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..tTEBS OF INTEREST TO THE
Aiders of the patriot
FAR AND NEAR.
. i Maetins. Rev. Shu-
i peeler is ai rauu,
ir i is assisting the pastor
U' - .h Viiiro.h at that nlace
JPLUI Ultu v,.
i m oot 5 n P"
o revival iiivw0.
. ,jai The first music re-
Vlu-l Irv
01 IQU01.U Ul w-
A well arranged
was rendered in an excel-
l ct" the season was given mca-
evening "j - -
aooi
W for Women
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urogram
lent manner.
Remodeling Sale. Mr. N. J. Mc-
nnffie announces ovc- v
tiiture
order to
at greatly reduced prices in
make room for workmen
ftjo are w ic,.
advertisement will be found on the
!-;tth page of The Patriot.
For Treatment. Mrs. Ernest
night, who has been quite ill for
several weeks, left last night for Bal
timore to enter a hospital for treat
ment under specialists. She was ac
companied by her physician, Dr. E.
? Michaux, and a nurse.
Took First Prize. The exhibit of
Tomatoes made by the Guilford coun
,v girls' canning clubs at the Fay
ftteville fair last week was awarded
me first prize. This distinction is
very gratifying to the members of
the canning clubs and their friends.
Teachers' Meeting. An important
meeting of the Guilford County
Teachers' Association will be held in
tMs city, at the Carnegie library,
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Su
perintendent Foust requests that
every public school teacher in the
county be present.
Married in New York. Mr. W. D.
Meyer, the head of and principal own
t: of Meyer's department store, was
narried in New York last Thursday
afternoon to Miss Etta Forch.- The
wedding took place at Sherry's, and
is described as a pretty an elabo-
tiie. affair. Mr. andTMrt; W
Wants Art Cknimlssion.--Prcif.Wi:
C. A. Hammel, of the faculty of the
State Normal and Industrial College,
made an address before the meeting
of the State Literary and Historical
Association in Raleigh Tuesday in
advocacy of a, state art commission.
He advocated the creation of such
a commission to aid in the promotion
of a better architecture nr. well as to
serve as a board of judges on memo
rial statues, tablets, etc.
Gets Good Position. Mr. C. H.
England,' who has been private sec
retary to Congressman Stedman tor
several years, has been appointed of
ficial stenographer td the ways and
means committee of the national
nouse or representatives. Tne ap
pointment was made by Congress
man Claude Kitchin. chairman of the
committee. The position pays a sal
ary of $2,000 a year and is a place
of considerable responsibility.
W. D. Weaver Dead. Mr. W. D.
Weaver, who had been seriously ill
of pellagra for some time, died Mon
day night at St. Leo's hospital. He
was about 60 years old and is sur
vived by his widow, two daughters
and a son. The body was carried to
Chapel Hill, the former home of the
deceased, Tuesday for the funeral
and interment. Prior to his fatal ill
ness Mr. Weaver conducted a grocery
store on the corner of Walker ave
nue and Tate street.
Meeting at Brightwood. What
might be styled a community better
ment meeting will be held at Bright-
wood school house tomorrow night,
when addresses will be made as fol
lows: E. H. Anderson, county farm
demonstration agent, "Winter Gar
dening;" T. B. DeLoache, assistant
organizer of the North Carolina
Farmers' Union, "Community Co-operation;"
Miss Grace Schaeffer, coun
ty home demonstration agent, on the
general subject of home economics.
Campbell-White. Mr. B. Frank
Campbell, a young traveling man of
this city, and Miss Margaret White
were married last evening in the pas-
SPEECH Oil RURAL CREDITS
DECLARED TO BE THE SUPREME
. NEED OF NORTH CAROLINA'S
FARMING POPULATION.
conDrao is;, mpRovnie
BUSINESS J MEXICO BETTER
THAN 4.VANY TIME SINCE
REVOLUTION BEGAN.
ibo- j tor's study of Westminster, J
spsnamg iixeir uuucj iiiuvfu .o
viae.
Memorial Address. Mr. G. S.
Bradshaw has accepted an invitation
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to deliver tne aaaress at tue me-iiu-
ru aay exercises ui me uanuivc
irFirs-
performed by Rev. C. E. Hodgin.
The bride is a native of Mt. Vernon
Springs, but for the past two years
has been residing with relatives in
Williamsport, Pa. A short time ago
she came to Greensboro on a visit to
The quarterly meeting of the
Greensboro Merchants' Association
was held Tuesday night in the Smith
Memorial building and was attended
hy about 75 members of the organi
zation and a number of ladies. The
ladies had prepared an appetizing re
past, which they served in an ele
gant manner. It was pronounced
one of the most successful of the
many banquets that have been en
joyed by the members of the Mer
chants' Association.
