North Carolina Newspapers

,1 4 i' ,c mt r V -r PUBLISHED EVERY ciDradrAY.trAMD Thursday gSTABLlSHED I0GU. NEWSJBRIEF utTEBS of interest to, the tfATA TTTfS PATRIOT ' . FAR AND NEAR. in Session. The November Court t snnprior court convened clV1 ,ln? for a session of two . ! form yjt- .vis niui'" judge T. J. Shaw will pre- Nveek and Judge M. H. Jus- cMt- this i nee liit of Hospital. Mr. Luther r ble has returned to his home on I th street from St. Leo's hospital, ePp lie was a patient for two olrc He is recovering nicely from . nnerauon he underwent aoinz Out of Business. Mr. W. F. ledearis, who has conducted a furni 1T.e store on East Market street for .nvpral vears, is advertising his en- ltire stock at a big reduction. Don't . n rpnd his advertisement on ian ' -nore six. Death of Baby. The three- .-.e-nid dauehter of Mr. and Vr,t l. D. Harris died Thursday af TD-noon at the home of the parents Kev. tt. ax fill SOUIU Andrews conducted the funeral from- the residence Friday afternoon and interment was made in Greene Hill Thrift-Smith. Mr. David B. Thrift, of Jamestown, and Miss Hes- t AT -w-rr r m Q 1 T Tpr feUllLU "clc " Thursday night at the home of the v'c hrnther-in-law. Mr. S. W. Uiiu " Robertson, on Dillard street. Rev. K. G. Kendrick, pastor of Forest Avenue Baptist church, "was the offi ciating minister. Death at Proximity. Mrs. Fannie Myers died Thursday at her home at Proximity, following an extended ill ness. She was 59 years old and is survived by her husband, a daugh ter and four sons. The funeral was held from the home Friday after noon, followed by interment in the Proximity cemetery." Another Garage. Mr. C. W. Ed wards, the principal owner of the Gate City Motor Company, tras pur chased the home place of the late H. B. Tatum, on East Market street, and will erect a garage building on the lot in the near future The prop-err- has a frontage of 67 feet on East Market street and was sold for $10,-! 000. In Newspaper Work. Mr. Archie Joyner, who has been a member of the business staff of the Keely Institute- for over two years, has resigned his position and associated himself vi'"u the Greensboro Daily News. He gave up the position of city editor oi The News to go with the Keely In siirite and now returns to his first love. Young Man Held Up. Ernest Boyles, a young white man, was held up by two masked men near the Finishing mills Thursday night and forced to submit to a search of his pockets. He had no money of .con se: uence and after the search was permitted to proceed on his way. He thonght the highwaymen we're white, bu- could not be sure of this. Plant Destroyed. The Landreth woodworking plant, situated east of the city, near the county home, was destroyed by a fire that was discov ered shortly before midnight Thurs day night. Owing to the inflamable nature of the building and contents,, the fire burned rapidly and soon com pleted its work of destruction. The origin of the fire is not known. New Residents. Mr. J. L. Arm field and family have moved to Greensboro from Thomasville and are residing on North Park drive. Mr. Armfield is a son of Mr. W. J. Arm field, of High Point, and for a num ber of years was cashier of one of the ... "banks in Thomasville. He ia presi dent of the Gate City Trust Company, "hich was organized here some time ago. - early $2,000 Raised. It Is an nounced that nearly $2,000 has been subscribed by Greensboro people to the fund that is being raised for the erection of a new dormitory at Greensboro College for Women. v JTnmittees from the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Asso ciation are assisting the college au "-fori ties in the canvass for subscrip tions. Horses Killed. About 3 o'clock Friday morning a car of horses at tar; ed to the Hagen back-Wallace ClrcuS train was struck by a freight tram in High Point, two of the horses wng killed and 16 injured. The circus train had come in from tbe south and was takine a aidine and the freight was eoine south oh one NEWS AND OBSERVER PLANT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE. Fire in Raleigh early Saturday morning destroyed the buildings and equipment of the News and Observer the printfng iBrm of E. M. Uzzell & Co. and the annex of the Raleigh apartment house, the latter contain ing three stores and a moving pic ture show. The loss is estimated at $300,000, the greater part of which falls upon the News and Observer and E. M. Uzzell & Co. The loss of the News and Observer is placed at $100,000 and that of Uzzell & Co. at $110,000. The state of North Carolina lost about $60,000 in books, records and other forms that were stored in the print ing house of Uzzell & Co. This is the second fire suffered by the News and Observer in less than three years. In April, 1913, the building was badly damaged and much of the equipment destroyed by a fire that broke out in the plant late one afternoon. The publication of the News