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- 4s . 4 GREErjSDono, n. cM UUCEulBEIU 23, lUIU. vol: 04 Oi 1 02 4 t Sit -7 E5TABLISHt i ; yjCAL HEWS III BRIEF uATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE READERS OF THE PATRIOT FAR AND JBJAJtfc. YOUNG TRAVEliNG MAN - ' HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE. AIur,ay-Fialey. Mr. Ciay; E. Mur ray and Miss Fairy Faith Fraley were I-iipd last evening at the residence of Rev. j. E. Woosley, east of the .jtv, who performed the eremonyv Play at HUlsdale.-The young ladies and gentlemen of the Hillsdale J)00l will give a play,: ''Topsy " in the auditorium of the school building next Wednesday even ir,.' December 29, beginning' at ncIock promi An enjoyable ' evening ised those who may . attend. 7 is Mt. Hone Sunday .-Rev Shu for(i peeler w 11 preach at Mt. Hope Keiormed church Sunday afternoon ot so o'clock. This -will be his last sprmon at Mt. Hope as the supply pastor, as he is to move to Charlotte liext week to take charge of th work of The Reformed church in that city. o Paper Monday. In-order that The Patriot force maybe, able to bb serve Christmas, no paper will be is sued from this office Monday. The next issue of the paper will. appear Thursday, December 30. In this con nection The Patriot take: occasion to er.end the season's greetings to all its friends. . Home For Christmas. The exodus of college girls from . Greensboro be-j gun Tuesday and continued until to day. Work at both the State Normal 2nd Industrial College and Greens boro College for Women has been suspended until January 5 and prac tically all the students have gone to their homes for the holidays. Store Robbed. The general mer chandise store of Mr. M. L. Kendall, at Guilford uoiiege, was enierea uy thieves Monday night and robbed of a quantity of goods, including three shotguns,, a rifle, several pairs of shoes and three or four pairs' of buck skin gloves. The Guilford College jtolfttise: whfch is located- in " the store, was not molested. Brakeman Injured. J. R. Stack, who is employed as a brakeman on the local yards of the Southern, will be off duty for some time on account of a serious injury to one of his feet., He was assisting in shifting cars on the Pomona yard when he slipped, and fell by the track. His foot was 'caught under the edge of a rail and was crushed between a crosstie and the tread of a car wheel. Desperately HI. Rev. J. E. Shenk, who recently resigned the pastorate I Philip - Fenley, a young man of good -appearance, : who claims to be a traveling representative of a whole sale Jewelry house, was - given a pre liminary hearing in Municipal court yesterday on the charge of 'criminal assault and held without; bail for the action of 'the grand jury at the next criminal term of Superior' court. The charge was preferred by u woman giving her name as Mrs. C. N. Suttle and claiming Asheyille as her home. The proseputing ; witness . related the story of the alleged assault with particularity. She said, she w"as a passenger on a southbound train Sun day evening, bouna for her hqme in Astieyille;;iaiid left the train at the station here to buy. a sandwich. Re turning from the lunch counter where she procured . the sandwich, she claims that the train had either left the station or been shifted to another track and says she entered an empty car by .mistake. She asserts that Fenley followed her into the car and assaulted .her. " The woman ran from the car screaming;: and was followed by Fen ley, who was arrested by Station Master Foushee. While not denying that his con duct placed him in an 'unenviable position, Fenley asserts his innocence of the charge lodged against him and gives an account or the occurrence totally at variance with the story re lated by th'e woman. LEADING CITIZEN XAYS DOWN BURDEN OF LIFE AFTER A . FORCEFUL CAREER. - DEATH OF BERRY DAYIDSOH lillLUOIUiiORB IIEll WAHTED SAYS NECESSITY EXISTS FOR CALLING OUT ENGLAND'S RECRUIT ABLE MAXIMUM. Mr. Berry Davidson, one ,of Guil- ' jln the r British house. of commons ford's oldest and best "known j citK Tuesday (Premier Asquith made his zens, died Tuesday afternoon at 4 long-expected statement on the allies' o'clock at, his home in Gibsonville. military -vposition in connection with He had been in feeble health for the introduction of a "supplementary quite a. while and recently had been estimate providing for the raising confined to his home. In addition to of the numerical strength of the army !his name as McLeod'. 45 GALLONS X)F LIQUOR' AND - TWO PRISONERS TAKEN. VIlM'S GEHERALS 'QUIT: HIIII MAKE .PEACE TERMS sWITH'TBCEI CARRANZA ' GOVEBMENT--AK f AMNESTY AGREEMENT.: ' ? - - ' - : Sheriff Stafford f and Deputies Weatherly, Shaw, Phipps rind High fill made a good haul last night, when thev eantured a Ford automobile. 