Following the banquet an address
on the subject of rural credits was
made by Mr. Q. A. Stephenson, of
Statesville, an expert in this par
ticular line. Mr. Stephenson be
lieves rural credits to be the most im
portant subject before the people of
the country today, and he insists that
it is a matter demanding the most
earnest consideration of the law-makers.
The speaker declared that the
farmers of North Carolina are not as
prosperous now as they were 20 years
ago; that there are 60,000 in the
state who are sold out annually be
cause they are unable o meet their
obligations; that 100,000 in the state
are tenants not owning a foot of land;
and that only 20 per cent of all the
farmers of the state have a bank
credit. He also called attention to
the fact that the per capita wealth
of North Carolina farmers is only
$322, while that of the Western
farmer is about $3,000. Against this
fact there is the further one that
more diversified crops can be pro
duced in this state than in the West,
vet lands here sell at a much lower
price than in the West
There must be something radically
wron.E, declared Mr. Stephenson, and
this thing he declared to be the fact
that there is no adequate credit sys-
mfor he. farmer. He aA'vjMJfl.ted; the
December. Mr. Bradshaw is a pasi
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of Elks and one of the most promi
nent members of the order in the
tute.
Condftiotfs in ? Mexico are improv
ing and there are signs that give hope
for a gradftal return to order and
prosperity diereV according to a sum
mary of aoivices from various parts
of the republic made public by the
state deparwnent at Washington.
The famijoVin Mexico City is said
o be over, yrailway service has been
re-establisbj&d:;in many directions, the
Carranza government is distributing
bod to thejdestitute, and business is
better thanat any time since the re
volt agams Diaz began.
The department's statement
lows
"Conditions in Mexico are such as
might be Expected in any country
that haspassed through about six
years of civil war. Those hopeful for
the restoration of order and of Mexi
co's forme? prosperity believe that
there nowis a chance for fhem to
improve. ;
"In Mexico City the famine is a
fol-
COLLEGE TRUSTEES HELD
MEETING HERE TUESDAY.
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KITGHI1I OPPOSES PRESIDENT.
ocl?e of Elks on the firs. Sunday in ! relatives and arrangements for the
wedding followed.
H. C. Brittain Loses L.eg. Mr. H
C. Brittain, a well known citizen of
Summerfield, is a patient of St. Leo's
hospital, where Tuesday he lost a leg
Todd Home Burned. The home by an operation. The operation was
ol Mr. George M. Todd, located a made necessary by a cancerous af
strt distance southeast of the city fection and the limb was cut off
limits, was destroyed by fire last above the knee. Mr. Brittain stood
evfning. The fire, which originated the operation well and is reported as
frr m some unknown cause on the doing nicely. The affliction resulting
se ond floor of the building, was dis- from the loss of the limb is intensi
co ered about 7 o'clock and burned fled by the fact that some years ago
sc rapidly that soon the residence it was necessary to amputate the
ar 1 its contents were in ruins. A foot from the other leg.
potion of Mr. Todd's large green- Sutton-Fry Wedding. The mar
honse was also destroyed. " riage of Mr. Frederick I. Sutton, of
fncreased Business. The number Kinston, and Miss Annie Gray Fry,
o' parcel post packages handled in one of Greensboro's most popular
Groensboro from October 1 to 15 young women, was celebrated last
53,738 as compared with 33,210 night at 9 o'clock in the First Pres
fo: the first fifteen days of April, byterian church. The church had
;en the previous count was taken, been beautifully decorated for the oc
Tr.is shows an increase in six months casion and was filled with relatives
of 63 per cent in this line of Uncle and friends of the young couple. The
Sam's business in Greensboro. Post- wedding was one of the most beauti
oftce receipts for the quarter just fUl and elaborate that has been seen
evled show an increase of about ten in Greensboro in a long while. Rev.
Pr cent over the same period a year Dr. Melton Clark was the officiating
a. The receipts for the quarter minister. Following the ceremony,
E-ling October 31 were $28,128.72. the members of the bridal party and
Moore's Springs Sold. The well a number of other invited guests
fcwn Moore's Springs property, in were entertained at a reception at
Stokes county, has been sold to a the home of the bride's parents, Capt.
ornoration known as the Moore's and Mrs. J. W. Fry, on North Elm
Sprincs Finance Comnanv The com- street. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton left on
Pany is capitalized at $250,000, of a late train last night on their ormai
ch $53,000 is paid in, and it is trip and upon their return will be at
rderstood that approximately $125,- home in Kinston.