and Observer will be continued from the office of the Raleigh Times until a new home is built and equipped. josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, is the principal owner of the News and Observer. $100,000 Fire at Hickory. Hickory, Nov. 6. Fire causing property loss estimated at $100,000 and endangering property valued at ov-sr $1,000,000 completely destroyed the plant of the Hickory Manu facturing Company here tonight. An entire city block was burned over and much lumber and finished mill work destroyed in addition to the mill, which was a two-story " brick structure. Only the walls remain standing. TRYING TO KEEP BASEBAL.L. LEAGUE AXJVE NEXT YEAR. Despite the decreased attendance and the consequent financial loss suf fered thia year by the North' Caro lina Association of Baseball Clubs, it seems that the towns in the league are to be afflicted with professiona baseball again next year. A r eeting Of league officials was held in High Point Thursday afternoon, and wbiie no definite decision was reached, the matter being left open until Decern ber 15, there was little doubt among he directors that next year would find the league composed of the same teams as this year. W. G. Eramham, of Durham, was elected president of the league to succeed Arthur Lyon, of High Point, who declined re-election. Probably the most important ac tion taken by the directors was the decision to let each city support its own team; that is, there would be no more percentage to the visiting club, the home team to keep all of its receipts. This, it is believed, will put the responsibility squarely up to the local supporters of the teams and will insure success. The games July 4 and Labor Day are to be pool ed and divided, the railroad expenses of the teams will be pooied. In this manner all will fare equally and will be entirely dependent upon home support. It was also decided to change the rule . with regard to the number of class C players. The change permits each club to have not more than three players who have participated in games with teams of a class high er than D. President Lyon read his 1915 re port and some figures he gave in com parison with figures of 1914 furnish considerable interest. The . sinking: fund this year was $1,305.10 less than last year. The income from fines was $150, less by $25 than 1914. The total decrease in attend ance over 1914 was 60,969, Ashe- ville being the only club to show a gain. . - Its attendance was 41,124, a gain of 3,245. Other clubs had a de crease, with Raleigh leading with 40,867,. decrease of 6,455; Durham 31,895, decrease of $18,843; Char lotte 34,680, decrease of 11,167; Greensboro 21,283, decrease of 8,743. Total attendance 1915, 195, 297; 1914, 256,896. Nobel Prize For Eison. Thomas A. Edison has been elect ed by Sweden as recipient of one of this. year:s Nobel prizes. The dispatch from Copenhagen announces that Edison will receive one of the physics prizes, the other going to Nikola Tesia, the famous Italian invenier Dr. C. W. Banner left yelterday for WILSON ON NATIONAL DEFENSE OUTLINES PROGRAM OF THE AD MINISTRATION IN SPEECH IN NEW YORK CITY. President Wilson opened the ad ministration campaign for its nation al defense program in a comprehen sive and carefully prepared address delivered in New York Thursday night at the Manhattan Club banquet. He declared solemnly that the United States had no aggressive purposes, but must be prepared to defend itself in order to assume "full liberty and self-development." Significantly, he said that "with ourselves in this great matter we associate all the peoples of our own hemisphere," add ing that "we wish not only for the United States, but for them that full est freedom of independent growth of action." The president was received with enthusiastic applause as he entered the banquet hall and during his ad- dress. Following brief introductory re- marks, President Wilson spoke as follows : A year and. a half ago our thought would have been almost altogether of great domestic questions. They are many and of vital consequence. We must and shall address ourselves to their solution with diligence, firm ness, and self-possesion, notwith standing we find ourselves in the midst of a world disturbed by great disaster and ablaze with terrible war; but our thought is now inevitably of new things about which formerly we gave ourselves little concern. We are thinking now chiefly of our rela- tions with the rest of the world not our commercial relations,- about those we have thought and planned always, but about our political re- lations, our duties as an individual and independent force in the world to ourselves, our neighbors, and the world itself. Liberty of Self Development. Our principles are well knownIt is not necessary to avow them again. We believe in political liberty and found- ed our great government to obtain it, the liberty of men and peoples, of