45 gallons of whiskey. 15 bottles of beer- Although a number ot his general and two young;white men -who were?j transporting the liquor. The prison-j UC1M-IU 6U,C,U"W" ers are C. C. Idol, who resides withic0 General Francisco Villa is. re-, his father between Jamestown and 'ported to have gathered 400 armed y Friendship,, and a stranger who gave . men somewhere ' in the state of Chi- the infirmities of age, he PARENTS OF ABANDONED BABY ARE UNDER ARREST. Edgar Burton and his wife, Mollie Burton, of High. Point, who are al leged to be the parents of the .baby that was deserted on the Winston Salem train in this city Sunday even ing, were arrested soon after mid night yesterday morning and commit ted to the county jail to await a pre i iminary hearing on the canrge or abandonment! The' airreat -was made at , the home of James Hedgecock, about two miles north of High Point, by Sheriff Stafford, Chief of Police Jseley, of Greensboro, and Chief of Police Gray, of High Point. The arrest of the young couple re Eulted from the identification of the deserted infant by a Mrs. Miller, at whose home in this city the baby was born November 29. The license re cord in the office of the register of deeds shows that Burton and his wife were married September 22, last. James Hedgecock, at whose suffered from 3,000,000 men to 4,00,0,000 t from Bright's disease. men. The funeral was held in the Meth-1 The tprime minister, as usual, odist church at Gibsonville this got to tir heart of his subject in his! morning at 10 o'clock, and interment opening sentences and declared that, was made ! at Bethlehem Christian although) ther British fighting forces church, near Altamahaw, in. Mr. Dav- in the various theaters -iow amount idson's old home neighborhood. The to moruj inan i.zsu.ouu men, ine services were conducted by Rev. J. j war's demands were such as necessf- H. Bowman and Rev. W. F. Kennett. tatd casing but the empire's "re- Mr. Davidson was in the eighty- cruitabltniaximum." fifth year of his age, having been Aiinougn me premier am not pui born in February, 1831. He was mar- himself Ibu record as either for or ried twice and is survived by six chil- against conscription, John Redmond, dren, who are: Mrs. Sallie Huff, of leader ofjthe Irish Nationalists, at the Gibsonville; Mr., W. W. Davidson, of close of' Mr. Asquith's speech, flung a Elizabethtown, Bladen county; Mrs. bombshell by declarng that the Na- J. Ogburn, of Murphy; Mrs. J: B. tionalisf would oppose conscription Ogburn, of Summerfield; Mr. George by evermeans in their power. Ana C. Davidson, of Fayetteville, and Mr. John Dlipn followed with a severe arT Dwight M. Davidson, of Gibsonville. raignmeht of the British war leader- 1 itTTTl 'i. 1 J t m -1 m in the cotton manufacturing busi- wiia. is ine use oi senamg out ness. in which he was actively en- more troops to be led by like men re- gaged until a few years ago. He Ponsibld for the Suvla Bay and An- built the cotton mill at Altamahaw ac failures? and operated it for a number of i Th Dardanelles Campaign. years. Disposing or nis interests ai i . a v auauxi vo. Altamahaw, he moved to Gibsonville paign, Mr. Asqulth said: ahont 30 .vears aeo. and in coniunc- "It was with deep reluctance that tion with his nephew, Mr. Joseph A. I we " sanctioned the withdrawal, es Davidson, organized and built the peciallyvlrom Anzac, where our Aus TtTi,sia tt mtii Tn mnre recfint trallan nd New Zealand kinsmen years he built the Gem mill, at Gib- won unyine fame- This withdraw sonville. x " d noti involve withdrawal from Mr. Davidson was a man of un- Helles fat the tip of, Gallipoli penin- usual force of character and great aula), were our combined naval and tenacity of purpose. Once convinced miliary forces commanded the en- r.f th oorrprtnpsa of anv nosition. he trance 10 me straits. pursued the course of action dictated by. his judgment and conscience with undeviating, ndelity; ana it a princi ple were involved, no power or In fluence could swerve him from what he considered the path of duty. These traits of character gave him a position of commanding influence among his fellow-men, an influence which he ever sought to exert for the good of humanity as he was given light to see it s-hnahua tn otitiora hfa fnrmpr rrni.i Th'e arrest was made on the Guil- i zation- T ford College and Battle Ground road, h The Carranza de facto government J near the Battle Ground, shortly after 18 official control of the former YU: 8 o'clock and resulted from informa-Va state or Chihuahua, by. virtue or tion received at the sheriff's