roaif, with thef&U
understanding that the same Wnrfd
have to be withdrawn about No vein-j
hr 1 to ffo on to other' work
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TRAM ! KILLS LITTLE GIRL
NELLIE tWYRICK MET INSTANT
DEATH YESTERDAY WHILE
ONf WAY TO SCHOOL.
Nellie Wyrick, the 11-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Wyrick, who reside about six miles
north of I Greensboro, met a sudden
and horrible death about 8.30 o'clock
yesterday morning, when she was
struck and killed by the engine of
northbound passenger train No. 44
on the main line of the Southern
Railway. "Accompanied by her broth
er and several other children of the
community, the little girl was on her
way to school at Brightwood when
the accident occurred:
The children were walking along
the railroad tracks near Rudd sta
tion when they heard the approach
ing train One ot the children cross
ed over jtip the dirt road, which par
allels therailroad at this point, and
the othejrs climbed an embankment
at the side of the tracks .when the
train came into sight. It seems that
th little
yrick girl lost her balance
on tne embankment
and stumbled
back on pie railroad just in time to-
be struck by the engine of the train.
The train was stopped immediate
ly and members of the crew went to
the child, who was lying on the side
of the track dead. Her right should
er was crushed and. there was an ugly
wound ott the right side of the head.
Coroner Stansbury went to the
scene of the tragedy, but an inquest
was deemed unnecessary. The body
was brought to Greensboro and pre
pared for burial, after which it was
removed;' to the home of the distress
ed parents. The funeral and inter
ment topk place today.
The train that killed the little girl
was in charge of Engineer Gary and
Conductor Royall.
R. C. Hood's Will Probated.
The will of the late R. C. Hood was
probated Tuesday in the office of the
clerk o the Superior court. . By its
terms all the property of the deceas-T
ed is left to bis wife, and after her
death to their children, two daugh
ters. The income from the estate is
to be used by Mrs. Hood as she sees
fit, such part of it being devoted to
the children as may seem to her best.
The testator leaves in his will- cer
tain general business advice for hjs
widow and suggests that she choose
a co-administrator of the estate if
she should desire one. His life in
surance money is to be devoted to
the payment of debts on his prop
erty, if there are any snch accounts.
The will is in the handwriting of
Mr. Hood, is without witnesses and
was written about two years ago. It
closes with this short sentence:
"May God preserve my family."
No estimate has been made as to
the value of Mr. Hood's estate. He
carried about $25,000 of life insur
ance and owned considerable real
estate and personal property.
Will Stick to Skirts Hereafter.
Asheville, Nov. 2. Eight young
women of Asheville, sadder but
wiser, have decided to stick to skirts
for the balance of their natural lives,
and so promised Judge Glenn in po
lice court yesterday morning. The
young women were arested Saturday
night, during the Hallowe'en festivi
ties and charged with masquerading
in the wrong kind of apparel. They
had donned suits belonging to fath
ers and brothers and were having a
great time when arrested.
Forced to appear in police court,
they were lectured by Judge Glenn,
and prayer for judgment continued
for one year. If the young women
stick to skirts for that space of
time, no sentence will be pronounced.
ised.
"Then, in addition to this, at our
October meeting we sent another
trained, free labor force, secured
from Mr. Lassiter, the contractor, to
assist in putting down the concrete
foundation for the asphalt road. We
have not withdrawn any of the above
except the trucks, and they went
there to stay only until November 1.
We do not claim that the above
forces have done much work, as it
has been raining fully two-thirds of
the time; but they have done as much
in the High Point section, propor
tionately, as in the other sections of
the county.
(Signed)
"W. C. BOREN. Chairman,
'W. C. TUCKER.
"J. AL; RANKIN,
"T. A; jyiLSON,
"W. C. JONES, .
"County Commissioners."
The city commissioners Tuesday
afternoon passed an ordinance lor an
election to be held in Greensboro on
Tuesday, December 14, on the ques
tion of issuing $125,000 of munici
pal improvement bonds, of which
$50,000 shall be for street work and
$75,000 for sewerage extension. The
bonds, if voted, will mature in 30
years and bear interest at the rate of
5 per cent per . annum.
The voting place for Morehead
township, that section of Greensboro State met a similar fate,
west of Elm street, will be at the I In New York state the vote on stif
city hall, while that for Gilmer town- frse from 2,467 districts out of
ship, east of Elm street, will be at'5'713 in the state gave 241,928 for
the Eagle Hose Company's quarters,
on South Davie street. H. C. Per-
kins has been appointed registrar in
Morehead township and E. J. Staf-
ford and R. G. Hiatt election judges.
in turner township the choice of the
city commissioners for registrar is T.
G. McLean, with J. B. Minor and Jl.
A. Gilmer as judges.
The registrars will keep the books
open for the registration of voters at
convenient places to be named in the
registration notice, except on Satur
day, when the books will be kept at
the polling places namel above for
a period of 20 days, commencing No
vember 13 and ending on Saturday
December 4, after which the books
will be closed.
The paving and improvement of'
ii . .
me streets or Greensboro and the
improvement, extension and equip
ment of the existing sewerage system
of the city are considered as neces
sities to the public by the commis
sioners and a host of residents of
Greensboro and the ordinance states
that the purposes for which the bonds
are to be Issued are necessary ex
penses of the city.
EIGHT APPEALS ARGUED
FROM GUILFORD COUNTY.
The docket for the twelfth judicial
district, was called in the Supreme
court TueedA4mmedlatel5
presentation tb the ;ourt of Col.