men to choose their own lives and of peoples to choose their own allegi ance. Our ambition: also, all the world has knowledge of it. It is not only to be free and prosperous our selves; but also to be the friend and thoughtful partisan of those who are free or who desire freedom the world over. If we have h?.d aggressive pur poses and covetous ambitions, they were the fruit of our thoughtless youth as a nation and we have put them aside. We shall, confidently believe, never again take another foot of territory by conquest. We shall never in any circumstances seek to make an independent people sub ject to our dominion; because we be lieve, we passionately believe, in the right of every people to choose their own allegiance and be free of mas ters altogether. For ourselves we wish nothing but the full liberty of self development; and with ourselves in this great matter we associate all the peoples of our own hemisphere. We wish not only for thet United States but for them the fullest free dom of independent growth and of action, for we know that throughout II. 1 1 2 1 iU. J A.! this hemisphere the same aspirations are everywhere being worked out, un der diverse conditions but with the same impulse and ultimate object. All this is very clear to us and will, I confidently predict, become more and more clear to the whole world as the great processes of the future un fold themselves. It is with a full con sciousness of such principles and such ambitions that we are asking ourslves at the present time what onr duty is with regard to the armed force of the nation. Within a year we have . witnessed what we did not believe possible, a great. European conflict involving many of the great est nations of the world. The influ ences of a great war are everywhere in the air. All Europe is embattled. Force everywhere speaks out with a loud and imperious voice in a titanic struggle of governments, and from one end of our" own dear country to the other men are asking one anoth er what tur force is, how far we are nrenared to maintain ourselves national action of development. No Wilful Use of Force. In no man's mind, I am sure, Is there even raised the question of t&e wilful . use of force on our pot gainst any nation of any people, t& COMES iHT IN OPPOSITION TO - NA' At DEFENSE PliAN OE MINISTRATION. Willia J. Bryan, who, in the opin ion of m$ny people, is seeking the overtbrow of President Wilson, lost no time i voicing his opposition to the views of President Wilson on na tional def nse as expressed . in his New York, speech Thursday . night. Mr. Bryaffjcalled the newspaper cor respondent to his home in Washing ton Frids morning and gave them a formal Ikfjjatement outlining his po sition, f. V . "A departure from our 'traditions ; a reversaOf our national policy, a menace tot our peace and safety and a challange,- to the spirit of Christian ity which! teachers us to influence others byKtample rather -than by ex citing feay'tis Mr.3ryan's,view of the national; defense plans,. In . his state- ment, Mrt Bryan said:- 4 4,i have read the president s speech atJNew Yprk with sorrow and concern. fHe is doing what he be lieves to $e his duty, and so long as a man follows his conscience and judgment we cannot criticise his mo tives, bu we may be compelled to dissent from' his conclusions- I feel it my duty to dissent, and, as he had given his views with clearness and emphasise those who differ from him are under a like obligation to ex press themselves with equal clear ness. "He says that his position is dif ferent from that of the private indi vidual ins that the individual is free to speakf his .own thoughts and risk his own Opinions. This sentence is a little obscure. Insofar as he ex- presses hs own opinion, he does not differ froin the private citizen except that he speaks under a sense of offi- cia! responsibilities, but where a na- tion's fate is involved in a policy every private citizen who loves his country land tries to serve it is con- sciousu epotisihiljity-' " . "He has announced a policy which has never before been adopted in this country and never endorsed by any party in the country and he has no way of knowing, until he hears from the people, whether he has correctly interpreted the will of the public. His appeal is not to any party, but, as he says, to men of 'all shades of opinions.' "The president says that we should be prepared not for aggression but for defense.' That is the ground upon which all preparation for war is made. What nation has ever pre pared for war on the theory that it was preparing for aggression? It is only fair to assume that the Euro pean rulers who are involved in the present war thought that they were contributing toward the maintenance of peace when they were making elaborate preparations for defense. It is a false philosophy and, being false, it inevitably leads into difficulties. The spirit that makes the individual carry a revolver and whoever car ries a revolver for defense? leads him not only to use it on slight prov ocation but to use language which provokes trouble. 