office to n agreement reached between Gen-; fhB AffMt that idol wa to deliver a erals Roberto Limon. Manuel Banda. Lieutenant Colonel Flaviano Pallza. and Colonel Eduardo Andalon, and ' Andreas Garcia, ot the Carranza con-? sulate, by which about 4,000 troojt: and ,the organization of the Villa. government, including the cities .of: Juarez and Chihuahua, and all border points, accept Carranza domination - iThe agreement grants amnesty to allt . but General Villa and his brother! Hippolito. a General Villa is reported to be in, Juarez. The signing of the peaces agreement, eliminates him from -ilex- r" aican affairs for some time, at least As he end his brother "were not in- cludedinthe amnesty agreement, iC is believed that they may cross tor the Am eflcan 'side. " - - J GratJcation in Washington. Gratiflcalion 'and relief were; Deeds for the transfer of Guilford! l"wcpw J aammisirauoar lofflai.l. I K TTT..VI-1 1 r real estate have been recorded this iv. "ulfl5wa wnennewa week as follows: c?le trom EI Paso that of Gen- ; W. F. Ross to O. J. Parris, a tract f . CUCIB lcaue quantity of 'liquor to several blind tigers at a rendezvous last night. Idol and McLtod were brought to Greens boro and placed" In jail to await a preliminary, hearing today and the automobile and liquor were taken in to custody under the search and seiz ure lw. ; The officers have had their eyes on Idol for some time and last night's trip was not the first one taken in aii effort to arest him. It is said that ha was trained in the illicit- liquor busi ness under June Willard, who resides. between Jamestown and High Point and is regarded as a king bee of the blind tiger industry. ' REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS RECORDED THIS WEEK,' "Everything was brought off ex cept sorhe stores and six guns which consisting of 47 acres in Monroe township, $10 and other valuable considerations. A. S. McAdoo to the Guilford In surance and Realty- Company, a lot 40.8 by 135 feet on Carr street, in the city of Greensboro, Morehead township, $10 and other valuable con siderations. C. Hoyle Fields to P. B. Fields, ia - , Jtact:consiatIixr of. inur-acres and ad- rernmeat are regarae ai were, d.prtrQjfed." - The premier said the men with drawn, after a short and much-needed rest, would proceed to a new thea ter of operations. He paid warm tribute to Generals Monro and Bird-wood. bo far as the war as a whole went, road, for $2,000. The land is to be Mr. Asquith said it mght be that at used for a colored cemetery. tnis or that moment what could be James A. Burney to E. E. Hassell. joining' the lands oTpTRTICoble and P. L. Fields, in Fentress township, $90. A. Schiffman to the city of Greens boro, a tract of 11.36 acres east of the city, near the North Carolina rail- signed an agreement to turn the retel army of the north over to thedeC facto government of Mexico. Confi decce is felt in the reported promise of Villa to eliminate nimself, and if he appears on the American side of the international boundary line" her; will find a free road. Villa's withdrawal ano vtbe !ncor-r poration of his army into that of the Mr Davidson served the town of called the superficial facts of the cam- two tracts of a little more than four Gibsonville as mayor for several Paisn seemed to be against the al- acres in Jamestown township, for terms and for a number of years had es- $1,00.0. held the office of justice c the peace. "But the fundamental facts, the D. A. Kirkpatrick and wife to C. C. He always stood for law an3 order, and facts that in the long run win, are Collins and wife, a lot 65 by 17? of the First Lutheran church of this home the arrest was made, married whether in the capacity of public of- steadily and growlngly on our side," feet on Chestnut street, in the city of m1Burton's mother. ficiai or private citizen, he ever stood he continued. "There has been in Greensboro, Gilmer i township, $10 health, is desperately ill at his home on West Washington street. Mem bers of the family from a distance have been summoned to his bedside and hope of 'his recovery has been abandoned. Mr. Shenk is suffering from an aggravated form oft Bright's disease. Big Auction Sale. The auction sale of the personal property of Mr J. R. Caffey, at his home near Sum merfield Tuesday, was one of the big gest sales held in the county in a long while. A large crowd was in at tendance, the visitors including a number of people from out of the county. Mr. Caffey recently sold his iarm of 750 acres to the Brown Real Estate Company and will make his home in Greensboro in the future. Buys New Home. -Mr. Thomas R. Foust, whose home on West Lee street was almost destroyed by fire