0 is the purchase price of the :
Property. There are 1,080 acres of Tornado Does Much Damage,
hsd in the property and it is report- Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 10.-r-A tor
d that the new owners will make ex- nado swept over parts of Kansas, Ne
Wuive developments, including the braska, and South Dakota, tonight,
Action of a modern hotel and a wrecking many buildings and killing
00 tling plant, the laying off of a a number of persons. The extent of
"r i course etc the damage and loss Of life could not
To Teach at Peabody. Miss Grace be ascertained definitely tonight be-
-.aefrer, home demonstration agent cause the storm tore d wires and
Guilford county, has been select- shut off communication for several
hours.
Estimates of the dead ran as high
as 50 or 60.
Great Bend, Kan., reported the
i worst damage in early dispatches, 1 2
thing of the past. Now, through gov
ernment oncials, there is food for
everybody sand the improvement of
the railwa service makes it certain
that food! conditions will be better
every day. The government has been
maintaining 46 stations where food is
free. In addition there are 56 com
missaries where food is sold to those
in better circumstances at cost.
Further, there are 10 dining rooms
where meals are served free. Condi
tions are so much better that the gov
ernment is considering the reduction
of the number of these free stations.
"While business is not flourishing
compared ;with former years in Mexi
co City, it-is probably better than it
has been at any other time since the
trouble started. The stores are open
and mostof them are well stocked,
in contract with the conditions of a
year and a half ago at the end of the
ollfs-Butler Mil, which is tp be pre- "Restoration of railroad service
sented to the next Congress, as the throughout the country will not only
remedy for these ills, and then ex- De tne big step towards resuming
plained to the assemblage the provi- normai conditions, but it will also be
sions of the bill. It has incorporated the barometer of peace and order
into it, he stated, all the best provi- in the country. Railroads have been
sions of such laws as they exist in in the last few weeks transferred
the countries of Europe, which were from tne miiitary to the civil authori-
investigated a few years ago by a ties The latter are nQW attempting
special commission from this coun- to get the raiiroads on a running
try schedule, working under the most
Mr. Stephenson also stated that the discouraging handicaps. Of the for
North Carolina Merchants' Associa- mer equipment of the great national
tion has assumed leadership, on be- system of railroads more than two
half of the farmers of the state, to tnirds of the englnes, Cars, rolling
wage a campaign in the interest of stock and stations nave been destroy
the measure, and immediately fol- ed one-half, at least, of what is left
lowing his address the local organi- ig stm being uged by tne military.
zation went on record as unanimous- For instancef on tne road from Vera
ly endorsing it. Pniz to Mpvir ntv nn alppnor is
There was a discussion and en- available and. accordinelv. has an al-
dorsement of the credit guide now ternate schedule. This is a better
being compiled for the use of bust- schedule than on any other stretch
ness men in Greensboro and other of the system. Shortage of freight
towns in this vicinity, it was ex- cars and locomotives is hoiding back
plained that every man and woman the resumpti0n of the normal corn
in Greensboro and the surrounding merce of the countryi
country carrying credit is rated by In the capital and fn aU Qf the
every merchant or other business large citieg and town8 under tne COQ.
concern with whom they do business, trol of the Carranzistas law and or.
thus affording a means of giving ex- der haye been restored as rapidly as
act information as to the people who possible. Some partg of the rural
pay their bills promptly, those who districts stm have roving bandg of
pay fairly well, those who are slow bandits wnom tne soldiers have been
The annual meeting of the trus
tees of Greensboro College for Wo
men was held at the college Tuesday
afternoon and was attended by all
the members of the board. A num
ber of matters of importance to the
work of the institution were consid-'
ered.
Reports were received from the
president of the college, the secre
tary and treasurer and the auditor.
The reports were of a very gratify
ing nature, that of the auditor being
especially so, this report showing
that last year was one of the most
successful of the many that Greens
boro College for Women has enjoyed.
Of paramount interest to the trus
tees, and all friends of the institution
as well, was the discussion concern
ing the new dormitory, the financial
campaign having been started some
two or three weeks ago. While no
figures considered as authentic were
made public, the men in charge of
the affairs of the institution were as
sured that the new dormitory in all
probability would be ready for oc
cupancy in September, 1918, which
speaks well for the result of the
campaign to date.