'Speak softly but carry a big stick' is one of the delu sive maxims employed by those who t their faith in force There are I two answers to it first, the man who speaks softly has not the dispo sition to carry a club, and if a man with a soft voice is persuaded to car- ry a club his voice changes as soon as he begins to rely upon the club. "If there is any truth in our "re- liglon a nation must win respect as an individual does, not by carrying arms, but by an upright, honorable course that invites confidence and in sures good will. This nation has won its position in the world without re sorting to the habit of toting a pistol or carrying a club. Why reverse our policy at this time? The president himself admits that there is no rea son for changing. "If we're not threatened by any nation, if our relations with all na tions are friendly, if everybody knows that we're able to defend our selves if necessary and if there is no fear among us, why is this time chosen to. revolutionize our national theories and to exchange our policy for the nolicy of Europe? Why abandon the hope that we have so long entertained of setting an exam ple to Europe? Why encourage the nations of Europe in their fatal folly by imitating them? Why impose j upon the .Western hemisphere a pol- icy so disastrous? , May we 4iot ex 3 riuN .-it. IAD t pect all Latin-America to be stimu- lated to preparation )f we eater, upon a new 6ra of preparedness T tnd will - not such a .poUey, make confllcts.jbe tween these republics more prob able? ' . "We are now spending more than S250.000.000 a year on preparations ing on agriculture and I feel sure that the taxpayers are not in favor rerence w3tl1 American trade naa of increasing, this sum at this time ly made public. It caftheock- when a chanee.is not only unneces- sary but a menace to our national ' . I ideals 1 "There has not been a time in fifty years when there was less reason to add to the expenses of the army and navy, for we are not only without an enemy but our preparedness is in creasing relatively as other nations exhaust themselves. And there never has ben a time in our whole history when our duty to the world more im peratively -demanded self restraint and the counsels, of peace, ,( "I hope the president will not be deceived by the atmosphere of the Manhattan Club. That is the one place in the United States Where the mammon-worshiping portion of . the Democratic party meets to exchanges compliments there is no group farther removed from the sentiment of the masses whether you measure that sentiment by, economical,. social or religious standards," . ' President , Wilson's present plan is not to make any answer to Mr. Bry an's criticism. ... FRANK SNIPES AND' TWO SONS ARE UNDER BOND. Frank Snipes, Sr., the notorious Forsyth blockader, who was arrested recently charged with resisting and I interfering with Revenue Officers Neelley and Johnson, waived . exami nation when carried before United States Commissioner Beckerdite, in Winston-Salem, Thursday afternoon for a prelimniary hearing. He was held under a bond of $10,000 for his appearance at th December term of Federal court ipU?iensboro. .K . court room, hopjng'tohear1-the ac count of the alleged h6ld-up of the officers, and disappointment was in evidence when Hon. Clement Manly, of the firm of Manly, Hendren & Womble, announced that the defend ant waived examination. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Beall, of Greensboro, was present to represent the government. Hon. J. C. Buxton, of the firm of Watson, Buxton & Watson, and Attorney A. E. Holton were also present as attorneys for Snipes. Friday afternoon James and Char lie Snipes, who are indicted along with Frank Snipes, Sr., their father, surrendered to the officers in Wins ton-Salem and the three prisoners were released under bond. Satur day's WinstonSalem Journal has the following concerning the affair: James Snipes and Charlie Snipes, who have been wanted by the Fed eral officers as partners in the alleged holdup of officers at the Snipes place near Kernersville about three weeks ago, gave themselves up to Deputy Marshall Thompson in the offices of Manly, Hendren & Womble yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock, according to arrangements made between Snipes' attorneys and the Federal authorities on the day before, waiv ed examination before United States Commissioner W. H. Beckerdite-, and furnished bonds aggregating $12, - 500 for their appearance in Greens- boro at the term of the Federal court which begins there December 7. "The arrangements for this action were made Thursday afternoon when an understanding was reached to have the two men appear ana give themseives up to tne omcers, on me ground