a few weeks ago, has purchased the. residence of Mr. F. E. Stockton, on Springdale court, just off Spring Gar den street. He will not occupy the property until next spring, and in the meantime Mr. .Stockton will build a new home acress the street from the residence he has sold. Mr. Foust and his familr are residing temporarily on South Mendenhall afreet. Pardon For Convict. Governor raig has granted a pardon to Sapp Hogan, colored, who was sentenced to the penitentiary from Guilford Superior court in June, 1910, for an assault with a deadly weapon. Ho gan and three other negroes- Dave Vkitfield, Tom Watson and George Caldwell dynamited the residence f a colored family in the eastern Part of the city, and while a portion f the house was destroyed, no one 'was injured. Whitfield and Watson "ere sent to the penitentiary for ten years and Hogan and Caldwell for sight years. Hogan is pardoned Idn account of his youth at the time!; of the commission of the crime and on condition of good behavior in the fu The young mother says she and as a bulwark against the aggression her husband decided it would be bet- of the lawless and irresponsible ele ter to get rid of the baby so as, to I ments of the community. tvoid trouble with Burton's family. It is said that Mrs. Burton is also the mother of a three-year-old boy. The offense with which Burton and his wife are charged is a misdemean or, punishable in the discretion of the court. ALLIES WITHDRAW FROM GALLIPOLI PENINSULA. this war an abundance of errors in calculation, but they have not been confined to our side. 'So far as we in this country are concerned and I know all our allies are the same our will has never Anderson-Robinson Wedding. Mr. E. H. Anderson, the county "Withcut the Turks being aware of the movement, a great army has been withdrawn from one of the areas oc cupied on the Gallipoli peninsula," says the official announcement of the withdrawal of about 100,000 British and other valuable considerations The Ogburn Brothers Realty Com pany to T. B. Jordan, five small tracts in Bruce township, $132. William Hayes to Jesse A. Nelson, a tract of 11.1 acres in Deep River wavered for a moment, while our lownsnip, aa joining the lands ot fighthng resources, both in men and Tohn Willard, Rufus Gardner and in material, become every month aen AtKins, ror si.ooo more ample in quantity and better mobilized and organized for the pur pose of the campaign." Referring to the measures recently L. II. Harvell to Odell and Cordie Sledge, a lot 150 by 197 feet on the Albertson road, near High Point, for i$100. I I tolron t r T4ny o)Aiit AlnoAii AnAnAHA. farm demonstrator, and Miss Janie troops from the Suvla ana Anzac v- rr.M,,.0 U ThiiQ the lonir and r.nstlv ef- l4UU among ine ames, mr. Asquitn Respite For Woman. Governor Craig made an order and at least will pare the way for. re ducing .materially the strong patrol the United States has been obliged to maintain along the borderl His elimination, it is believed, "will leave Carranza free to move hs army into the south and concentrate his forces against the rebellious bads still op era ting -in the interior and Hear; the capital. f; With the fighting transferred to the interior, the adminfctraUonfwill watch developments with close and friendly interest, but not so anxious-' iy as while battles were being fought- along the boundary line. Villa Soldiers in Riot at Juarez. El Paso. Tex.,' Dec 21.--Three hundred Mexicans, former soldiers of General Villa, rioted at Juarez, oppo site here, this afternoon, and before order was restored one American had been killed and, according to re ports, a number of Mexicans lost lives. The Villa soldiers reaching Juarez tonight from the interior.' were In a desperate condition " for lack of food. Being months in ar rears In pay and learning the de fac to government was in possession of the town; they at once began. loot- Thus the lone and costly ef- toon tVr ,r fort of thfi French and British forces oom WttS uupcu uj n me nations , "v " 1 V" ' : n;rHanrtollpn fnrta hM concerned that this procedure would Monday respiting to January 20 Mrs. once Degan.ioot- place at Holy Trinity Episcopal to reduce the Dardandelles forts has J r, ling. Reports tonirht from Ttio. "..JP. .L iAAr . head to greater concentration of pur- George Hand, under sentence in Pen- I . , trom JuareI cu" auu ueius yiumeu uy uie , inna n, ri ntv t 0 wn vB, 1 CfC k"ai oraer asa nnaiiy been re- rector, Rev. Robert Ewell Roe. The A London newspaper thus sums 1 7, . ' u th " "Tf- Zi T stored. V , MJL . .. niiov. nw)n I energy and effectiveness of action. He manslaughter, the respite being in 1 young couple left on northbound up m the