J. B. Blades, of Newbern, was
elected chairman of th 3 board of
trustees; Rev. G, T. Adams, presid
ing elder of the Elizabeth City dis
trict, was. elected vice president, and
C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro, was re
elected secretary. The members of
the executive committee re-elected
were: John A. Young, of Greens
boro; C. H. Ireland, of Greensboro;
M. D. Stockton, of Winston-Sale m;
J. W. Harris, of High .Point; C. A.
Bray, of Greensboro.
Two new members of the board
were elected to succeed Messrs. J. A
Long, of Roxboro, and L. L. Smith,
of Gatesville, who died recently, but
their names will not be made public
until their acceptance of membership
is received. JVc
MAJORITY LEADER WILL NOT? ,
SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE.
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Representative Claude Kitchin, :
Democratic leader of the house,-' has
told President Wilson that he could '
hot support the administration's pro- 1
gram, for national defense and that
he would oppose the program in a
personal capacity only and not as
majority leader.
Mr. Kitchin was with President
Wilson more than' an hour, during -which
Mr. Wilson outlined to him the ;
army and navy plans for the next
session of Congress and for the next
five years and sought to influence the :
majority leader to be in harmony
with them. 'Mr. Kitchin stated his
views frankly to the president, di
recting his opposition chiefly to the .
naval program.
"All I can say," said Representa- :
tive Kitchin as he left the White :
House, "is that I very much regret
that I cannot support the president's .
national def ense program. . The plans
don't meet with my convictions, par
ticularly with reference to the navy."
Mr. Kitchin was asked his grounds
for opposing the naval program.
I shall make a clear. exposition of
my views as soon as Congress con- ?
venes in a speech, in the house," he
replied. "Of course I shall not at-
tempt to oppose the program as the
majority leader,, but merely in my '
personal capacity."
-Mr, Kitchin said he thought- it.
very probable that the majority would J
favor the defense program.
Before seeing the president Mr.
Kitchin said he approached the na
tional defense subject with an open,
mind, and was willing to be con
vinced of the wisdom of the adminis
tration program if the pre'sW- '
could give him what he would con
sider a satisfactory "Jvst.fica tion i
the proposed large -ucreses in .v4j
.and navy apppriatipps.
OF THE PAST FEW DAYS.
to change his mind. Representatives
Kitchin 's definite announcement of
his position willmake it impossible
for him to lead the fight for the
administration's program in ' the
house. The burden of the leadership
will devolve probably upon Chairman
Hay, of the military committee;
Chairman Padgett, of the naval com
mittee; Chairman Sherlev, of the for
tifications committee, and Chairman
Fitzgerald, of the appropriations
committee.
VERDICTS RENDERED THIS
WEEK IN SUPERIOR COURT.
and those who are listed as "no pay.
unable to apprehend and exterminate.
The meeting adopted resolutions Various bandits hant-ing from . tele-
covering the following matters: rnnh nnlo a ro)l.AIW, ttr f
One that the special license tax as- hoWOTfl, shnw that nrnerMa fs
sessea against mercnams o. tne cicy bemg made 1q telr extermmation.
be abolished by tne city commission
ers in their schedule of taxes for the Brltfah Ixan May $100,oootOOO.
coming year; one recuiuiuenumg au. New York Vnv 1 ft . A rran ro-
the county commissioners put forth ments for granting of further
special efforts to have some of the credits to Great Britain to supple-
roaus xeaaing mio me city repaireu t tfa $ Anf-in-Vftnch
at once; one asking that the state as- loan haye about been completed it
sociation employ a permanent secre- WQa A
tary to Keep in toucn witn local or- 4 . ,
.. ... ment is expected very shortly cover
ganizations ana co-operate wna iub . f. Hq.,,
ff! tr teach for four weeks a class in
home economics at the Peabody Nor
College, Nashville, Tenn. Miss
'v--aeffer was chosen for this work
?S the tnnnt nn-vnV1. . -nant in
v.k . . I A-.An hoiTif killfid and over 100
;,ull Carolina, the appointment nav-
injured in that city.
35rs. .hn. mat, .u. No reports were received from the
onatration -pnt ftf Ppift. rural regions and only a few email
W win towns in the path ol the wind stwrm
two otho. ,ii w I A message to the Missouri Pacific
icavucio r in uc DCtcvicu . - . - a.
m the countv aent- 0f South Car- railroad said that the tornado .wept
and Mississippi. a path 16 mliea iride at some places
officers in the work of improving bus
iness conditions, also that all busi
ness organizations affiliate in a man
ner that will enable them to co-oper
ate in the furtherance of any move
ment looking to the elimination of
abuses and the improvement of trade
conditions; and one recommending
that merchants , and business men
give more attention to questions of
eovernment which vitally affect
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parks, Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Russell and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Edwards formed a party Of
Franklin ville people in the city Tues
day.