that the bond for Frank Snipes, Sr., be reduced from $10,- 000 to $5,000. This reduction was made and James Snipes' bond was fixed at $5,000, while Charlie's wast fixed at $2,500, making a total of I $12,500. The bonds were signed byltion of $1,750. Messrs. A. R. Bennett and T. R. Pep- per, to whom deeds or trust were made as security." Aged Woman Dead. Mrs. Betsy Carico, one of the oldesi women in GreensbGro, died Friday afternoon at her home on Martin street. She was 84 years old and had been in feeble health for quite a while. The fu neral was held from the home Satur day afternoon and was conducted; by Rev. Dr. c. w. Byra, pastor 01 west Market Street Methodist church, of which Mrs'. Carico was a devout memr ber. A daughter is the only surviv ing member of the family. :.:-.-,:H.3tz-IT V IS UNITED STATES TEIiLSGtiieAlf ' 'Britain " sm ,ri;sT-ii: ' TO THE lilNE. " .I'M government on ureat Bmain's inter- aaerot me entente allies "ineffective. ilIeSal and indefensible" and declares that tha TTn fii.tita oantiAt !dMh ,x -v.f 'y ?a.B youmuM-iju ipiacence suuer inriiier. spora j nation of its rights and interests.'' , It insists that the relations between the United, States and" Great Britain be governed not by a policy of ex pediency but by those established -rules of international conduct to which Great Britain in the past has . held ' the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent- in a struggle or national ex istence. Declaring the United States "un hesitatingly assumes" the . task of championing the integrity of neutral rights, the note proclaims that the American government will. devote its, energies to the task, exercising al ways ah impartial attitude. ;" The note, pearly, 15,000 -words in length, was made public by agree ment between tHe state department and the BHtish rgtr ocjtt carries .with it a voluminous -appen dix, giving tb text qfAmejrican Jiavaj,, instructions issuedWin 1362 and a summary and 4able 4 showing, hun dreds Q'e'l.rain64.f by. British authorities ! since the b6jrinnin.g of the present war. . -The body; of . th : note is divided into 35 points, dealing with ail phases of the contraband question, seizures and detentions,, prior to. as well as after, the so-called blockade was in stituted, and announces that a sepa rate communication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the . "pro priety and right of the British gov ernment to include in their list of contraband of war 'certaihCarticles which hare been so included." REAL ESTATE RECORDED. Deeds for the transfer of real es tate in the county have been filed in the office of the register of deeds during the past few days as follows: A. L. Rankin to the Brown Real Estate Company two tracts in Bruce township, one containing 22 and the other 18 acres, for a consideration of $1,200, or $30 an acre. J. L. Welborn to Bascom Hoskins, a lot containing 6,500 square fee, on Fairview street, in the city of High Point, for $1,000. Bascom Hoskins to . N. P. Albert son, a lot containing 6,400 square feeE on Fairview street, in the city of High Point, for $1,000. " Mrs. Bettie Corbitt,- administra trix, to N. P. Albertson, two lots of the Welborn property, in the city of High Point, for $875. W. C. Jones et' ux to Bertha L. Hedrick et al, a lot 50 by 150 feet in the Central Improvement Com pany's property in High Point the consideration being $600. F. A. Silver and wife to J. T. Bol ton, 4.3 acres of the Lindsay mining lands, in Jamestown township, for $150. Mary E. Hanner et al to J. F. Fon ville, a lot 110 by 212 feet on Olive street, in the city of Greensboro, $10 1 and other valuable considerations. A. H. Alderman to Mrs. Nora B. Lanning, a lot 62 1-2 by 153 1-2 feet on Magnolia street, in the city of Grensboro, $100 and other valuable considerations. C. M. Vanstory et al to J. P. Lan- nmg, 101 n m diock i or tne insn- er tanas, in tne city 01 ureensporo, $10 and other valuable considera- tions. W. B. Walker and Joseph Taylor, Jr., to W. G. McCollum, a lot 162 by 100 feet on Hendrix street, in the city of Greensboro, for a considera- j. t. Best and wife to John W. Welborn, a lot 150 by 145 feet in High Point township, $300 and other valuable considerations. Venita Smith to Bascom Hoskins, lot 48 in the Willis sub-division in the city of High Point, 1 and other valuable considerations. Ziilah Smith to Bascom Hoskins, lot 47 in the Willis sub-division in High Point,' $1 and other, valuable Bascpm , Hoskins and, wifef tor John W. elbonf. lot 7 U tlvt friiilk subdivision- in Wi tttpbt Mlgh Point, $1 and otht-r valuable rconUlerationa. lltDniBLO - -..-ski - Kmmtf - : .,. -. - -H'pfi- .' ' vs--.fv - '1 t ' & ' '.,v;A;r . ' .r - .'J ' -v-! ' ' "VtT'- r M j i ;; -; : ,--v ,- 1.' 1 - Vs . - - if. t -ml '.-....ftsffo. 1 i of the main line tracks when the ac tit ; :.e,i cident occurred. u. - . -1 " ' K St ir. ' M I' '1 ' i-'rf Continued ou Page Two. If