attitude of the British public Z Heavy armed Mexican and Amer- train No. 36 on a visit to Northern as to the withwrawal: 7 " . to nnmJitten Z' n! ican troops fined opposite banks of cities and upon their return will be "Thus ends the enterprise of which "Tl& ,'to k there was not one 2pt TZ Ihe Rio Grande tonlgnT . at home in this city. Mr. Anderson the highest hopes were built and a One shot from the Mexican .M.: is a native of Missouri, a graduate which, if it had succeeded, ul believed by the United State Tniifl of the department agHculture of, 7uh see HlJ".?" " 2T SWtod the University of Missouri, and for war. Our oops from the first to p 8upreiPe and com- of the Supreme court took occasion to kIUed Geor the past two years has been employ- last were within a few :niles of. vie- &Medr tate whle the afflrmed DIepert, of El Paso, a railroad brake. Shortly afterwards two Mexicans were shot at the Mexican end of the SanU Fe bridge, by Mexican cms-' toma guard. Reports" ot fatal m' in Juarez varied from two to ten. It was reported tonight at the Carranxax consulate that the generals ed as the Guilford county dtemonstra- I tory. tion agent. His bride , is a daughter of Mrs. H. M. Robinson, of this city, and a young woman of attractive personality. The policy of underlying the Dar danelles expedition may yet be car ried to a successful issue in some judgment of the court below, this might be a case in whim executive clemency could be . exercised. Mrs. Farmers May Organize Against Meat Inspection Law.. Farmers with whom The Patriot has talked this week say that Dr. W. A. Hornaday, the city meat and milk inspector, was mistaken in his state ment in Monday's paper to the effect Quiet Home Wedding. Mr. Charles H. England and Miss I otner part oi tnt? aew wuw jth porbiS were married Tuesday nrosnect of forcing a way to Constan-Lt ftft flf fhft ,ftTnA nf th hridA'n tinople through the famous straits is Lade, Mr R. M.. Ree3 on Summit Holiday For Prisoners. annarentlv relinquished. I o 1 Governor Craig has directed the British troops continue to occupy quiet but pretty home affair, was at- superintendent of the state's prison, in Juarez who had turned the town the tip of the peninsula at Seddul- tended by relatives and a few close the sheriffs of all the counties and over to the Carranza government; Bahr, commanding the entrance to friends. Rev. Dr. Melton Clark was the officers In charge of the county had gained control, and were in con the straights, where many British the officiating minister. Mr. and "d state convict camps the state ference npon the election of a mill have declared a new Gibraltar will Mrs. England left-soon after their over to extend Christmas leave of ab- tary leader to take full charge and Aatr arleo Thft nosition here iS marriap-A nn a hHdal trin -to North- sence to all prisoners who have been aoooint that there is but little opposition on i..4 -, j, n oMr a mA 4Y.At. "trusties" dnrinr the 10 days Driori,Ti YT-mS . the en-J . . . . n..i i. ,ni I -m . .t- I r vootor av TTia Iaatm of BJrmAtiAA I '. . . 7 . and It is -assumea iuai mis w oe ai aome in w utuosioa, wuere uiu i w - - ma were ui&i ix an attempt-was held. groom is employed as private secre- ore to Include Friday, Saturday and maae t0 pay off In CaiTanza currency tary to Congressman Stedmar. and! Sunday. aU those thus paroled to De Iriotinsr was sure to be resumed. chief stenographer to th? ways and back in tneir prison quarters at noon means committee of the house of Monday. The governor also directs representatives. Mr. England is a that all prisoners be given a hoUday bright young man ; and ' has . made manv . friends in Greensboro. His bride Is a daughter of Mrs. james W. : H:D. Kellam. of McLeansrille the Dart of the farmers to the en forcement of Greensboro's meat in spection law. It is represented to The Patriot that farmers who are. in the habit of selline fresh pork pro-l Firemen's Dinner. The members ducts of their own raising are strong of the Greensboro fire department in their opposition to the law. gave their annual nouaay uinner. . Uiio hftii nf the Eaele Hose Company giThe matter X nient; In addiUon to the erably among the tarmers ZAm' A number cf invited guests lora. ana n u - i occasion -was the talk will resnlt In organise P; r;;" 5elighUu, one ta erery respect woman. Forbls and a very attractive young I Route. 1' was a caller, at, the office thfc, morning. Mrs rT7iomas R. Foust and. cljll. dren . have gone tof .Chapel Hill Lto , spend- Christmas with'- reUUesiT Ur. : FouztljIn:New York wlth'liis-youii son." Roswell, who is.receivinK jaedi-' - r . , . s r . .. ture. position. - - rr.-'"' " -',:-:?. i. ...h;:-::; 't V - i - V