The new credit may
amount to $100,000,000.
Further conferences of Wall
Street banking interests were held to
day, attended by representatives of
many of the larger banking institu
tions. The Guaranty Trust Company,
the National City Bank, and the Mor
gan firms have been prominent in
the negotiations.
So far as can be learned, the new
credit will be arranged between the
London banks and the New York
banks and take the form of bankers'
acceptances. The London banks will
be given credits here, against which
sellers of goods may draw for payment.
Ths following transfers of Guil
ford real estate have been recorded
in the office of the register of deeds
this weeks:
The Brown Real Estate Company
to Henry Evans, a lot 50 by 170 teet
in Mount Vernon heights, near the
city of Greensboro, Morehead town
ship, $100.
James McAdoo and wife to Thom
as Tatum, a tract consisting of 5 1-2
acres in Center Grove township,
n7.50.
The Southern Real Estate Com
pany to Joe F. Fulton, lot nine in
block 13 of Douglas heights, in the Several cases have been tried this
city of Greensboro, Gilmer township, week, in the civil term of Snperior
$275. court, though none of them was of
F. A. Silver to J. U. McCrary, a any special interest. The court start
tract consisting of eight acres and a ed out by gnting three divorces as "
part of what was formerly known as follows: J. J. Brooks vs. Susan
the Lindsay mining lands in James- Brooks, white; Cornelia Fitzgerald
town township, adjoining the lands vs. Clarence Fitzgerald, colored;
of the North State Gold and Copper Israel Miller vs. Hattie Belle Miller,
Mining Company, $250. colored. .
F. A. Silver to J. W. Cruthers, a The jury returned a verdict against
tract consisting of 4.3 acres in James- the plaintiff in an action brought by
town township, a part of the Lind- Walter H. Burkheimer for a divorce
say mining lands, $165. from Edna Olive Burkheimer. It
V. O. Smith and wife to S. A. Al- was stated afterwards that the fail
len, a tract consisting of 1.2 acres in ure of the jury to grant a divorce was
Monroe township, adjoining the lands due to a misunderstanding of one of
of John Pugh and S. R. Troxler, $10 the issues submitted,
and other valuable considerations. Judgment was awarded the plain-
James E. Blair and Victoria Blair tiff in a suit brought by the Worches
to W. M. Blair and Linnie Blair, lots ter China Company against P. C. Mc
seven and eight in block eight of the Intyre for $65.
D. E. Thomas property in the city of A verdict for the plaintiff was given
Greensboro, Gilmer township, $250. in a suit brought by the Rose Opera
Bascom Hoskins and wife to E. Rt Company against R. R. Hill for the
Zimmerman, a lot 100 by 152 1-2 recovery of $18.75.
feet in the A. M. Rankin property in Sandy Naylor was awarded a ver
the city of High Point, $10 and other diet for $450 in a suit against W. P.
valuable considerations. Ragan, executor of the estate of Sal
Thomas Watkins to Ella Foster, lie Naylor- The suit was brought
a lot 44.5 by 172 feet on East Wash- for pay for services alleged to have
ington street, in the city of Greens- been rendered the deceased by the
boro, for $1,050. plaintiff.
A non-suit was ordered in a suit
brought by Mrs. E. A. Kirkman
Emperor of Japan Enthroned. against the Proximity Manufacturing
Kioto, Japan, Nov. 10. In Kioto, Company for the recovery of damages
the most ancient capital of Japan, for alleged personal injuries.
Yoshihito was consecrated emperor I
today. The first part of the princi
pal ceremonies held this morning Sunday Services at Buffalo and Mid
consisted of a ritual service of ances- way.
tor worship, which struck a note of Buffalo and Midway Presbyterian
religious mysticism. This afternoon churches. Rev. E. Frank Lee, pastor.
Yoshihito was enthroned. Sunday school at Bnffalo at 10 A. M.
Foreigners who witnessed the cor- and preaching at X by the pastor,
onation were deeply impressed with Subject, -The Dismantled Soul."
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Scott, -St
ReidsTille, were among the Ylsitars
In the city Tuesday.
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Misses Margare Rankin and Selma
Lambe hare returned from a visit to
relatives at Madison.
the scene, which took: them beck to
the days of old Japanp The Ameri
can women were particularly inter
ested. in the sight of the Japanese
noblewomen in ancient court Tohes.
Sunday school at Midway at 1 P. M.
and-' preaching :at - by the pastor
Christian Endeavor at 7 o'clock P. M.
at Midway j The public U cordially
invited, to these, senricca. .
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