James T. Morehead's portrait. Eight
appeals were argued fr';m Guilford
county, the first being the capital
case against Ed. Walker and Jeff
Dorsett, under conviction of death
for the murder of John Swaim last
January. The case was argued by
Attorney General Bickett for the
state and Charles A. Hines for the
defense.
The other Guilford caes neard on
appeal were:
State vs. Blauntia. ararued bv Ar-
torney General Bickett for the state
and J. A. Barringer for ihe defense;
state vs. Freeze, argued by Attornev
General Bickett for the state and
Judge N. L. Eure for the defendant;
state vs. Turner, argued by Attorney
General Bickett for the state and
Thomas J. Gold and S. Clay Williams
for the defendant: Greensboro Loan
and Trust Company vs. Wimbish.
argued by S. Clay WillHms for the
plaintiff and A. Wayland Cooke for
the defense; Bell, administrator, vs.
city of Greensboro, argued by J. a.
Barringer for the plaintiff and A.
Wayland Cooke for the defendant:
Nelson vs. Southern Railway, argued
by A. L. Brooks for the plaintiff and
Wilson & Ferguson for the defend
ant; Hunt, administrator, et al vs.
North Carolina Railroad Company,
argued by J. A. Barrfnger for the
plaintiff and Wilson & Ferguson for
the defendant.
To Abolish Parcel Post Station.
Announcement has been made by
the postal authorities that the parcel
post distributing station in Greens
boro will be abolished after January
31, 1916, this being in line with the
policy of the postofflce department
to gradually eliminate all these sta
tions. The Greensboro station is the
last one remaining In North Caro
lina the stations in Raleigh and
Salisbury having been discontinued
last July. It is said that the 15 men
employed in the local station will be
put back in the railway mail. service
and probably will continue to make
headquarters la Greensboro. .
While no official statement In re
gard to the matter has been made, It
is presumed that the mall transfer
office at the passenger depot, which
was consolidated with " the. parcel
post station, will be restored to its
former arrangement and that it, will
continue to be in charge of Mr. J. E.
TomUnson.
Mr. Henry B. Smith, of McLeans
ille Route 1, favored The? Patriot of
fice with a call this morning.
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PROPOSITION PUT TO SLEEP IN
THREE STATES OHIO VOTES
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
In elections held Tuesday amend
ments to the constitutions of the ;
states of New York, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts to enfranchise wo- .
men. met with overwhelming defeat
at the hands of the voters, while the
amendment to the Ohio constitution
for statewide prohibition in that ,
i 321,418 votes against the meas-
ure
'rhe returns undoubtedly indicated
al8 the defeat of the project to adopt
a new constitution; that the Repub-
llcans nave a sare majority in the
, New York general assembly and three
Republican congressmen were elect-.
ed.
The Pennsylvania returns, were
slow In coming in, but there is no
d0UDt of the defeat of woman suf-
frage by an overwhelming majority.
;Thomas B. Smith, the T?nnMfnan
candidate for mayor of Philadelphia,
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was elected.
'Harrington, the Democratic candi
date for governor of Maryland, was
elected by a safe majority.
The maJority against prohibition
in Ohio appears to be about 50,000.
In New -Jersey the -Republicans-gained
two state senators, which will
make the next senate stand 13 Re
publicans to eight Democrats.
The. election for governor of Ken
tucky was close, but late returns -show
that A. O. Stanley, the Demo
cratic candidate, is leading E. F. Mor
row, his' Republican opponent.
Two to One in Massachusetts.
Boston,- Nov. 2. The defeat of1
woman suffrage by a vote of aporox-
imately. two to one was indicated by
! r6tur& frm the greater part of (he .
With- less v
-.ThanOo-mins-to heardm''
I the ma3ority against the, proposed
constltutIonal amendment was 103,-
044.
Samuel W. McCall. Republican,
was elected governor, defeating Gov
ernor David I. Walsh. Democrat. In
a close contest. With 30 election
precincts to be heard from, the vote
was: McCall. 2-J6.920; Welsh. 23 -729.
The balance of the Republican
state ticket was elected and the Re
publicans made a net gain of l
! Seats in the lower oranct. of the leg
islnturo vl- i t li i ,
v., ...u uvj tuuage in tne sen
ate. The Progressive vote m the state
was almost negligible.
William Shaw. the Prohibition
nominee for governor, polled one of
the largest votes In the history of
the party in this state. His vote,
about 12.000. was more than twice
that of the Progressive candidate.
Staggering Defeat in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Nov. 2. The afl
tPm Tit tr eri-rrn - . . . . - a ' -
feiTc wuiuen ine rigritv o
ote met with staggering defeat" In
Pennsylvania today. How badly the
little band of women who bravely
campaigned -the state and appealed
for equal rights at the polls were
beaten will not be known until the
slow work of counting the votes Is
completed.
Claims of the antis place the ma
jority against suffrage as high as a
quarter of a million.
The suffrage question cannot come
before the people again until five
years hence, under the state consti
tution. Prohibitionists Win.
Richmond. Va., Nov. 2. Results
from the election of the entire mem
bership of both branches of the gen
eral assembly in Virginia today show
that there will be a heavy majority
in the senate and house, pledged to
the edactment of prohibition legisla
tion effective when the state goes dry
on November 1, 1916.
Out of the 140 members of both
branches, the Republicans and Inde
pendents will not number more than
20. The dominant Democratic fac
tion will control the joint Democratic
caucus by an overwhelming majoritr.
New Registrar. Mr. W. R. Rn
kin has been appointed registrar of
vital statistics for Morehead town
ship to fill a vacancy, caused by the
resignation of ReT. VTR.' Stickler.
The appointment was 'made by th
county commissioners. ,
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